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As a manager, whether you’re a store, facilities, or a general manager in any type of environment, your teams work to meet the strategic direction of the organization. As strategic initiatives are adopted, you and your team may need to adapt to new directions. Change can be hard, and your team and your organization rely on your understanding of the organizational culture to support change.In this assessment, you will use your experience and the organizational change chart you completed in Week 1 to assess the organization’s culture to improve alignment among the culture, mission, vision, values, and strategies using Kotter’s 8-step change management model.?You provide your assessment including how proposed decisions for improvements align to the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategies to the leadership team. Assessment DeliverableCreate a 7- to 10-slide presentation to the leadership of the organization you chose to explore in Week 1. Refer to your Organizational Change Chart from Week 1 and include the following:

Describe your assessment of the current culture within the organization at the time of your experience. Refer to the organizational change chart you completed in Week 1 to describe your assessment.

Develop a Change Management Plan using Kotter’s 8-Step model for the change goal you identified. Refer to the suggested actions for improvement you included in the Organizational Change Chart.

Determine the desired outcome as a result of the proposed change.

Analyze the alignment among the organization’s mission, vision, values, strategies, and the proposed Change Management Plan.

Explain Cultural Competence % Ethics: Respectful Communication & Interaction

Include speaker notes to provide additional details not already present on each slide.

