Author: chris

Many companies find they are forced to remodel their traditional hierarchical structures, which were originally built around functional specialization and centralized authority, to compete in today’s marketplace. Companies often draw on the following five tools of organizational design to make their organizations leaner, flatter, and more responsive to change. The five tools are:

• Empower managers and workers
• Reengineer work processes
• Implementing self-directed work teams
• Rapid incorporation of Internet technology applications
• Networking with outsiders to improve existing capabilities and create new ones

In addition, there are many managerial tasks that shape corporate culture and the leadership skills needed to engage the full organization to produce great results. Examine the dynamics of the elements that must be brought together to create a corporate culture, such as core values and business principles, operating practices and behaviors, ethical standards and attitudes, and work climate and people management practices.

Considering the five tools of organizational design, managerial tasks and leadership skills, examine the practices followed by your selected organization and include the following in a 8–10 page APA formatted paper in MS Word:

Describe which of the five tools of organizational design your selected organization uses to maintain and improve productivity while achieving cost savings. Use detailed examples in your response.

Explain how work groups are utilized in your organization to accomplish the stated goals of the company.

Describe the motivational practices used by the organization to promote better strategy execution. Include some illustrative examples in your response.

Explain how, if at all, the reward system in the organization ties incentives directly to achieving higher productivity and performance targets.

Explain the evaluation and feedback process used in your company to assess employee performance.

Identify the elements in the organization that affect how cultural change is implemented.

Describe the ethical model being used by the company.

Present your overall opinion of the organization’s corporate strategy approach. Is the strategy execution effort delivering the expected results? Explain and illustrate your conclusions.

Describe what specific actions have been taken to delegate authority to middle and junior managers and to create a sense of empowerment among employees. Explain and illustrate your answers.

Avoid plagiarism: Using someone else’s words or ideas in your paper without proper acknowledgement constitutes plagiarism and is unacceptable in any situation. Make sure you have properly documented the source of original facts, ideas, and interpretations that you use in your paper. This must be done whether you summarize information or paraphrase what you learned from a particular source.

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Describe which of the five tools of organizational design your selected organization uses to maintain and improve productivity while achieving cost savings. Use detailed examples in your response.	28
Explain how work groups are utilized in your organization to accomplish the stated goals of the company.	24
Describe the motivational practices used by the organization to promote better strategy execution. Include some illustrative examples in your response.	28
Explain how, if at all, the reward system in the organization ties incentives directly to achieving higher productivity and performance targets.	24
Explain the evaluation and feedback process used in your company to assess employee performance.	24
Identify the elements in the organization that affect how cultural change is implemented.	28
Describe the ethical model being used by the company.	24
Present your overall opinion of the organization’s corporate strategy approach. Is the strategy execution effort delivering the expected results? Explain and illustrate your conclusions.	28
Describe what specific actions have been taken to delegate authority to middle and junior managers and to create a sense of empowerment among employees. Explain and illustrate your answers.	28
Written Components: Organization (16) usage and mechanics (16) APA elements (24) Style (8)	6

Many companies find they are forced to remodel their traditional hierarchical structures, which were originally built around functional specialization and centralized authority, to compete in today’s marketplace. Companies often draw on the following five tools of organizational design to make their organizations leaner, flatter, and more responsive to change. The five tools are:

• Empower managers and workers
• Reengineer work processes
• Implementing self-directed work teams
• Rapid incorporation of Internet technology applications
• Networking with outsiders to improve existing capabilities and create new ones

In addition, there are many managerial tasks that shape corporate culture and the leadership skills needed to engage the full organization to produce great results. Examine the dynamics of the elements that must be brought together to create a corporate culture, such as core values and business principles, operating practices and behaviors, ethical standards and attitudes, and work climate and people management practices.

Considering the five tools of organizational design, managerial tasks and leadership skills, examine the practices followed by your selected organization and include the following in a 8–10 page APA formatted paper in MS Word:

Describe which of the five tools of organizational design your selected organization uses to maintain and improve productivity while achieving cost savings. Use detailed examples in your response.

Explain how work groups are utilized in your organization to accomplish the stated goals of the company.

Describe the motivational practices used by the organization to promote better strategy execution. Include some illustrative examples in your response.

Explain how, if at all, the reward system in the organization ties incentives directly to achieving higher productivity and performance targets.

Explain the evaluation and feedback process used in your company to assess employee performance.

Identify the elements in the organization that affect how cultural change is implemented.

Describe the ethical model being used by the company.

Present your overall opinion of the organization’s corporate strategy approach. Is the strategy execution effort delivering the expected results? Explain and illustrate your conclusions.

Describe what specific actions have been taken to delegate authority to middle and junior managers and to create a sense of empowerment among employees. Explain and illustrate your answers.

Avoid plagiarism: Using someone else’s words or ideas in your paper without proper acknowledgement constitutes plagiarism and is unacceptable in any situation. Make sure you have properly documented the source of original facts, ideas, and interpretations that you use in your paper. This must be done whether you summarize information or paraphrase what you learned from a particular source.

