Assessment Description
Q& A 150 words-
Making a pivot has saved organizations from completely deteriorating. Using an industry resource, such as the Wall Street Journal, research an organization of your choice that has made an impactful pivot.
Write an 8-10-sentence summary of the organization and the monumental pivot that saved the organization from deteriorating.
This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.
Throughout history, organizations have regularly failed. Many have failed due to their lack of innovative structure and culture. Your group has the opportunity to research an organization that has failed because it was unsuccessful in implementing innovation. You may choose an organization of your own or one of the following: Blockbuster, Polaroid, Blackberry, Sears, Toys ‘R’ Us, Xerox, Atari, Kodak, or Borders. In this assignment, you will build a 10-12-slide PowerPoint presentation, excluding the title slide and references. Be sure to include presenter’s notes.
In your presentation, address the following questions:
What failing organization did you choose?
What external factors contributed to the organization’s failure?
What internal factors contributed to the organization’s failure?
What obstacles did the organization encounter? How were they handled?
What did the organization fail to forecast in the changing market?
What could you have done, as leaders of the organization, to pivot the company to success?
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
Team References:
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-blockbuster-video-streaming-2020-1
8 Reasons Why Blockbuster Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy (indigo9digital.com)
A Look Back At Why Blockbuster Really Failed And Why It Didn’t Have To (forbes.com)
Blockbuster: the Rise and Fall of the Iconic Movie Rental Store (businessinsider.com)
“A Blockbuster Failure: How an Outdated Business Model Destroyed a Gian” by Todd Davis and John Higgins (utk.edu)
Blockbuster: It’s Failure and Lessons to Digital Transformers – Digital Innovation and Transformation (harvard.edu)
Assignment 3:
A: Assessment Description: 150 words
Analyze and explain a successful organization’s structures and conditions that facilitated creativity and innovation. What structures inhibited creativity and innovation? Provide examples and explain. Would a lean business model help those structures support or inhibit creativity and why?
B: Assessment Description: 150 Words
Watch the TED Talk, “TedX Bay Area – Daniel Burres: Using Flash Foresight to Drive Innovation and Growth,” located in the topic Resources. What are some of the uncertainties impacting life and business today and how are they different from 2011? Is it still possible to predict the next linear step and, if so, how? Give an example of one current area where you can predict a possible “next step” and why you think it is possible?
Assessment Description:Organizational Innovation Analysis 500-750 words. APA format
In order to make effective change within an organization, an analysis of the current organizational state is essential. In this assignment, you will be analyzing the current innovative status within your own organization or an organization of your choice. This organization will also be used in several subsequent assignments.
In your 500-750-word organizational analysis paper, address the following questions:
What are your organization’s competitors’ current trends of innovation?
How does your organization’s innovativeness compare to its competitors’?
Within your organization, which stakeholders are responsible for supporting innovation? In what capacity?
Examining your organization’s structure, systems, and people, how adaptable is the organization for implementing innovative principles and practices?
How does your organization leverage analytics or trends to justify innovation?
