Assignment Instructions:

• Be sure to cite at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed references in support of two of your answers and also incorporate the key concepts from the course.

Assignment Question(s):

Please read the case study TQM at the Ritz-Carlton in Chapter 13, p.391 available in your textbook Organization Development & Change (10^th ed.) by Cummings, T and Worley, C and answer the following questions:

• Q.1 Based on your understanding of the case, discuss and evaluate employee involvement as practiced by the Ritz-Carlton in terms of the following key elements:

-Power (0.5 mark)

-Information (0.5 mark)

-Knowledge and skills (0.5 mark)

-Rewards (0.5 mark)

• Q.2 Do you think the Ritz-Carltons experience with TQM could be provided as a benchmark to other organizations? Explain your answer in light of the stages for TQM application. (1.5 marks)

• Q.3 Discuss which features are evident in the practices of the Ritz-Carlton that would enable the Hotel Company to meet the criteria of high involvement organizations. (1.5 marks)