Purpose:Using concepts taught throughout theJ300 Lesson, Operational Art & Design, you will write an analytical/research paper on a historical event (your instructor will give you the historical event).
You will analyze a historical event from the perspective of the operational art & design concepts and terms from chapter IV, JP 5-0, Joint Planning and/or other appropriate joint doctrinal publications. You can analyze the entire campaign/operation, a single battle, or a group of battles from the campaign/operation. Use the following questions to guide your analysis:
How did country X’s military leaders apply operational art during the campaign/operation?
How did country X’s military leaders design the campaign/operation?
How did country X’s military leaders understand the operational environment?
What problems did country X’s military have to solve?
What approaches did country X’s military use to solve the problem and achieve the termination criteria or military end state?
What were the termination criteria and/or military end state?
What were the military objectives?
What effects were established to obtain the military objectives?
What was the adversary/friendly center of gravity and the associated critical factors?
How did country X’s military attack/defend the adversary/friendly center of gravity, directly or indirectly?
What decisive points were established?
What lines of operation/effort were established?
What defeat/stability mechanisms were used?
How did country X’s military apply the concepts of anticipation, operational reach, or culmination?
How were operations arranged? Did country X’s military consider the factors of simultaneity, depth, timing, and tempo? Did country X’s military use the tools phases, branches and sequels, or operational pauses?
Was the campaign/operation design focused on defeating either adversary forces, functions, or a combination of both?
Was the campaign/operation phased? Did country X’s military consider numbers, sequence, overlap, or transitions? What phases of the joint operation model were used?
You do not have to address all the guiding questions, but you are expected to integrate the operational art & design concepts and terms from chapter IV, JP 5-0, Joint Planning and/or other appropriate joint doctrinal publications into your paper. The majority of the word count must address operational art & design concepts and terms. This will ensure you understand the lesson material. Articles from databases such as ProQuest, EBSCO, Google Scholar, or military schools such as USASMA, CGSC or the Army War College are the best types of sources for research and will help ensure you receive a maximum score. These types of databases will ensure you use scholarly, peer reviewed articles for your research. Books written about your historical event are also appropriate for your research.
Assignment Instructions: The paper will be in APA format, a title page, a reference page, and 5 to 7 pages of content.
[GB580 Strategic Management] 1 Unit 1 and .docxmayank272369
[GB580 | Strategic Management]
1
Unit 1 and Unit 2 Individual
Assignment
One key element of a successful strategic plan is its ability to prepare the organization
to weather and, indeed, to capitalize on the changes in the external environment in
which the organization exists.
Individuals face an equally challenging and rapidly changing environment that they must
plan for. The following excerpt from Friedman and Mandelbaum (2011) expresses these
new challenges.
Broadly speaking, today’s job market can be divided into three segments,
which are steadily collapsing into two. The first includes what are known as
nonroutine high-skilled jobs…
In the second category are routine middle-skilled jobs, involving a lot of
standardized repetitive tasks, of either the white-collar or blue-collar variety…
The third segment of the job market involves workers doing nonroutine low-
skilled jobs that have to be done in person or manually—in an office, a hospital, a
shopping center or restaurant, or at a specific construction site, factory, or
locale….
Putting all three categories together makes clear why the experts speak of job
market “polarization.” Nonroutine high-skilled work becomes, if anything, more
lucrative, depending on the overall economy. Nonroutine low-skilled work can
pay decently, depending on the local economy and how well that worker
performs. But white- and blue-collar routine work shrinks, gets squeezed on pay,
or just vanishes. The net result of the “rising demand for highly educated workers
performing abstract tasks and for less-educated workers performing ‘manual’ or
service tasks is the partial hollowing out or polarization of employment
opportunities,” conclude Katz and Autor. (pp. 75-78)
For the complete text, see: Friedman, T. L., & Mandelbaum, M. (2011). That used to be
us: How America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back. New
York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Given this challenging outlook, we need to think of ourselves as our own company, as
You Inc., and we all need to plan a strategy to succeed in this changing and challenging
environment. Individuals need a strategic plan just as organizations do. To that end, we
are going to develop individual strategic plans during the next two units, using the tools
that are introduced here and in your readings.
[GB580 | Strategic Management]
2
Refer to the site http://www.QuickMBA.com/strategy/strategic-planning/ for an overview
of the process that you will use, as repeated below.
http://www.quickmba.com/strategy/strategic-planning/
[GB580 | Strategic Management]
3
The site includes additional details on each of these items. In addition, tools that you will
want to use are contained on the site: http://www.quickmba.com/strategy/
The learning outcomes addressed in this activity are: (1) Define what strategy means in
business and (2) Understand the strategy formulating pr ...
Coursework 1 Destination Branding Essay (50 of Module Marks)30.docxvanesaburnand
Coursework 1: Destination Branding Essay (50% of Module Marks)
3000 words
Critique a destination brand of your choice using a brand management perspective.
General themes to be explored
What are the reasons for destination branding?
Why is your chosen destination an example of destination branding good or bad practise?
Having analysed this brand what theoretical and/or practitioner recommendations would you make?
Appendices (do not count in word limit)
Relevant tables, diagrams, examples, and background information.
References
A list of theoretical sources: books, journal articles, online resources, using the University’s stated referencing method and referred to in the text.
Guidelines
You may decide to write from a number of perspectives, for example:
· An essay analysing destination branding
· A case study of a good/bad example of destination branding
· Strategy recommendations for destination branding a particular location
N.B. Your analysis needs to:
· Identify and analyse the main reasons for destination branding
· Support your analysis with evidence from research, examples, and wider theoretical understanding
Useful sources for this essay:
· Brooker, E. & Burgess, J. (2008) Marketing destination Niagra effectively through the tourism life cycle, International journal of contemporary hospitality management, 20(3): 278-292
· Chapman, A. and Speake, J. (2011) Regeneration in a mass-tourism resort: The changing fortunes of Bugibba, Malta, Tourism Management, 32(3): 482-491
· Henderson, J.C. 2007, Uniquely Singapore? A case study in destination branding, Journal of Vacation Marketing, 13(3): 261-274.
· Puckzo, L., Ratz, T. & Smith, M. (2007) Old city, new image: perception, positioning and promotion of Budapest. Journal of travel and tourism marketing, 22(3:) 21
· The United Nations World Tourism Organisation: http://www2.unwto.org/
· For further suggested reading please see the module reading list
Mark Scheme
Understanding and reviewing relevant branding theory 30%
Use of appropriate examples and literature to support arguments 25%
Originality of analysis and discussion 30%
Quality of writing, structure & referencing 15%
Deadline (via Turnitin) is: December 16th 2017
4.4 Assignment Guidance
You will gain good marks for showing critical awareness, an ability to identify the relevant theory and apply it to the case study and show a contextual understanding of the issues identified in the case study and which relate to global branding and brand management. Emphasis is also put on good writing skills and a clear and fluent presentation and structure of your work.
4.5 Referencing
Referencing is a critical aspect of this assessment. You will be required to search for and review the appropriate sources required to address the questions. You should familiarise yourself with the resources available through the University and in particular Summon. Academic journal articles should be the main focus for your read.
THE FIELD PROJECT - Business 302 Purpose The purpose o.docxarnoldmeredith47041
THE FIELD PROJECT - Business 302
Purpose
The purpose of having you prepare an environment report for an industry is to give you
experience in applying the concepts of this course to an actual business situation. When the
environment remains stable, the importance of an environment analysis is minimal. However,
when faced with a dynamic environment the analysis of the environment and the
corresponding report are extremely important. An analysis of the environment is the basis for
developing a strategic plan and a marketing plan, which are required components for business
loans. A firm that does not constantly monitor its future environment for salient changes is
more likely to find itself out of step and ultimately, out of business.
The environment analysis of the Strategic Business Area (SBA) you prepare is to be
written from the perspective of an outside business consultant as an objective report on the
aspects of a firm’s environment. The report should provide insights that would enable a
management team or others in a firm to evaluate any proposed strategy. The report is not to
include any strategy, evaluation or strategy, or response.
Topics and Nature of Report
The basis of your report is concentrating in the Task Environment elements of the Griffin Model
and the Five Forces of the Porter Model. As you discover more about the environment, new
issues may be discovered about salient aspects of the environment that may lead to different
emphases. The first step is to identify five major trends, threats, and opportunities that will
exist in the SBA. The second step is to conduct an overview of the different aspects of the
environment (General: Economic, Social-Cultural, Political-Legal, Technological, and
International; Task: Competition, Customers, Regulators, Unions/Labor, Suppliers, Strategic
Allies, and Owners; Porter’s Industry Competitive Model). Jot down things about each
factor/dimension that you initially think may be important to the organization. Then conduct a
more in-depth research in each of the areas.
Throughout the course, material has been presented on each facet of the environment.
The Case Guide Analyses and class lectures give information on the General Environment as
well as information on task factors. Most of these overheads identify different types of
information that one could/should examine and/or include on each of these factors.
For each task factor it is important to identify 1) Who they are, and 2) What are their
characteristics, orientation, behaviors, etc. which make (or potentially make) them important to
a firm doing business in the SBA. Importance is determined by the potential to serve as a
stimulus (positive or negative/opportunity, threat or trend) for some type of firm response.
Conclude by outlining your general recommendation(s) about the industry sector.
Strategic Business Area (SBA) Identification
For all firms.
Produced By:
United States Army
School of Advanced Military Studies
In Partnership With:
U.S. Army Research Institute for the
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Ft. Leavenworth, KS 66027-1361
POC: Dr. Heather Wolters
913-684-9795
[email protected]
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
The authors would like to thank instructors from the
School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) and the
Command and General Staff School (CGSS), as well
as COL Grigsby (former Director of SAMS) and Dr.
Scott Gorman, who provided their knowledge and
expertise related to the instruction of Army Design
Methodology. The authors would like to also thank
all those who participated in the interviews and
shared their experiences and valuable perspectives
related to Design.
Acknowledgement
2
Introduction ........................................... 4
Army Design Methodology:
What and Why .................................... 4
Views about Design ............................ 5
This Resource ..................................... 8
Section 1:
Practical Challenges in
Implementing ADM ............................... 11
Preparing for ADM
Recognizing When to Apply ADM ... 13
Determining Team Composition ..... 17
Determining Whether and How to
Structure the Activity ...................... 24
Determining the Level and Nature
of Commander Involvement ........... 28
Determining the
Resources Needed .......................... 34
Executing ADM
Introducing and Framing ADM ....... 38
Facilitating Discourse ..................... 42
Determining What to Include .......... 46
Capturing and Communicating
Key Insights .................................... 48
Table of ContentsTOC
1
B
F
A
D
H
C
I
G
E
INT
Section 2:
Examples from the Field ................. 52
Design During the
Sunni Awakening ..................... 53
Design over Dinner .................. 58
Mapping out the Mess.............. 60
Illumination in Vietnam ............ 66
Ongoing Design ....................... 68
Section 3:
Additional Resources ......................... 72
Appendix:
Organizational Barriers
to Implementing ADM ..................... 76
TOC
3
2
3
APP
2
1
4
3
5
All photographs used in this publication are in the
public domain and have been provided courtesy of the
U.S. Army or the U.S. Air Force.
INT
4
INTRODUCTION
Army Design Methodology:
What and Why
In today’s operational environments, the U.S.
Army is facing a range of problems and mission
sets that are arguably more varied and complex
than previously encountered. Forces face an
array of demands that encompass geo-political,
social, cultural, and military factors that interact in
unpredictable ways.
The inherent complexity of today’s operations has
underscored the need for the Army to expand
beyond its traditional approach to operat ...
Development of Strategic Management towards a Strategy to achieve Competitive...theijes
The scope of discussion in this scientific papers, on development of strategic management is expected to give an understanding to academics and practitioners of that science in development of strategic management paradigm shift based on changes in environment of the military strategy theory towards a strategy to achieve competitive advantage.
PAD 502 Organizational Dynamics Final Project – Learning As.docxgerardkortney
This document discusses organizational goals and effectiveness. It begins by noting that organizational goals and effectiveness are important concepts in management theory and influence organizational performance. It then discusses some key issues regarding organizational goals, such as the fact that goals are often multiple and conflicting. The document also notes that public organizations' strategic plans emphasize goals and performance measures. However, assessing goals and effectiveness is complicated. The document reviews different models of organizational effectiveness developed by researchers. It concludes by discussing general complications with defining and assessing organizational goals and the implications this has for organizing and managing organizations.
Running head IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC .docxcharisellington63520
Running head: IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 1
SAMPLE PAPER
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Gertrude Steinbeck
ORG 500 – Foundations of Effective Management
Colorado State University – Global Campus
Dr. Stephanie Allong
August 6, 2010
The Running head is required for CSU-Global APA Requirements. Make
sure the words “Running head:” are on the title page, but not
subsequent pages. After the words “Running head:” you need the first
50 characters (this includes spaces) of your papers’ title in all caps. Do
not break a word, use less than 50 characters if necessary. For
instructions on how to set up a running head, see the “APA Guide &
Resources” link on the Library’s website.
