ASSIGNMENT Required Reading Askin, N., Petriglieri, G., & Lockard, J. (2016). Tony Hsieh at Zappos: Structure, culture and radical change. Harvard Business Review Publishing. Read the required reading above and discuss the following prompt: Was Tony Hsieh’s move to Holacracy a good idea for Zappos? Make the case. To inspire you in authoring your Live […]
Review of the assigned course materials for this unit, read Case Study 14.1: Zappos’ Organizational Culture. Then, draft a formal academic composition in which you respond to the questions posed at the end of the reading.
Case Study 14.1 Zappos’ Organizational Culture. Following a careful review of the assigned course materials for this unit, read Case Study 14.1: Zappos’ Organizational Culture. The case is in Chapter 14 of the Neck et al. textbook. Then, draft a formal academic composition in which you respond to the questions posed at the end of […]
Describe the challenges the organization faces due to the implementation of holacracy. Conduct a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis.
Intervention Strategies [CLOs: 1, 2] Prior to beginning this interactive assignment, read the Beware the Next Big Thing, Banishing the Bosses Brings out Zappos’ Hidden Entrepreneurs, Why Pain is Inevitable for Zappos and Holacracy, and What’s Causing Zappos to ‘Hemorrage’ Talent articles. For this interactive assignment, you will create a 7- to 10-PowerPoint slide presentation […]
Critically analyze one of the following organizational elements of the company Zappos.
Organizational elements Critically analyze one of the following organizational elements of the company Zappos.
Discuss the topic of the paper and how you will approach it.
Prepare a 4- to 5-page (not including title page and references) critique per the following format: Title Page. Be sure to include 5 components of relevant information (e.g., Name, Class, Professor, Assignment, Date) on the title page. Introduction. Discuss the topic of the paper and how you will approach it. It is best to write […]
Evaluate the holocracy change programme at Zappos.
Assessment task: 1. Evaluate the holocracy change programme at Zappos. Use Kotter’s change framework to analyse the difficulties Tony is experiencing. 2. The culture of Zappos is often credited with contributing to the company’s success. Given your understanding of organizational culture attached, do you think this is attribution is correct? 3. Zappos employees are renown […]