Organizational Models and Design


Reading Assignment
Shortell, Chap. 13,14,15
Assignment Type: Individual Project Points Possible: 60 Deliverable Length: 2?3 pages; 15 slides



The optimal organizational structure integrates organizational goals, size, technology, and environment. When the structure is not aligned with organizational needs, the organization?s response to environmental change diminishes; decisions are delayed, overlooked, or poor; conflict results; and performance deteriorates. Organizational structure is an important tool through which managers can increase organizational efficiency. Reorganization occurs in response to changes in organizational goals, size, technology, or environment. Three organizational structures are commonly found.

Name 3 of the varying organizational structures and describe each structure's own advantages and disadvantages. Organizational structures are also susceptible to many influences.
This is a writing assignment of 2?3 pages and is based on the assigned readings and lecture notes. The writing assignment should demonstrate your understanding of the topics. Each question must be answered. Please upload as a Word Document. Please visit the Course Documents section for directions on how to upload a file.

The correctional system has 3 different organization models:

Authoritarian model
Bureaucratic model
Participative model

In detail, describe and explain EACH model listed above as they apply to correctional environments. For each model, answer the following:

What is the intended goal of corrections administrations that utilize each model?
During what time period was each model developed? Explain.
Was it effective during that time period? Explain in detail, and use scholarly and academic resources to fully support your arguments.
Is it effective now? Explain in detail, and use scholarly and academic resources to fully support your arguments.
How is a correctional facility operated under each model? Be specific and detailed in your response.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using each model? Explain in detail.
Identify the correctional settings where each model would be most effective.
Provide 2 examples for each model.
Explain why your examples would be effective for your selected correctional settings.
This should be fully supported by research.

have to describe an organizational model of any police agency outside of New York State. Students will describe the nature and function of each subunit and the personnel resources dedicated to it. Students will also describe the demographics and geographic of the area served. sources and information must be cited.

I need a paper giving example of a self organizing case study/ a script where you can see self organizing model . it can be a true case study or one that was created so you can see that self organization model is present

Based on researcing the Charter Schools, being politically correct and pro its movement, complete the following task below:

Doctor of Organizational Leadership is most appropriate for leader-practitioners and those who intend to become leaders in the near future. One way to strengthen essential leadership skills of critical analysis and assessment is to look at your own organizations congruence between its vision and its actions. The purpose of this assignment is twofold: (1) to judge your own organization with respect to its vision, and (2) to apply what you learned about vision and visioning to create improvements.

The first part of this assignment is to use the theoretical frames presented in this course, the resources from the literature review and additional research and to analyze your own organizations effectiveness in relationship to its vision. Theoretically, vision and mission are supposed to be based on values. Unfortunately, some organizations lose their way to the extent that their actions do not remotely connect with their vision. Others, craft their vision around actions and things they value, not the values themselves. Questions you need to ask are: How does the performance of my organization align with and fulfill its vision? The second part of this assignment is to propose ways to better connect or improve the relationship between the vision and performance of your organization. Remember that you need to provide some background information about your organization since others are not familiar with it.

Provide a profile of your organization that includes its vision, mission, goals and structure.
Describe the organizational model and leadership styles, and compare them to those presented in this course.
Analyze the actions of your organization and compare them to the intent of the vision. Use your knowledge of leadership, and organizational theory to form conclusion.
Make judgments about the vision and performance of your organization and provide solutions for improvement, if required. (This may require crafting of a new vision.)

Please remember that this is a scholarly paper, and not an opportunity to vent. Your opinion is not as important as the factual information you discover and support with research.

You are to write a 5-page paper. For Outside Sources Use Journal Articles Internet Article Only!
Instructions:

Review the higher education organizational models as they relate to bureaucratic institutions and collegial institutions,ect. Analyze your present institution (or, alma mater). Comparing and Contrasting it with the higher education organizational models.

As you critique the institution, Discuss the campus culture and traditions within the context of that has shaped various roles and responsibilities across the institution. Discuss the effectiveness of the institution within the context of governance.

Can the institution improve on its effectiveness with regard to decision-making and shared governance? Explain.

Boeing has undergone restructuring in the last five years.