Page numbers should
be inserted in the top
right corner.
Information on the Title
Page is centered in the top
half of the paper. All
major words should be
capitalized and not bold.
Papers should be
typed in a 12 pt, Times
New Roman font with
1 inch margins on all 4
sides and the entire
paper is double
spaced.
IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement sustainability initiatives for long-term financial performance.
Strategic Management
The function of management is to plan, organize, lead, and control the operations of an
organization (Robbins & Coulter, 2007) and includes strategic management. Strategic
management is an approach in which organizations create a competitive advantage, enhance
productivity, and establish long-term financial performance. Chandler (as cited by Whittington,
2008) defined strategy as “the determination of the basic long-term goals and objectives of an
enterprise, and the adoption of courses of action and the allocation of resources necessary for
carrying out these goals” (p. 268). Similarly, Wheelen and Hunger (2008) define strategic
management as the managerial decisions and actions of an organization that achieve long-run
performance of the business, with benefits such as:
clearer sense of vision for the organization;
sharper focus on what is strategically important; and
improved understanding of a changing environment.
The Strategic Management Model (SMM) provides the framewo.
Strategy can be defined as a long-term plan of action to achieve goals and advantages. Strategic management is the process of formulating, implementing, and evaluating cross-functional decisions to achieve strategic goals. There are three levels of strategy: corporate strategy defines the overall scope and direction of the organization; business strategy focuses on how each business unit will compete in its market; functional strategy focuses on how operational departments will implement corporate and business strategies.
[GB580 Strategic Management] 1 Unit 1 and .docxmayank272369
[GB580 | Strategic Management]
1
Unit 1 and Unit 2 Individual
Assignment
One key element of a successful strategic plan is its ability to prepare the organization
to weather and, indeed, to capitalize on the changes in the external environment in
which the organization exists.
Individuals face an equally challenging and rapidly changing environment that they must
plan for. The following excerpt from Friedman and Mandelbaum (2011) expresses these
new challenges.
Broadly speaking, today’s job market can be divided into three segments,
which are steadily collapsing into two. The first includes what are known as
nonroutine high-skilled jobs…
In the second category are routine middle-skilled jobs, involving a lot of
standardized repetitive tasks, of either the white-collar or blue-collar variety…
The third segment of the job market involves workers doing nonroutine low-
skilled jobs that have to be done in person or manually—in an office, a hospital, a
shopping center or restaurant, or at a specific construction site, factory, or
locale….
Putting all three categories together makes clear why the experts speak of job
market “polarization.” Nonroutine high-skilled work becomes, if anything, more
lucrative, depending on the overall economy. Nonroutine low-skilled work can
pay decently, depending on the local economy and how well that worker
performs. But white- and blue-collar routine work shrinks, gets squeezed on pay,
or just vanishes. The net result of the “rising demand for highly educated workers
performing abstract tasks and for less-educated workers performing ‘manual’ or
service tasks is the partial hollowing out or polarization of employment
opportunities,” conclude Katz and Autor. (pp. 75-78)
For the complete text, see: Friedman, T. L., & Mandelbaum, M. (2011). That used to be
us: How America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back. New
York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Given this challenging outlook, we need to think of ourselves as our own company, as
You Inc., and we all need to plan a strategy to succeed in this changing and challenging
environment. Individuals need a strategic plan just as organizations do. To that end, we
are going to develop individual strategic plans during the next two units, using the tools
that are introduced here and in your readings.
[GB580 | Strategic Management]
2
Refer to the site http://www.QuickMBA.com/strategy/strategic-planning/ for an overview
of the process that you will use, as repeated below.
http://www.quickmba.com/strategy/strategic-planning/
[GB580 | Strategic Management]
3
The site includes additional details on each of these items. In addition, tools that you will
want to use are contained on the site: http://www.quickmba.com/strategy/
The learning outcomes addressed in this activity are: (1) Define what strategy means in
business and (2) Understand the strategy formulating pr ...
Coursework 1 Destination Branding Essay (50 of Module Marks)30.docxvanesaburnand
Coursework 1: Destination Branding Essay (50% of Module Marks)
3000 words
Critique a destination brand of your choice using a brand management perspective.
General themes to be explored
What are the reasons for destination branding?
Why is your chosen destination an example of destination branding good or bad practise?
Having analysed this brand what theoretical and/or practitioner recommendations would you make?
Appendices (do not count in word limit)
Relevant tables, diagrams, examples, and background information.
References
A list of theoretical sources: books, journal articles, online resources, using the University’s stated referencing method and referred to in the text.
Guidelines
You may decide to write from a number of perspectives, for example:
· An essay analysing destination branding
· A case study of a good/bad example of destination branding
· Strategy recommendations for destination branding a particular location
N.B. Your analysis needs to:
· Identify and analyse the main reasons for destination branding
· Support your analysis with evidence from research, examples, and wider theoretical understanding
Useful sources for this essay:
· Brooker, E. & Burgess, J. (2008) Marketing destination Niagra effectively through the tourism life cycle, International journal of contemporary hospitality management, 20(3): 278-292
· Chapman, A. and Speake, J. (2011) Regeneration in a mass-tourism resort: The changing fortunes of Bugibba, Malta, Tourism Management, 32(3): 482-491
· Henderson, J.C. 2007, Uniquely Singapore? A case study in destination branding, Journal of Vacation Marketing, 13(3): 261-274.
· Puckzo, L., Ratz, T. & Smith, M. (2007) Old city, new image: perception, positioning and promotion of Budapest. Journal of travel and tourism marketing, 22(3:) 21
· The United Nations World Tourism Organisation: http://www2.unwto.org/
· For further suggested reading please see the module reading list
Mark Scheme
Understanding and reviewing relevant branding theory 30%
Use of appropriate examples and literature to support arguments 25%
Originality of analysis and discussion 30%
Quality of writing, structure & referencing 15%
Deadline (via Turnitin) is: December 16th 2017
4.4 Assignment Guidance
You will gain good marks for showing critical awareness, an ability to identify the relevant theory and apply it to the case study and show a contextual understanding of the issues identified in the case study and which relate to global branding and brand management. Emphasis is also put on good writing skills and a clear and fluent presentation and structure of your work.
4.5 Referencing
Referencing is a critical aspect of this assessment. You will be required to search for and review the appropriate sources required to address the questions. You should familiarise yourself with the resources available through the University and in particular Summon. Academic journal articles should be the main focus for your read.
THE FIELD PROJECT - Business 302 Purpose The purpose o.docxarnoldmeredith47041
THE FIELD PROJECT - Business 302
Purpose
The purpose of having you prepare an environment report for an industry is to give you
experience in applying the concepts of this course to an actual business situation. When the
environment remains stable, the importance of an environment analysis is minimal. However,
when faced with a dynamic environment the analysis of the environment and the
corresponding report are extremely important. An analysis of the environment is the basis for
developing a strategic plan and a marketing plan, which are required components for business
loans. A firm that does not constantly monitor its future environment for salient changes is
more likely to find itself out of step and ultimately, out of business.
The environment analysis of the Strategic Business Area (SBA) you prepare is to be
written from the perspective of an outside business consultant as an objective report on the
aspects of a firm’s environment. The report should provide insights that would enable a
management team or others in a firm to evaluate any proposed strategy. The report is not to
include any strategy, evaluation or strategy, or response.
Topics and Nature of Report
The basis of your report is concentrating in the Task Environment elements of the Griffin Model
and the Five Forces of the Porter Model. As you discover more about the environment, new
issues may be discovered about salient aspects of the environment that may lead to different
emphases. The first step is to identify five major trends, threats, and opportunities that will
exist in the SBA. The second step is to conduct an overview of the different aspects of the
environment (General: Economic, Social-Cultural, Political-Legal, Technological, and
International; Task: Competition, Customers, Regulators, Unions/Labor, Suppliers, Strategic
Allies, and Owners; Porter’s Industry Competitive Model). Jot down things about each
factor/dimension that you initially think may be important to the organization. Then conduct a
more in-depth research in each of the areas.
Throughout the course, material has been presented on each facet of the environment.
The Case Guide Analyses and class lectures give information on the General Environment as
well as information on task factors. Most of these overheads identify different types of
information that one could/should examine and/or include on each of these factors.
For each task factor it is important to identify 1) Who they are, and 2) What are their
characteristics, orientation, behaviors, etc. which make (or potentially make) them important to
a firm doing business in the SBA. Importance is determined by the potential to serve as a
stimulus (positive or negative/opportunity, threat or trend) for some type of firm response.
Conclude by outlining your general recommendation(s) about the industry sector.
Strategic Business Area (SBA) Identification
For all firms.
Produced By:
United States Army
School of Advanced Military Studies
In Partnership With:
U.S. Army Research Institute for the
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Ft. Leavenworth, KS 66027-1361
POC: Dr. Heather Wolters
913-684-9795
[email protected]
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
The authors would like to thank instructors from the
School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) and the
Command and General Staff School (CGSS), as well
as COL Grigsby (former Director of SAMS) and Dr.
Scott Gorman, who provided their knowledge and
expertise related to the instruction of Army Design
Methodology. The authors would like to also thank
all those who participated in the interviews and
shared their experiences and valuable perspectives
related to Design.
Acknowledgement
2
Introduction ........................................... 4
Army Design Methodology:
What and Why .................................... 4
Views about Design ............................ 5
This Resource ..................................... 8
Section 1:
Practical Challenges in
Implementing ADM ............................... 11
Preparing for ADM
Recognizing When to Apply ADM ... 13
Determining Team Composition ..... 17
Determining Whether and How to
Structure the Activity ...................... 24
Determining the Level and Nature
of Commander Involvement ........... 28
Determining the
Resources Needed .......................... 34
Executing ADM
Introducing and Framing ADM ....... 38
Facilitating Discourse ..................... 42
Determining What to Include .......... 46
Capturing and Communicating
Key Insights .................................... 48
Table of ContentsTOC
1
B
F
A
D
H
C
I
G
E
INT
Section 2:
Examples from the Field ................. 52
Design During the
Sunni Awakening ..................... 53
Design over Dinner .................. 58
Mapping out the Mess.............. 60
Illumination in Vietnam ............ 66
Ongoing Design ....................... 68
Section 3:
Additional Resources ......................... 72
Appendix:
Organizational Barriers
to Implementing ADM ..................... 76
TOC
3
2
3
APP
2
1
4
3
5
All photographs used in this publication are in the
public domain and have been provided courtesy of the
U.S. Army or the U.S. Air Force.
INT
4
INTRODUCTION
Army Design Methodology:
What and Why
In today’s operational environments, the U.S.
Army is facing a range of problems and mission
sets that are arguably more varied and complex
than previously encountered. Forces face an
array of demands that encompass geo-political,
social, cultural, and military factors that interact in
unpredictable ways.
The inherent complexity of today’s operations has
underscored the need for the Army to expand
beyond its traditional approach to operat ...
Development of Strategic Management towards a Strategy to achieve Competitive...theijes
The scope of discussion in this scientific papers, on development of strategic management is expected to give an understanding to academics and practitioners of that science in development of strategic management paradigm shift based on changes in environment of the military strategy theory towards a strategy to achieve competitive advantage.
PAD 502 Organizational Dynamics Final Project – Learning As.docxgerardkortney
This document discusses organizational goals and effectiveness. It begins by noting that organizational goals and effectiveness are important concepts in management theory and influence organizational performance. It then discusses some key issues regarding organizational goals, such as the fact that goals are often multiple and conflicting. The document also notes that public organizations' strategic plans emphasize goals and performance measures. However, assessing goals and effectiveness is complicated. The document reviews different models of organizational effectiveness developed by researchers. It concludes by discussing general complications with defining and assessing organizational goals and the implications this has for organizing and managing organizations.
Running head IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC .docxcharisellington63520
Running head: IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 1
SAMPLE PAPER
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Gertrude Steinbeck
ORG 500 – Foundations of Effective Management
Colorado State University – Global Campus
Dr. Stephanie Allong
August 6, 2010
The Running head is required for CSU-Global APA Requirements. Make
sure the words “Running head:” are on the title page, but not
subsequent pages. After the words “Running head:” you need the first
50 characters (this includes spaces) of your papers’ title in all caps. Do
not break a word, use less than 50 characters if necessary. For
instructions on how to set up a running head, see the “APA Guide &
Resources” link on the Library’s website.
Page numbers should
be inserted in the top
right corner.
Information on the Title
Page is centered in the top
half of the paper. All
major words should be
capitalized and not bold.
Papers should be
typed in a 12 pt, Times
New Roman font with
1 inch margins on all 4
sides and the entire
paper is double
spaced.
IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement sustainability initiatives for long-term financial performance.
Strategic Management
The function of management is to plan, organize, lead, and control the operations of an
organization (Robbins & Coulter, 2007) and includes strategic management. Strategic
management is an approach in which organizations create a competitive advantage, enhance
productivity, and establish long-term financial performance. Chandler (as cited by Whittington,
2008) defined strategy as “the determination of the basic long-term goals and objectives of an
enterprise, and the adoption of courses of action and the allocation of resources necessary for
carrying out these goals” (p. 268). Similarly, Wheelen and Hunger (2008) define strategic
management as the managerial decisions and actions of an organization that achieve long-run
performance of the business, with benefits such as:
clearer sense of vision for the organization;
sharper focus on what is strategically important; and
improved understanding of a changing environment.
The Strategic Management Model (SMM) provides the framewo.
Strategy can be defined as a long-term plan of action to achieve goals and advantages. Strategic management is the process of formulating, implementing, and evaluating cross-functional decisions to achieve strategic goals. There are three levels of strategy: corporate strategy defines the overall scope and direction of the organization; business strategy focuses on how each business unit will compete in its market; functional strategy focuses on how operational departments will implement corporate and business strategies.
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Capstone Project Part V: Action Plans
A theme throughout this course has been that human and social services professionals constantly apply theories and processes to address issues and challenges. As a social change agent, leader, and advocate, you should be able to apply relevant theories and processes to implement and support change on a local and global scale. As always, codes of ethics should provide guidance as you attempt to bring about change. As the final step in the development of your strategic plan, you will develop an action plan for each year of the strategic plan. For example, your plan might start off with strategic goals at the local level with plans to take these goals national or international in following years of the strategic plan.
To prepare:
Review the feedback from your Instructor regarding the components of your strategic plan in Weeks 3, 4, and 6–8.
You should make any changes based on the feedback you received. You will include these elements as a whole this week for your final strategic plan.
Finally this week, consider what actions you will take each year of the strategic plan.
By Day 7
The Assignment (15–22 pages):
Guidelines for each section of the Assignment are provided below.
Part I. The Fundamentals (3–4 pages):
The fundamentals of a strategic plan include identifying the core values, mission, and vision, which represent the organizational identification (ID). The Assignment requires you to develop the organizational ID for the agency, organization, or community for which you will develop a strategic plan.
Identify and describe the core values of the agency.
Discuss the degree to which those core values are aligned with advocacy, leadership, or social change.
Explain how those core values contribute to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
Identify and describe the mission of the agency, organization, or community.
Evaluate whether the mission statement is aligned with the core values of the agency, organization, etc.
Describe whether the mission statement promotes advocacy, leadership, or social change.
Discuss whether the mission statement provides evidence of how the agency/organization contributes to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
Identify and describe the vision of the agency.
Evaluate whether the vision is aligned with the core values of the agency, organization, etc.
Describe whether the vision promotes advocacy, leadership, or social change.
Discuss whether the vision provides evidence of how the agency/organization contributes to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
Identify and describe key stakeholders involved with the agency.
Discuss whether each stakeholder is inte.
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The Blue Ocean Strategy, among others is one that can be used in facilitating the strategic thinking process (Harris, 2018). This strategy requires abstract thinking and creativity beyond focusing solely on the current market and competitors. So rather than using competition and what they are/are not doing, the focus is shifted to value innovation (Harris, 2018). This type of thinking asks questions like, "how can we expand the boundaries of our market?" and "What could we do differently to set ourselves apart while providing a new or necessary service?" The idea of this strategy is to explore the big blue ocean (Harris, 2018). Value innovation serves as the vital component to this strategy and facilitates rapid and profitable growth as opposed to staying within a strict market with other competitors (Harris, 2018). This strategy relies on creativity, collective thought, and big picture ideas that are organic through conversation.
A second strategy that can be used in the strategic thinking process is the Five Forces Framework. This strategy focuses on understanding the five forces that are competitive across industries: rivalry, threat of substitution, buyer power, supplier power, and threat of new entrants (Burns, Bradley, & Weiner, 2012). This strategy puts major focus on the market and competitors and the idea is to gain advantage over exploitation of competitor's and the market's weaknesses (Burns, Bradley, & Weiner, 2012). Once the weaknesses are discovered then a plan can be made to improve internally to both exploit other's weaknesses and offer services/advantages that others haven't been successful at.
These two strategies that can be used to facilitate strategic thinking are directly conflicting with one another. The Blue Ocean Strategy is more abstract, collaborative, innovative, and longitudinal. The Five Forces Framework is concrete, analytical, and present minded rather than looking at big picture and long term objectives.
References
Burns, L. R., Bradley, E. H., & Weiner, B. J. (2012) Shortell & Kaluzny's health care management: Organization design & behavior. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Harris, J. M. (2018). Healthcare Strategic Planning, Fourth Edition. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.
Only the resources provided in the links bellow may be used in writing this assignment.
Supplier Selection Report
Assume you are chief executive officer (CEO) of a company that will develop products used in laboratory testing. Together with your chief science officer (CSO), you will need to develop a supplier base to deliver the following materials:
· Muscles from turkey legs
· Hearts from pigs
· Alligator claws
· Corn leaves
· Kelp from Chesapeake Bay
These materials must be purchased in raw form as personnel at your company will process the materials in a proprietary way based on customer requirements for your products. Describe how you will (a) locat ...
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The document provides instructions for a student to write a 1000-word project proposal for a human reliability analysis course. The proposal must include a problem statement justifying an important human error issue, reasons why the problem has not been solved, a problem focus on specific human interactions and cognitive processes, goals for the proposed analysis, and sources of information that will be used. The student then provides a sample proposal analyzing inaccurate technical data leading to project delays and increased costs at an organization that manufactures explosive devices. The proposal identifies the problem focus as human-machine and human-group interactions influenced by low-level cognition and memory issues. The student hopes to address these challenges through a human-systems analysis and develop knowledge tools to improve information sharing.
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theme throughout this course has been that human and social services professionals constantly apply theories and processes to address issues and challenges. As a social change agent, leader, and advocate, you should be able to apply relevant theories and processes to implement and support change on a local and global scale. As always, codes of ethics should provide guidance as you attempt to bring about change. As the final step in the development of your strategic plan, you will develop an action plan for each year of the strategic plan. For example, your plan might start off with strategic goals at the local level with plans to take these goals national or international in following years of the strategic plan.
To prepare:
Review the feedback from your Instructor regarding the components of your strategic plan in Weeks 3, 4, and 6–8.
You should make any changes based on the feedback you received. You will include these elements as a whole this week for your final strategic plan.
Finally this week, consider what actions you will take each year of the strategic plan.
The Assignment (15–22 pages):
Guidelines for each section of the Assignment are provided below.
Part I. The Fundamentals (3–4 pages):
The fundamentals of a strategic plan include identifying the core values, mission, and vision, which represent the organizational identification (ID). The Assignment requires you to develop the organizational ID for the agency, organization, or community for which you will develop a strategic plan.
Identify and describe the core values of the agency.
Discuss the degree to which those core values are aligned with advocacy, leadership, or social change.
Explain how those core values contribute to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
Identify and describe the mission of the agency, organization, or community.
Evaluate whether the mission statement is aligned with the core values of the agency, organization, etc.
Describe whether the mission statement promotes advocacy, leadership, or social change.
Discuss whether the mission statement provides evidence of how the agency/organization contributes to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
Identify and describe the vision of the agency.
Evaluate whether the vision is aligned with the core values of the agency, organization, etc.
Describe whether the vision promotes advocacy, leadership, or social change.
Discuss whether the vision provides evidence of how the agency/organization contributes to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
Identify and describe key stakeholders involved with the agency.
Discuss whether each stakeholder is internal or external to the agency/organization.
Describe the role each stakeholder has in the organization (i.e. leadership, management, staff, recipient of services, etc.).
Discuss how each stakehold.
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IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement sustainability initiatives for long-term financial performance.
Strategic Management
The function of management is to plan, organize, lead, and control the operations of an
organization (Robbins & Coulter, 2007) and includes strategic management. Strategic
management is an approach in which organizations create a competitive advantage, enhance
productivity, and establish long-term financial performance. Chandler (as cited in Whittington,
2008) defines strategy as “the determination of the basic long-term goals and objectives of an
enterprise, and the adoption of courses of action and the allocation of resources necessary for
carrying out these goals” (p. 268). Similarly, Wheelen and Hunger (2008) define strategic
management as the managerial decisions and actions of an organization that achieve long-run
performance of the business, with benefits such as:
Clearer sense of vision for the organization
Sharper focus on what is strategically important
Improved understanding of a changing environment
The Strategic Management Model (SMM) provides the framework for integrating strategic
planning into an organization so that the aforementioned benefits are realized.
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This document outlines a course description for a 5th semester Bachelor of Business Management course in Strategic Management at Christ University in Bangalore. The course aims to provide an understanding of strategic management processes and theories that can be applied to real business situations. It covers topics such as strategic analysis, industry analysis, competitive strategy, strategic implementation and global strategies. Assessment includes CIA assignments, mid-term and end-term exams. CIA assignments incorporate quizzes, article reviews, team activities and situational analyses. The course utilizes various active learning methods like case studies, simulations and group projects.
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1) Adjusted the sales force depending on when it increased in the market and we used consumer shopping survey to understand where the customers like to purchase (10-11lines)
2) Due to our high price in the market and the inflation increasing… we didn’t change our prices and further decreased by few cents……. But later as we were going into loss in this inflation period, we increased our prices but kept them reasonable compared to our competitors. (reasons and add few more relevant points to make it big)
3) Advertising- initially we concentrated on aches and chest congestion. Write about targeting audience
4) Brand relevance:
5) Consumer feedback.. coupons…
6) Attractive tagline:
7) Easy to find….(few lines)…. Changed the packing- got positive reviews from customers
8) Introducing new products: a) Allround: aches, chest congestion
b) Allroundplus: nasal congestion, aches, allergy symptoms, runny nose(introduced in 4th year)
c) Allright
9) we took the decision to drop alcohol for children and young adults…. Non-drowsy and can driving safe
10) introduced 12hr multi symptom relief: instead of using tablet every 2hr or 4 hrs… it works for a long time.. less hectic, easy to carry and for journeys.
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Dr. Stephanie Allong
August 6, 2015
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IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
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Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement susta ...
Evaluate assumptions and premises used in developing marketing str.docxelbanglis
Evaluate assumptions and premises used in developing marketing strategy:
(add some introduction of 7-8 lines on marketing strategy)
1) Adjusted the sales force depending on when it increased in the market and we used consumer shopping survey to understand where the customers like to purchase (10-11lines)
2) Due to our high price in the market and the inflation increasing… we didn’t change our prices and further decreased by few cents……. But later as we were going into loss in this inflation period, we increased our prices but kept them reasonable compared to our competitors. (reasons and add few more relevant points to make it big)
3) Advertising- initially we concentrated on aches and chest congestion. Write about targeting audience
4) Brand relevance:
5) Consumer feedback.. coupons…
6) Attractive tagline:
7) Easy to find….(few lines)…. Changed the packing- got positive reviews from customers
8) Introducing new products: a) Allround: aches, chest congestion
b) Allroundplus: nasal congestion, aches, allergy symptoms, runny nose(introduced in 4th year)
c) Allright
9) we took the decision to drop alcohol for children and young adults…. Non-drowsy and can driving safe
10) introduced 12hr multi symptom relief: instead of using tablet every 2hr or 4 hrs… it works for a long time.. less hectic, easy to carry and for journeys.
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Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Gertrude Steinbeck
ORG500 – Foundations of Effective Management
Colorado State University – Global Campus
Dr. Stephanie Allong
August 6, 2015
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IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement susta ...
Evaluate assumptions and premises used in developing marketing str.docxtheodorelove43763
Evaluate assumptions and premises used in developing marketing strategy:
(add some introduction of 7-8 lines on marketing strategy)
1) Adjusted the sales force depending on when it increased in the market and we used consumer shopping survey to understand where the customers like to purchase (10-11lines)
2) Due to our high price in the market and the inflation increasing… we didn’t change our prices and further decreased by few cents……. But later as we were going into loss in this inflation period, we increased our prices but kept them reasonable compared to our competitors. (reasons and add few more relevant points to make it big)
3) Advertising- initially we concentrated on aches and chest congestion. Write about targeting audience
4) Brand relevance:
5) Consumer feedback.. coupons…
6) Attractive tagline:
7) Easy to find….(few lines)…. Changed the packing- got positive reviews from customers
8) Introducing new products: a) Allround: aches, chest congestion
b) Allroundplus: nasal congestion, aches, allergy symptoms, runny nose(introduced in 4th year)
c) Allright
9) we took the decision to drop alcohol for children and young adults…. Non-drowsy and can driving safe
10) introduced 12hr multi symptom relief: instead of using tablet every 2hr or 4 hrs… it works for a long time.. less hectic, easy to carry and for journeys.
