INDIVIDUAL PROJECT:
Students will select a business organization and write a research paper: 10-12 pages, double-spaced, size 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1″ margins. Students must reference all of their research in the text of the paper. The papers must be proof read before final submission. The paper must be free of spelling and grammar mistakes, logically written, and coherent. It should include at least 10 references.
(Suggestion: Select an organization that has a lot of information available and/or where you have access to the management personnel). The students are required to research the selected organization and address the following areas:
1. Organizational Context • include the history, organizational image, size, locations of operation, type of products, and/or services offered 2. Environment in which the Organization Operates (Chapter 3) Task Environment • customers • suppliers • competitors • regulatory group
General Environment • economic environment • social/cultural environment • political environment • legal environment • technological environment 3. Organizational Form (Chapter 9) • identify organizational form (mechanistic or organic), and analyzes its appropriateness for the environment of the organization. 4. Organization’s Mission and Goals (Chapter 5) • state the mission and major/strategic goals • its appropriateness and relevance to organizational history and environment 5. Organization’s Strategy (Chapter 6) • identify all of the different level strategies the company has adopted • its relationship with the environment in which organization exists 6. Organizational Structure (Chapter 9) • identify the structure the company has adopted, including the flowchart • appropriateness of structure to the environment, objectives, and strategy 7. Control Features used by the Organization (Chapter 16) • identify all three types of organizational controls (pre-control, con-current control, & feedback control) and discusses where each is used, or should be used, in the organization, with examples. 8. Organizational Culture* (Chapter 3) “Personality” of each organization, which includes: • important rituals • important symbols and artifacts • relationship with employees • its appropriateness and relevance to organizational history and the culture
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