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Organizational Analysis (Free paper)
Write a research paper addressing a chosen business theory and its application to current industry practices and environments.
Introduction
Senior executives—and those who work with them such as advisors and consultants—must be skilled in organizational analysis. In particular, they must have proven abilities to review the current or proposed structure of an organization, compare it to the overall strategy, and recommend changes that will lead to enhanced performance.
Preparation
The following resources are required to complete the assessment.
CAPELLA RESOURCES
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Complete the following:
- Research business theories using the Capella library. You may also wish to use the materials provided in the Resources.
- Choose a theory that you feel is most relevant for today’s environment, and explain why you feel that way.
- Describe the industry associated with your theory, and identify best practices for organizational structure and learning.
- Provide recommendations for enhancing industry performance, and connect your recommendations to what is currently happening in the local and global environment.
- Based on the information presented in the New Business Realities of the 21st Century and Thinking Habits of Mind, Heart, and Imagination documents, analyze how a shift in business mindset affects the performance level in an organization. Use the most relevant realities and habits, as well as examples, to support your analysis.
- Based on the information presented in the research you have conducted, industry best practices, and the analysis you just provided, choose one of the following options:
- Explain how you would redesign an existing organization to have higher performance.
- Explain how you would design a new organization to achieve high performance and learning.
Format this assessment as a research paper following APA guidelines for both style and citing sources, making sure you also use correct grammar and mechanics. There is no required minimum or maximum page length; however, you should strive to be as detailed as possible in addressing each part while also being as clear and concise as possible.
Please note: The term environment is used throughout this course to mean all of the external factors that affect an organization. These include, but are not limited to, the overall global market, the industry as a whole, and the financial market.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
- Competency 2: Analyze the impact of learning and performance in organizational structures.
- Explain a business theory associated with enhancing business performance.
- Describe industry best practices for organizational structure and learning.
- Recommend improvements for industry performance based on current environmental trends.
- Analyze how a shift in business mindset affects the performance level in an organization.
- Competency 3: Create a model for organizational structure of a high-performance organization.
- Describe a model for organizational structure that leads to high performance.
Long-Term and Short-Term Plans
Develop a long-term and a short-term plan for yourself using what you have learned about yourself through the SWOT analysis and environmental scan you completed.
Introduction
Note: Developing a strategic plan requires specific steps that need to be executed in a sequence. The assessments in this course are presented in order and should be completed in sequence.
In business, having a plan is a critical element for growth and expansion. However, successful businesses do more than simply plan to earn millions within the next five years; they develop detailed plans that have realistic goals. Typically, these plans include both long-term plans and short-term plans.
Developing your personal long- and short-term plan can help you chart the road to your own success. A well-prepared plan can help you focus your professional efforts, identify resources to help you achieve your goals, prioritize the actions you need to take, and anticipate obstacles.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies:
- Competency 1: Create organizational value.
- Describe long-term professional objectives.
- Competency 2: Participate collaboratively and respectfully.
- Describe the human resources available to achieve long-term objectives.
- Competency 3: Communicate effectively.
- Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
- Competency 4: Plan strategically.
- Explain a short-term plan to achieve long-term objectives.
- Competency 5: Employ high-performance business management techniques.
- Explain how industry trends influence change.
- Competency 6: Solve problems within professional standards.
- Describe the skills necessary to achieve long-term professional objectives.
- Describe strategies to overcome obstacles to long-term objectives.
- Competency 7: Use appropriate financial models and principles.
- Describe long-term financial objectives.
- Describe financial resources available to achieve long-term objectives.
Note: Developing a strategic plan requires specific steps that need to be executed in a sequence. The assessments in this course are presented in order and should be completed in sequence.
Success in any endeavor requires focus, long-term planning, and effort. Most long-term objectives require short-term achievements.
Use what you have learned about yourself through the SWOT analysis and environmental scan you completed to develop a long-term and a short-term plan for yourself. Complete the following:
- Start by describing your 5-year professional and financial objectives.
- What title or position would you like to have?
- Where would you like to be financially?
- Based on the results of your SWOT analysis and environmental scan, determine the following:
- What skills do you need to develop to achieve your 5-year objectives?
- Is your industry changing? What do you need to do to grow with it?
- What resources do you have to help you achieve your 5-year objectives? (Hint: Resources can mean more than financial; are there people you know who can help you achieve your objective?)
- Now develop a short-term plan that will help you achieve your long-term objectives:
- What will you need to accomplish each year to achieve your 5-year objectives?
- What monthly/weekly/daily steps will help you reach your long-term objectives?
- How will you address obstacles that occur along the way?
To successfully complete this assessment, you may need to do some research on developing long-term and short-term plans. Format this assessment as a research paper following current APA guidelines for both style and citing sources, making sure that you also use correct grammar and mechanics. There is no required minimum or maximum page length; however, you should strive to be as detailed as possible in addressing each point, while also being as clear and concise as possible.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies:
- Competency 1: Create organizational value.
- Describe long-term professional objectives.
- Competency 2: Participate collaboratively and respectfully.
- Describe the human resources available to achieve long-term objectives.
- Competency 3: Communicate effectively.
- Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
- Competency 4: Plan strategically.
- Explain a short-term plan to achieve long-term objectives.
- Competency 5: Employ high-performance business management techniques.
- Explain how industry trends influence change.
- Competency 6: Solve problems within professional standards.
- Describe the skills necessary to achieve long-term professional objectives.
- Describe strategies to overcome obstacles to long-term objectives.
- Competency 7: Use appropriate financial models and principles.
- Describe long-term financial objectives.
- Describe financial resources available to achieve long-term objectives.
Organizational Designs
Write a research paper in which you define four organizational designs, compare them, and describe how you would use one of them to create an organizational structure that would lead to high performance.
Introduction
Organizational design is at the heart of the strategy-structure-fit relationship. The organization’s broad strategy and goals must first be determined before designing the organization. Then the organization design team (usually senior management or the founder) must determine how best to structure the organization in a way that supports the overall strategy. Modern organizations can take on many different types of design. The days of the traditional functional organization are rapidly giving way to project-based matrix, networked, and even virtual designs.
To prepare for this assessment, use Capella library to research each of the following designs:
- Functional organization.
- Matrix organization.
- Networked organization.
- Virtual organization.
You will find that the Capella library contains a vast number of articles on each of these organizational designs. You should strive to select at least two for each design in order to get more than one perspective.
For this assessment, complete the following:
- Define each of the four designs listed above and then identify a real-world organization example of each.
- Compare the four types of organizational design in terms of:
- Structure.
- Strategies.
- Challenges they face in today’s environment.
- Choose one of the organizational designs from the four and describe how you would use that design to create an organizational structure that would lead to high performance.
Format this assessment as a research paper following current APA guidelines for style and citing sources, making sure you also use correct grammar and mechanics. There is no required minimum or maximum page length; however, you should strive to be as detailed as possible in addressing each part while being as clear and concise as possible.
Please note: The term environment is used throughout this course to mean all of the external factors that affect an organization. These include, but are not limited to, the overall global market, the industry as a whole, and the financial market.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
- Competency 1: Analyze the historical perspectives of the study of organizational structure and design and its applications in today’s world.
- Explain what is meant by functional organization.
- Explain what is meant by matrix organization.
- Explain what is meant by networked organization.
- Explain what is meant by virtual organization.
- Compare the types of organizational design in terms of structure.
- Compare the types of organizational design in terms of strategy.
- Compare the types of organizational design in terms of challenges in today’s local and global environment.
- Competency 3: Create a model for organizational structure of a high-performance organization.
- Describe a model for organizational structure that leads to high performance.