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Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Gertrude Steinbeck
ORG500 – Foundations of Effective Management
Colorado State University – Global Campus
Dr. Stephanie Allong
August 6, 2015
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IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement susta.
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How we deliberately design your assessment to not
only be a test of what you know, but to also build
lifelong learning skills.
Assessment in this course refers directly to the Australian Qualifications
Framework (Level 7) learning outcomes criteria for Bachelor Degrees. These criteria
are expressed as Knowledge, Skills and Applications:
Knowledge: Graduates of a Bachelor Degree will have a broad and coherent body of
knowledge, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in one or more disciplines as
a basis for independent lifelong learning
Skills: Graduates of a Bachelor Degree will have:
• cognitive skills to review, critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge
• cognitive and technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of knowledge
with depth in some areas
• cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgement in
identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence
• communication skills to present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of
knowledge and ideas
Application: Graduates of a Bachelor Degree will demonstrate the application of
knowledge and skills:
• with initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in
professional practice and/or scholarship
• to adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts
• with responsibility and accountability for own learning and professional practice
and in collaboration with others within broad parameters
These learning outcomes are, of course, for your whole Bachelor’s Degree and
as such we are not required in this specific course to address all of them - some of
these learning outcomes will have been addressed in other courses you have
undertaken as part of your degree.
This course uses a case study approach to learning and assessment. This
case study is ‘live’ in that it consists of working with an existing organisation in real-
time. You will be engaged in the case over a whole semester within which time you
are required to;
• undertake an analysis of the organisation and its operating environment(s)
• determine what you believe to be the current strategy of the organisation using
established frameworks
Your assessment will involve you designing and publishing a report for use by
managers as the basis for their ongoing strategy. This is a real-life organisation
with a real-life need.
Semester 2, 2015 BUSM3200 Assignment 1 Guide
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Your assessment pieces have been designed to give you the best possible
opportunity to help Singapore Post to survive and thrive into the future. The skills that
you will be developing include:
• cognitive conceptualisation skills
• critical thinking and analysis skills
• creative application skills.
All these are valuable skills you will need in future employment. How well you are
able to demonstrate mastery of these skills will impact not onl.
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Dr. Stephanie Allong
August 6, 2015
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IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement sustainability initiatives for long-term financial performance.
Strategic Management
The function of management is to plan, organize, lead, and control the operations of an
organization (Robbins & Coulter, 2007) and includes strategic management. Strategic
management is an approach in which organizations create a competitive advantage, enhance
productivity, and establish long-term financial performance. Chandler (as cited in Whittington,
2008) defines strategy as “the determination of the basic long-term goals and objectives of an
enterprise, and the adoption of courses of action and the allocation of resources necessary for
carrying out these goals” (p. 268). Similarly, Wheelen and Hunger (2008) define strategic
management as the managerial decisions and actions of an organization that achieve long-run
performance of the business, with benefits such as:
Clearer sense of vision for the organization
Sharper focus on what is strategically important
Improved understanding of a changing environment
The Strategic Management Model (SMM) provides the framework for integrating strategic
planning into an organization so that the aforementioned benefits are realized.
All subsequent pages should
only have the first 50
characters of the paper’s title
in all caps for the running head.
Repeat the tit ...
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Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Gertrude Steinbeck
ORG500 – Foundations of Effective Management
Colorado State University – Global Campus
Dr. Stephanie Allong
August 6, 2015
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IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement sustainability initiatives for long-term financial performance.
Strategic Management
The function of management is to plan, organize, lead, and control the operations of an
organization (Robbins & Coulter, 2007) and includes strategic management. Strategic
management is an approach in which organizations create a competitive advantage, enhance
productivity, and establish long-term financial performance. Chandler (as cited in Whittington,
2008) defines strategy as “the determination of the basic long-term goals and objectives of an
enterprise, and the adoption of courses of action and the allocation of resources necessary for
carrying out these goals” (p. 268). Similarly, Wheelen and Hunger (2008) define strategic
management as the managerial decisions and actions of an organization that achieve long-run
performance of the business, with benefits such as:
Clearer sense of vision for the organization
Sharper focus on what is strategically important
Improved understanding of a changing environment
The Strategic Management Model (SMM) provides the framework for integrating strategic
planning into an organization so that the aforementioned benefits are realized.
All subsequent pages should
only have the first 50
characters of the paper’s title
in all caps for the running head.
Repeat the tit.
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A theme throughout this course has been that human and social services professionals constantly apply theories and processes to address issues and challenges. As a social change agent, leader, and advocate, you should be able to apply relevant theories and processes to implement and support change on a local and global scale. As always, codes of ethics should provide guidance as you attempt to bring about change. As the final step in the development of your strategic plan, you will develop an action plan for each year of the strategic plan. For example, your plan might start off with strategic goals at the local level with plans to take these goals national or international in following years of the strategic plan.
To prepare:
Review the feedback from your Instructor regarding the components of your strategic plan in Weeks 3, 4, and 6–8.
You should make any changes based on the feedback you received. You will include these elements as a whole this week for your final strategic plan.
Finally this week, consider what actions you will take each year of the strategic plan.
By Day 7
The Assignment (15–22 pages):
Guidelines for each section of the Assignment are provided below.
Part I. The Fundamentals (3–4 pages):
The fundamentals of a strategic plan include identifying the core values, mission, and vision, which represent the organizational identification (ID). The Assignment requires you to develop the organizational ID for the agency, organization, or community for which you will develop a strategic plan.
Identify and describe the core values of the agency.
Discuss the degree to which those core values are aligned with advocacy, leadership, or social change.
Explain how those core values contribute to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
Identify and describe the mission of the agency, organization, or community.
Evaluate whether the mission statement is aligned with the core values of the agency, organization, etc.
Describe whether the mission statement promotes advocacy, leadership, or social change.
Discuss whether the mission statement provides evidence of how the agency/organization contributes to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
Identify and describe the vision of the agency.
Evaluate whether the vision is aligned with the core values of the agency, organization, etc.
Describe whether the vision promotes advocacy, leadership, or social change.
Discuss whether the vision provides evidence of how the agency/organization contributes to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
Identify and describe key stakeholders involved with the agency.
Discuss whether each stakeholder is internal or external to the agency/organization.
Describe the role each stakeholder has in the organization (i.e. leadership, management, staff, recipient of services, etc.).
Discuss how ea.
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M3 Assignment 2 Submission
Assignment
Due December 5 at 11:59 PM
Assignment 2: LASA 1 Assignment—The Leader as a Strategist Report
For this assignment, you will choose an organization to analyze. This organization can be one you are personally familiar with, or one you have observed to be an effective organization, You now become a newly appointed senior leader in that organization.
As a new leader, you must prepare a report for the CEO that assesses the organization’s overall alignment between its vision, mission, values, and strategy. This report should consist of the following sections:
An analysis of the strategic cascade of the organization
This includes assessing the organization’s strategy and market position. Use the framework implied in Michael Porter’s (1997) article “What is Strategy.” When describing the business strategy of your organization, consider the following questions:
What is the target market (target customer)?
What is your organization's value proposition (How does it deliver value that satisfies the target’s wants and needs?)?
How is your product or service positioned in the market (What specific features and attributes define the product/service and how is its value reflected in its pricing, distribution, marketing communications, etc.?)?
How is your organization sustainably different from your competitors (What is the source of uniqueness and how sustainable is it from being diminished by competitors?)?
A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis
A SWOT analysis is a strategy planning tool that examines both internal and external environments for factors and trends that should shape planning and operations over the next five years. Environmental factors internal to the company are classified as strengths (to be leveraged) or weaknesses (to be mitigated), while external factors are classified as either opportunities (to be pursued) or threats (to be monitored and responded to).
Some primer questions for the SWOT analysis include the following:
Strengths
What advantages does your organization have?
What do you do better than anyone else?
What unique or lowest-cost resources can you draw upon that others cannot?
What do people in your market see as your strengths?
What factors mean that you "get the sale"?
What is your organization's unique selling proposition (USP)?
Weaknesses
What aspects of your product or service could you improve?
What market segments or competitive areas should you avoid?
What are people in your market likely to see as weaknesses?
What factors can make you lose sales?
Opportunities
What good opportunities can you spot?
What interesting trends are you aware of?Useful opportunities can come from such things as the following:
Changes in technology and markets on both a broad and narrow scale
Changes in government policy related to your field
Changes in social patterns, population profiles, lifestyle changes, and so on
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Conduct SWOT analysis giving 5 points each for S, W,O,T as per descriptions below to help project
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Project Charter
Date: <today’s date>
Project Title: <Title of your Project>
Project Start Date: 4 Jan 2016
Project End Date: < dura�on is 6 months, calculate the end date>
Budget Informa�on: $50000.00
Project Manager: < Name>, < Email>, <Telephone No>
Project Objec�ves:
⦁ Clear, concise reasoning for why the project is being performed
⦁ Clear, concise definition of what the project’s activities will entail
⦁ Brief description of primary deliverable(s)
⦁ Clear description of the project’s behefits to the organisation
⦁ Recognition and description of any limits that the project will not cover and address
Acceptance Criteria
⦁ Identification of specific factors against which the project can be compared to determine
success/failure
⦁ Identification of specific deliverables not only for class, but for the project as a whole
⦁ Agency-specific deliverables
⦁ Inclusion of due dates for the deliverables
⦁ Clear identification of milestone and milestone exit points
⦁ Factors should include a specific metrical comparison
Assumptions and Constraints
⦁ Any assumptions made during the course of the project
⦁ List of constraints that entail the limitations that are required to be addressed
Stakeholder List
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⦁ Identification of pitfalls to be avoided, based on the student’s past experience
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Charter Signoff
Communica�on Plan Template
Plan purpose – A brief description of why and how the plan was developed, and an overview of the
overall team communication philosophy. Also states types of communications planned, for lateral,
downward, and upward communication.
Change management – Description on how the team will handle changes in the project, whether it is in
terms of project scope, schedule, or resources. This includes how the team plans to communicate
changes as well as how the team plans to make decisions about changes.
Meeting agenda – Gives a brief overview of what the team plans to accomplish in each of its meetings,
how it documents goals and objectives for meetings, and defines and assigns actions for the team to
accomplish project objectives.
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Assignment 2: Internal Environmental Analysis/Strategy Analysis and Strategy Selection (Week 6)
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Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
Explain how a user could utilize ADS to hide data and explain other destructive uses which exist for ADS.
Determine how rootkits can be used as an alternative for data hiding and explicate why they can be used for this purpose.
Describe the processes and tools used by an investigator in determining whether signs of steganography are present in a given situation.
Select two (2) tools that could be used for steganography and explain how these tools can help someone hide data from others.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
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Burns, L. R., Bradley, E. H., & Weiner, B. J. (2012) Shortell & Kaluzny's health care management: Organization design & behavior. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Harris, J. M. (2018). Healthcare Strategic Planning, Fourth Edition. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.
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Review the feedback from your Instructor regarding the components of your strategic plan in Weeks 3, 4, and 6–8.
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Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
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August 6, 2015
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IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement sustainability initiatives for long-term financial performance.
Strategic Management
The function of management is to plan, organize, lead, and control the operations of an
organization (Robbins & Coulter, 2007) and includes strategic management. Strategic
management is an approach in which organizations create a competitive advantage, enhance
productivity, and establish long-term financial performance. Chandler (as cited in Whittington,
2008) defines strategy as “the determination of the basic long-term goals and objectives of an
enterprise, and the adoption of courses of action and the allocation of resources necessary for
carrying out these goals” (p. 268). Similarly, Wheelen and Hunger (2008) define strategic
management as the managerial decisions and actions of an organization that achieve long-run
performance of the business, with benefits such as:
Clearer sense of vision for the organization
Sharper focus on what is strategically important
Improved understanding of a changing environment
The Strategic Management Model (SMM) provides the framework for integrating strategic
planning into an organization so that the aforementioned benefits are realized.
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This document outlines a course description for a 5th semester Bachelor of Business Management course in Strategic Management at Christ University in Bangalore. The course aims to provide an understanding of strategic management processes and theories that can be applied to real business situations. It covers topics such as strategic analysis, industry analysis, competitive strategy, strategic implementation and global strategies. Assessment includes CIA assignments, mid-term and end-term exams. CIA assignments incorporate quizzes, article reviews, team activities and situational analyses. The course utilizes various active learning methods like case studies, simulations and group projects.
