Assignment 2: Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile
Due Week 8 and worth 200 points
Choose one (1) of the following organizations to research: Google, Zappos, Southwest, Hewlett Packard, Xerox, W.L. Gore, DuPont, or Procter & Gamble. Use a variety of resources (company Website, newspaper, company blogs, etc.) to research the culture of the selected organization. Note: Use Question 6 as your conclusion. An abstract is not necessary for this assignment.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
1. Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) description of the organization you chose to research.
2. Examine the culture of the selected organization.
3. Explain how you determined that the selected organization showed the signs of the culture that you have identified.
4. Determine the factors that caused the organization to embody this particular culture.
5. Determine what type of leader would be best suited for this organization. Support your position.
6. Imagine that there is a decline in the demand of product(s) or services supplied by the selected organization. Determine what the change in culture would need to be in response to this situation.
7. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note:Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.