18 Feb Assignment: Systems Thinking for Good, Part 1
Assignment: Systems Thinking for Good, Part 1
In the Assignments for this module, you will assume the role of a consultant who has been asked by
the upper management team to evaluate an organizational performance problem within an
organization. You will present your findings in the form of a written report with an executive summary
presented as a PowerPoint presentation. The organization for this evaluation will be one of your
choosing, and it should be one with which you are familiar. This organization could be where you
currently work or where you have worked in the past.
After selecting an organization with which you are personally familiar, you are to present your
evaluation and recommendations in a detailed business report. Additionally, you will prepare an
executive summary of your findings to be presented as a PowerPoint slide deck to the organization’s
upper management team. Your report should contain three parts (Part 1 is due this week; Part 2 is
due in Week 7; and Part 3 is due in Week 8) and must include specific examples from the
organization, as well as relevant citations from the Learning Resources, the Walden Library, and/or
other appropriate academic sources to support your evaluation.
To prepare for this Assignment:
To access your rubric:
Week 6 Discussion Rubric
To participate in this Discussion:
Week 6 Discussion
Download the Module 3 Assignment Template. Note: Be sure to keep a copy of your completed
Assignment this week, as you will be adding to the same file for your Assignments for Week 7 and
Week 8.
By Day 7
Submit Part 1 of your business report, to include the following:
Part 1: Business Improvements (4–5 pages)
Analyze some of the basic details about the organization. At a minimum, the basic details should
include: the industry and products/services the organization offers, the overall operational and
financial health of the organization, and a qualitative or systems diagram summary of how the
organization operates to fulfill its commitments to customers.
Analyze what you believe to be the fundamental physical, policy, or market constraints that are
preventing your organization from moving to the next level of performance. Be sure to clearly
identify each primary constraint and provide a detailed argument and evidence for why you think
each is a primary constraint to organizational performance. Be sure to support your response with
appropriate concepts from performance management and/or systems thinking.
For each of the fundamental physical, policy, or market constraints that you identified as preventing
your organization from moving to the next level of performance, justify a specific recommendation
for how to elevate, support, and potentially eliminate the constraint.
Using the concepts of throughput accounting and Theory of Constraints accounting measurements
for each of your recommendations, evaluate how the primary metrics of T, I, and OE would be
affected and why the recommendations would make sense from a performance measurement
perspective.
Refer to the Week 6 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will
use this grading rubric to assess your work.
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:
Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK6Assgn+last name+first initial.
(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 6 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
Click the Week 6 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from
this area.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you
saved as “WK6Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my
paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.