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Evaluate assumptions and premises used in developing marketing strategy:
(add some introduction of 7-8 lines on marketing strategy)
1) Adjusted the sales force depending on when it increased in the market and we used consumer shopping survey to understand where the customers like to purchase (10-11lines)
2) Due to our high price in the market and the inflation increasing… we didn’t change our prices and further decreased by few cents……. But later as we were going into loss in this inflation period, we increased our prices but kept them reasonable compared to our competitors. (reasons and add few more relevant points to make it big)
3) Advertising- initially we concentrated on aches and chest congestion. Write about targeting audience
4) Brand relevance:
5) Consumer feedback.. coupons…
6) Attractive tagline:
7) Easy to find….(few lines)…. Changed the packing- got positive reviews from customers
8) Introducing new products: a) Allround: aches, chest congestion
b) Allroundplus: nasal congestion, aches, allergy symptoms, runny nose(introduced in 4th year)
c) Allright
9) we took the decision to drop alcohol for children and young adults…. Non-drowsy and can driving safe
10) introduced 12hr multi symptom relief: instead of using tablet every 2hr or 4 hrs… it works for a long time.. less hectic, easy to carry and for journeys.
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Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Gertrude Steinbeck
ORG500 – Foundations of Effective Management
Colorado State University – Global Campus
Dr. Stephanie Allong
August 6, 2015
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IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement susta ...
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Evaluate assumptions and premises used in developing marketing strategy:
(add some introduction of 7-8 lines on marketing strategy)
1) Adjusted the sales force depending on when it increased in the market and we used consumer shopping survey to understand where the customers like to purchase (10-11lines)
2) Due to our high price in the market and the inflation increasing… we didn’t change our prices and further decreased by few cents……. But later as we were going into loss in this inflation period, we increased our prices but kept them reasonable compared to our competitors. (reasons and add few more relevant points to make it big)
3) Advertising- initially we concentrated on aches and chest congestion. Write about targeting audience
4) Brand relevance:
5) Consumer feedback.. coupons…
6) Attractive tagline:
7) Easy to find….(few lines)…. Changed the packing- got positive reviews from customers
8) Introducing new products: a) Allround: aches, chest congestion
b) Allroundplus: nasal congestion, aches, allergy symptoms, runny nose(introduced in 4th year)
c) Allright
9) we took the decision to drop alcohol for children and young adults…. Non-drowsy and can driving safe
10) introduced 12hr multi symptom relief: instead of using tablet every 2hr or 4 hrs… it works for a long time.. less hectic, easy to carry and for journeys.
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Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Gertrude Steinbeck
ORG500 – Foundations of Effective Management
Colorado State University – Global Campus
Dr. Stephanie Allong
August 6, 2015
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The Running head is required for CSU-Global
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IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement susta ...
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Evaluate assumptions and premises used in developing marketing strategy:
(add some introduction of 7-8 lines on marketing strategy)
1) Adjusted the sales force depending on when it increased in the market and we used consumer shopping survey to understand where the customers like to purchase (10-11lines)
2) Due to our high price in the market and the inflation increasing… we didn’t change our prices and further decreased by few cents……. But later as we were going into loss in this inflation period, we increased our prices but kept them reasonable compared to our competitors. (reasons and add few more relevant points to make it big)
3) Advertising- initially we concentrated on aches and chest congestion. Write about targeting audience
4) Brand relevance:
5) Consumer feedback.. coupons…
6) Attractive tagline:
7) Easy to find….(few lines)…. Changed the packing- got positive reviews from customers
8) Introducing new products: a) Allround: aches, chest congestion
b) Allroundplus: nasal congestion, aches, allergy symptoms, runny nose(introduced in 4th year)
c) Allright
9) we took the decision to drop alcohol for children and young adults…. Non-drowsy and can driving safe
10) introduced 12hr multi symptom relief: instead of using tablet every 2hr or 4 hrs… it works for a long time.. less hectic, easy to carry and for journeys.
Running head: INSERT FIRST 50 CHARACTERS OF TITLE 1
SAMPLE PAPER
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Gertrude Steinbeck
ORG500 – Foundations of Effective Management
Colorado State University – Global Campus
Dr. Stephanie Allong
August 6, 2015
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IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement susta.
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How we deliberately design your assessment to not
only be a test of what you know, but to also build
lifelong learning skills.
Assessment in this course refers directly to the Australian Qualifications
Framework (Level 7) learning outcomes criteria for Bachelor Degrees. These criteria
are expressed as Knowledge, Skills and Applications:
Knowledge: Graduates of a Bachelor Degree will have a broad and coherent body of
knowledge, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in one or more disciplines as
a basis for independent lifelong learning
Skills: Graduates of a Bachelor Degree will have:
• cognitive skills to review, critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge
• cognitive and technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of knowledge
with depth in some areas
• cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgement in
identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence
• communication skills to present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of
knowledge and ideas
Application: Graduates of a Bachelor Degree will demonstrate the application of
knowledge and skills:
• with initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in
professional practice and/or scholarship
• to adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts
• with responsibility and accountability for own learning and professional practice
and in collaboration with others within broad parameters
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as such we are not required in this specific course to address all of them - some of
these learning outcomes will have been addressed in other courses you have
undertaken as part of your degree.
This course uses a case study approach to learning and assessment. This
case study is ‘live’ in that it consists of working with an existing organisation in real-
time. You will be engaged in the case over a whole semester within which time you
are required to;
• undertake an analysis of the organisation and its operating environment(s)
• determine what you believe to be the current strategy of the organisation using
established frameworks
Your assessment will involve you designing and publishing a report for use by
managers as the basis for their ongoing strategy. This is a real-life organisation
with a real-life need.
Semester 2, 2015 BUSM3200 Assignment 1 Guide
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Your assessment pieces have been designed to give you the best possible
opportunity to help Singapore Post to survive and thrive into the future. The skills that
you will be developing include:
• cognitive conceptualisation skills
• critical thinking and analysis skills
• creative application skills.
All these are valuable skills you will need in future employment. How well you are
able to demonstrate mastery of these skills will impact not onl.
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ORG500 – Foundations of Effective Management
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Dr. Stephanie Allong
August 6, 2015
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IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement sustainability initiatives for long-term financial performance.
Strategic Management
The function of management is to plan, organize, lead, and control the operations of an
organization (Robbins & Coulter, 2007) and includes strategic management. Strategic
management is an approach in which organizations create a competitive advantage, enhance
productivity, and establish long-term financial performance. Chandler (as cited in Whittington,
2008) defines strategy as “the determination of the basic long-term goals and objectives of an
enterprise, and the adoption of courses of action and the allocation of resources necessary for
carrying out these goals” (p. 268). Similarly, Wheelen and Hunger (2008) define strategic
management as the managerial decisions and actions of an organization that achieve long-run
performance of the business, with benefits such as:
Clearer sense of vision for the organization
Sharper focus on what is strategically important
Improved understanding of a changing environment
The Strategic Management Model (SMM) provides the framework for integrating strategic
planning into an organization so that the aforementioned benefits are realized.
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Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Gertrude Steinbeck
ORG500 – Foundations of Effective Management
Colorado State University – Global Campus
Dr. Stephanie Allong
August 6, 2015
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Use the template paper located in the
Library under the “APA Guide & Resources”
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top half of the paper. All
major words should be
capitalized and not bold.
IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC 2
Identifying the Best Practices in Strategic Management
Strategic management and corporate sustainability are two important dynamics of
modern-day organizations. It is important for organizational leaders to have an understanding of
the theoretical applications of strategic management as a means of addressing corporate
sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions and an understanding of
strategic management and corporate sustainability. An overview of the Walgreen Company, the
organization of study, is also provided in order to understand how the company has utilized
strategic management to implement sustainability initiatives for long-term financial performance.
Strategic Management
The function of management is to plan, organize, lead, and control the operations of an
organization (Robbins & Coulter, 2007) and includes strategic management. Strategic
management is an approach in which organizations create a competitive advantage, enhance
productivity, and establish long-term financial performance. Chandler (as cited in Whittington,
2008) defines strategy as “the determination of the basic long-term goals and objectives of an
enterprise, and the adoption of courses of action and the allocation of resources necessary for
carrying out these goals” (p. 268). Similarly, Wheelen and Hunger (2008) define strategic
management as the managerial decisions and actions of an organization that achieve long-run
performance of the business, with benefits such as:
Clearer sense of vision for the organization
Sharper focus on what is strategically important
Improved understanding of a changing environment
The Strategic Management Model (SMM) provides the framework for integrating strategic
planning into an organization so that the aforementioned benefits are realized.
All subsequent pages should
only have the first 50
characters of the paper’s title
in all caps for the running head.
Repeat the tit.
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A theme throughout this course has been that human and social servic.docxmakdul
A theme throughout this course has been that human and social services professionals constantly apply theories and processes to address issues and challenges. As a social change agent, leader, and advocate, you should be able to apply relevant theories and processes to implement and support change on a local and global scale. As always, codes of ethics should provide guidance as you attempt to bring about change. As the final step in the development of your strategic plan, you will develop an action plan for each year of the strategic plan. For example, your plan might start off with strategic goals at the local level with plans to take these goals national or international in following years of the strategic plan.
To prepare:
Review the feedback from your Instructor regarding the components of your strategic plan in Weeks 3, 4, and 6–8.
You should make any changes based on the feedback you received. You will include these elements as a whole this week for your final strategic plan.
Finally this week, consider what actions you will take each year of the strategic plan.
By Day 7
The Assignment (15–22 pages):
Guidelines for each section of the Assignment are provided below.
Part I. The Fundamentals (3–4 pages):
The fundamentals of a strategic plan include identifying the core values, mission, and vision, which represent the organizational identification (ID). The Assignment requires you to develop the organizational ID for the agency, organization, or community for which you will develop a strategic plan.
Identify and describe the core values of the agency.
Discuss the degree to which those core values are aligned with advocacy, leadership, or social change.
Explain how those core values contribute to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
Identify and describe the mission of the agency, organization, or community.
Evaluate whether the mission statement is aligned with the core values of the agency, organization, etc.
Describe whether the mission statement promotes advocacy, leadership, or social change.
Discuss whether the mission statement provides evidence of how the agency/organization contributes to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
Identify and describe the vision of the agency.
Evaluate whether the vision is aligned with the core values of the agency, organization, etc.
Describe whether the vision promotes advocacy, leadership, or social change.
Discuss whether the vision provides evidence of how the agency/organization contributes to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
Identify and describe key stakeholders involved with the agency.
Discuss whether each stakeholder is internal or external to the agency/organization.
Describe the role each stakeholder has in the organization (i.e. leadership, management, staff, recipient of services, etc.).
Discuss how ea.
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M3 Assignment 2 Submission
Assignment
Due December 5 at 11:59 PM
Assignment 2: LASA 1 Assignment—The Leader as a Strategist Report
For this assignment, you will choose an organization to analyze. This organization can be one you are personally familiar with, or one you have observed to be an effective organization, You now become a newly appointed senior leader in that organization.
As a new leader, you must prepare a report for the CEO that assesses the organization’s overall alignment between its vision, mission, values, and strategy. This report should consist of the following sections:
An analysis of the strategic cascade of the organization
This includes assessing the organization’s strategy and market position. Use the framework implied in Michael Porter’s (1997) article “What is Strategy.” When describing the business strategy of your organization, consider the following questions:
What is the target market (target customer)?
What is your organization's value proposition (How does it deliver value that satisfies the target’s wants and needs?)?
How is your product or service positioned in the market (What specific features and attributes define the product/service and how is its value reflected in its pricing, distribution, marketing communications, etc.?)?
How is your organization sustainably different from your competitors (What is the source of uniqueness and how sustainable is it from being diminished by competitors?)?
A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis
A SWOT analysis is a strategy planning tool that examines both internal and external environments for factors and trends that should shape planning and operations over the next five years. Environmental factors internal to the company are classified as strengths (to be leveraged) or weaknesses (to be mitigated), while external factors are classified as either opportunities (to be pursued) or threats (to be monitored and responded to).
Some primer questions for the SWOT analysis include the following:
Strengths
What advantages does your organization have?
What do you do better than anyone else?
What unique or lowest-cost resources can you draw upon that others cannot?
What do people in your market see as your strengths?
What factors mean that you "get the sale"?
What is your organization's unique selling proposition (USP)?
Weaknesses
What aspects of your product or service could you improve?
What market segments or competitive areas should you avoid?
What are people in your market likely to see as weaknesses?
What factors can make you lose sales?
Opportunities
What good opportunities can you spot?
What interesting trends are you aware of?Useful opportunities can come from such things as the following:
Changes in technology and markets on both a broad and narrow scale
Changes in government policy related to your field
Changes in social patterns, population profiles, lifestyle changes, and so on
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Swot Analysis
Conduct SWOT analysis giving 5 points each for S, W,O,T as per descriptions below to help project
managers.
