Assignment 1

For this discussion, answer the following questions in your initial post:

• What company are you planning to use for your process improvement plan?
• Why do you plan to develop a process improvement plan for this company?
• What are some examples of known deficient processes?

When responding to your peers, review their choice of company and their rationale for developing a process improvement plan. Provide feedback to your peers. Why do you or do you not think it is a good company to develop a process improvement plan for?

Things to Remember!

1. Post a 2 to 4 paragraph discussion post (300 words minimum). Justify your explanations by including in-text citations and references in APA format as applicable.

2. Post your primary response on the discussion board. Be sure to review your writing for grammar and spelling before posting. Read any postings already provided by your instructor or fellow students.

3. Read and respond to at least two of your classmates. Remember to read the feedback to your own major postings and reply to it throughout the module.

Assignment 2

For this assignment, you will select an organization to create a process improvement plan for. This may be the organization you work for or another real organization that you are familiar with. You should have access to the policies and procedures of the organization that you choose.

Your process improvement plan for this organization will evaluate an area in which managers are consistently falling short of expectations. Here are a few areas that managers commonly miss the mark on:

• Effective motivation
• Sharing the vision
• Setting effective expectations
• Holding employees accountable
• Helping employees with career development

For this assignment, you will be creating a problem statement. In order to do this you will need to:

• Provide a brief description of the organization you chose.

• Describe the problem with the current processes and why are they ineffective.

• Identify the organizational policies and procedures directly related to this process.

• Provide specific evidence-based examples that clearly show the process is the cause of the deficiencies in management. Use management theories as evidence-based examples to show the link between the deficiencies and the process.

• Consider reviewing David Walonick's article, "Organizational Theory and Behavior," that outlines how each management theory has been applied in the real world and the results those approaches had on the organization.

• Determine what ethical, legal, and social issues exist within the current process and whether or not these will be a concern when changing the process.

You should answer the above questions in a 2 to 3 page well-written paper following APA guidelines.

Compose your work using a word processor (or other software as appropriate) and save it frequently to your computer. Be sure to check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors before you upload it. When you are ready to submit your work, click "Browse My Computer" and find your file. Once you have located your file, click "Open" and, if successful, the file name will appear under the Attached files heading. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Submit."