Boeing - as a flat organization - write an outline (written below) and then a paper that compares/contrasts the hierarchy within the old organizational structure of Boeing with the features of the flat hierarchical structure of Boeing as the modern organization.
Research at least five current sources (within the last five years) on organizational structure.
(outline for flat organization for portion of paper)
I. Flat organization defined
II. Why would a company become a flat organization? What is the motivation? (Pros?)
a.Cost reduction
b. Process of alignment with advanced technology
c. Efficiency
III. How would you go about creating or changing an organization to represent this structure?
a. Align process of management
b. Align employees with technology and skills
c. Re-structure communication processes between management and employees
d. Create a team model that empowers the employees to help in making decisions.
e. Communication within all levels.
IV. Negative attributes of re-structuring an organization (Cons)
a. Additional training expected
b. Hiring of new employees that have skill set of a more integrated style
c. More work with same or less pay
V. Summary

Boeing - Networking
Networking (due Week Four)
Prepare a 1-2 page outline and then a paper that compares/contrasts the features found in the old and transformed organizational models of Boeing and then add to the flat organization paper.
Research at least five current sources (within the last five years) on networked organizations.

This assignment is past due (actually the 1st one) and the quarter is coming to a close.

The public corporation that I want researched is Disney World (if possible), if not you can choose for me!

Here are the instructions of the assignment:

Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
Due Week 2 and worth 300 points

Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1.Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
2.Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
3.Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
4.Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
5.Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

?Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
?Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student?s name, the professor?s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

?Determine ways in which the vision, mission, and stakeholders of a firm impact that firm?s overall success.
?Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
?Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.
Click here to view the grading rubric...

We are a consulting firm who sales the programs of self-organizarional model of leadership. we are preparing to deliver an axecutive eduacatinal program must convice the client to but the program. forcus on 3 issues can put the answer in bullet points
1)Examples of how our company is self organized-we are saling the self organizational model of leadership but how are self organized as a company-the answer should be altleast 7-10 bullets it can be made upas lonfg as it makes sense

2)risks and rewards for tryinhg the self-organizational model of leadership - 10 examples of risks and 10 examples of rewards

3) Role play - give an example of a scernio that one can role play to show self organiztional leadership

i need to explain the of self organizational model of leadership, the pros and cons, and ahy should a company use this model

Public organizations can be categorized into two basic categories: open and closed models of organization. Compose descriptions of two fictional public organizations that are structured around one being open and the other being closed. Briefly describe what services, goods, or activities each organization provides. Then, compare the two organizations in terms of any similarities and differences based upon their open or closed organizational structure.

?Create and describe two fictional public organizations. ?One organization should be structured around the closed organizational model, while the second should be structured around the open organizational model.

?For each of the two fictional organizations: ?What services, goods, or activities does the organization provide? Explain.

?Specifically, in terms of organizational structure, how are the two organizations different? Explain in detail.

?Specifically, in terms of organizational structure, how are the two organizations similar? Explain in detail.

Networking (due Week Four)
Outline included. Explain how Boeing compares/contrasts the features found in Boeing's old and transformed organizational models.

I. Introduction
a. Defined: When organizations rely upon links with other external organizations and individuals as well as internal employees and departments and their own customers to enhance customer relationships.
b. Boeing has a global network of research and development and manufacturing partners.
c. The key concept is that relationships are formed among several independent organizations and the links are both vertical among members from suppliers to end users, and horizontal among actual or potential competitors.
1. flexability and adaptability are crucial
2. Successful forms are customer driven guided by the needs and preferences of the buyers.

II. What is the importance of networking and enhancing customer relationships?
a. Longevity of customer relations and customer diversity
b. Process of alignment with internal employees and customers
c. Personal growth of organizations
d. The pressures created by environmental complexity and risk, along with the escalating demands for skills and resources, are important drivers for change.
e. Blurred market boundaries
f. Skill and resource gap
g. Demands of technology and market access


III. How would you go about creating or changing an organization to represent this structure?
a. Align process of communication between internal and external customer
b. Align employees with appropriate pathways for clear and trustful communication
IV. External customers are part of the continuing success of the organization, therefore internal employees should keep open communication
a. Social responsibility
b. Knowledge and use of technology
c. Effective interaction

V. Conclusion
a. Involves interaction among partners rather than multi-layered function, therefore it is a flat organization model.







