ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

As an organizational development practitioner you have been asked to review a fortune 500 company; it must be on the list.  You can only choose a company that is on the list between #300-500. (AND IT’S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE) http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2010/full_list/ and develop a plan to effectively manage change.  You will be required to write a paper (minimum of 10 pages, excluding cover and reference pages) and prepare a PowerPoint presentation (minimum of 5 slides) summarizing your paper, which you will use to make a 10-15 minute presentation on our last class meeting.  This is all something you are making up about the company.  Think of the company- products/services, it- employee base (research their website), benefits program, etc.  See what this company can do to move up on the Fortune 500 list or how is can maintain its current standing!
The paper must contain the following:
•	Name of your "consulting firm"(make it FUN)
•	Overview of the company you selected: A company history, the number they are on the “list” and some financial information (VERY basic).
•	Describe the major change you have decided to implement.  Why is the change needed? 
•	Describe how you plan to implement the change.  Develop an effective and efficient plan to manage this change.  Decide how this will be done without major disruption to the entire workforce.
•	Please select at least 1 OD intervention to assist in the change (p. 157) and follow the activities contributing to Effective Change Management, listed on page 164 in your text.  
•	References: Your text is an excellent source for this assignment but it will be necessary to consult at least three other CURENT (within 7 years) scholarly reference(s) (books, scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, etc.).  Valid web pages may be used for additional sources only.  Wikipedia, although an excellent site for overview and introduction to a concept, is NOT an acceptable resource!  You must use the APA format as outlined in the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.  Examples of this format are available on the Wilmington University library web page, in the APA style guide, and in Blackboard under the “Web Resources” link.   You must cite throughout your paper (direct and indirect quote), if you do not, your paper will not be acceptable!  If you do not cite where you received your ideas you are in fact plagiarizing.
  

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