There are three key deliverables due during the span of the internship. All three are required for 15.317 and count toward the final grade.
The Three Perspectives on Organizational Processes
360 Degree Leadership Survey (unavailable on OCW)
There are three key deliverables due during the span of the internship. All three are required for 15.317 and count toward the final grade.
The Three Perspectives on Organizational Processes
360 Degree Leadership Survey (unavailable on OCW)
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Due: July, Year 2
This analysis will help you to map relationships between all of the stakeholders involved in and affected by your project. Questions you should address are:
It is recommended that you extend your analysis beyond your immediate team to include external stakeholders who affect the outcome of your project, such as other departments, functions, organizations, MIT, etc.
The stakeholder map is a network diagram of the relationships between all of the stakeholders.
The structure of a stakeholder map.
The map should also identify who are the supporters versus who are the potential roadblocks to successful completion of your project. During the July webcast we will discuss additional tools to help you develop an action plan to address the barriers you identify.
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Due: September, Year 2
This deliverable (max 5 pages) is an analysis of your internship project using the three different perspectives discussed in 15.311 for analyzing organizational processes: strategic design, political, and cultural. This should provide a basis for your recommendations relative to implementation and institutionalization of your project findings.
As a first step in your analysis, describe briefly the organizational and technical features of the project, its history, and the organizational context in which it is situated. Consider the following questions:
Then use the three lenses to more thoroughly understand the enablers and barriers you must address to make your project successful. Consider how looking at the project from the three perspectives influences the data you collect and how you interpret what is happening. Do the things you see through one lens change your view of the things you see through another lens? Consider how each perspective can inform the others.
STRATEGIC DESIGN: Consider the following questions to understand how the formal structure and strategy of the organization influence the project:
CULTURAL: Consider the following questions to understand how your project relates to, is affected by, or may affect the culture of the organization:
POLITICAL: Building off your stakeholder map (most likely, you will want to revise the one you created earlier), consider the following questions to understand the different interests and goals that guide individuals, groups, and departments both within and outside of the organization that have a stake in the project:
CONCLUSIONS: What are your key take-aways for your internship based on this analysis? What action plans does it suggest?
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