References

Jacobsohn, Jason. (2007, March 25). Networking Within Your Organization is Important For
Career Success. EzineArticles. Retrieved August 26, 2007, from
http://ezinearticles.com/?Networking-Within-Your-Organization-is-Important-For-Career-Success&id=502229
Cravens, D. W. & Shipp, S. H. (1994, July/August). Reforming the traditional organization:
The mandate for developing networks. Business Horizons, 37(4), 19.
Salz-Trautman, P. (2000, Jan, 17). Changing face-communications industry focuses on customer
relations. Communications Week International, Retrieved August 26, 2007, from
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UKG/is_2000_Jan_17/ai_59038617
Pellet, J. (2002, Oct). CEO as Chief customer officer: to capture the loyalty premium, you must
know everything about your customers-but that doesn't necessarily mean crowning them
kings. The Chief Executive, Retrieved August 26, 2007, from
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4070/is_2002_Oct/ai_93207320
Craig, S. (2006, Nov/Dec). Building Customer Relations in 2006. Office World News, Retrieved
August 26, 2007, from
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3840/is_200611/ai_n17195746

Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness

Due Week 2 and worth 300 points

Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.

2. Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.

3. Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.

4. Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.

5. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
Due Week 2 and worth 300 points

Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1.Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
2.Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
3.Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
4.Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
5.Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

?Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
?Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student?s name, the professor?s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

?Determine ways in which the vision, mission, and stakeholders of a firm impact that firm?s overall success.
?Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
?Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.

The company is Ford Motor Company

Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
1. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
2. Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
3. Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
4. Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
5. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

using the following areas of technology: Manufacturing

1. Forecast how this area of technology will develop through 2010, supporting your work with the use of appropriate forecasting methods and data gathered from online or other research.

2. Critically assess what its development will mean for business and other organizational (e.g., public agency and non-profit organization) models that use this area of technology. You may address your own company or organization if that is relevant.
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This will be a case that conducts a strategic analysis of the Coca-Cola Company. First complete the reading,
to include the articles, in the BACKGROUND section. The objective of this case is to complete an external analysis
for The Coca-Cola Company, using Porter's 5-Forces Model and a PEST Analysis. Ultimately, this analysis will lead
to some conclusions about opportunities and threats facing the company (the first part of the SWOT analysis).

BACKGROUND
SWOT Analysis

SWOT is an acronym for: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. The first two variables (Strengths and Weaknesses)
relate to the internal organization. The latter two variables (Opportunities and Threats) relate to the external environment.
The purpose of an external analysis is to scan the outside environment for factors which might open up new opportunities for the
business - or which may present threats to the survival of the organization. Then, company managers and executives can formulate
plans to take advantage of the opportunities and ward off and respond to external threats. Optimally, the organization wishes to
altogether eliminate (and if this is not possible, to ameliorate to the greatest extent possible) those threats that exist within
the external environment.
There are many, many elements external to a company that can have an effect on its sustainability. Customers, competitors, and
suppliers are all pretty obvious entities that can affect profitability and practice. If we think a little more deeply, however,
we can see that current as well as potential customers should be considered in our assessment of opportunities and threats (e.g.,
in terms of changing consumer tastes and preferences). Any such threats or opportunites will in turn affect that strategic choices
that will be made concerning products and services.

What about technology?
Advances in technology can affect all three of our "obvious" external concerns: product features, how products are made and sold,
what services are offered, and how they are delivered, supply chains, inventory controls, and on and on...the failure to monitor
the technological environment can spell obsolescence for a business in no time!

Ease of substitution is something we always think of when considering competitors. How easy would it be to switch flying on one
airline to another, for example? But thinking more creatively about substitution, we can see that teleconferencing and video conferencing
(virtual worlds?) can eliminate the need for much business travel - thus acting as a substitute to airline tickets. Failure to think
broadly enough will cause a planner to completely miss a MAJOR threat just over the horizon. If you need an example, consider the
immeasurable impact that such internet sites like eBay and Amazon.com have had on the sales of "bricks-and-mortar" operations! Or
consider how video demand on-line has adversely influenced traditional movie sales companies (DVD sales rentals) such as BlockBuster, Inc.

