Assignment 3: Organizational
Assessment
Scenario
As the human resources (HR) manager for a public
organization, you are conducting a New Hire Orientation session for all new
employees. As research for your orientation, you are writing a report about the
functions of the organization, its strengths and weaknesses, and its mission,
vision, goals, and objectives.
Instructions
1.
Choose a public organization,
such as Target, McDonalds, Apple, etc., as the basis for this assignment. Be
sure to choose an organization where the information needed to complete this
assignment is publicly available and is easily accessible.
2.
Using research from at least threesources, develop a report that accomplishes the
following tasks:
o
Identify the company’s mission
statement, vision statement, goals, objectives, and tactical plans.
o
Explain how each of the four
functions of management impacts the organization’s goals and objectives.
o
Discuss the ethical
implications of the organization’s policies and strategies with respect to
market expansion, human capital management, and the environment.
o
Conduct an internal and
external assessment of the organization:
§ Identify the organization’s strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, and threats using SWOT analysis.
§ Illustrate the organization’s product portfolio
using a BCG Matrix.
§ Analyze the internal and external environments
using environmental scanning. Assess the organizational structure; the
relationships and interactions among employees, management, and shareholders;
market competitors; as well as the industry, national, and macro environments.
Support your responses using
scholarly research from the Argosy University online library resources.
Write in a clear, concise, and
organized manner. Your response should demonstrate ethical scholarship in
appropriate and accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA);
and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
MODULE 2
Assignment 2: Evaluation of
Business Operations
Scenario
You are the human resources
(HR) manager for a public organization and you are conducting a New Hire
Orientation session for all new employees. Last week, you analyzed the
organization, including its strengths and weaknesses, as well as its mission,
vision, goals, and objectives. This week, you have been asked to give a
presentation on the business operations of the organization.
Instructions
Refer to the report you
prepared on the organization for M1: Assignment 3.
Develop a PowerPoint
presentation that accomplishes the following:
1.
Create a diagram of the
organizational structure showing the hierarchy and chain of command.
2.
Develop a flowchart that
analyzes the steps of the organization’s business processes.
3.
Conduct a capacity analysis of
the location(s) and logistics. Your capacity analysis should address both
short- and long-term implications regarding all aspects of the business
process, including storage, production, processes, costs, and accessibility.
Develop a PowerPoint
presentation. In addition to the slides, include a detailed outline in the speaker
notes section explaining the content on each slide. Be sure to support your
responses using at least two scholarly sources from the Argosy University
online library resources or the Internet. Cite the sources for your
information.
Make sure your presentation
adheres to the following Presentation Guidelines:
·
Create a presentation that is
professional and visually appealing.
·
Include a combination of text
and graphics.
·
Do not write out your entire
presentation on the slides. Use bullet points of keywords and short phrases
instead of long sentences and paragraphs.
·
Create your presentation
(slides and speaker notes) using language that can be easily understood by the
intended audience.
·
Use APA formatting for your
slides and Speaker Notes (outline).
Write in a clear, concise, and
organized manner. Your response should demonstrate ethical scholarship in
appropriate and accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA);
and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
