Case Assignment

Organizational Culture and Change

This case assignment is all about change of organizational culture.

Please note that in order for you to get an A grade on this assignment, your paper has to address both the Content and Structure Assignment Expectations (see below).

Start by reading the following Harvard Business Review (HBR) article:

Charan, R. (2006). Home Depot’s Blueprint for Culture Change. Harvard Business Review, April, Vol 84 Issue 4 p. 60-70.

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Assignment Expectations (Content)

Based on the HBR article by Charan (2006), write a 4-5 pages paper in which you will address the following expectation:

The article describes what the leadership team of Home Depot did to change the company’s culture.

1.Analyze the steps that the team took to make the change.

2.Explain what the whole change was about and why it is considered so successful.

3.Select two tools that the company used and that you consider most important and explain your choice.

Assignment Expectations (Structure)

1.Make sure that you use your own language (rather than copying sentences from the article).

2.Your paper will be graded based on the following criteria: Precision, Clarity, Breadth, Depth, Grammar/Vocabulary, Referencing, and Application.

3.Use 12 point font (Times New Roman), double-spacing, and one inch margins. Add a cover page and a references list.

4.Citing your Sources: APA Style – TUI requires all PhD work to be in APA form. We also encourage all other students to comply with guidelines for proper citation of references. You may use the tutorial found on the following link (press “view the tutorial”): http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx?apaSessionKey=4532A4A4911C1E8D5E885C141739A382