4-2 Short Paper: Assessing Cultural Needs

WCM 620 Module Four Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric Th is short paper will help you synthesize information from the readings for this module and inform your thinking when you work on Section IV of the final project. IV. Creating a More Effective Organizational Culture: In this section, you will analyze the transcripts provided to determine the influence of cultural differences on the conflict. A. Analyze how the stakeholders’ cultural perspectives affected their points of view in this conflict. Support your analysis with relevant examples. B. Describe instances in which you see a match or gaps between the former employee and organizational culture . Support your description with specific examples. C. Recommend strategies that individual stakeholders can use to deal with employees who have disparate cultural perspectives. Justify your recommendation(s) with appropriate conflict resolution concepts . Using the fi nal project transcripts provided and the articles “Bias Has No Place a t Work ” and “Workplace Religious Accommodation Issues for Adherents o f Islam ” from the module resources, assess the cultural needs of Ka reem versus the culture at ABC Corporatio n. Where did you identify gaps? What should ABC Corporation do to meet Kareem’s needs while still maintaining performance expectations? Your paper should include these critical elements:  An assessment of Kareem’s cultural needs  An assessment ABC Corporation ’s o rganizational culture  A description of the gaps between Kareem’s cultural needs and the ABC Corporation organizational culture  Recommendations of strategies for ABC Corporatio n to meet Kareem’s needs while still maintaining performance expe ctations Guidelines for Submission: Your paper should be submitted as a 2 - to 3 -page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12 -point Times New Roman font, one -inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format. Instructor Feedback : This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more in formation, review these instructions . Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient ( 90 %) Needs Improvement ( 70 %) Not Evident (0%) Value Assessment of Kareem’s Cultural Needs a nd ABC Corporation’s Organizational Culture Clearly analyzes all of the cultural perspectives and supports each with multiple relevant examples Adequately analyzes all of the cultural perspectives and supports each with examples Analyzes some of the cultural perspectives, but the supporting examples lack relevancy Does not analyze all of the cultural perspectives 30 Description of Organizational Matches a nd Gaps Clearly identifies gaps and describes matches in organizational cultures with specific examples Adequately identifies gaps and describes matches in organizational cultures with examples Identifies gaps and describes matches in organizational cultures with a single example Does not identify any organizational gaps or matches 30 Recommendation of S trategies Recommends appropriate strategies with supporting examples to addres s conflict resolution concepts Recommends strategies with supporting examples to address conflict resolution Recommends a single strategy to address conflict resolution Does not recommend any strategies or supporting examples that address conflict resolution 20 Proper Use o f APA Standards, Mechanics, a nd Grammar Paper is free of errors in organization and grammar and contains at least three scholarly sources Paper is m ostly free of erro rs of organization and grammar, errors are marginal and rarely interrupt the flow , and contains three scholarly sources Paper contains errors of organization and grammar but errors are limited enough so that paper can be understood; contains two scholarly sources Paper contains errors of organization and grammar , making it difficult to understand 20 Total 100%