Review the Week 8 – Summative Assessment: Leadership Optimization Business Plan assignment instructions before completing this week's assignment.
In Weeks 1-7, you will take steps toward analyzing, drafting, and designing an optimization business plan, which will be due in Week 8. This week's assignment will help you brainstorm and develop your ideas.
To begin, select an organization to research that is of interest to you.
Write a 500- to 750-word paper in which you:
o Describe the organization. What is the industry and in which country (or countries) does it operate?
o Explain why this organization is of interest to you. What makes it a suitable topic for your Week 8 assignment?
o Explain how this organization is related to your career and/or career goals.
o Describe 2-3 potential opportunities for optimization. As you proceed through Weeks 1-7 you will be able to narrow your focus to a single issue, which will be presented in the Week 8 assignment.
o Include any preliminary plans you may have for using data analytics and business intelligence (BI) systems.
o Identify an initial set of sources you will use to obtain information on the organization (history, current products/services, financial performance, corporate social performance, etc.).
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