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Overview

As the final stop in your journey toward achieving your Master of Science in Organizational Leadership, you will complete a capstone project. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed in previous coursework. Your final project will be a 30- to 50-page comprehensive diagnostic report on the leadership at a company you choose from the list in the prompt below. In the context of this project, a diagnostic is a tool to identify what occurred historically, what is happening, and what needs to happen in the future.

Directions

In this assignment, you must write a comprehensive, professional leadership diagnostic recommendation report for the company you choose to profile. Select a company from the list below to be the focus of your leadership diagnostic. If you would like to select a Fortune 100 company that is not listed below, submit the name of the company you want to use to your instructor for approval.

Financial: JPMorgan Chase

After researching and evaluating the company you selected, write a 30- to 50-page professional leadership diagnostic report. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Evaluate the business and societal trends in their historical, political, economic, financial, social, cultural, geopolitical, and technological context for the purpose of leading a business.Evaluate trends that have occurred over the years for their impact on your selected company leadership’s decision making in the contexts noted above.Establish an environment that is conducive to the development of shared values, attitudes, and beliefs of a business.Evaluate the views, goals, and values essential for leadership in your company to be a successful organization.Address the competitive challenges the leaders of your selected company face when developing the company culture.Integrate shared leadership, group processes, and organizational learning theories into strategic leadership.Coordinate the development of the organization’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies and practices.Facilitate a reorientation of an organization through the effective application of change management strategies.Recommendations:Establish a plan to make certain different individuals and groups in the organization share corporate attitudes, values, and beliefs. When writing the plan consider the following questions:Why is your plan important for the organization?What leads you to believe your plan will be successful?Describe what you recommend for leadership techniques to improve processes, organizational structure, and collaboration based on your analysis of the organization. As you write the recommendations consider the following questions:What evidence exists for your recommendations?What value would such changes provide to the organization?Suggest how the organization can more effectively coordinate the development of socially responsible decision-making policies and practices without compromising business value.Describe strategies, policies, and best practices that would enable the organization to effectively implement your recommendations for the organization. How would you facilitate the changes you recommend?

Throughout the course, you will complete three milestones. Each milestone will include elements of the final project as noted above. You will edit and polish your work on the milestone assignments for inclusion in your final project submission.

Milestones

Milestone One: Business and Societal Trends and Impact on Leadership
In Module Three, you will submit a paper that evaluates business and societal trends in their historical, political, economic, financial, social, cultural, geopolitical, and technological context and how they have affected leadership in your selected company. The paper should be 8 to 10 pages in length and follow APA guidelines. It will be graded with the Milestone One Rubric.

Milestone Two: Organizational Values and Integrated Shared Leadership
In Module Five, you will submit a paper that describes an environment that is conducive to the development of shared values, attitudes, and beliefs of a business as it applies to your selected company. You will also explain how shared leadership, group processes, and organizational learning theories have been integrated into strategic leadership at the company. You will recommend ways for the company to be sustainable in the future. The paper should be 8 to 10 pages in length and follow APA guidelines. It will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.

Milestone Three: CSR and ESG Policies, Practices, and Change Management
In Module Seven, you will submit a paper that describes your selected company’s approach to CSR and ESG policies and practices. You will discuss leadership efforts to create and implement the company’s desired culture as it relates to CSR and ESG policies. You will also describe communication strategies and scenario planning efforts to transition to the desired culture. The paper should be 8 to 10 pages in length and follow APA guidelines. It will be graded with the Milestone Three Rubric.

Final Submission: Leadership Diagnostic
In Module Nine, you will submit your final leadership diagnostic report. Your report should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the rubric criteria of the final project, including your recommendations for your selected company based on the diagnostic work you have performed. Your report should also incorporate feedback received throughout the course, particularly in Milestones One, Two, and Three. It will be graded with the Final Project Rubric.

Possible Indicators of Success

Evaluate business and societal trends in their historical, political, economic, financial, social, cultural, geopolitical, and technological context for the purpose of leading a business.Does the student demonstrate the ability to evaluate the selected company’s historical, political, economic, financial, social, cultural, geopolitical, and technological trends?Does the student demonstrate the ability to explain the historical evolution of the business and societal trends in their selected company using specific examples and evidence?Does the student demonstrate the ability to explain how company leadership responded to economic and financial challenges that affected the company, including specific examples and evidence?Establish an environment that is conducive to the development of shared values, attitudes, and beliefs of a business.Does the student demonstrate the ability to assess core values within an organization for developing shared values, attitudes, and beliefs that align with an organization’s vision?Does the student demonstrate the ability to evaluate an environment for developing actions and decisions that foster and support organizational values?Integrate shared leadership, group processes, and organizational learning theories into strategic leadership.Does the student demonstrate the ability to analyze how leadership thinking, learning, and strategy have developed over time?Does the student demonstrate the ability to identify and evaluate leadership components needed to build an organization for the future?Coordinate the development of an organization’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies and practices.Does the student demonstrate the ability to evaluate leadership decisions and actions that contribute to an organization’s CSR and ESG policies and practices?Does the student demonstrate the ability to assess the underlying principles needed to embed, maintain, and sustain corporate responsibility in the organizational culture?Does the student demonstrate the ability to formulate policies that foster, empower, and drive CSR and ESG policies within an organization?Facilitate a reorientation of an organization through the effective application of change management strategies.Does the student demonstrate the ability to document and analyze changes in leadership orientation for informing an effective process of leading change?Does the student demonstrate the ability to assess the strategic implications of reactive and proactive approaches to change?Does the student demonstrate the ability to evaluate effective techniques to support organizational change initiatives?

 VI.          What to Submit

Your leadership diagnostic recommendation report must be 30 to 50 pages in length (plus a cover page and reference page). Your report must be written in the latest APA format including proper citation of sources. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. The Possible Indicators of Success below the rubric table are examples of the types of concepts for you and the instructor to look for to demonstrate proficiency. These examples are neither exhaustive nor prescriptive. Use the examples as guides to show how your final project submission achieves the course outcomes. All outcomes are weighted equally.