For these assignments, you will assume the role of a strategic consultant.
LASA 1
In this assignment, you will evaluate the performance of a manufacturing or service organization. In your role of consultant, you will assess the organization's current position regarding their business operations, strategy, and organizational structure, as well as identify potential ethical issues management may face.
To get a head start on your assignment, choose a publicly traded manufacturing or service organization to be the subject of your work for LASA 1 and LASA 2. (You should choose a different organization than you have used for previous assignme
ts.) Select an organization about which there is an abundance of information made readily available to the public (via the corporate website, industry publications, business journals, etc.). M3A2 - LASA 1: Conducting an Organizational Assessment. You will develop a 5-10-slide PowerPoint presentation by conducting your current organization's position in the internal and external environment. Must include a Title slide as well as a slide for references (additional to 5-10 slides as required). Utilize at least three sources to support your arguments/evidence, and cite them either on the slide or in speaker notes. You must include the speaker notes with additional detailed analysis of each slides, and graphics where appropriate. Please read and follow the instructions carefully.
Assignment 2: LASA 1-Conducting an Organizational Assessment
The success of an organization depends heavily on its structure, strategies, and culture. In this assignment, you will develop an understanding of the importance of these elements in the success/failure of an enterprise.
This assignment is the first of the two LASA assignments you will complete in this course.
Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research methods of conducting internal and external environment analyses. Select at least three (3) scholarly sources to support the information in your report.
Description of LASA:
In this assignment, you will assess an organization's current position in the internal and external environment.
Scenario:
You have been hired as a consultant to evaluate the performance of a manufacturing or service organization. As part of your function, you need to assess the organization's current position with regard to their business operations, strategy, and organizational structure, as well as identify potential ethical issues management may face. The executive management team has asked you to submit a report of your findings.
Instructions:
Choose a publicly traded manufacturing or service organization to be the subject of your work for LASA 1 and LASA 2. (You should choose a different organization than you have used for previous assignments.) Select an organization about which there is an abundance of information made readily available to the public (via the corporate website, industry publications, business journals, etc.).
In preparation for your report, conduct your review of the organization using the following approach:
- Evaluate the company's business strategy and global competitiveness plan.
- Conduct an internal assessment using SWOT analysis.
- Assess the external environment via an external scenario evaluation.
- Sketch the company's organizational structure.
- Using the tools of business process design, define the organization's business process.
- Identify any potential ethical issues that may impact the traditional management functions of the company and recommend preventative measures.
Utilize at least three sources in your research. Your document should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Apply APA standards to citation of sources.