This document provides instructions for a collaborative learning community assignment to create an organizational plan and operational plan for a capstone project. For the organizational plan, students must describe the management team and their skills, outline a McKinsey 7-S assessment, and explain the business and corporate strategies. For the operational plan, students need to describe the supply chain, identify partners and suppliers, explain how operational effectiveness will be optimized, and discuss primary and support activities from a value chain perspective. Both plans require at least 500 words and following APA guidelines.

1. BUS 485 Week 4 CLC – Organizational Plan and Operational Plan for the Capstone
Project
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This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.
Organizational Plan
Write the Organizational Plan for your organization (a minimum of 500 words). Refer to
chapters 4 and 6 in the textbook for additional information.
1. Describe who will comprise your management team and what talents or skills each of the
team members will bring to the organization. Include a simple organizational chart.
2. Outline a McKinsey 7-S Assessment/Model (strategy, structure, systems, shared values,
style, staff, skills) as it applies to your business. Review the McKinsey 7-S Resources in
the topic materials for additional information on completing this section.
3. Describe your business-level strategy (chapter 4 – cost leadership or differentiated) and
explain how it fits with the corporate-level strategy (chapter 6 – low, medium, or high
differentiation plus value creating, value neutral, or value reducing) for your
organization.
Operational Plan
Write the Operational Plan for your organization (a minimum of 500 words). Refer to chapter 3
and pages 88, 113, and 116 in the textbook for additional information. Address the following in
the plan:
1. Describe the supply chain for your prospective organization. Where does your
organization bring value in this supply chain?
2. Indentify your main partners and suppliers. What are their locations? What is your
contingency plan?
3. Explain how you will optimize operational effectiveness in your organization.
4. Consider your operational plan from a value chain perspective and identify and discuss
the primary and support activities (financial, human resources, and information systems
management).
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located
in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

2. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student
Success Center.