This assignment will assess your skills and knowledge on defining a problem and understanding the problem statement.

The first step in your paper will be to select a real$-$world business problem from an organization you currently work for, have worked for in the past or would like to work for in the future.

For this assignment, you will describe the selected company and its background to provide a context for the problem, and why you choose this problem as part of the introduction. Next you will write a problem statement incorporating the elements below $($as per the final paper guidelines$).$ All problem statements chosen will need your instructor's approval, and feedback from this assignment as provided by your instructor should be applied and demonstrated for future assignments. The problem statement is a critical piece that will provide the focus and help organize the paper for the following weeks. The problem statement should include in$-$text citations and a reference page to support your statements. This assignment will analyze your ability to define a problem statement and follow the problem$-$solving process.

For this assignment, include:

Introduction: The background of the company and why this was chosen should be provided as part of the introduction, which should be $1-3$ paragraphs.

Ensure that the problem is based on a real problem you have faced in an organization either currently or from the past.

The problem statement and analysis should incorporate at least $3$ of the following:

improving productivity,

responsiveness $($the ability to act quickly and in a timely manner to something$)$

quality,

customer$/$client satisfaction,

employee engagement

change management

adaptability

The problem statement and subsequent analysis should also incorporate at least $2$ of the following areas of focus, from the MBA program:

Organizational Theory

Human Resources

Project$/$Program Management

Finance$/$Accounting

Operations Management,

Globalization

Note that leadership$/$management role, as well as ethical impacts will be required sections for the paper and will be required in addition to choosing $2$ from the list above.

Finally, the problem should use what, where, when, how, why, who method $($as described in Chapter $3$ of Root cause analysis, second edition: The core of problem solving and corrective action$).$ For example, the problem statement and introduction section should address the following questions:

What is your main issue? Is it employee engagement? Is it high turnover? Is it losing customers due to poor quality? Start with what your main issue is$.$ Think about how your main identified issue relates to either productivity, quality, customer$/$client issues, engagement, change management, adaptability and identify three of these areas that are impacted by your main business issue.

Where is this issue$-$ is it in your entire organization, is it in one part of the organization? This can be a geographical location, part of a process, defective production, gap in leadership, or aspect of the organization that needs to change?

When was the issue identified? Has this issue been the result of a recent change, or has it been an issue for a long time? Was the issue a degradation of something over time $($leadership$,$ processes, etc.$)$

How much$-$ This is the frequency or scale of the problem; including data or values to describe the impact $($cost$)$ to the organization will be helpful. Is the impact in cost$,$ or time lost? Production hours? Loss of clients?

Why $$ This is an additional requirement, not described in the text. Include explanation as to why this issue is important? Describe why it is important and what the impact is on the organization, which should tie into at least two of the aspects of the MBA program. Include here the two aspects from the MBA program and how they will apply to this issue. You should have a sentence included here that states $$The problem $($state problem here$)$ will also be analyzed through the lens of $($organizational theory, human resources, etc.$)$

Who is impacted by the issue and who is responsible for influencing or improving the issue $($hint$,$ leadership should be included as one of the stakeholders here for most cases$).$