03 Aug CASE STUDY: KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CASE STUDY: KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Overview

One of the best ways to learn new concepts is to analyze concrete scenarios in the real world. For this assignment, you will carefully read and analyze a case study that presents an organizational problem at Kingsborough Community College. In so doing, you will be synthesizing the course concepts and gaining a deeper understanding of their application to problems of practice.

Instructions

Before you begin your report, be sure you have prepared by completing the Applying Systems Thinking and Cultural Web interactive media activities, and carefully read and analyzed the following case study:

• Bringing Theory to Practice. (n.d.) BTtoP Case Study: Kingsborough Community College [PDF]. Available from https://www.bttop.org/

Then use the following prompts to structure your report:

1. Describe aspects of a cultural web relevant to this scenario.

• Apply systems thinking to demonstrate the complex and interrelated nature of the organization’s various parts.

2. Describe leadership behaviors exhibited in this scenario. 

• Evaluate leadership behaviors exhibited in this scenario.

• Provide specific examples to support the evaluation.

3. Describe ethical considerations relevant to this scenario. 

• Analyze these ethical considerations.

• Reflect on your personal experience(s) identifying and addressing ethical organizational practices.

4. Describe solution strategies that might help the organization continue to improve.

• Explain potential challenges when implementing these strategies.

• Explain approaches for addressing these challenges.

5. Synthesize multiple sources into key themes or findings.

• Establish how these key themes or findings support a clearly discernible thesis or central idea of your report.

Additional Requirements

• Written communication: Your paper should be free from errors that detract from the overall message.

• Length: At least 5 pages.

• References: Cite at least eight relevant scholarly sources. Include a reference page at the end of your paper. APA Style and Format: Be sure to use current APA 7 style and format throughout your paper, including citations on your reference list.

• Font: Times New Roman, 12 points.

References

Balogun, J., Hailey, V. H., & Gustafsson, S. (2018). Exploring Strategic Change (4th Edition). Pearson Learning Solutions.

Ingersoll, R. M., Sirinides, P., & Dougherty, P. (2018). Leadership matters: Teachers’ roles in school decision making and school performance. American Educator, 42(1), 13–39