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Describe which of the five tools of organizational design your selected organization uses to maintain and improve productivity while achieving cost savings. Use detailed examples in your response.	28
Explain how work groups are utilized in your organization to accomplish the stated goals of the company.	24
Describe the motivational practices used by the organization to promote better strategy execution. Include some illustrative examples in your response.	28
Explain how, if at all, the reward system in the organization ties incentives directly to achieving higher productivity and performance targets.	24
Explain the evaluation and feedback process used in your company to assess employee performance.	24
Identify the elements in the organization that affect how cultural change is implemented.	28
Describe the ethical model being used by the company.	24
Present your overall opinion of the organization’s corporate strategy approach. Is the strategy execution effort delivering the expected results? Explain and illustrate your conclusions.	28
Describe what specific actions have been taken to delegate authority to middle and junior managers and to create a sense of empowerment among employees. Explain and illustrate your answers.	28
Written Components: Organization (16) usage and mechanics (16) APA elements (24) Style (8)	6

Read Case 1-3 and case 6-6, focusing  on the Coca-Cola company. Assume the role of a management consultant reporting to the CEO and Board of Directors at Coca-Cola. In your report, address the following points:

1. Define the marketing problems and opportunities.
2. Analyze Coca-Cola’s marketing and innovation strategy transformation designed to position the company on the cutting edge of consumer trends.
3. Evaluate Coca-Cola’s product strategy of developing healthy beverages.
4. Explain the underlying logic of Mary Minnick’s emphasis on understanding why people consume beverages.
5. Discuss the underlying logic of the non-carb drinks strategy.
6. Compare and contrast the performance of Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
7. Provide recommendations to management.Pepsi.

Please use the Ashford University Library’s Mergent database in your research. Mergent offers detailed company reports and other company information that will be useful in writing your Final Paper.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:

   a. Title of paper

   b. Student’s name

   c. Course name and number

   d. Instructor’s name

   e. Date submitted

3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least six scholarly sources, including a minimum of three from the Ashford Online Library, in addition to the text.
7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

ead Case 1-3 and case 6-6, focusing  on the Coca-Cola company. Assume the role of a management consultant reporting to the CEO and Board of Directors at Coca-Cola. In your report, address the following points:

1. Define the marketing problems and opportunities.
2. Analyze Coca-Cola’s marketing and innovation strategy transformation designed to position the company on the cutting edge of consumer trends.
3. Evaluate Coca-Cola’s product strategy of developing healthy beverages.
4. Explain the underlying logic of Mary Minnick’s emphasis on understanding why people consume beverages.
5. Discuss the underlying logic of the non-carb drinks strategy.
6. Compare and contrast the performance of Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
7. Provide recommendations to management.Pepsi.

Please use the Ashford University Library’s Mergent database in your research. Mergent offers detailed company reports and other company information that will be useful in writing your Final Paper.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:

   a. Title of paper

   b. Student’s name

   c. Course name and number

   d. Instructor’s name

   e. Date submitted

3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least six scholarly sources, including a minimum of three from the Ashford Online Library, in addition to the text.
7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

ead Case 1-3 and case 6-6, focusing  on the Coca-Cola company. Assume the role of a management consultant reporting to the CEO and Board of Directors at Coca-Cola. In your report, address the following points:

1. Define the marketing problems and opportunities.
2. Analyze Coca-Cola’s marketing and innovation strategy transformation designed to position the company on the cutting edge of consumer trends.
3. Evaluate Coca-Cola’s product strategy of developing healthy beverages.
4. Explain the underlying logic of Mary Minnick’s emphasis on understanding why people consume beverages.
5. Discuss the underlying logic of the non-carb drinks strategy.
6. Compare and contrast the performance of Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
7. Provide recommendations to management.Pepsi.

Please use the Ashford University Library’s Mergent database in your research. Mergent offers detailed company reports and other company information that will be useful in writing your Final Paper.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:

   a. Title of paper

   b. Student’s name

   c. Course name and number

   d. Instructor’s name

   e. Date submitted

3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least six scholarly sources, including a minimum of three from the Ashford Online Library, in addition to the text.
7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

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Most managers in organizations develop strategic plans without realizing the importance of internal and external assessments and their implications on the four functions of management. Assume you are hired as a new manager and you want to improve your company by helping upper management develop a better understanding of these issues.

Using the University online library resources and the Internet, research internal and external assessments.

Then respond to the following:

Explain the four functions of management and the purpose of internal and external assessments. How would you convince upper management about the importance of internal and external assessments? How would you demonstrate the critical relationships that exist between assessments and the four functions of management implemented in most organizations? After your initial post, respond to the following:

List and examine the key factors you think affect the four functions of management. What do the four functions of management have in common? How do managers at different levels apply the four functions of management? How do the four functions of management affect organizational success? Write your initial

Most managers in organizations develop strategic plans without realizing the importance of internal and external assessments and their implications on the four functions of management. Assume you are hired as a new manager and you want to improve your company by helping upper management develop a better understanding of these issues.

Using the University online library resources and the Internet, research internal and external assessments.

Then respond to the following:

Explain the four functions of management and the purpose of internal and external assessments. How would you convince upper management about the importance of internal and external assessments? How would you demonstrate the critical relationships that exist between assessments and the four functions of management implemented in most organizations? After your initial post, respond to the following:

List and examine the key factors you think affect the four functions of management. What do the four functions of management have in common? How do managers at different levels apply the four functions of management? How do the four functions of management affect organizational success? Write your initial