This paper is designed to help you apply different theoretical perspectives to develop understandings of organizational systems. You are asked to select one nonprofit organization, research the organization, developing an understanding of what it does and how it does it. Then, apply at least one of the theoretical perspectives from Tremblay-Boire &Prakash (legitimacy or stakeholder) to the selected organization.
The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a companys strengths and weaknesses in order to recommend feasible value-enhancing alternatives.
Consider the publicly traded company your CLC group analyzed in the Environmental and Industry Analysis assignment. In a paper of 1,000-1,200 words, discuss potential growth opportunities and strategies for your selected company and compare the advantages and disadvantages of each opportunity.
Conduct a SWOT analysis for your selected company and discuss your findings. What advantages does your company have over its competition? What opportunities exist in the industry from which your company can benefit? Who is your company’s competition, and what types of risks might they pose? What weak areas could your company improve to compete with its strongest competitors?
Identify strategic alternatives that create value for the company. Which ones are focused on internal growth and what do they offer to the company? What are the drawbacks of these strategies? Which ones are focused on external growth and what do they offer the company? What are the drawbacks of these strategies?
How would you use a decision matrix to identify the leading alternative? Explain how you determined the values used to distinguish between each option. What about the matrix, if anything, may be limiting in its use value to an analyst or decision maker?
What factors might inhibit the success of the optimal strategic alternative identified? How can the issues you identified be addressed and corrected?
Growing an organization is not always about increasing the size of the firm. If expansion is not the main focus, what other elements lend themselves to growth of the firm? How might each be achieved?
You will be required to incorporate instructor feedback from this paper into the Assessing and Managing Risk assignment in Topic 7.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:
BS Business Analytics; BS Business Management; BS Finance
1.2 Apply techniques for creative problem solving and encouraging innovation within organizations.
BS Business for Secondary Education
6.1 Develop an innovative and entrepreneurial solution for a specific business problem.
In this assignment, you will be rewriting and critiquing the proposal provided in the A Proposal Template [attached] document. There are at least six improvements to be made in the document. Your job is to identify the six improvements and then, using track changes, rewrite or fix the error. Also, using the comments tool, give a brief explanation to why it is wrong and why you fixed it the way you did.
This is a formal proposal. This means you should be reviewing and editing the proposal with an eye towards global issues: organization, professional tone, readability, relevance, etc.
Refer to your textbook as need to review how considerations such as organization, professional tone, readability, relevance, etc. may need to be approached differently in a proposal compared to other forms of technical writing you have demonstrated in this course.
There will be local errors to fix, but don’t lose sight of the global issues that impact the proposals coherence and professionalism.
Note: If your word processing program does not have track changes, you will need to insert comments in brackets using red font at the improvement location.
In your document, you should:
Identify at least six proposal weaknesses using track changes.
Include a critique paragraph of at least 150 words at the end of the document that summarizes the weaknesses.
Discuss improvements for each of the weaknesses in your critique.
Ensure both the comments and critique are concise and error-free.
Instructions
Focusing on your organization, identify three strategic challenges facing your healthcare system which demand greater strategic focus and development. As the CEO and member of the senior leadership team, summarize the three (3) initiatives and how these initiatives will impact the organization. Identify one or two key barriers that must be overcome to implementing the agenda.
Please upload your presentation to in PowerPoint format, using 24-point font, not to exceed five slides. Consider that you are presenting this to your leadership team and what to convey are clear message to gain support for your agenda that will impact the entire organization.
Read the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board case attached. Identify key stakeholders and provide specific descriptions of each stakeholders power and interests.
Should distance learning be an option or a requirement for parents of school aged children?
Instructions
This week, please consider a work-related decision that will need to be made soon at your educational organization.
It should not be:
A decision that involves personal, family, confidential, or non-education-related matters.
A decision that only involves a yes/no answer or simple alternatives such as whether to hold next years play day outside or in the gymnasium.
A decision that only involves you or very few people.
A decision that can be made quickly.
A decision that is not a major concern and has no consequences or only minimal consequences.
It should be:
A decision you will need to make while working in education or a decision that an acquaintance who works in education will need to make.
A decision where there are multiple options being considered.
A decision that will involve multiple stakeholders like administrators, teachers, parents, the community, etc. These are just suggested stakeholders.
A decision that will take significant time to make successfully.
A decision that is a major concern to all involved because it will have consequences in areas such as staffing, finances, ethics etc. These are just suggested areas.