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Project Charter
Date: <today’s date>
Project Title: <Title of your Project>
Project Start Date: 4 Jan 2016
Project End Date: < dura�on is 6 months, calculate the end date>
Budget Informa�on: $50000.00
Project Manager: < Name>, < Email>, <Telephone No>
Project Objec�ves:
⦁ Clear, concise reasoning for why the project is being performed
⦁ Clear, concise definition of what the project’s activities will entail
⦁ Brief description of primary deliverable(s)
⦁ Clear description of the project’s behefits to the organisation
⦁ Recognition and description of any limits that the project will not cover and address
Acceptance Criteria
⦁ Identification of specific factors against which the project can be compared to determine
success/failure
⦁ Identification of specific deliverables not only for class, but for the project as a whole
⦁ Agency-specific deliverables
⦁ Inclusion of due dates for the deliverables
⦁ Clear identification of milestone and milestone exit points
⦁ Factors should include a specific metrical comparison
Assumptions and Constraints
⦁ Any assumptions made during the course of the project
⦁ List of constraints that entail the limitations that are required to be addressed
Stakeholder List
Stakeholder
No
Name and Signature Role and
Responsibility
Position Contact
Information
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Lessons Learned
⦁ Identification of pitfalls to be avoided, based on the student’s past experience
⦁ Evidence of thought as to what can and cannot affect the project in terms of how the project
will run
Charter Signoff
Communica�on Plan Template
Plan purpose – A brief description of why and how the plan was developed, and an overview of the
overall team communication philosophy. Also states types of communications planned, for lateral,
downward, and upward communication.
Change management – Description on how the team will handle changes in the project, whether it is in
terms of project scope, schedule, or resources. This includes how the team plans to communicate
changes as well as how the team plans to make decisions about changes.
Meeting agenda – Gives a brief overview of what the team plans to accomplish in each of its meetings,
how it documents goals and objectives for meetings, and defines and assigns actions for the team to
accomplish project objectives.
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BMGT 495 Strategic Management
Assignment 2: Internal Environmental Analysis/Strategy Analysis and Strategy Selection (Week 6)
Purpose: This assignment is the second of three assignments. Students will use the tools and concepts learned ...
Symbols can have more than one meaning.1. The battle flag of the c.docxhildredzr1di
This document discusses how symbols can have multiple meanings depending on the viewer. It provides two examples: the Confederate flag, which some see as representing rebellion against authority while others associate it with repression, hate, and slavery. Another example is sports team apparel, which could be perceived as representing a gang by some due to similar symbolic meanings of colors. The document suggests that symbols often do not have a single agreed-upon meaning and different people may associate different concepts or ideas with the same symbol.
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Sustainable development is an idea that has been talked about globally for years. But there is often multiple definitions of sustainable development. Some people value sustainability more that development and vice versa. The main issue you see is through sustainable developments three main pillars; environmental, economic, and social. It is almost impossible to have one without sacrificing at least a little of the others. There are also many differing views of what should be developed and what should be sustained. Even when these issues are brought into fruition at UN summits developed and developing countries often disagree on these issues. Even though plans have been made at these summits, goals have failed to be turned into action. That is the main issue I see is in order to make these plans work people must be willing to ask for a change and be willing to make the big decisions to change. Despite this, the mistrust between Northern and Southern countries will always make sustainable development a struggle.
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Suppose you are the Chief Security Officer for a financial institution. Someone on your information security staff has informed you that recent Web content filters have shown an end user who has been visiting sites dedicated to alternate data stream (ADS) and steganography hiding techniques. She is interested in what the end user may be doing and comes to you for some explanation on these techniques.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
Explain how a user could utilize ADS to hide data and explain other destructive uses which exist for ADS.
Determine how rootkits can be used as an alternative for data hiding and explicate why they can be used for this purpose.
Describe the processes and tools used by an investigator in determining whether signs of steganography are present in a given situation.
Select two (2) tools that could be used for steganography and explain how these tools can help someone hide data from others.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality 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
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SWK313 Case Study OneYou are a social worker in a program with in.docxhildredzr1di
SWK313 Case Study One:
You are a social worker in a program with in a non-government agency that supports people recovering from addiction. Steve, a 23 year old man presents at your service as he has been has a upcoming Court date for some drug related offences and his lawyer
told him if he attends a course it will prevent him from going to prison.
Steve has a long history of alcohol and marijuana addiction as well as several prior convictions for theft and burglary. Steve has no family support and left home and school when he was 14 after being abused by his alcoholic step father. He is currently living in transitional housing with friends who are also drug users.
Steve has never been able to hold down a job, but picks up occasional work.
Steve agreed to one of one counselling however, during sessions he would often make rude remarks he was angry and bored and would often walk out of sessions.
SWK313 Case Study Two
You are a social worker in a government child protective service and you receive the following report and are allocated to work with the family:
Subject Children:
Stephen (aged 8
Mary (aged 4
Parents
Jeanie (b.mo aged 28)
Tom ( b.fa aged (32)
Address:
Remote community (during Wet season)
Outstation (during Dry season)
Case Manager:
Tess
Current situation:
A notification was received from a remote community health centre notifying that Stephen and Mary will be air lifted to Hospital due to weight loss (each averaging 200 grams per week). B/mo of the children Jeanie is pregnant and is also considered to be severely malnourished so will also be flying in with the children for treatment.
Family will be accompanied by another female family member who notifier describes as ‘responsible’.
Notifier advised that they had applied the World Health Organisation classification for malnourishment to both children and it meets the ‘severe’ category.
Notifier also notes that it is unusual to need to admit a child of eight (8) years of age to hospital for malnourishment.
Notifier stated they have continued to experience difficulties in following-up health issues for the children because family spends large amounts of time at their Outstation and there is no service outreach to this location.
Previous involvement with the family has resulted in two (2) hospitalisations for Stephen and Mary for failure to thrive and each time their weight had increased on their return to community however contact is lost when family moves to the outstation. Notifier added that b/mo Jeanie has disclosed that there is often little to no food available at the Outstation as it runs out quickly.
Jeanie presents as disempowered when discussing family issues with the health centre and her own serious malnourished state supports the view that her nutritional needs take low priority in the family hierarchy.
The health centre has had no direct involvement with the birth father as he never accompanies Jeanie or the children to their service. When.
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Synco Answers
Write
a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you discuss an ethical dilemma from a current story in the news. Address the following in your paper:
The nature of the dilemma
The ethical decision made
The outcome of the situation
Alternative courses of action and why
Willing to pay 40
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Survivor SpeechWrite a 300-400 words speech on being a survivor. U.docxhildredzr1di
Survivor Speech
Write a 300-400 words speech on being a survivor. Used the 3 main points to create a speech. Speech doesn’t have to be accurate but interesting.
I. Main Point 1. Becoming a teen mother with only a high school diploma I had to figure out a way to support not just myself but my child as well.
II. Main Point 2. Began dancing to support myself and my child, it wasn’t something I wanted to do, but it was fast money and money on the spot.
III. Main Point 3. Here is where I met the guy that I believed was going to help me change my life, but instead he physically and verbally abused me.
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Support your assertions, claims,
inferences, theories, and arguments with examples or evidence from
one of the dramatic narratives mentioned below.
1.
Is the conflict between determinism and self-reliance as strong an
element of the plot of
Romeo and Juliet
as it is in
Oedipus Rex
?
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Supporting Activity: Anything-as-a-Servic
Objectives:
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Leveraging on the Software-as-a-Service kind of concept, there are also Analytics-as-a-Service, Communications-as-a-Service, Monitoring-as-a-Service, etc.
Pick
a kind of "as-a-service," and describe how it is changing that technology area, and as a result, is benefiting both consumers and businesses.
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summary and reflection on our Martin Luther King, Jr. readings
students will be graded on completeness, spelling, grammar, and format. Please also remember to include at least one direct quote
"one page- double Spaced- 12 font"
Reading attached
Readings attached
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Summative Assessment To complete this assignment, read the scena.docxhildredzr1di
Summative Assessment
To complete this assignment, read the scenario below and address the specific questions and issues indicated. Review the
SOC313 Family Document
for specific information on each member of the family.
Grandmother Ella has had cancer for years now and has followed alternative remedies from the time she was first diagnosed. Ella had a period of remission; however, the cancer returned and has metastasized to her bones, liver, and lungs. She is in the hospital after collapsing from weakness. She is being released from the hospital as she wishes to spend her last days and months at home. Ella has her preferences for care, though she is now so weak that she has given up in many ways. The family members are each experiencing their own fears and are grieving as they face the loss that will occur when Ella’s life ends. Ella feels stressed by the discord and discomfort of family members.
For this final assignment, you are the social worker for this case. You meet this family in the hospital setting. You learn that Ella wants to return home with care from the Hospice nurse and health aide. Ella’s husband also wants her to return home; however, several of her children and their spouses want Ella to remain in the hospital or move to a nursing home so she gets professional care.
For this assignment, you will:
Synthesize the current research that is relevant to this scenario. Discuss the current practices for end of life and palliative care from the Western Medicine as well as the Complementary and Alternative Medicine perspectives.
Comprehensively discuss the cultural and/or traditional issues that could arise at this time. Consider how the integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and beliefs, mainstream medical practices, and cultural/traditional rituals and practices might create issues and what they might include.
Describe how the family might react to each of the following possible scenarios:
Ella wishes to continue the Complementary and Alternative practices.
Ella is coerced into following mainstream medical advice.
Ella’s husband, Joe, insists that, as father and husband, his family traditions should be followed.
Examine the biological basis for care and describe how the choices for care might affect the other family members with respect to their individual problems, if at all.
Son Sam, the alcoholic
Daughter Lila, with Type II diabetes
Grandson Josh, starting to have drug problems
Granddaughter Lucy, bipolar with more entrenched drug problems
Daughter-in-law, Sarah’s stress related to her family’s medical issues (son with leukemia and brother with HIV)
Discuss the micro, meso, and macro influences affecting both the patient and the diverse family members in this scenario as impacted by Ella’s medical condition and prognosis.
What are the pertinent and likely family (micro) conflicts and differences, and concerns that could be encountered?
How is the neighborhood and extended family (meso) reacting to.
Summative AssessmentTo complete this assignment, read the scenario.docxhildredzr1di
Summative Assessment
To complete this assignment, read the scenario below and address the specific questions and issues indicated. Review the
SOC313 Family Document
for specific information on each member of the family.
Grandmother Ella has had cancer for years now and has followed alternative remedies from the time she was first diagnosed. Ella had a period of remission; however, the cancer returned and has metastasized to her bones, liver, and lungs. She is in the hospital after collapsing from weakness. She is being released from the hospital as she wishes to spend her last days and months at home. Ella has her preferences for care, though she is now so weak that she has given up in many ways. The family members are each experiencing their own fears and are grieving as they face the loss that will occur when Ella’s life ends. Ella feels stressed by the discord and discomfort of family members.
For this final assignment, you are the social worker for this case. You meet this family in the hospital setting. You learn that Ella wants to return home with care from the Hospice nurse and health aide. Ella’s husband also wants her to return home; however, several of her children and their spouses want Ella to remain in the hospital or move to a nursing home so she gets professional care.
For this assignment, you are required to use the outline form with subtopic headers from the Week 3 assignment. Address the following items in your work:
Synthesize the current research that is relevant to this scenario. Discuss the current practices for end of life and palliative care from the Western Medicine as well as the Complementary and Alternative Medicine perspectives.
Comprehensively discuss the cultural and/or traditional issues that could arise at this time. Consider how the integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and beliefs, mainstream medical practices, and cultural/traditional rituals and practices might create issues and what they might include.
Describe how the family might react to each of the following possible scenarios:
Ella wishes to continue the Complementary and Alternative practices.
Ella is coerced into following mainstream medical advice.
Ella’s husband, John, insists that, as father and husband, his family traditions should be followed.
Examine the biological basis for care and describe how the choices for care might affect the other family members with respect to their individual problems, if at all.
Son Sam, the alcoholic
Daughter Lila, with Type II diabetes
Grandson Josh, starting to have drug problems
Granddaughter Lucy, bipolar with more entrenched drug problems
Daughter-in-law, Sarah’s stress related to her family’s medical issues (son with leukemia and brother with HIV)
Discuss the micro, meso, and macro influences affecting both the patient and the diverse family members in this scenario as impacted by Ella’s medical condition and prognosis.
What are the pertinent and likely family (micro) confl.
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Support Need Analysis
Using the information from the interview you conducted in
Week 2
, list in descending order the support needs of your participant. Also discuss how to implement objectives of Healthy People 2020 to increase wellness. Give examples of appropriate interventions of the professional caregiver, for example, the nurse.
Submit your findings in a 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document.
Support your responses with examples.
On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format.