The sheer number of possible external influences creating opportunities and threats is quite simply mind-boggling. This is why most
strategic planners use analytic models to structure their thinking and help avoid perceptual biases that might interfere with a clear
and objective identification of opportunities and threats.

We will be using two different models that approach the external environment from two different perspectives:

1. Industry environment - Porter's Five Forces Model

2. Macroenvironment - PEST Analysis

Industry Environment

Porter's Model of Five Forces is one of the most versatile frameworks to analyze the industry (or operating) external environment.
Employed by a variety of academics and business practitioners for over 3 decades, the Five Forces Model has proved its usefulness in a
variety of arenas. The Porter model helps the user get a handle on the competitive and market characteristics of a specific industry.
The factors covered by the Five Forces Model are:

1. Threat of new entrants

2. Bargaining power of suppliers

3. Bargaining power of customers

4. Availability of substitutes

5. Degree of rivalry among competitors

Macro Environment

While the Porter analysis looks at the conditions in a specific industry, the PEST analysis looks at factors that affect the greater
business environment. The sub-environments addressed by this model include:

1. Political (including regulatory)

2. Economic

3. Sociocultural

4. Technical

For a general introduction to the 5-Forces, the following video interview with Michael Porter is very helpful for putting the external analysis into perspective:
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy. (2008). Harvard Business Publishing. Podcast retrieved on August 15, 2011 from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYF2_FBCvXw

The following chapter gives a very detailed explanation of how to use the 5-Forces Model, and what data are used in the 5-Forces ? data that are essential in
preparing your SLP and Case. To access this article, you will need to register with this site, but there is no fee involved. The following site is an excellent
introduction to the industry (operating) and remote (macro) environments. This site gives a good overview of Porter's Five Forces and PEST. It will also help you
to complete key parts of the SLP as well.

http://faculty.babson.edu/gwin/indstudy/index.htm

http://cdad.trident.edu/Presentation.aspx?course=95&term=100&presentation=50372

Key forces in the external environment. (2009). Retrieved on August 15, 2011 from: http://www.president.kku.ac.th/petmas/External%20Scan.pdf

PEST analysis. (2009). Retrieved on August 15, 2011 from: http://www.valuebasedmanagement.net/methods_PEST_analysis.html

Porter's Five Forces: A model for industry analysis. (2007). Retrieved on August 15, 2011 from: <>

SWOT analysis: Lesson. (2009). Retrieved on August 15, 2011 from: http://marketingteacher.com/Lessons/lesson_swot.htm

Zahorsky, D. (2009). A business owner's secret weapon: SWOT analysis. Retrieved on August 15, 2011 from: http://sbinformation.about.com/cs/bestpractices/a/swot.htm

Carrying out a PEST analysis. (2005). Retrieved on August 15, 2011 from: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Carrying+out+a+PEST+analysis-a0141751272

PEST analysis. (2007). Retrieved on August 15, 2011 from: http://www.quickmba.com/strategy/pest/

Porter?s Five Forces. (2009). Retrieved on August 15, 2011 from: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_08.htm

Porter?s Five Forces (2007). Retrieved on August 15, 2011 from: http://www.themanager.org/Models/p5f.htm

Porter's Five Forces: A model for industry analysis. (2007). Retrieved on August 15, 2011 from: http://www.quickmba.com/strategy/porter.shtml


ASSIGNMENT

An environmental analysis can be a very extensive undertaking, requiring far more time and resources than we have for this course. So you will
want to limit your analysis to the identification and evaluation of one or two key items in each element of the two models, as described in the background readings for
this module.

