Assignment: Principles of Management
Controlling
Learned more about learned about control systems. We also learned about organizational structure and how a company's structure is critical to its success.
In our paper, we will analyze an entire company rather than a single manager as in the past two weeks. You are to incorporate your learning from the first three weeks as this is a comprehensive paper. Be sure to refer to the key relevant academic concepts from your assigned readings to support/defend your position. Research can also be supplemented from (but not solely based on) other information from academically credible resources.
Research an organization of your choice. This can be one you currently work for or have worked for in the past. This can also be another organization such as a local organization whose leaders would be willing to be interviewed or an organization you research online.
Address the following:
A. Summarize the types of organizational structures and their characteristics managers might consider when assessing how to structure design an organization
B. Assess which organizational structure the organization you chose uses based on the assigned reading and a review of the company's information including an organizational chart. Include a copy of the organizational chart with proper source credit.
C. Summarize the types of controls important to effective organizational management based on assigned reading.
D. Explain two control/management systems used in the organization you chose based on academic principles and theory from assigned reading.
E. Analyze the effectiveness of the control/management systems in your organization in terms of whether the organization is achieving its purpose based on academic principles and theory from assigned reading.
F. Propose how the organization's structure, culture, management systems, and decision-making processes relate to one another.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.