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SummaryU.S. Census Bureau signed a $600 million contract with H.docxhildredzr1di
Summary:
U.S. Census Bureau signed a $600 million contract with Harris corporation in 2006 to build 500,000 devices, but still wasn’t sure which features they wanted included in the units. Census officials did not specify the testing process to measure the performance of the handheld devices. Four hundred change requests were added to the project requirements. Two years and hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars later, the handhelds were far too slow and unreliable to be used for the 2010 U.S. census.
-To answer the questions, you may want to consider the following
readings
:
http://harris.com/view_pressrelease.asp?act=lookup&pr_id=1818
http://www.census.gov/2010census/news/releases/operations/census-bureau-awards-600-million-contract-to-support-automation-project.html
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2010/06/02/the-census-bureaus-recent-history-of-throwing-billions-of-dollars-down-the-drain/
http://www.mytwocensus.com/tag/harris-corporation/
http://www.zdnet.com/article/billion-dollar-it-failure-at-census-bureau/
https://www.census.gov/2010census/pdf/2010_Census_Evaluation_of_Automation_in_Field_Data_Collection_in_Address_Canvassing_Report.pdf
Based on the
readings
above, please answer the following.
Part I
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What was the situation and how important was the system for the US Census Bureau?
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How does the system impact operational activities and decision making?
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What are the key risk factors of the project?
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Classify and describe the problems faced?
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What management, organizational, and technology factors caused those problems?
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Describe the steps you would have taken to control the risks in this project.
Part II
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What was the relationship between the technology and the end users who would use the technology?
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What was the relationship between the technology and the Census Bureau management?
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What was the lifespan of the technology?
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Theoretically, how was the data that was going to be generated by the system going to be used? Practically, what occurred? Why?
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Given the confidential nature of the census, how could the cloud based technologies pose a risk to privacy?
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Given the advances in
cloud computing
, describe a basic architecture for how such a system could be implemented today.
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How was employee use of the system?
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What could Census Bureau management and the Harris Corporation have done to prevent or change the outcome to be more positive?
read the readings to answer the questions
post any sources or refrences
must be done on time
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SummaryReflection—Due one week after your assigned day. Discussion .docxhildredzr1di
Summary/Reflection—Due one week after your assigned day. Discussion leaders (as a team) must submit a 1-2 page reflection about the process. Reflect on what worked well and what you might do differently in the future. What was challenging? What did you learn? And, finally, what should we as a class take away from the readings/conversation as we move forward?
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Support or challenge the following statement: “Regardless of the circumstances that students experience at home, teachers have a responsibility to help them perform at their highest level at school.”
Propose one or two benefits that students would gain from the increased involvement of diverse parent and community groups in schools.
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Summative Discussion Board
Review and reflect on the knowledge you have gained from this course. Based on your review and reflection, write at least 3 paragraphs on the following:
What were the most compelling topics learned in this course?
How did participating in discussions help your understanding of the subject matter? Is anything still unclear that could be clarified?
What approaches could have yielded additional valuable information?
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1. Purpose:Using concepts taught throughout theJ300 Lesson,
Operational Art & Design, you will write an analytical/research
paper on a historical event (your instructor will give you the
historical event).
You will analyze a historical event from the perspective of the
operational art & design concepts and terms from chapter IV, JP
5-0, Joint Planning and/or other appropriate joint doctrinal
publications. You can analyze the entire campaign/operation, a
single battle, or a group of battles from the campaign/operation.
Use the following questions to guide your analysis:
How did country X’s military leaders apply operational art
during the campaign/operation?
How did country X’s military leaders design the
campaign/operation?
How did country X’s military leaders understand the operational
environment?
What problems did country X’s military have to solve?
What approaches did country X’s military use to solve the
problem and achieve the termination criteria or military end
state?
What were the termination criteria and/or military end state?
What were the military objectives?
What effects were established to obtain the military objectives?
What was the adversary/friendly center of gravity and the
associated critical factors?
How did country X’s military attack/defend the
adversary/friendly center of gravity, directly or indirectly?
What decisive points were established?
What lines of operation/effort were established?
What defeat/stability mechanisms were used?
How did country X’s military apply the concepts of
anticipation, operational reach, or culmination?
How were operations arranged? Did country X’s military
consider the factors of simultaneity, depth, timing, and tempo?
2. Did country X’s military use the tools phases, branches and
sequels, or operational pauses?
Was the campaign/operation design focused on defeating either
adversary forces, functions, or a combination of both?
Was the campaign/operation phased? Did country X’s military
consider numbers, sequence, overlap, or transitions? What
phases of the joint operation model were used?
You do not have to address all the guiding questions, but you
are expected to integrate the operational art & design concepts
and terms from chapter IV, JP 5-0, Joint Planning and/or other
appropriate joint doctrinal publications into your paper. The
majority of the word count must address operational art &
design concepts and terms. This will ensure you understand the
lesson material. Articles from databases such as ProQuest,
EBSCO, Google Scholar, or military schools such as USASMA,
CGSC or the Army War College are the best types of sources
for research and will help ensure you receive a maximum score.
These types of databases will ensure you use scholarly, peer
reviewed articles for your research. Books written about your
historical event are also appropriate for your research.
Assignment Instructions: The paper will be in APA format, a
title page, a reference page, and 5 to 7 pages of content (does
not include the cover and reference pages). You will use Times
New Roman, 12-font, and double-spaced. Do not try to cover
everything. Focus on the factors you consider most important in
analyzing your historical event. You will use a minimum of five
resources for your paper.
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6. Using a sample
of 203 unionized Korean firms, this research found that the
effects of a
strategic HR function on firm performance were moderated by
high-
involvement work practices such as a pay-for-performance
program, a career-
development program, union participation in company strategy,
and temporary
worker benefits. The results suggest that a strategic HR function
will not be
successful without institutional mechanisms that foster
employee involvement.
Keywords Strategic HR function . HR process . Employee
contribution
and commitment
In recent years, management scholars and practitioners have
increasingly noted the
strategic value of human resources because the acquisition,
development, and
Asia Pac J Manag (2013) 30:91–113
DOI 10.1007/s10490-011-9264-6
Both authors contributed equally to this article.
H. Kim (*)
Department of Management, Dongguk University, 3-26 Pil-
Dong, Chung-gu, Seoul 100-715,
South Korea
e-mail: [email protected]
K. Sung-Choon
SK 613, Graduate School of Business, Seoul National
University, San 56-1, Shillim-Dong,
7. Kwanak-Ku, Seoul, South Korea
e-mail: [email protected]
retention of human resources are embedded in a firm’s unique
history and culture
and thus provide the firm with an idiosyncratic source of
competitive advantage
(Barney, 1991; Heneman, Ledford, & Gresham, 2000). To
realize the strategic value
of human resources, administrative or operational HR functions
must be altered to
have a strategic orientation (Ulrich, 1997). In a study of 115
subsidiaries of 89
Fortune 500 firms, Martell and Carroll (1995) reported that
between 40 and 69
percent of subsidiaries in the United States had HR functions
that were involved to
some extent in strategic management processes.
The integration of HR functions into strategic management can
proceed through
two phases: strategy formulation and implementation.
Concerning strategy formu-
lation, HR functions should provide insight into the types of
employee knowledge,
skills, and abilities that can be mobilized to create competitive
advantage. In
implementing a strategy, HR functions should organize and
manage HR competen-
cies and behaviors in alignment with the strategy. Prior HR
scholars have exclusively
focused on the integration of HR functions into strategy
formulation. For example,
Wright, McMahan, McCormick, and Sherman (1998) found that
8. although HR
executives’ involvement in strategic management was not
directly associated with
firm performance, their involvement had a substantial effect
when the firms pursued
a product innovation strategy for which skilled employees were
a critical source of
core competence. Likewise, Welbourne and Cyr (1999) showed
that the involvement
of HR executives had a positive effect on stock prices only in
fast-growing, small
pre-IPO firms. These studies suggest that the involvement of
HR functions in
strategy formulation positively influences firm performance,
particularly when a
firm’s core business requires human capital as a strategic asset.
An appropriate match between human resource management
(HRM) and strategic
choice does not automatically result in effective implementation
(Becker & Huselid,
2006). HR researchers recently noted that weak relationships
between HRM and
firm performance may be attributed to the gap between intended
and implemented
HR strategies (Wright & Nishii, 2005). In many cases, the
knowledge and skills that
are required to implement strategies may reside in non-
managerial employees
(Grant, 1996; Guthrie, 2001). When a firm intends to utilize
existing strategic
resources and/or develop new strategic assets to implement a
planned strategy,
employee acceptance of and commitment to the strategy is
indispensable. Therefore,
our research focuses on high-involvement work practices, which
9. are intended to
enhance employees’ positive attitudes toward their jobs and
employers, as a potential
moderator in the relationship between a strategic HR function—
which refers to the
degree to which an HR function is integrated into strategy
formulation and
implementation—and firm performance.
This study analyzes the effects of a strategic HR function on
firm performance
using a large-scale survey of Korean firms, whose HR systems
and functions have
changed dramatically since the economic crisis of 1997.
Although Korean firms
traditionally maintained paternalistic internal labor markets in
which employee
seniority and hierarchical control were key principles of HRM,
to survive amid
global competition, these firms have radically transformed their
HR systems to
become more performance oriented (Bae & Lawler, 2000).
Accompanying these
changes in the HR system, Korean firms have also made radical
changes to HR
functions, including administrative expertise and strategic
partners. Thus, Korean
92 H. Kim, K. Sung-Choon
firms provide an appropriate research context to test the effects
of a strategic HR
function on firm performance (Budhwar & Debrah, 2009).
10. Theory and hypotheses
To achieve effective strategy implementation, HR functions
should encourage
employees to accept strategic requirements and advise them to
commit to strategic
requirements (Ulrich, 1997). High-involvement work practices
that support
employee involvement in the business of the organization
expand employee
discretion (Riordan, Vandenberg, & Richardson, 2005) and
increase employee
commitment by appealing to intrinsic motivations (Bae &
Lawler, 2000). Thus, high-
involvement work practices develop employee competencies and
behaviors that
support strategy implementation and thereby complement a
strategic HR function by
increasing the effectiveness of strategic management.
Lawler (1992) posited that high-involvement work practices
feature four
organizational elements: power, information, knowledge, and
rewards. All employ-
ees within a firm should be given the responsibility and
information necessary for
them to influence decisions regarding the firm’s operations and
performance (Power
& Information). They should also be trained to deploy expertise
based on a solid
understanding of the decision-making processes of the firm
(Knowledge). Finally, all
workers in the firm must participate and share in the returns of
their efforts through
pay and benefit programs (Rewards).
11. When HR functions implement a new HR strategy, they can
enhance
employees’ acceptance of and commitment to the new HR
strategy by allowing
employees to participate in decision-making processes and by
giving them
ongoing information about the business of the organization.
While worker
participation (or empowerment), as a sub-system of high-
involvement work
practices, can be derived from the CEO or senior managers of
the firm, labor
unions may also support employee participation. Through labor
unions,
employers and employees are willing to share detailed
information about
strategic decisions related to the firm and to cooperate to
enhance firm
performance. Accordingly, labor unions provide important
participation mech-
anisms through which employees share power and information
with the
management of the organization. Career development and
training opportunities
can help employees to acquire the competencies that are
required to implement
a strategic HR function. By aligning personal interests with
company
objectives, a pay-for-performance program motivates workers to
realize the
strategic objectives of the HR function.
Based on Lawler’s (1992) conceptualization of high-
involvement work practices,
the existing literature has focused on regular workers. However,
given the
12. widespread use of alternative work arrangements (e.g.,
independent contractors
and temporary workers), HR functions cannot implement
strategic decisions
effectively without support from both temporary and regular
workers. Thus, the
development and maintenance of cooperative relationships
among core and
temporary workers is critical for efficient strategy
implementation (Lepak, Taylor,
Tekleb, Marrone, & Cohen, 2007). Accordingly, this study
expands the scope of
Strategic HR functions and firm performance 93
high-involvement work practices by including the management
of temporary
workers in addition to studying the high-involvement practices
of regular workers.
We assume that HR strategic functions will be facilitated when
accompanied by
high-involvement work practices. In the sections that follow, we
explore how each
sub-system of high-involvement work practice will complement
a strategic HR
function to increase firm performance.
Union participation
For a strategic HR function to become more effective, it must
communicate
information about the firm’s strategic decisions and operations.
First, researchers
13. have recently highlighted the possible discrepancy between
intended and actual HR
strategies during the implementation phase. For example, based
on a case study of
Hewlett-Packard (HP), Truss (2001) found that although the
firm emphasized
training and development programs, fewer than half of its
workers felt that the firm’s
training programs improved their job performance. Further, HP
could reduce the
discrepancy between actual and perceived HR activities by
communicating
information about changes in HR programs to employees.
The cultivation of a shared understanding among employees
regarding HR
processes and systems can also enhance the strategic
contribution of HR. When
HR activities assume a leading role in strategy planning and
implementation,
employees may experience feelings of anxiety about substantial
changes to HR
programs (Truss, 2001; Truss, Gratton, Hope-Hailey, Stiles, &
Zaleska 2002).
