Assignment Question
Instructions: This project is designed to provide you with a unique opportunity to synthesize research findings and theoretical frameworks, to guide the design and execution of a change strategy within a real-world organizational context. Through the lens of action research, you will identify a significant organizational challenge, actively engage key stakeholders to uncover pertinent issues, implement a change intervention, collect data to asses the intervention’s impact, and analyze and present your findings. Your final output for this capstone project will comprise a comprehensive formal report, encompassing the following core components: (See attached template) 1. Introduction: Present the problem at hand, articulating its significance and purpose. This should be based upon baseline data collected via interviews with at least two key stakeholders and initial observations of the organization. 2. Review of the Literature: Provide an overview of existing understandings or explanations of the investigated issue. 3. Methodology: Integrate a rationale for the chosen research approach (action research). 4. Proposed/Change intervention: Provide an overview of the change strategy you are going to use to support the organization’s change process. This should be based upon the theoretical frameworks and concepts explored throughout your coursework and adapted specifically for the organization with which you are engaged for your capstone project. 5. Research Outcomes or Findings: Provides a narrative account of the processes and outcomes of the research—in effect, the story of participant experiences and perspectives during and/or after your intervention. 6. Conclusion: Engage in a comparative discussion, contrasting your research’s findings with those presented in scholarly and practice literature. An Action Research process must be used. And the text below must be referenced along w/ other references: Stringer, E. T. (2014). Action research (4th ed.). Sage Publications. Pasmore, B. (2020). Advanced consulting. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc This assignment should be 25 pages long, use 12-pt Times Roman font, have one-inch top, bottom, left, and right margins, and adhere to the standards presented in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association(Seventh Edition). Your paper should include a minimum of 20 references supporting the content and arguments presented in the paper. References should be a mix of scholarly and professional publications. In addition, all of the data you collect as part of your project should be included in your appendix. For example, if you conduct qualitative interviews, your interview notes must be included; if you administer a survey, the results of your survey must be included. Purpose statement: The purpose of this action research project is to investigate the factors that contribute to inventory planning to improve the fill rate (the percentage of orders that you can ship from your available stock without any lost sales, backorders, or stockouts )at Pratt and Whitney. Initial interviews revealed that one of the challenges associated with inventory planning is the lack of forecasting info from sales, and also knowledge about whether stock is available and repair turnaround time. A dashboard was one of the potential remedies that was already being considered for implementation. However, while there was large management support for the implementation of a dashboard, there are some doubts and concerns from the staff due to failed resolution of the issue in the past largely due to lack of training on the use of the dashboard and strategies for improvement. Change Implementation: Training on the use of the dashboard Change Framework: for this assignment is Leavitt’s Model.
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