Assignment Objectives

Describe the concept of an organization and how it is changed

Explain the role of a manager

Classify the major theories of organizations

Conclude the dimensions of an organization’s culture

Describe the techniques of managing change

When building a new organization or when an organization experiences dramatic growth, leaders must determine the structure and culture of the organization. Although the culture will evolve over time and each individual that joins the new organization will leave some imprint on the culture, it is the leaders’ responsibility to define how the organization will look and how individuals will behave.

Individual Portion (800–1,000 words)

Prepare a draft document that defines the new organization and addresses the following considerations:

• What type of structure will be best suited to a multinational Internet retailer? Why?
• How would you recommend building a culture that was inclusive of diverse cultures and accommodates highly creative technical staff?
• How would you measure the success of your organizational design in structure and culture?

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Group Portion (3–5 slides with speaker notes of 100–150 words per slide)

Review your team members’ files and discuss the following in your small group:

• How would you build teams across a geographically diverse organization?
• How would you build a consensus discussion on the values of such an organization?

Develop a short presentation of 3–5 slides with speaker notes of 100–150 words per slide that reflects the consensus of your group.

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For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Grading Criteria	Percentage
Deliverable requirements addressed; understanding of material and writer’s message and intent are clear.	35%
Scholarly research that supports the writer’s position is properly acknowledged and cited, and direct quotations may not exceed 10% of the word count of the body of the assignment deliverable (excluding title page, abstract, table of contents, tables, exhibits, appendices, and reference pages). Inclusion of plagiarized content will not be tolerated and may result in adverse academic consequences.	20%
Critical thinking: Position is well-justified; logical flow; examples provided where appropriate.	20%
Structure: Includes introduction and conclusion; proper paragraph format; reads as a polished academic paper or professional presentation, as appropriate for the required assignment deliverable.	10%
Mechanical: No spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors.	10%
APA: Deliverable is cited properly according to the APA Publication Manual (6th ed.).	5%

Reading Assignment

Editorial Board Chapters 5 and 9

Assignment Objectives

• Describe the concept of an organization and how it is changed
• Explain the role of a manager
• Classify the major theories of organizations
• Conclude the dimensions of an organization’s culture
• Describe the techniques of managing change

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Group Portion

As a group, discuss and develop a paper of 8–10 pages that addresses the following questions. Work together to determine who will complete each section:

• Who will comprise your planning committee? Explain.
  • Identify public- and private-sector partner agencies and elected officials (if any) that should serve on the planning committee.
• What are the component parts of the plan (be specific and detailed)? Explain.
• What participating agencies may be more or less involved in which parts of the plan development? Explain.
• Are there subject matter experts (SMEs) or other entities that should be involved in any one specific area of the plan development? Explain.
• Based upon the emergency management concept of incident management that includes the phases of preparedness and mitigation, response, and recovery, identify the actions that will need to be taken in each phase as they relate to the hazard you have selected.
  • Identify the major challenges that the community and responders will encounter when responding to the hazard.
  • What solutions exist (e.g., mutual aid, contract services) to overcome those challenges? Explain in detail.
  • What should be the short- and long-term recovery goals of the community following this event’s occurrence?
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

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Individual Portion

• Develop a PowerPoint presentation of 6–7 slides that provides details about your plan.
• Include speaker notes of 200–300 words that will be used when presenting the plan to your superiors.

You will be posting this draft to the Discussion Board for feedback before developing a final version in the next unit.

Purpose of Assignment

This week students will review and revise their Week 3 Research Analysis for Business Signature Assignment based on economic analysis and the feedback provided by their facilitator. Students will also expand their Week 3 analyses to evaluate the challenges of expanding their chosen company’s production to a foreign market.

About Your Signature Assignment

This signature assignment is designed to align with specific program student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The signature assignments might be graded with an automated rubric that allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or college/school and used for program improvements.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Tutorial help on Excel^® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft^® Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products.

Revise your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business, using the feedback provided by your facilitator. This Week 6 report should only include one conclusion, so you will need to rewrite the conclusion you included in your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business.

Select a foreign market in which to expand your chosen product. If you wish, you may use one of the countries your team analyzed in their Week 5 Comparative and Absolute Advantage Assignment.

Prepare a minimum1,750-word report addressing the points listed below. The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged, you may submit any economic data in Microsoft^® Excel^® format in a separate file. You may use the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the Federal Reserve of St. Louis’s FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, and World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. The new sections of your report should:

• Evaluate current global economic conditions and their effects on macroeconomic indicators in your selected country. Provide forecasts for population growth, gross domestic product (GDP) growth, GDP per capita growth, export growth, and sales growth.
• Evaluate any competitors’ existing production in the chosen country.
• Assess sales forecasts in the selected country by using the Federal Reserve of St. Louis’s FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library.
• Categorize the type of economy that exists in your selected country as closed, mixed, or market. What is the difference between these types of economies and how might this affect your expansion?
• Assess how your chosen country’s current credit market conditions, especially interest rates and the availability of financing, affect demand for your product or service and your planning or operating decision for your production in that country.
• Analyze the role of the selected country’s central bank on that country’s economy.
• Compare the availability, education, and job skills of the work force in the selected country. Discuss any additional challenges of international production, such as political stability, availability of government financing or other incentives, threat of capital controls, and exchange rate risks.
• Explain any additional supply chain challenges you anticipate if attempting to make your product in your chosen country and selling the product in other countries.
• Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you:
  • Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations.
  • Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented.
  • Propose how the firm’s position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action.
  • Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government.
  • Recommend any comparative advantages your company will have over competitors currently operating in that country, and defend your position, either for or against, expanding your company’s production into your chosen country based on your research.

Integrate with the Week 3 Individual Assignment, and incorporate corrections and suggestions from the instructor’s feedback. The final report should be a minimum of 2,800 words.

Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the textbook.

Include all peer-reviewed references and government economic data sources/references from Week 3.

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines