The requirements for the project are the following: Each student should create a fictitious consulting company to work on this project.
The objective is to analyze an organization to explore its management practices and issues from TWO AREAS in Column 1. The student will conduct research on the area to identify best practices to base their recommendations for improvements to the Company. (Column 2)
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Column 1: Question to Explore |
Column 2: Research & Recommend |
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What are the environmental issues that the Organization’s management is facing? What strategies are being implemented to adapt to these environments? |
What other strategies to adapt to these environments, would you suggest? |
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What are issues involved in managing a diverse workforce and conduct necessary research to address these issues? (Describe the diversity in the Organization) |
What suggestions would you make to address these? |
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What are examples of how the organization does planning, organizing, & control processes? |
What suggestions would you make to improve what the company is currently doing? |
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What are the current practices in the Organization around how leaders use motivation techniques? |
What theories support or relate to the practices you learned? |
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What are the current practices in the Organization around how leaders use Effective communication? |
What suggestions would you make to the organization for improvements? |
The chosen organization will be a large organization (profit or non-profit). Conduct your search using online resources. You may use the company Website, financial records, annual reports, interviews of management and other public sources to gather the information for your report. You must also conduct research to identify the suggestions (Column 2) using 4-5 scholarly sources in addition to the Organization’s web site. There are two parts to the project:
Presentation
Your PowerPoint presentation should be approximately 8 – 12 slides and submitted through the Canvas Messaging system. Only the paper will be submitted in the assignment area. The presentation must include a title page with your name. The presentation must include background summary of the organization. Each slide will provide a summary of the research paper and each will have an appropriate title. The use of appropriate graphics, charts, and tables is encouraged. Use one slide for references.