Case Study: Riverbend
Write a 5-7 page analysis describing how a case study reveals the five disciplines and systems archetypes, as well as the relationship between cultural context and the organizational change inquiry processes.
How do organizations use research to gather and record data in ways that extend organizational learning and communication?
How do organizations employ interpretive processes to understand data and analyze the way the data reveals organizational features and patterns?
How do learning organizations use research to plan and implement practical solutions to problems?
Using the lens of one or more of the four core disciplines (personal mastery, mental models, team learning, shared vision), analyze the extent to which each discipline reveals organizational dynamics and contributes to organizational learning or to the organization’s problems.
How could the four disciplines be fostered to have a more beneficial impact on the organization?
Analyze the organizational disabilities and systems archetypes present in the case.
Explain and map at least one example of a systems archetype that can be seen in the case. Include at least one systems map as part of your explanation.
Explain how the four-stage change process could be applied to the case.
What could Riverbend leadership do to improve the strategic planning processes that enhance cultural understanding among stakeholders and the community?
Provide a set of specific practical recommendations about how the CEO should proceed in a way that furthers the goals of supporting increased cultural understanding among stakeholders and the community.
Explain how an action research inquiry cycle that incorporates the recommendations could be planned, implemented, and evaluated for the next phase of organizational improvement.
