Assignment: Diagnosing Organizational Systems (Psychology)

Assignment: Diagnosing Organizational Systems (Psychology)

Assignment: Diagnosing Organizational Systems (Psychology)

Complete an exercise designed to simulate the process of evaluating, selecting, designing, and conducting an organizational assessment. As discussed previously, an organizational assessment is the process of evaluating various areas within the organization with regard to what is working well and what could be changed. An organizational assessment determines how internal factors affect external competitiveness. It involves a full-systems view of where the organization stands to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness in achieving the organization’s mission.

When viewed as an open system, organizations can be diagnosed at three levels: organizational level, group level, and individual level. Identify an organization to diagnose. You may continue to use the organization you have evaluated in previous modules’ assignments, or you may select a new organization. It is best to select an organization where you are currently working or were previously employed. This may be a nonprofit or volunteer organization. However, it is essential that you can identify the organization in terms of structure, culture, and work process. Think of the organization as a system.

Complete an exercise designed to simulate the process of evaluating, selecting, designing, and conducting an organizational assessment.

As discussed previously, an organizational assessment is the process of evaluating various areas within the organization with regard to what is working well and what could be changed. An organizational assessment determines how internal factors affect external competitiveness. It involves a full-systems view of where the organization stands to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness in achieving the organization’s mission. When viewed as an open system, organizations can be diagnosed at three levels: organizational level, group level, and individual level.

Identify an organization to diagnose. You may continue to use the organization you have evaluated in previous modules’ assignments, or you may select a new organization. It is best to select an organization where you are currently working or were previously employed. This may be a nonprofit or volunteer organization. However, it is essential that you can identify the organization in terms of structure, culture, and work process. Think of the organization as a system.

Complete the following parts of this assignment for your selected organization:

Part A

Identify and document all of the following at the organizational level (1–2 pages):

· The organization’s mission and purpose

· All inputs to the system

· All outputs to the system

· All processes your organization performs to transform inputs to outputs

· Organizational environments

· Organizational alignment

· Feedback mechanisms to determine correctness or performance measures

Part B

Identify and document all of the following for a specific group or department at the group level (1–2 pages):

· The group’s mission and purpose

· All inputs to the system

· All outputs from the system

· All processes your group performs to transform inputs to outputs

· Organizational fit