Task:
a. Choose one of the following companies: Starbucks, Google or Whole Foods Corporation. Examine the organization's leadership culture, team structure, and human resource strategy. Some of those human resource strategies could include compensation system, training, benefits, or leadership development structure. Describe how the leadership culture, team structure, and human resource strategies attempt to provide an engaging environment for employees.
b. Analyze the effectiveness of the above systems in providing a motivating, employee-engaged organization. Be sure to relate your assessment to concepts presented in the course readings. Do the human resource strategy and leadership culture provide an environment in which the employees in that organization, are fully involved in the success of the enterprise?
c. Acting as an internal or external consultant, analyze and make recommendations to enhance, redesign, or improve, ineffective systems. If you believe all of their systems are functioning at a high level, explain why. Support your opinion by incorporating examples from the course readings and other external references. Use both the Persuasive Leader and Influencer in your discussion along with at least 6 to 8 pertinent peer-reviewed journal articles.. In addition to these, you may also include news and magazine articles where relevant.
Writing the Research Paper
The Research Paper:
* Must be double-spaced, meet specified page length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.
* Must include an APA style cover page.
* Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
* Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
* Must be written in third person language. (The introduction and conclusion may use some first person language if appropriate.)
* Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
* Must use APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide to document all sources.
* Must include a reference page that is completed according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.
600-800 words