Reference list for project

How will an organization respond to a competitor (or multiple competitors), who offers innovative products or services that disrupts its financial success?

In Module 4, students will provide a status update on the project communicating the following:  

• a) Reference list.


• b) Major observations.


• c) Anticipated timeline for completion.

This is a graded assessment.

Overview

Each member of the class will fulfill the role of a consultation, who is hired to solve a critical problem for a particular organization. The consultant will utilize the business periodical databases to conduct research on the problem and to offer a solution. Students will research the problem and respond with a solution in a consulting report of a minimum of 3000 words with a minimum of 6 academic sources from research and following APA guidelines for format, style, and citation.

Schedule

• In Module 2, students will select their topic from the critical organizational problems options in the provided forum. This is a graded assessment.


• In Module 4, students will provide a status update on the project communicating the following:  a) reference list, b) major observations, and c) anticipated timeline for completion. This is a graded assessment.


• In Module 7, students will submit their final consulting project. This is a graded assessment.

Sections

The consulting report will include the following sections: (1) a description and diagnosis of the critical problem with supporting evidence from the business periodical databases and (2) recommendations for the following managerial functions:

• a) the planning functions to guiding the solution, including mission and vision, strategic planning, and goal/objective development;


• b) the organizing functions to manage the solution, including organizational design and culture;


• c) the leading functions to execute the solution, including leadership, decision-making, communication, groups/team, and employee motivation;


• d) the controlling function to ensure the success of the solution, including systems/processes and strategic human resource management.

Research

This project requires a thorough analysis of the organizational problem through the collection of research from at least 6 scholarly resources, including scholarly journal articles, periodicals, videos, and appropriate websites. In addition, each of the managerial recommendations must reflect the research in the field.