As you have learned thus far, professional standards, knowledge, skills, and attitudes will have a direct reflection on your area of specialization. Understanding the intricate details of these in your specialization will help you manage and address specific problems in diverse educational organizations. Does your discipline have a professional organization that sets standards for it? Go online to this organizations website, Facebook, LinkedIn etc. and find examples of professional standards that apply to your discipline as well as knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Fill in the professional standards chart with your findings. Be sure to cite all the websites that you used in proper APA format. If you are not employed in education, you should use the area of education that an acquaintance works in and look up the professional standards, knowledge, skills, and attitudes for that area using appropriate websites and proper APA style.
Length: 1 completed decision-making chart and 1 completed professional standards chart.
References: The decision-making chart does not need references as it is a personal item. The professional standards chart requires you to give a reference for each website, Facebook page, LinkedIn page, etc. where you found information about the standards used in your area of specialization.
Topics: Select one of the topics below to assess recent developments in scientific and technological areas of the world.
Option #1
Discuss the pros and cons of the avocado fruit, why it has become so popular and what makes it so healthy. Also discuss the environmental impact of growing avocados and, in particular, the social and political aspects of the region in Mexico that is the heart of the avocado business.
OSU-School of History, Philosophy, and Religion. (March 11, 2014). Blood Avocados, Drug Cartels, and the Crisis of Democracy in Mexico. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INGW0PwNsFE
SciShow. (March 31, 2016). Why Avocados Shouldn’t Exist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00KGL-HKPhU
TRT World. (June 20, 2017). Insight: The Avocado Trade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDmIJgeVd34
Option #2
Discuss how science and technology are working to make human beings live forever. Includes critical considerations of what it would mean if we were all immortal. How would it affect our families, our jobs, or how we structure our lives. Consider as well that capitalism needs a growth factor and offering people the belief that they could live forever is big business. Should society or government intervene if companies want to make money by selling the hope of eternal life?
Suggested book for this topic:
https://www.academia.edu/11691990/Biological_Transformations_Controlled_by_the_Mind_vol_1
Alltime10s. (Nov. 11, 2016). 10 Ways We Can Achieve Immortality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVvYjuPdWLs&t=39s
Cristian Muresanu Stiinta si Cunoastere. (Jan. 20, 2013). Biological Transformations I (Biology of transformation). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFlyITPk0Kc&t=6s
Cristian Muresanu Stiinta si Cunoastere. (Dec. 7, 2014). Biological Transformations II (Biology of Transformation). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtAr6xS4n10
Option #3
Discuss the ethical considerations of using HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) as an ingredient in processed foods and should these considerations stop the use of HFCS in processed and fast foods. Scientists have shown that HFCS creates obesity, diabetes and dependence.
TEDx Talks. (Dec. 17, 2013). Sugar — the elephant in the kitchen: Robert Lustig at TEDxBermuda 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmC4Rm5cpOI
Requirements
The Topic must be chosen by Sunday September 6th
Due: Monday 21st of September
Word count: 900 (min) – 1,100 (max) words (not including Title & References Pages)
Source analysis: 3 sources from your own research
Proper APA-style formatting required
Your topic should be submitted by Sunday, September 6th and on Wednesday, September 9th, you will submit your Outline & Thesis Statement.
Title Page
Page #’s
Title restated at top of p. 2 (in bold letters)
Identify your topic; double-spaced
For each topic briefly discuss why this particular topic interests you
Notes
Topics submission must be uploaded and submitted as a Word document
I will submit a proper example of APA format to help you with your APA formatting
Please omit: References Page, Running Header, source analysis
This topics submission to be submitted by Sunday, September 6th , and the Outline & Thesis Statement to be submitted by Wednesday, September 9th, will give you the opportunity to perfect your APA-style formatting before you submit your research paper.
I am looking for the following technical components in your written assignments:
Title Page:
First, center the title page to your paper in bold letters. Then, skip a few spaces.
Then list the following (No large fonts, colors, graphics, bold letters, lines, shades, etc.; use simple text only; centered, in middle of page, with double-space)
Your Name
Name of University
Class Number and Name
Instructors Name
Date of Submission
12-point type size
Standard margins
Page Numbers (see below)
Title is restated at top of p. 2 in bold letters
No extra spacing between paragraphs
Paper is double-spaced
Paragraphs are indented
Use of headings in your paper; headings to be in bold letters & no extra spacing before or after headings
References in proper APA format and on separate page; references listed in alphabetical order
Hanging Indent for your references (see below)
Your similarity score will be also considered in the technical component of this paper.
Discuss the significance of theory for the disciplines and profession.
A business plan for a small start up pharmaceutical company specialized in supplements products, wants ton lunch in Kingdom of Bahrain , further details are in attachments .
