Refer to the “Freeman-Brown Private School Case Study” document for details pertaining to this assignment.

The board of directors at Freeman-Brown Private School (FBPS) has hired you as part of a consulting team to review the situation and present your findings and recommendations. Write a paper (1,500-1750 words) that discusses the case. Complete this assignment from the perspective of the hired consultants. Respond to the following questions:

1. Review how organizations interact with their external environment (as open systems and complex adaptive systems). How effective was Freeman-Brown as an open system at the time of the closure? How effective was Freeman-Brown as a complex adaptive system at the time of the closure?
2. Review your reading this week on the internal environment of organizations. What is your evaluation of the organizational culture and organizational climate at the time the decision to close two campuses was made?
3. What is your evaluation of the decision made by Dr. Murphy and Caudill? What is your evaluation of the process of going about the closure?
4. Was FBPS demonstrating social responsibility? Discuss the closure impact on three specific stakeholders.
5. Provide an explanation, using appropriate management theories, for how the administration could have handled the closure effectively with stakeholders? Include one theory from each of the following: the classical approach, the human relations approach, and the modern management approach.
6. You have been asked to suggest two goals: one long-term and one short-term goal for the future direction of FBPS. Justify your decision.
7. Present a concluding statement that integrates the 4 functions of management as a means to revamp management at FBPS and meets the recommended goals.

Use at least two academic resources as references for this assignment.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

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To prepare for the Week 2 Assessment, consider a past or current professional experience where a culture change was needed.

Using the Organizational Change Chart, outline information about the experience and organization following Kotter’s 8-Step to Change Model as a guiding line.

Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model

o Step One: Create Urgency.

o Step Two: Form a Powerful Coalition.

o Step Three: Create a Vision for Change.

o Step Four: Communicate the Vision.

o Step Five: Remove Obstacles.

o Step Six: Create Short-Term Wins.

o Step Seven: Build on the Change.

o Step Eight: Anchor the Changes in Corporate Culture.

Review Chapter 3 in the textbook, Managing Health Organizations for Quality and Performance (Fallon, Begun, & Riley, 2013) review attached in word document.

From the perspective of a health care administrator, identify, develop, and discuss strategic issues in planning a model by prioritizing issues facing a community when dealing with a natural disaster using the four MAPP assessments that align with the shared community mission.

Lastly, explain how you would promote collaborations among clinical professionals, explain methods that encourage physician leadership in patient care enhancement, and explain quality initiatives that reduce organizational risk and support patient safety.

Your paper must be 2-4 pages.  In addition to the text, utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources that were published within the last five years.

The following exercise introduces you to how an organization’s culture influences its ability to make desirable changes aligned to its mission, values, and strategies.

Complete the collaboration warm-up exercise, Assessing the Role of Collaboration in Facilitating Organizational Change. A transcript of this interactive exercise is also available.

Consider what you learned in the experience and respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• What do you think the role of collaboration is in assessing organizational culture?
• How do you think collaboration can assist an organization to align its current organizational culture with one that will facilitate positive change?
• What do you think the role of collaboration  is in initiating change?
• What are some of the strategies  you could use to contribute to effective collaboration when initiating      change?
• Describe a behavior you have expressed in the past that prevents effective collaboration. Explain how you could avoid repeating this behavior and identify a more effective one      to replace it with.