Keys to the Assignment

- Step One: Determine the scope of your analysis (entire company, selected business division?) and find the appropriate NAICS code for the Coca-Cola Company.
- Step Two: Using the sources you identified in the SLP, collect some data to support an industry analysis of each of the 5-Forces in Porter's Model.
- Step Three: Using the sources you identified in the SLP, collect some data to support an analysis of each of the 4 elements in the PEST analysis. When considering economic
data, use the most current data you can find.
- Step Four: In a 4-5 page paper, write up the results of your external analysis, and be sure to label each of the 5-Forces as high, moderate, or low. Taken together, the
5 Forces analysis and the PEST analysis should lead to conclusions about the opportunities and threats facing The Coca-Cola Company as revealed by your research. The data
you report from the 5-Forces and PEST analysis must be properly cited through in-text citations and a reference list, or footnotes.
- Step Five: Consider the Case as a formal business report that you are developing for the Board of Directors and CEO as Coca-Cola's company consultant. This is a professional
document. Follow the format below:
- Executive summary: a synopsis of the main points, conclusions and recommendations made in the longer report. If you have never written an executive summary before,
or would like a refresher, check this website: http://www.highendfinance.com/CommercialLoans/Docs/07-4%20ES%20Guidelines.doc
- Introduction: State the main purpose of the paper (thesis statement), what you hope to accomplish, and how you will go about doing it.
- Main Body: The "meat" of the paper. Emphasize analysis, not just description. Delineate separate topics or sections with headings.
- Conclusion: Summarize your paper in the light of your thesis statement.

Case Study IV - Envisioning the Future
Instructions: The final assignment for our course in physician practice management builds on the readings this week. Working from the readings and other relevant material. This assignment asks you to place yourself in the role of physician leader of a medical group practice. You may continue to use the example of the group presented in the last two case studies, or describe another group of your choosing. The assignment is to prepare a memo for your fellow group practice physicians that articulates a vision of what the near future will bring for the medical group practice in terms of the organization and the environment the group will be facing. The memo builds on this vision to argue a direction for the strategic planning of the group moving forward.
Case Study IV ? Envisioning the Future
The final assignment for Physician Practice Management is your opportunity to think about the future of medical group practice. The readings for this week (along with last week?s hospital-physician relations article) present contrasting scenarios of what might become the dominant organizational model for the practice of medicine. Coupled with the incentives and projects included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) that was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010, it is clear that there will be substantial changes in the organization of medical care in the near future in the United States.
However, less clear is what those changes might be, and what model of organization for medical groups will be dominant in the future. There are numerous frameworks of organization currently in the field, including single-specialty groups, multi-specialty groups, academic medical centers, community health care centers, risk-bearing comprehensive care organizations (such as Kaiser-Permanente), and government-based medical organizations such as the VA system or the Indian Health Service.
And your vision what the future of medical group practice will (or should) resemble can depend in large part on your perspective of the health care industry. Health policy specialists write and research regarding organizational structures such as the Patient Centered Medical Home and/or the creation of Accountable Care Organizations. Patients may view the former as reminiscent of the gate-keeper HMO models that dominated the early 1990?s, and perhaps the latter as government-inspired creations on the passage to a national health system. The insurance industry could be seen as supporting large regionally integrated systems that compete on efficiency and outcome as a method to reduce premium costs. Or alternately, they could favor the highly fragmented, cottage-industry status that currently exists as a means of retaining maximum leverage in the negotiation of covered services and payment rates.

As you begin to move into (or further into) positions of management leadership in the health care industry, being able to shape and articulate a future state will be a key component of your skill set. For this assignment, you should use the literature available (and other relevant material that you have reviewed) to draft a memo for a medical group practice in which you are a physician. Your role in the organization is as the physician leader, either Chair of a Board of Directors, managing partner, or similar position. Your memo is being developed to provide a vision of the strategic direction the group should pursue, based on your presentation of the anticipated future of medical group practice. For example, if you are a single specialty surgery group in a major metropolitan area, and the information you review convinces you that accountable care organizations are the future of health care in your region, then you might present a case for a strategic alignment with (or acquisition by) the dominant integrated health system in your area.

The focus of your memo should be on the argument you create regarding the future you envision for medical group practice medicine in your region, and based on the nature of the your organization, what should be the plan going forward. The assignment clearly makes the assumption that there will not be (in the foreseeable future) one model for the delivery of care in the United States. (Not even Dr. Donald Berwick could hope to achieve that in his wildest dreams). But by the same token, the organized delivery of care will not maintain a status quo. The pressure of changes in our mechanisms of delivery insures that new organizational structures and alignments will evolve. The challenge is to determine what will occur on a local or regional level, and position the organization to continue to achieve its mission. This is healthcare management leadership.
One final note for this assignment: As you are probably even more aware than I, your physician group practice collogues are very busy, and therefore your memo should be succinct and pertinent to both capture their attention and make your case convincingly. This assignment should be completed in a maximum of five pages, not including any references or endnotes.

