Project Section 1

Describing an organization and clearly defining a problem within the organization.For the purposes of this assignment you can chose any organization.

Introduce your topic (the problem).What is the problem that needs to be address in the organization?Make it clear what the problem is and support that this is a common issue in workplaces (use citation to support this statement: can use the text or research articles). Finally, clearly defend how this issue or problem is directly or indirectly impacting organizational goals (production, absenteeism, retention, hiring, performance appraisal, profit, organizational reputation, etc.)

Describe the source of your organization (name, medium, history or context: Cite sources you used to describe the organization (can be non-academic). Then fully describe the organization as if your reader was not familiar with it.What is the organizational structure (size (geographically and number of employees), types of employees, location(s))?What is the management structure (number of levels, open/supportive to training)?What is the purpose of the organization, what does it do (goals, products, purpose)?What do they do or make, who are their clients/customers, who are their competitors?

Describe open systems framework (in detail with citation) and then apply open systems to your organization in some detail (make sure to discuss what your organization's inputs, throughputs, outputs, feedback, and environment is like). Identify were in the open systems model your problem resides. At what level of the open systems model does this problem exist?

Return to your initial problem/issue and identify potential challenges to change in the organization Make sure to support the existence of the problem with examples from the source material (cite). Who will be the targets or recipients of the intervention?What is the hoped for impact of the intervention?