Final Project Part 1: Culture Analysis Paper

This assignment allows you to demonstrate mastery of course outcomes:

1. apply knowledge of the levels, components, and development of culture to inform decision making about organizational practices
2. analyze and describe the impact of organizational culture on performance

You will be asked to analyze an organizational culture. This could be  the organization you work with, or it could be some other organization  to which you have access. Remember that clubs, associations, and  churches can be considered organizations.

Research (data gathering) should include (but does not need to be limited to)  mainly primary sources.

Primary data is the data collected by the researcher themselves, i.e.

1. interview
2. observation
3. action research
4. case studies
5. life histories
6. questionnaires
7. ethnographic research

Secondary sources are data that already exists

1. Previous research
2. Official statistics
3. Mass media products
4. Diaries
5. Letters
6. Government reports
7. Web information
8. Historical data and information

Collect your data and analyze it. Describe how you collected the data (observation, interviews, surveys).

Then, analyze the organizational culture along three dimensions:  artifacts, values, and underlying assumptions. Give examples of  behavior, speech, or symbols that illustrate your findings. This paper  should be 5-8 pages in length. Any data used (interviews, surveys,  websites, etc.) should be attached as appendices. You should use at  least 3 course resources. 

This assignment counts for 25% of your course grade 

Required References

http://www.cavanaughleahy.com/NewFiles/culturerefs2.htm 

https://www.thebalancecareers.com/how-to-understand-your-current-culture-1918811 

https://www.thercfgroup.com/files/resources/Defining-Culture-and-Organizationa-Culture_5.pdf 

Note: You can use additional references, however, please use the ones that I included as well. 3 course references are REQUIRED

Use a U. S Bank or credit union on the East Coast as an example, like Bank of America, Navy Federal Credit Union, M& T Bank

References and paper must be in APA format.

PAPER IS DUE 7/1/2020