In order to make effective change within an organization, an analysis of the current organizational state is essential. In this assignment, you will be analyzing the current innovative status within an organization of your choice. This organization will also be used in several subsequent assignments. In your 600-750 words organizational analysis paper, address the following questions:

• What are your organization’s competitors’ current trends of innovation?
• How does your organization’s innovativeness compare to its competitors’?
• Within your organization, which stakeholders are responsible for supporting innovation? In what capacity?
• Examining your organization’s structure, systems, and people, how adaptable is the organization for implementing innovative principles and practices?

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is not required.

**Include three to five references using scholarly references (rather than non-academic websites) to support your position.

Solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines.

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

****You will be graded on (Rubric):

1. Competitor Trends: Current innovation trends of the competitor are included and described in exemplary detail.

2. Trend Comparison: A trend comparison of an organization and its competitors is included and described in exemplary detail.

3. Stakeholder Analysis: Stakeholders responsible for innovative support are identified and defined with exceptional detail.

4. Organizational Structure Analysis: An organizational analysis of the structure, systems, and people is included with an exemplary description of innovative adaptability.

5. Thesis Development and Purpose: Thesis is comprehensive and contains the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear.

6. Argument Logic and Construction: Clear and convincing argument that presents a persuasive claim in a distinctive and compelling manner. All sources are authoritative.

7. Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, and language use): The writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.

8. Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style): Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error.