18 Feb Assignment: Systems Thinking for Good, Part 1

Assignment: Systems Thinking for Good, Part 1

In the Assignments for this module, you will assume the role of a consultant who has been asked by

the upper management team to evaluate an organizational performance problem within an

organization. You will present your findings in the form of a written report with an executive summary

presented as a PowerPoint presentation. The organization for this evaluation will be one of your

choosing, and it should be one with which you are familiar. This organization could be where you

currently work or where you have worked in the past.

After selecting an organization with which you are personally familiar, you are to present your

evaluation and recommendations in a detailed business report. Additionally, you will prepare an

executive summary of your findings to be presented as a PowerPoint slide deck to the organization’s

upper management team. Your report should contain three parts (Part 1 is due this week; Part 2 is

due in Week 7; and Part 3 is due in Week 8) and must include specific examples from the

organization, as well as relevant citations from the Learning Resources, the Walden Library, and/or

other appropriate academic sources to support your evaluation.

To prepare for this Assignment:

To access your rubric:

Week 6 Discussion Rubric

To participate in this Discussion:

Week 6 Discussion

Download the Module 3 Assignment Template. Note: Be sure to keep a copy of your completed

Assignment this week, as you will be adding to the same file for your Assignments for Week 7 and

Week 8.

By Day 7

Submit Part 1 of your business report, to include the following:

Part 1: Business Improvements (4–5 pages)

Analyze some of the basic details about the organization. At a minimum, the basic details should

include: the industry and products/services the organization offers, the overall operational and

financial health of the organization, and a qualitative or systems diagram summary of how the

organization operates to fulfill its commitments to customers.

Analyze what you believe to be the fundamental physical, policy, or market constraints that are

preventing your organization from moving to the next level of performance. Be sure to clearly

identify each primary constraint and provide a detailed argument and evidence for why you think

each is a primary constraint to organizational performance. Be sure to support your response with

appropriate concepts from performance management and/or systems thinking.

For each of the fundamental physical, policy, or market constraints that you identified as preventing

your organization from moving to the next level of performance, justify a specific recommendation

for how to elevate, support, and potentially eliminate the constraint.

Using the concepts of throughput accounting and Theory of Constraints accounting measurements

for each of your recommendations, evaluate how the primary metrics of T, I, and OE would be

affected and why the recommendations would make sense from a performance measurement

perspective.

Refer to the Week 6 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will

use this grading rubric to assess your work.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK6Assgn+last name+first initial.

(extension)” as the name.

Click the Week 6 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

Click the Week 6 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from

this area.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you

saved as “WK6Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my

paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.