LDR/535 v4
LDR/535 Grading Rubrics
Wk 2 Summative Assessment: Organizational Culture Presentation ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
Wk 4 Summative Assessment: Innovative Leadership Report……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
Wk 6 Summative Assessment: Change Management Plan Presentation………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6
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Wk 2 Summative Assessment: Organizational Culture Presentation
Exemplary
90–100%
A- to A
Proficient
74-89%
C to B+
Developing
60-73%
D to C-
Needs Improvement
0-59%
F
Assessment of the current
organizational culture was
thorough and highly
insightful.
Assessment of the current
organizational culture was
adequate and insightful.
Assessment of the current
organization culture was
partially complete and
somewhat insightful.
Assessment of the current
organizational culture was
limited and not insightful or
not evident.
The change management
plan for the identified
change goal, including
Kotter’s 8-Step model for
change, was complete and
highly insightful.
The change management
plan for the identified
change goal, including
Kotter’s 8-Step model for
change, was mostly
complete and showed
sufficient insight.
The change management
plan for the identified
change goal, including
Kotter’s 8-Step model for
change, was partially
complete and somewhat
insightful.
The change management
plan for the identified
change goal, including
Kotter’s 8-Step model for
change, was incomplete
and lacked insight or not
evident.
Determination of the
desired outcome as a result
of the proposed change
was creative or innovative.
Determination of the
desired outcome as a result
of the proposed change
was adequate.
Determination of the
desired outcome as a result
of the proposed change
was partially adequate.
Determination of the desired
outcome as a result of the
proposed change was
inadequate or not evident.
Weight: 25%
Analysis of the alignment
among the organizations
mission, vision, values,
strategies, and proposed
change management plan
was comprehensive.
Analysis of the alignment
among the organizations
mission, vision, values,
strategies, and proposed
change management plan
was adequate.
Analysis of the alignment
among the organizations
mission, vision, values,
strategies, and proposed
change management plan
was partially adequate.
Analysis of the alignment
among the organizations
mission, vision, values,
strategies, and proposed
change management plan
was superficial or not
evident.
Cultural Competence
& Ethics: Respectful
Strong ability to engage in
transparent conversations
Sufficient ability to engage
in transparent
Limited ability to engage in
transparent conversations
Did not engage in
transparent conversations
Criteria
Organizational
Culture
Weight: 25%
Change Management
Plan
Weight: 20%
Desired Outcome
Weight: 20%
Organizational
Alignment
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Criteria
Communication &
Interaction
Weight: 5%
APA, Grammar, and
Writing Mechanics
Weight: 5%
Proficient
74-89%
C to B+
Developing
60-73%
D to C-
Needs Improvement
0-59%
F
and respond ethically in
professional intercultural
settings; inclusively
acknowledges value of
others within diverse
communities
conversations and respond
ethically in professional
intercultural settings;
adequately acknowledges
value of others within
diverse communities
and respond ethically in
professional intercultural
settings; limited
acknowledgement of value
of others within diverse
communities
and respond ethically in
professional intercultural
settings; no or inappropriate
acknowledgement of value
of others within diverse
communities
Accuracy in grammar,
sentence structures,
sentence boundaries, and
word choice enhanced
content; when applicable,
attention to APA citation
and formatting enhanced
the content.
Rare inaccuracies/errors
in grammar, sentence
structures, sentence
boundaries, word choice;
when applicable, APA
citation and formatting did
not detract from the content.
Occasional
inaccuracies/errors
in grammar, sentence
structures, sentence
boundaries, and
word choice; when
applicable, APA citation and
formatting detracted from
the content.
Frequent
inaccuracies/errors
in grammar, sentence
structures, sentence
boundaries, and
word choice; when
applicable, APA formatting
made the
content inaccessible.
Exemplary
90–100%
A- to A
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Wk 4 Summative Assessment: Innovative Leadership Report
Criteria
Organizational
Change Statement
Weight: 10%
Leadership Styles
Considered
Weight: 35%
Leadership Style:
Sustainable
Organizational
Success
Weight: 15%
Leadership Style:
Mission and Vision
Weight: 15%
Exemplary
90–100%
A- to A
Proficient
74-89%
C to B+
Developing
60-73%
D to C-
Needs Improvement
0-59%
F
Restatement of the needed
change within the
organization was clear.
Restatement of the needed
change within the
organization was mostly
clear.
Restatement of the needed
change within the
organization was somewhat
clear.
Restatement of the needed
change within the
organization was unclear or
not evident.
Explanation of the
leadership styles examined,
including context of the
organizational culture and
needed change, was clear
and comprehensive.
Explanation of the
leadership styles examined,
including context of the
organizational culture and
needed change, was mostly
clear and with moderate
detail.
Explanation of the
leadership styles examined,
including context of the
organizational culture and
needed change, was
somewhat clear with limited
detail.
Explanation of the
leadership styles examined,
including context of the
organizational culture and
needed change, was
unclear and lacked
necessarily detail or was not
evident.
Justification included an
explanation of how the
recommended leadership
style supports sustainable
organizational success that
was insightful.
Justification included an
explanation of how the
recommended leadership
style supports sustainable
organizational success was
moderately insightful.
Justification included an
explanation of how the
recommended leadership
style supports sustainable
organizational success
showed limited insight.
Justification included an
explanation of how the
recommended leadership
style supports sustainable
organizational success
lacked insight or was not
evident.
Justification included how
the recommended
leadership style integrates
with the organization’s
mission and vison was
clear.
Justification included how
the recommended
leadership style integrates
with the organization’s
mission and vison was
mostly clear.
Justification included how
the recommended
leadership style integrates
with the organization’s
mission and vison was
somewhat unclear.
