You are to work alone to analyze and prepare answers/solutions for the case analysis. The text should be your primary source of information for this activity.
Consolidate your response into one file and submit it to your instructor not later than Sunday midnight central time of Unit 7. Submit your Case Analysis assignment by uploading it to this page.
PART 1 – Definition of the situation: minimum of one page, single spaced, Verdana 12 point font.
Definition of the situation should be a thorough description of the organization and the present situation with detailed personal opinions and views.
PART 2 – Analysis of the Situation: minimum of two pages, single spaced, Verdana 12 point font.
Analysis of the situation should be a detailed analysis of the management process, organization, contributing factors, and other variables.
It should include detailed application of course learning objectives. The course learning outcomes for MG 371 are:
The student will: Assess application of the management process (planning, organizing, leading, controlling).
The student will: Select between alternative strategies to strengthen the organization’s competitive advantage.
The student will: Evaluate methods to motivate followers to achieve organizational goals. Evaluation
The student will: Differentiate between management practices within a domestic context and within a global context. Evaluation
The student will: Contrast outcomes of managerial strategies that employ social responsibility and ethics versus strategies that do not.
When composing your case analysis consider the following concepts that you have studied in this course;
Management Skills, The Management Process, Management Ethics, Social Responsibility, Workforce Diversity, National Cultures, Managing in the Global Environment, Managerial Decision Making, Group Decision Making, The Planning Process, Functional Level, Business Level, and Corporate Level Strategies, Organizational Structure, Output Control and Behavior Control, Expectancy Theory, Needs Theory, Equity Theory, Trait and Behavior Models of leadership, Situational Leadership, Managing Organizational Change, Managing Groups and Teams, Group Dynamics, Recruitment and Selection of Employees, Communication and Information, Management Information Systems, Operations Management, And other factors.
PART 3 – Recommendations: minimum of one page, single spaced, Verdana 12 point font.
The Recommendations section should provide a comprehensive identification of the selected single best solution and explain why it is perceived to be the best solution. It also includes a complete implementation plan which thoroughly describes the courses of action and order of sequence for their adoption by all levels of management.
Case Study Rubric
You’ve already rated students with this rubric. Any major changes could affect their assessment results.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCLO1_7739Assessment of the use of each of the management process components (planning, organizing, leading, controlling).
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCLO3_9984Critique of the methods selected and applied to motivate followers to achieve organizational goals
Provide an incomplete critique of the methods managers select to motivate followers to achieve organizational goals that misses major concepts or application.
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This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCLO4_4402Evaluation of management practices within a domestic environment versus those within a global environment.
Provide an incomplete evaluation of the effectiveness of management practices within domestic and global environments that misses major concepts or application.
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This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCLO5_4839Evaluation of outcomes of management practices based upon their inclusion of ethics and social responsibility.