Explain the application of;
• Environmental constraints on management (specific, general, global
environment).
• Stakeholders
• Planning and strategic management (SWOT Analysis - formulate strategies)
• Organizational Structure and Design (key elements of org structure and
design, types of structures - mechanistic versus organic design).
• Foundations of Control.
Learning Outcomes
• Identify key functions of managers within organizations.
• Identify control systems used in management.
• Research environmental influences that managers encounter.
• Analyze elements in the strategic planning process.
• Analyze elements of organizational structure and design.
• Examine motivational strategies used by managers within organizational
settings.
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Academic Honesty
Ensure you are aware of the College policies on Academic Honesty and also
Plagiarism. Academic dishonesty and plagiarism are taken very seriously at the
College even if the dishonesty or plagiarism is unintentional. Please also know that
taking credit for work you did not contribute to as it is also considered Academic
Dishonesty and will be reported.
Turnitin
This assignment will be submitted to Turnitin. Turnitin is a web-based service that
checks the assignment against its database of materials that contain other learner’s
work as well as electronic academic materials.
Learners find the Turnitin report useful for editing papers. The report will include
incorrect use of referencing, too many quotes, and paraphrases. If the Turnitin
report, for your first draft, shows a high percentage of matching text, this will give
you an opportunity to review and edit your assignment for proper citations and
more original analysis. Once you make your edits, it is possible to submit your work
to Turnitin again. Turnitin will know not to match the text in your second draft with
text in your first draft, and so on. It is advisable to wait at least 24 hours before
you submit the second draft.
Faculty finds Turnitin useful as a tool to teach learners proper citation practices and
highlight the need for more learner originality. Faculty can also use Turnitin as a
tool to detect possible instances of plagiarism and academic dishonesty.
Academic dishonesty can lead to a zero for this. Ensure you have read the Chiu
School of Business Learner Handbook for more information about the Academic
Honesty Policy. If you have any questions, contact your instructor.
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Directions
Learners will use the research and analyze of an organization they used in Research
& Analysis Paper – Part I. Ensure the feedback you received in Research &
Analysis Paper – Part I, have been address in your Final Project: Research
& Analysis Paper – Part II.
This Final Project is designed for you to apply the management concepts
learned in the textbook and course content.
All responses must be supported with research. Research should be evident
throughout your entire paper (APA referencing is required). Secondary research
should predominantly consist of “direct quotes”, NOT paraphrasing. If
paraphrasing is used it should only be MINIMAL. Direct quotes are
required.
Although research is required YOUR INSIGHTS/IDEAS/PERSPECTIVES
should also be evident throughout your paper. You will not find all the
information you are looking for so you may have to make your own educated
assumptions based on your understanding of the organization and the information
you do find.
You may use the following resources
- Your textbook.
- Course Content.
- Other research or resources that are credible and academically reliable.
(Google search engine, Google News, Facebook, the organization’s website,
articles about the organization, industry journals if available, etc. Do not use
Wikipedia). Remember any and all research must be referenced, APA style,
throughout your paper and in a reference page at the end of your paper in a
reference page. - The academic databases may be helpful to you. The databases can be
accessed online through Bow Valley College`s Website:
http://bowvalleycollege.libguides.com/friendly.php?s=library.
The paper must meet the following guidelines - Be 1500-1750 words in length (approximately 6-7 pages).
- Your assignment should be organized into sections using the same
headings provided in the assignment instructions (e.g. Summary, SWOT
- Strategies, Environmental Constraints, Organizational Structure and Design,
Recommendations, Controls)
- Content should begin below your heading.
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responses will not receive a grade. - Be formatted in accordance with APA guidelines. You must include a
separate reference page listing your sources as well as a title page (these are
not included in the 5-7 page requirement for the body of the paper). Please
refer to Bow Valley College’s Learning Resource, APA Formatting Guide
http://bowvalleycollege.libguides.com/c.php?g=494959&p=3610692. - Be typed in 12 point Times New Roman Font.
- Double-spaced: Use 2.0 (double) line spacing.
- A minimum of four resources sited.
- You must cite ALL of your sources using APA formatting (please refer to Bow
Valley College’s Learning Resource Services Page on citations:
http://bowvalleycollege.libguides.com/citation for further information).
10.All submissions must be run through Turnitin, which is anti-plagiarism
software used by Bow Valley College.
11.Turnitin results must be LESS than 15%.
12.You are permitted to submit up to three drafts in the dropbox as this
enables you see your Turnitin score and revise your assignment
accordingly (this includes your final draft). Assignments consisting of
more than three drafts may be subject to our BVC academic honesty
policy.
13.Please review the Academic Honesty Module with respect to academic
honesty and plagiarism. This information is located on Brightspace/D2L
within the Program pages. (Location:
https://d2l.bowvalleycollege.ca/d2l/home > Select your Program of Study
under the heading My Programs > Select the Academic Honesty Module
under the Content Browser)
14.You will receive a mark of zero if your work is copied or plagiarized and
further disciplinary action will be taken in accordance with the academic
honesty policy.
15.Your paper will be marked in accordance with the Rubric attached to this
assignment.
16.Submit your assignment to the Brightspace/D2L Dropbox provided.
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Final Project - Research & Analysis Paper – Part II
Summary (2 marks)
The summary should not exceed 250 words (1 page).
• In the summary, briefly describe the overview of the organization you have
chosen (you will use some of the information from Research & Analysis Paper
– Part I as this will serve as an introduction to Final Project - Research &
Analysis Paper – Part II).
• The summary should include the major themes which you’ll be addressing in
your paper.
