MGTCB/526 Week 1

Competency 1 Organizational Analysis

Step 1:
Congratulations! You’ve been hired as a manager and have been asked to analyze the current status of your organization. Review at least 3 global companies on the Business Source Complete: SWOT Analyses list.

Select a company - either the company you work for, a company you have worked for in the past, or 1 of the companies on the Business Source Complete: SWOT Analyses list - to use for the rest of the course (this will sometimes be referred to as “your organization”) and research its history.

Note: Some reports are more recent than others. It’s in your best interest to find an organization with a recent (within 2 years) report.

Step 2:
Review your organization’s SWOT analysis and other available sources to evaluate the strategic needs of the organization within a changing global environment.

Complete the Organizational Analysis worksheet for your evaluation.

Note: This type of information is often found in the organization’s annual report.

MGTCB/526 Competency 2

Competency 2 - Aligning Operational Needs with Business Strategies.

Assignment Directions
As a recent hire, you’d like to become familiar with the current organizational structure in your company. This organizational chart (org chart) has not yet been created, so you decide to make your own.

Create an org chart of your company. This high-level information is typically found on the company’s website or other websites about the organization. The org chart should include key leadership and level of responsibility. If the information is not public, base your decisions on a similar organization and research. You may use any Microsoft® program or web-based program.
Review sources on your company. Analyze the company using Porter’s Five Forces.
Write a 1000- to 1200- word proposal to the company of your plan to align the operational needs with business strategies based on your analysis. Complete the following in your proposal:
• Explain in 350-words the structure of your org chart.
o Discuss the type of hierarchy and related details of each role.
o Assess how each role in the organizational chart is related to the other areas within the organization.
• Analyze the company based on Porter’s Five Forces.
• Analyze the effectiveness of the leadership model the company is currently using.
o Consider the current leadership style or styles in place at the company.
o Determine the effectiveness of the leadership style/s and whether an alternative style/s would be more impactful.
• Assess how to determine effective leadership. What makes a leader effective or ineffective?
o Consider sources of managerial power when leaders are effective.
• Provide a recommendation for the following actions:
o Leadership model changes not reflected in the current organizational chart (Part 1)
o 2- to 3- actions needed to align operational needs with business strategies previously identified
Include the organizational chart with your proposal.
Submit your proposal.

MGTCB/526 Competency 3

Competency 3 - Organization Presentation

Assignment Directions:
You have become a trusted resource for your organization, and they have asked for your advice on gaining a competitive advantage in the field. More specifically, they would like your analysis and recommendations on ways to bring their company culture, demographics, and technologies up to current industry practices and beyond.

Review the demographic and technological information about your company. If the information is not public, base your decisions on a similar company and research. This information will assist you as you complete your Organizational Presentation in Step 2 of this assessment.

Outline the following information:

Demographics
• What are the current demographics? (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, etc)
• What was a recent change?
• How did the company handle it?
• Was the change handled ethically? If not, how should they have handled it? If it was, what stands out as something to emulate in your future business endeavors?

Technology
• How does the company utilize technology in day-to-day business?
• What types of technology are used?
• How does a change of technology affect the organization?

Create a 10- to 12-slide presentation showing your analysis and recommendations. Complete the following in your presentation:

• Analyze the organization’s current culture (e.g., beliefs, expectations, values, and norms). Address how managers influence the organizational culture
• Evaluate the impact of demographic forces (e.g., age, ethnic origin, race, social class, gender, and sexual orientation) of your selected organization and what it could be. Note: This is a good place to use your outline from Part 1.
• Examine the impact of technological forces (e.g., changes in the technology managers use to design, produce, or distribute goods and services) of your selected company. Consider how this can contribute to innovation within the industry.
• Examine how the organization has complied with ethics and social responsibility behavior

• Recommend ways to innovate based on analysis
• Summary
• References

Submit your presentation.