Thus, HR should not only encourage feedback about employee
attitudes toward
strategic planning and activities but also inform employees
about the intent and
implications of new programs to alleviate their concerns.
Finally, when a firm launches strategic HR programs, it tends to
place new
expectations on employees. To satisfy their employer’s
demands, employees require
detailed knowledge about their new strategic task
responsibilities and the intended
14. consequences of new HR activities. The firm must utilize
communication channels
and information-sharing programs that explain strategic HR
programs to employee
groups to ensure these programs’ effectiveness. Hence, research
on strategic HR
functions has consistently emphasized the importance of
communication activities
and the information sharing among employees and executives.
As employee representatives, labor unions provide employees
with institutional
channels to obtain power and information in the organization.
Through labor unions,
employees can exert influence over firm strategies and
operations. Labor unions play
key roles in delivering employee demands and interests to
management and in
ensuring the establishment and implementation of practices that
are compatible with
employee interests. Moreover, labor unions provide employees
with opportunities to
access information regarding business activities and
organizational outcomes. Thus,
labor unions are expected to provide important participatory
opportunities for
employees at Korean workplaces.
The existing literature suggests that labor unions function as
either facilitators or
barriers to workplace operations. Labor-management relations
have traditionally been
perceived as adversarial because labor unions tend to suppress
managerial autonomy
to preserve continued employment and worker welfare.
Specifically, labor unions
15. 94 H. Kim, K. Sung-Choon
negotiate with management to maximize collective outcomes for
unionized groups. To
satisfy the demands of unionized groups, labor unions tend to
hold strong equality
norms in the workplace. Thus, union participation in HR issues,
which directly
influences employees’ status and welfare, may lead to conflicts
with management.
However, recent industrial relations research has also noted that
labor unions often
cooperate with management to support organizational
innovation and success (Boxall &
Macky, 2009; Verma, 2005). For example, Cutcher-Gershenfeld
and Kochan (2004)
showed that the active involvement of labor unions in
workplace strategies supports
workplace innovation. Likewise, Block and Berg (2009)
demonstrated that joint
responsibility between labor unions and management facilitates
the adoption of
innovative work practices that reduce production costs and
improve profitability at
GM plants. These studies suggest that labor unions can provide
productive solutions
and constructive suggestions with respect to workplace
operations. Accordingly, labor
unions can support a firm’s strategic management by mobilizing
employee
participation in strategic decision-making and program
implementation.
16. From the opposing views of the roles of labor unions present in
the literature, it is
apparent that the effects of union participation may vary with
the type of union
participation. Specifically, labor unions can collaborate with
management to enhance
labor productivity and operational efficiency when they are
involved in the strategic
management of the firm. However, union participation in HR
issues may also lead to
conflicts with management when unions try to suppress
management autonomy to
change employment practices.
Recently, in South Korea, Kim and Bae’s (2005) case study
noted significant
HRM differences between unionized and non-unionized
companies. Although
Samsung SDI and LG Electronics are subsidiaries of Chaebol
group and belong to
the electronics industry, union status significantly determines
the characteristics of
work practices and programs. At Samsung SDI, the employee
participation system
has been realized through a variety of programs, such as quality
meeting, The Six
Sigma program, and employee suggestion system. Employee
participation at
Samsung SDI tends to be restricted around the suggestions and
committees.
Samsung SDI relies on a top-down approach to workplace
management. In contrast,
LG Electronics motivates employee participation through
collective bargaining.
Labor unions have opportunities to participate at the strategic
17. level, such as
restructuring, investment, and product development. LG
Electronics conducts a
bottom-up approach to workplace management. Kato, Lee, Lee,
and Lee (2005)
reported that adversarial unionized workplaces have less quality
control programs
than harmonized working environments. Labor unions in South
Korea may exert
significant influences over workplace activities and programs,
although it is
endorsed by top management.
Thus, we propose two separate hypotheses regarding the
differential effects of
union participation by reflecting strong bargaining powers in
South Korea workplaces.
Hypothesis 1a Union strategic participation will enhance the
positive effect of a
strategic HR function on firm performance.
Hypothesis 1b Union HR participation will undermine the
positive effect of a
strategic HR function on firm performance.
Strategic HR functions and firm performance 95
Career development and employee training programs
The resource-based view of the firm suggests that a firm’s
unique human assets are a
fundamental source of the firm’s competitiveness (Barney,
1991). To respond to changing
18. environments and to achieve a sustainable competitive
advantage, a firm must develop
flexible human assets that can quickly adjust to possible
changes in firm strategy (Wright
& Snell, 1998). Career development programs expand
employees’ competencies, thus
providing support for career development. Employee training
programs also provide
opportunities for workers to acquire skills and knowledge that
support task performance.
Through career development and employee training programs,
employees can be
exposed to a broad range of knowledge and perspectives,
making them less inclined to
resist change and more inclined to generate new knowledge and
creative approaches
(Beugelsdijk, 2008). In this respect, extensive career
development and employee training
programs are likely to expand the human resources available for
strategic implementation
and help the firm flexibly align human resources with a variety
of strategic requirements
(Takeuchi, Wakabayashi, & Chen, 2003). Accordingly, as a sub-
system of high-
involvement work practices, career development and employee
training programs are
expected to expand the positive effects of a strategic HR
function on firm performance.
Hypothesis 2 Employee career development and training
programs will enhance the
positive effect of a strategic HR function on firm performance.
Pay-for-performance program
To effectively implement HR strategies, firms must determine a
19. method to make low-
level employees internalize the intention of these strategies.
One such method is pay-
for-performance programs, which align personal interests with
organizational objectives
by connecting payouts to employee performance. Thus, through
pay-for-performance
programs, HR functions can shape employee behaviors and
attitudes in a manner that is
compatible with the firm’s strategic objectives (Keizer, 2011).
Pay-for-performance
programs also support other elements of high-involvement work
practices, including
union participation, temporary worker management, career
development, and
employee training programs. Without the support of pay-for
performance programs,
these other elements may be unable to fully support strategic
HR because without
incentives, employees may be unwilling to participate in new
programs, collaborate
with temporary workgroups, and master new training and
development. Therefore,
companies must implement pay-for-performance programs as a
critical part of high-
involvement work practices.
Hypothesis 3 A pay-for-performance program will enhance the
positive effect of a
strategic HR function on firm performance
Management of temporary workers
Employment statistics from the Korean Ministry of Labor show
that more than one-
third of all employees are temporary workers (Eun, 2006).
20. Because Korean labor law
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stipulates conditions for the dismissal of permanent workers,
some Korean firms use
temporary workers as an alternative employment mechanism to
control labor costs
and maintain their ability to adapt to changing business
circumstances (Eun, 2006).
In this case, the use of temporary workers may negatively
impact employee
competency and commitment, which strategic HR systems aim
to leverage to
develop organizational competitiveness (Kwon, 2004).
However, researchers have recently noted that temporary
workers can be utilized
as strategic assets. Lepak and Snell (2002) identified different
modes of employment
to examine how companies strategically utilize human capital.
They suggested that
there are two modes of temporary employment: contract and
alliance. Under the
contract mode, firms rely on temporary workers when human
capital is not important
or unique. However, it is sometimes necessary for firms to
employ highly skilled
contractors, that is, when their cost is lower than the labor costs
that would incur
from internal employment. Instead of hiring these workers as
internal employees,
firms form partnerships with temporary workers to utilize
specialized skills and
21. expertise to produce specific outcomes in a process that is
known as the alliance
mode of temporary employment. Lepak, Takeuchi, and Snell
(2003) also showed
that the use of temporary workers results in improved firm
financial performance
(ROE) when firms make a significant investment in internal
development and
encourage a long-term commitment from core work groups:
contract workers can
buffer core workers from potential risks and enable the firm to
quickly adjust the
amount and expense of human capital. Further, Dyne and Ang
(1998) showed that
temporary workers may have high levels of loyalty and
commitment to organizations
when firms actively invest in temporary workers. Interestingly,
they showed that a
temporary workforce with high levels of organizational
commitment is as
likely to exhibit pro-social behaviors (e.g., organizational
citizenship behavior)
as a permanent workforce. Bidwell (2009) compared the use of
contractors and
regular workers in the information technology departments of
financial
institutions. Managers prefer contractors to be assigned to
positions where
frontline managers’ interests differ from organizational interests
(Bidwell, 2009).
Additionally, Kwon (2004) investigated the use of temporary
workers and its
related effects in 182 South Korean companies. Whereas the
number of
temporary workers negatively impacts company performance,
the institutional-
22. ization of a temporary-worker management system contributes
to labor
productivity, employee turnover, and profitability. Therefore,
when firms treat
temporary workers as important business partners and support
their career
development, the temporary workforce can serve as a valuable
resource to
improve organizational competitiveness (Felstead & Gallie,
2004).
In summary, temporary workers can provide organizations with
specialized skills
and knowledge that are valuable but unavailable from internal
employment and that
complement the value of regular workers. Thus, the
institutionalization of temporary
worker management should help HR functions to mobilize the
competencies and
cooperation of temporary workers, which in turn support the
implementation of HR
strategies.
Hypothesis 4 The institutionalization of temporary worker
management will
enhance the positive effect of a strategic HR function on firm
performance.
Strategic HR functions and firm performance 97
Methodology
Sample and procedure
23. Data were collected from the 2005 Workplace Panel Survey
(WPS) conducted by the
Korea Labor Institute (KLI), a government-funded labor policy
group, from June
2005 to November 2005. The objective of the WPS survey was
to understand how
Korean firms manage human resources and to observe
employment relationships in
the workplace. The WPS survey was administered at 359 state
enterprises in the
public sector and 3,916 firms in the private sector, each of
which had over 30
employees. A survey package was mailed to the HR manager,
the industrial relations
manager, and/or the firm’s employee representative responsible
for HRM and labor
relations. Specific questionnaires were designed for each type
of managers such that
HR managers responded to questions about HR programs and
policies, industrial
managers responded to questions about company IR policies,
and employee
representatives responded to questions about labor union
policies. The survey
package included a letter that explained the objectives and
methods of the survey
and its importance. KLI used a variety of methods, including
web-based surveys,
paper-and-pencil questionnaires, and computer-assisted personal
interviews, to
increase the response rate of WPS. Approximately 50 percent of
the total population,
that is, 1,905 firms (1,615 in the private sector and 290 in the
public sector), returned
the survey.
24. For our study, we selected firms with more than 100 employees
because firms of
this size can be assumed to have systematic HR programs
(Datta, Guthrie, & Wright,
2005). We also eliminated state enterprises from our analysis,
because state
enterprises pursue public interests. HR department in state
enterprises put focus on
compliances with laws and regulations. As state enterprises may
not be consistent
with study purposes, we withdrew state enterprises from the
samples. Because our
study focuses on the moderating effect of union participation on
the relationship
between a strategic HR function and firm performance, we
eliminated non-unionized
firms from the final sample. After deleting the missing
variables, the final sample
included 203 firms.
Measures
Strategic HR function A strategic HR function is defined as the
extent to which HR
roles and responsibilities are integrated into a firm’s strategic
management. HR
managers were asked to rate HR functions in strategic
management on a five-point
Likert scale, with responses ranging from (1) “absolutely” to (5)
“not at all” for the
following items: (1) Are HRM issues closely integrated with the
business strategy of
your firm? (2) Is the HR manager at your firm a major
contributor to your business
strategy? (3) Does the HR manager at your firm substantially
influence the decision-
25. making process of the CEO? (4) Does your firm exert concrete
efforts to ensure that
HRM is compatible with the business strategy? (5) Do persons
in other divisions in
your firm recognize the HR division as an architect of change
and as a major partner
in business? (6) Does HRM in your firm appropriately support
the achievement of
business strategy objectives? All items were reverse-scaled to
test our hypotheses.
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High-involvement work practices Union participation was
measured by asking
industrial relations managers to rate the extent to which their
unions participate in
the decision-making of the firm. Union participation was
assessed in two areas of
management decisions: firm strategy and HRM. We developed
the measures by
referring to previous studies (Deery & Iverson, 2005; Kato et
al., 2005) that assess
the extent to which labor unions are actively involved in a
firm’s strategic and HRM
issues. Specifically, union participation in strategic decisions
was measured with five
items related to management strategy, investment strategy, and
the introduction of
new technologies and new machinery. Union participation in
HRM was measured
with three items that assessed the extent to which a union
participated in HRM
decisions regarding personnel appraisal, compensation, and
26. promotion systems. All
of the survey items on union participation employed a four-
point Likert scale,
ranging from (1) “the management makes unilateral decisions
without informing the
union” to (4) “decisions are made jointly between labor and
management.” A firm’s
career development programs were measured by the number of
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