Organizational Culture

CLED 835

Organizational Culture: Assessment Assignment Instructions

Overview

Throughout the class you will work on a series of assignments that focus on the organizational culture for one specific non-profit organization. To complete this series of assignments, students are asked to identify one specific non-profit organization (i.e. church, non-profit ministry, para-church organization) and to utilize the same organization for all three assignments.

The three specific assignments that will utilize the same non-profit organization are:

1. Organizational Culture: Overview Assignment

2. Organizational Culture: Assessment Assignment

3. Organizational Culture: Action Plans Assignment

Instructions

The first step in the Organizational Culture assigments was to provide a general overview of the organization using the “Three Levels of Culture” identified by Edgar Schein.

As the second step in the Organizational Culture assignments, you are asked to assess the organization’s culture. Some of the guiding considerations throughout this assessment should relate to the health of the organization as seen through the three levels of culture. Please note that actions steps should not be included in this individual assignment.

You should keep in mind the following as you complete the assignment:

1. The assignment should be formatted according to current APA formatting standards.

2. The assignment should demonstrate interaction with the course resources.

3. All academic papers at the doctoral level should include a title page.

4. Please include section headings throughout the assignment.

5. Reference the grading rubric for more details about the assignment.

The suggested outline (with corresponding questions to consider) for this assignment (Organizational Culture Assessment Assignment) is the following:

1. Introduction (no more than ½ page)

2. Assessment of Organization’s Artifacts (1 page)

a. Questions to consider:

i. Are there descrepancies between what the organization claims and what is the reality within the organization?

ii. Do the artifacts of the organization align with a biblical worldview, explain?

3. Assessment of Organization’s Espoused Beliefs and Values (1 page)

a. Questions to consider:

i. Do the espoused beliefs and values of the organization align with the behaviors and artifacts of the organization?

ii. Do the espoused beliefs and values of the organization align with a biblical worldview, explain?

4. Assessment of Organization’s Basic Underlying Assumptions (1 page)

a. Questions to consider:

i. Is the organization aware of its basic underlying assumptions?

ii. Are the basic underlying assumptions of the organization accurate?

iii. Do the basic underlying assumptions of the organization align with a biblical worldview, explain?

5. Conclusion (no more than ½ page)

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

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