• Your personal insights/ideas/perspectives is evident throughout.
• Research must be evident throughout.
SWOT – Formulating Strategies (12 marks)
• Strengths: Based on your SWOT Analysis from Part I, explain HOW you
would take advantage of some of the strengths you identified.
• Weaknesses: Based on your SWOT Analysis from Part I, clearly explain
HOW you would protect the organization against some of the weaknesses
you identified.
• Opportunities: Based on your SWOT Analysis from Part I, explain HOW you
would take advantage of some of the opportunities you identified.
• Threats: Based on your SWOT Analysis from Part I, clearly explain HOW
you would protect the organization against some of the threats you
identified.
• Your personal insights/ideas/perspectives must be is evident throughout.
Environmental Constraints (12 marks)
• Analyze your organization’s specific, general (PESTEL), and global
environment.
• Which environmental constraints does your organization face? Justify your
responses.
• How is the organization currently addressing these constraints? Which
constraints create the biggest challenges for the organization?
• Which elements have created (or will create) opportunities for them? Justify
your responses.
• Your personal insights/ideas/perspectives must be evident as will you need to
make some of your own inferences and assumptions in this section.
• Research must be evident throughout.
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Stakeholders (8 marks)
• Identify key stakeholders within the organization’s specific and general
environment. Do not simply provide a list; describe the importance of each
stakeholder and the impact each of them might have on the organization’s
activities.
• Once you have identified the key stakeholders for your organization, identify
which stakeholders you feel the organization should manage and give the
highest priority to. Be sure to justify your responses.
Organizational Structure and Design (10 marks)
• Create an organizational chart (e.g. divisions, departments, who reports to
who, etc.)
• Describe the organizational structure and design. Do you feel they use more
of a mechanistic or an organic structure? Explain. Be sure to justify your
response by explaining how your organization addresses relevant elements
or organizational structure and design such as: work specialization;
departmentalization; chain of command; span of control; centralized/
decentralized decision making; formalization.
• Your personal insights/ideas/perspectives must be evident as will you need to
make some of your own inferences and assumptions in this section.
• Research must be evident throughout.
Motivating Employees (5 marks)
• Which motivation theories and/ or strategies would you consider using for
employees within the organization? Choose from the list of motivational
theories and strategies in the textbook. Be specific in your responses by
explaining a specific action plan (identify motivation theories and/ or
strategies you would use along with “how” you would apply them. Be specific
and provide examples).
Recommendations (10 marks)
• Based on your insights gained from your research in Research & Analysis
Paper – Part I and this Final Project - Research & Analysis Paper – Part II ,
make a specific recommendation (s) you feel would help improve the
organization. Choose an area from the areas addressed in Research &
Analysis Paper – Part I or Final Project - Research & Analysis Paper – Part II
such as mission, vision, business level strategies, corporate strategies,
environmental constraints, structure and design, elements within the SWOT
Analysis, motivating employees, etc. you want to emphasize and improve
within the organization, and explain how you would accomplish this. Be
thorough, specific, and justify each of your responses (be sure to explain why
you feel each recommendation would be effective).
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• Your personal insights/ideas/perspectives must be evident throughout as this
is where you apply what you have learned thus far in the course.
Controls and Recommendations (8 marks)
• What process are you going to use to monitor the progress of your
businesses plans and activities? How will you correct or deal with any
changes from your plans?
• Will you use feedforward, concurrent, or feedback controls in order to
monitor activities (you may choose one, two, or all three of these)? Justify
your response.
• Once you have identified whether you will use feedforward, concurrent, or
feedback controls, identify at least two specific controls you would implement
that you feel would be most effective in measuring the effectiveness and
progress of your recommendations. For example, if you choose to use
concurrent and feedback controls, you must identify "specific” feedback and
concurrent controls you would implement (e.g. employee training, employee
involvement, management by walking around, management information
systems, balanced scorecard, tracking employee performance, market
control, bureaucratic control, clan control, etc.). Describe why you have
chosen these methods/ why you feel they will be effective.
• How would you know if your goal is being accomplished? Be sure to explain
each control method you chose and why you feel they would be effective in
measuring your recommendation.
• Your personal insights/ ideas/ perspectives must be is evident throughout as
this is where you apply what you have learned thus far in the course.
Organized and Structured (2 marks)
• Assignment illustrates Times Roman font, 12-point font size, is consistent
throughout (e.g. headings, font, tabs, paragraphs margins etc.), heading,
and title page (student's first and last name, instructor first and last name,
course name, due date, title).
• Assignment is well organized, looks professional, and illustrates evidence of
pride taken.
• The paper is the required length of 1250 – 1750 words in length (5-7 pages
double spaced).
• Title page is provided (contains student's first and last name, instructor first
and last name, course name, due date, title), assignment looks professional,
and illustrates evidence of pride taken.
Writing, English, and Grammar (3 marks)
• Writing is clear, concise, and well organized with excellent
sentence/paragraph construction. Thoughts are expressed in a coherent and
logical manner.
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APA Formatting (3 marks)
• Be formatted in accordance with APA guidelines. You must include a separate
reference page listing your sources as well as a title page (these are not
included in the 6-7-page requirement for the body of the paper). Please refer
to Bow Valley College’s Learning Resource, APA Formatting Guide
http://bowvalleycollege.libguides.com/apa-style.
• You must cite ALL of your sources using APA formatting (please refer to Bow
Valley College’s Learning Resource Services Page on citations:
http://bowvalleycollege.libguides.com/apa-style/citation for further
information).
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