Day: August 23, 2020

Instructions

Part I should include a description and background on the selected organization (industry, size, scope, etc.), why the company, division or department was selected (describe the crises, change processes, functions, culture), and a discussion of the results of the Organizational Diagnosis Questionnaire. Your submission should include the completed Organizational Diagnosis Questionnaire and sources. Estimated page count 4-5 pages single-spaced.

Organizational Diagnosis Applied Project

For this assignment, each student will identify an organization. Preferably this is an organization that the student has first hand experience working at and which is either undergoing a crisis (outlining a need for change) or pursuing an active change. 

Students will then complete the Organizational Diagnosis Questionnaire, gather information (via secondary means as well as interviews with 3-5 different employees), and choose some aspects of the organization to study based upon your initial findings. Throughout this diagnostic and data collection process you will apply appropriate theories and concepts you learned in class to the chosen organization.

There are three deliverables associated with this project. 

1)Organizational Diagnosis Applied Project, Part 1 (50 points)

Part I should include a description and background on the selected organization (industry, size, scope, etc.), why the company, division or department was selected (describe the crises, change processes, functions, culture), and a discussion of the results of the Organizational Diagnosis Questionnaire. Your submission should include the completed Organizational Diagnosis Questionnaire and sources. Estimated page count 4-5 pages single-spaced.

Global Business Plan – Activity #2 Instructions

Prepare and submit a Preliminary Business Plan for the global product or service which you have selected.

This Plan is should be at least 15 slides in length (not counting the appendices).  Use Microsoft PowerPoint format, including standard themes and layouts.  Following is the desired format:

Title Page. (1 slide)

Table of Contents. Please include slide numbers. (1 slide)

Section 1: Background. Note: your global product or service must be sold in a location outside of the U.S., produced in a global location and have other factors pertinent to global business.

– Update the general overview/basic facts about the product or service from Activity #1. (minimum 2 slides). 

– Update the slides from Activity #1 that address population of the country you selected, growth opportunities in the country and FDI Attractiveness. (minimum 2 slides)

– Update the slides from Activity #1 covering political risk, economic risk and legal risk. (minimum 2 slides)

Section 2: Preliminary Business Plan.  Present your preliminary business plan.  New for Activity #2.

– Address how social and cultural considerations for the country you selected affect your global product or service (from Globalization Case Study #3). (minimum 2 slides)

– Explain your strategy for your product/service (from Globalization Case Study #4).  Be sure to identify which strategy you will use — Globalization, International, Transnational or Locationization — and explain why. (minimum 2 slides)

– Explain your selection for where the product/service is produced and where it will be sold.  Discuss why you think the global product/service might be successful. (minimum 2 slides)

List of References.  Use APA format.  (minimum 1 slide)

Prepare a 3-5 page paper based on your on-line research.

You are a senior executive of a firm that is seeking to expand globally.  The CEO has tasked you to develop a Business Plan.  During this case study, analyze the product/service that you identified in Global Business Plan Activity #1.

For this case study, the CEO asked you to analyze the best approach for establishing the facility for your global product/service.  If you are studying a product, you might propose to open a manufacturing or distribution plant.  If you will provide a global service, you could study the best way to establish a call center or service center.  During this case study, apply and refine your preliminary plans presented in Global Business Plan Activity #2.

Review Chapters 8, 13 and 14 of your Global Business Today text.  Pay particular attention to the “Entry Modes” section of Chapter 13 (pages 363-371).  For each of the following entry modes, (a) describe the approach, (b) discuss the general pros and cons, and (c) analyze whether the entry mode might be a good choice (or not) for your product/service.  Use Table 13.1 on page 370 as a guide.

Exporting
Turnkey Project
Licensing
Franchising
Joint Venture
Wholly-owned Subsidiary
Finally, propose one entry mode for the country you have identified in your Business Plan.  Explain your rationale.

View Is Servant Leadership a Sustainable Business Model? at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JjlBXkem5k (Links to an external site.)

and The Future of Your Future is Servant-Leadership” at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6monZNfyQ (Links to an external site.)

Write an essay of 3 pages in length.

First, view the Servant-Leadership as a Sustainable Business Model video.  Summarize the evidence about the bottom line effect of using the servant-leadership model.  What is your opinion – do you think that it will have a positive effect if practiced in any organization?  Or are there limits to the application and effectiveness of servant-leadership?  [1 page]

Then view the The Future of Your Future is Servant-Leadership video.  Write a reflection on servant-leadership in a global context.  Based on what you have learned in this course or experienced previously, is servant-leadership applicable in global organizations?  Can this theory work if implemented in other countries?  Why or why not?  Give concrete examples from the video, your own research, or your personal experience.  Is servant-leadership something you (personally) might apply when working in an international business or not-for-profit?  [1 page]

Finally, review “The World’s 10 Top CEOs — They Lead in a Totally Unique Way” at https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/heres-a-top-10-list-of-the-worlds-best-ceos-but-they-lead-in-a-totally-unique-wa.html (Links to an external site.).

Pick one of these CEOs and reflect on their servant-leader style. What did you find most interesting about this person?  Did their servant-leadership approach seem to work for them?  Do you think it might work for you?  Why or why not?  [1 page]