Assignment #2 - Improve Organizational Behaviour and Culture through Strategy and Communication | Discussion (15%)

This assignment relates to the following Course Learning Requirements:

CLR2 - Develop team skills and processes.

Objective of this Assignment: To demonstrate knowledge and understanding of tools, approaches, and techniques to support the adoption of effective communications tools and protocols.

For this assignment, read the following scenario:

Your team of change-makers has secured some additional budget resources to integrate artificial intelligence into your workforce.

At present, roughly 40% of the employee group in your organization embraces technology as an enabling tool. The remainder believes that robots are coming for their jobs. You not only have to plan for the use of technology to complement human function but realize that you have a bigger hurdle to overcome -- technology adoption. Without buy-in, you will never get the support you need to implement, train and upgrade the employee team on the skills, or the job-specific competencies required to make this happen. Your organization will dig in its proverbial heels. You begin sourcing the technology, tools, and training required, but quickly realize that you do not have the needed stronghold to launch this initiative with your employee team.

Your challenge, therefore, is to build an implementation strategy to promote employee buy-in. What communication models and concepts will you use to build the foundation of your strategy? What do you know about values, attitudes, and motivation to promote buy-in, especially with that very low buy-in rate of 40%?

To bridge this gap, you have been asked to participate in a discussion designed to build buy-in to the project by shifting organizational attitudes and behaviours towards the benefits of artificial intelligence.

Step 1: Research and Summarize

1. Research one or more of the following concepts (find your own research, don't use the exact examples that have been supplied)

• Job creation after new technology has been incorporated (example athttps://bit.ly/1VHZZ1K)
• More streamlined production and better competition using AI (example athttps://bit.ly/1Gv6nR7)
• Technology has the potential to enhance workers' lives (example athttps://bit.ly/2K12jOT)
• Develop a summary (300-350 words) of the document or video you have reviewed---that can be shared with your colleagues on this course. Your summary will be in Word format and will be attached to the discussion forum in which you have cut and pasted your Step two Strategy.

1. For Development
2. Create a 400-500-word Implementation Strategy-- outlining the key contents of an effective strategy, planning, and evaluation process and describing each component part of the process you are designing, linking all content back to the goal of enhancing organizational behaviour and culture through the adoption of a change strategy to support artificial intelligence adoption. Keep in mind that your objective is to demonstrate how your strategy will be marketed to our employees....to enhance employee buy-in. Once the process is completed, map it back to improved outcomes of organizational behaviour. The goal is not to push through your project but rather, to create the conditions for your employee team to pick it up and move it forward. Be creative!
3. Cut and paste your Implementation Strategy into the discussion board outlining your justification to support technology implementation. Ensure your communication includes processes and strategies that you can use for the entire employee group with a focus on enhancing organizational behaviour related to this scenario. Your Strategy should demonstrate clearly what models and concepts you are using to increase the percentage of employee buy-in.
4. Follow the guidelines below to create robust discussion around your original post.

Step 2:Guidelines

1. Use your Text and Module Notes as your core references. Use the checklist in the Assignment 2 Discussion forum to verify you have completed the assignment correctly.
2. Reply to a minimum of five other classmates' original postings with substance and meaningful responses. Post these early in the discussion period so that others have a chance to reply to your postings.
3. Respond to other classmates' postings in your original thread with substance and meaningful responses to either produce higher clarity, or summarize your discussion.
4. Leaving your postings to the end of the discussion period will limit others' from responding to you and therefore will affect your mark. Confirm in the Checklist below these instructions as to deadlines for posting original inputs and responses to your colleagues.
5. Ensure you properly cite any work that is not yours in your Implementation strategy and discussions

Assignment Grading Rubric (15%)

Category	Excellent	Good	Requires Improvement	Points
Content - Original Post	All information offered is accurate and appropriate to the assignment topic All relevant course and topic links are made All views are clearly expressed and well explained All postings contain original ideas, connections, or applications	Most information offered is accurate and appropriate to the assignment topic Most relevant course and topic links are made Most views are clearly expressed and explained Most postings contain original ideas, connections, or applications	Some or no accurate information offered or not appropriate to the assignment topic Some or no relevant course links are made Views are rarely or never clear and require further explanation Postings rarely or never contain original ideas, connections or applications	/6
Comments
Content - Strategy, Planning and Evaluation Process paper	All strategic elements that contribute to a well-developed communication protocol are included The assignment content demonstrates an exceptional understanding of the requirements and goals linked to strategic change process and planning to support enhanced organizational culture	Most strategic elements are described but the communication protocol is found lacking or unclear in 1 or 2 areas The assignment content demonstrates a lower level understanding of the requirements and goals linked to strategic change process and planning to support enhanced organizational culture	Limited scope of understanding around strategic elements in a communication protocol The assignment content demonstrates little to no understanding of the requirements and goals linked to strategic change process and planning to support an enhanced organizational culture	/4
Comments
Process - Providing feedback	Contributes postings to at least three peers' original posts and makes at least two replies to their own original threaded discussion All postings are meaningful and encourage others' understanding Always makes linkages, and moves discussion to conclusion or synthesis	Contributes less than three peer response postings and less than two responses in their own original threaded discussion Most postings are meaningful and contribute to others' understanding Sometimes makes linkages but does not always help the discussion along	Rarely or never contributes postings and responses. Responses are limited in scope, rarely or never contributing to others' understanding Impedes the flow of discussion with comments	/3
Comments
Clarity of Communication	Postings use clear language and are easy to understand Correct grammar and spelling are consistently used	Postings mostly use clear language and are easy to understand Few or no spelling and/or grammatical errors	Language used is often unclear and postings are often difficult to understand Many spelling and grammatical errors	/2
Comments
Total Points				/15