Team Consultants Report

Ramon Avancena Final Examination
MBA 670 Spring 2013
Consultants’ Report to Program Team
The culture of the three groups differs in various ways and each group’s current characteristics are represented by the table below.
Table 1: Culture of Three Groups Characteristics | School District | NCPIE | Woodson | Innovation & Risk Taking | Low | Medium | High | Attention to detail | Low | Medium | High | Outcome orientation | High | High | High | People orientation | Low | High | High | Team orientation | Low | Medium | High | Aggressiveness | Medium | Low | High | Stability | Medium | High | Low |

In terms to innovation and risk taking I would rate the school district as low because
Education is wide ranging, the school district educates the students to unlock their future potential, however their ineffectiveness has caused them to seek outside counsel. Administrators like Victoria Adams also need to be educated on how to function more efficiently, work with our stakeholders like the parents and other faculty members to promote lasting change. The main reason she reached out to Woodson Foundation is because the limited resources at her disposal are insufficient without creative means to bring fresh ideas and cooperation from other stakeholders to improve student performance This also addresses Meredith Watson’s goal of having more parental involvement and improving the structure of the school system. An approach where all of the stakeholders from the parents to the school district are educated on the needs of the students as well as the needs of the school district allows for fresh and creative ways to make improvements. In Meredith’s example if the school district administrators understood where the areas of redundancy are in the school system, then the wasted resources in duplicated jobs could be reallocated to areas of need like the funding for the after school activities. Also, more parents educated in the challenges their children face will make them more motivated to be involve and promote changes from home. In Mason Dupree’s case, being more educated in the problems of the school district would make him more open to spending money in areas of need. The final part of the message “for our children’s tomorrow” represents all the team members’ common goal of increased student learning. If each understands they are working towards one vision, then this will promote cooperation and motivation to achieve the lasting change and positive