HRMD650 University of Maryland Chris Peterson at DSS Consulting Case Study Analysis

Business Finance

Please read the Chris Peterson at DSS Consulting case, which can also be found under eReserves. Read through the Criteria for Grading the Case and How to solve a Case study that are attached in your assignment folder.

Solve the case study by analyzing what is presented and stating which specific actions best resolve major issues. These actions must reflect information in the case and the environment facing the firm. Paper should be about six pages in length, excluding cover and reference pages. Please follow APA guidelines for citations, quotations, and references, and use at least five scholarly resources that are dated within the last ten years. You are strongly encouraged to use the required and recommended readings in this course, as well as peer-reviewed journal articles found through the UMUC library. Research methodology and problem analysis will be emphasized in the grading of this assignment.

This assignment is worth 20% of your final grade and addresses Course Objectives 1 through 6. It gives you an opportunity to apply organizational-level diagnostic processes and organizational development principles to a real-life situation. You will also have the opportunity to assess the appropriateness of the intervention chosen and propose alternative interventions based on the presenting problems and underlying issues uncovered in the diagnosis. You must complete this assignment individually, without contacting other students, and you may not use a paper or any part of a paper from a previous class or from another person. If you have questions about this assignment, please post them in the Ask the Professor discussion forum so that everyone can benefit from the answer.