Related reading (See attached files):
1. Hospital-Physician Relations: Two Tracks ?.Page 1305.
2. ?Focused Factories? ?? Page 56-67
3. ?Growth Of Single-Specialty Medical Groups?? Page 82-90.
4. ?Higher Health Care Quality ?? page 991-997.
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Length: Each case analysis should be a maximum of 5 double-spaced pages, using a 12-point font and one-inch margins.
Grading Criteria: The primary criterion is meeting the elements listed above in Methods. In addition, thoroughness of analysis, organization, clarity of presentation, comprehensiveness, and in particular the use of proper English will be considered in grading.
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Describe methods for preparing employees at all levels for shifts in individual and group decision-making responsibility that come with the flat organizational model.

Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
Due Week 2 and worth 300 points
Required Resources
Hitt, M. A., Ireland, R. D., & Hoskisson, R. E. (2013). Strategic management: Concept and cases: Competiveness and globalization(10thed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning

Topic to research :Costco


Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
1. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
2. Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
3. Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
4. Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
5. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
? Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
? Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student?s name, the professor?s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness

Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. (Use Walmart)
Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
1. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
2. Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
3. Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influences its overall success.
4. Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
5. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
6. Note: Paper will be checked against Turn it In for Plagiarism.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

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Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.

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Week 2 Assignment 1
Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
Due Week 2 and worth 300 points
Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
1. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
2. Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
3. Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
4. Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
5. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
? Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
? Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student?s name, the professor?s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
? Determine ways in which the vision, mission, and stakeholders of a firm impact that firm?s overall success.
? Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
? Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.

Writer?s Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness (300 points)
Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar.(do not choose Exxon, Nike, whole food)Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
Write 5 pages paper in which you:
1. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted (positive or negative)the corporation you researched. 20%
2. Apply the industrial organization model( general environment, industry environment , competitive environment) and the resource-based model( resources: tangible &intangible, capabilities, core competence and core values) to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns. 25%
3. Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall
success. 20%
4. Evaluate how each category of stakeholder( market stakeholder, product stakeholder, organization?) impacts the overall success of this corporation. 20%
5. Use 3 quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.5%
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
? Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
? Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student?s name, the professor?s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.

Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness

Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
2.Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
3.Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
4.Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
5.Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student?s name, the professor?s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: answer all question

Determine ways in which the vision, mission, and stakeholders of a firm impact that firm?s overall success.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.

Required text book: Introducing Public Administration, 3rd Ed. By Jay M. Shafritz &E.W. Russel ISBN 0-321-09756-4

INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDANCE. These essay questions should be Double-spaced. Follow directions closely.
To get full credit on these questions, you must demonstrate mastery of all of the following six dimensions (based on Bloom?s taxonomy of cognitive learning via Ed West Web Site.)

I. Knowledge. Be able to recall, list, define, arrange, state, and name the content of the material covered in the readings and lectures.
II. Comprehension. Being able to restate, classify, discuss, describe, identify, and report the material.
III. Application. Apply, use, solve, interpret, demonstrate, and connect the material, especially to real-life or life-like scenarios.
IV. Analysis: Analyze, test, compare, contrast, appraise, discriminate, categorize, appraise and criticize.
V. Synthesis. Plan, set-up, create, design, organize, manage, compose, construct, and formulate.
VI. Evaluation. Rate, assess, argue, predict, choose, judge, appraise, estimate, defend, and evaluate.

Question:

Write 1000 well chosen words on the following question. Imagine the following scenario. The year is 2015. You are a successful upper manager at an important federal agency. The President and Congress have become concerned about scarcity of potable water in the United States. (Water levels in lakes, reservoirs, and rivers have been dropping steadily, perhaps as a result of climate changes.) Because of the faith the President and Congress have in you, you have been confirmed as the head of a new but relatively small agency to address this threat. In an unusual move, you are given adequate funding and a free hand in designing this new agency. What do you want this agency to look like? How big would it be? What kind of organizational design would you want? How will it behave? Use what you know from Chapters 5 and 7 (Introducing Public Administration). Consider the value of a learning organization model as proposed by Senge. Use what is useful and reject what isn?t in designing this agency, but explain your rationale.