Justification included how
the recommended
leadership style integrates
with the organization’s
mission and vison was
unclear or not evident.
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Criteria
Leadership Style:
Stakeholder Value
Weight: 15%
Cultural Competence
& Ethics: Strategic
Efforts Toward
Inclusion and Equity
Weight: 5%
APA, Grammar, and
Writing Mechanics
Weight: 5%
Exemplary
90–100%
A- to A
Proficient
74-89%
C to B+
Developing
60-73%
D to C-
Needs Improvement
0-59%
F
Justification included an
explanation of how the
recommended leadership
style increases value for
stakeholders was
thoroughly detailed.
Justification included an
explanation of how the
recommended leadership
style increases value for
stakeholders was
adequately detailed.
Justification included an
explanation of how the
recommended leadership
style increases value for
stakeholders was limited in
detail.
Justification included an
explanation of how the
recommended leadership
style increases value for
stakeholders was not
detailed enough, inaccurate
or not evident.
Thoughtfully engaged in
overt and deliberate
planning, ethical actions,
and collaborations that
support diversity and foster
inclusion and equity
Moderately engaged in
overt and deliberate
planning, ethical actions,
and collaborations that
support diversity and foster
inclusion and equity
Narrowly engaged in overt
and deliberate planning,
ethical actions, and
collaborations that support
diversity and foster
inclusion and equity
Did not engage in overt and
deliberate planning, ethical
actions, or collaborations
that support diversity and
foster inclusion and equity
Accuracy in grammar,
sentence structures,
sentence boundaries, and
word choice enhanced
content; when applicable,
attention to APA citation
and formatting enhanced
the content.
Rare inaccuracies/errors
in grammar, sentence
structures, sentence
boundaries, word choice;
when applicable, APA
citation and formatting did
not detract from the content.
Occasional
inaccuracies/errors
in grammar, sentence
structures, sentence
boundaries, and
word choice; when
applicable, APA citation and
formatting detracted from
the content.
Frequent
inaccuracies/errors
in grammar, sentence
structures, sentence
boundaries, and
word choice; when
applicable, APA formatting
made the
content inaccessible.
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Wk 6 Summative Assessment: Change Management Plan Presentation
Criteria
Impact of Change on
Company on a Global
Scale
Weight: 15%
Impact of Change on
Employees
Weight: 15%
Strategies
Weight: 15%
Tactics
Weight: 15%
Justification for
Strategies & Tactics
Weight: 15%
Exemplary
90–100%
A- to A
Proficient
74-89%
C to B+
Developing
60-73%
D to C-
Needs Improvement
0-59%
F
Thoroughly evaluated how
this change impacts the
company on a global scale
as part of the evaluation of
why this change needs to
occur from a creative and
innovative perspective
Adequately evaluated how
this change impacts the
company on a global scale
Partially evaluated how this
change impacts the
company on a global scale
Superficially evaluated how
this change impacts the
company on a global scale
or evaluation was not
evident
Thoroughly evaluated how
this change impacts
employees as part of the
evaluation of why this
change needs to occur from
a creative and innovative
perspective
Adequately evaluated how
this change impacts
employees
Partially evaluated how this
change impacts employees
Superficially evaluated how
this change impacts
employees or evaluation
was not evident
Developed comprehensive,
creative, and innovative
strategies for each of the 8
steps in Kotter’s model
Developed mostly
comprehensive strategies
for each of the 8 steps in
Kotter’s model
Developed narrow
strategies for each of the 8
steps in Kotter’s model
Developed ineffective or
weak strategies for each of
the 8 steps in Kotter’s
model or strategies were
not evident
Developed comprehensive,
creative, and innovative
tactics to implement each
strategy
Developed mostly
comprehensive tactics to
implement each strategy
Developed limited tactics to
implement each strategy
Developed weak tactics to
implement each strategy or
tactics were not evident
Thoroughly justified the
effectiveness of each
strategy and tactic with a
Mostly justified the
effectiveness of each
Narrowly justified the
effectiveness of each
Ineffectively or weakly
justified each strategy and
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Criteria
Impact of Change on
Sustaining
Company’s
Competitive
Advantage
Weight: 15%
Collaboration:
Results Focused
Weight: 5%
APA, Grammar, and
Writing Mechanics
Weight: 5%
Exemplary
90–100%
A- to A
Proficient
74-89%
C to B+
Developing
60-73%
D to C-
Needs Improvement
0-59%
F
rationale from a creative
and innovative perspective
strategy and tactic with a
rationale
strategy and tactic with a
rationale
tactic with a rationale or
justification was not evident
Thoroughly explained how
this positive organizational
change will help the
company sustain a
competitive advantage in
the global market from a
creative and innovative
perspective
Adequately explained how
this positive organizational
change will help the
company sustain a
competitive advantage in
the global market
Narrowly explained how this
positive organizational
change will help the
company sustain a
competitive advantage in
the global market
Superficially explained how
this positive organizational
change will help the
company sustain a
competitive advantage in
the global market or
explanation was not evident
Demonstrated a
distinguished ability to
remain goal focused when
obstacles and challenges
arise to achieve results
Demonstrated a proficient
ability to remain goal
focused when obstacles
and challenges arise to
achieve results
Demonstrated a marginal
ability to remain goal
focused when obstacles
and challenges arise to
achieve results
Did not demonstrate the
ability to remain goal
focused when obstacles
and challenges arise to
achieve results
Accuracy in grammar,
sentence structures,
sentence boundaries, and
word choice enhanced
content; when applicable,
attention to APA citation
and formatting enhanced
the content.
Rare inaccuracies/errors
in grammar, sentence
structures, sentence
boundaries, word choice;
when applicable, APA
citation and formatting did
not detract from the content.
Occasional
inaccuracies/errors
in grammar, sentence
structures, sentence
boundaries, and
word choice; when
applicable, APA citation and
formatting detracted from
the content.
Frequent
inaccuracies/errors
in grammar, sentence
structures, sentence
boundaries, and
word choice; when
applicable, APA formatting
made the content
inaccessible.
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