Category: Management

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Answer questions at Assignment 2 MGT 425 for Saudi Electronic University and every thing needed at the attached file
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***Your assignment should include the following:***
Select one of the strategic management tools discussed in Module 4-Introduction to Planning section (pages 5 – 7). PESTEL Analysis, Porter’s Five Forces, Competitive Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Resource Based View Strategic Approach, VRIO Framework, Differentiation Leadership Strategy or Integrated Strategy as a strategic management tool that Sun City Boards could utilize for their business.
What is the purpose of the selected tool?
What conclusions will it help Sun City Boards draw?
How does the tool work?
How does it measure the relevant factors or how does it derive importance from them?
You must explain every aspect of the strategic tool and apply it to Sun City Boards. For example, there are 5 elements to Porter’s Five Forces–if this is the tool selected, then you must explain/apply ALL 5 elements to Sun City Boards. The same holds true if you select SWOT Analysis. What are the specific strengths and weaknesses of Sun City Boards? What are the opportunities and threats facing Sun City Boards. Be sure to read the Prologue, Epilogue, Preparation and Your Task section for this assignment.
Please refrain from simply telling what the selected strategic management tool is and how it works. You MUST apply the tool specifically and directly to Sun City Boards. Your report should be no less than 300 words, but it can be more.
***Prologue***
Why does a business need to define its mission and engage in planning?
Dan Smith is a management consultant with the firm Business Advisors. He’s sitting in his office one day when the telephone rings. He picks it up and hears the voice of Tom Wilson, an old high school friend. “Hi Dan. This is Tom Wilson from Southside High. Remember me?” They discuss old times for a few minutes, and then Tom gets down to business.
“Dan, I need your help. I started a business several years ago, and we’re in trouble.”
Dan quickly searches his memory and recalls that Tom started a business called Sun City Boards several years ago selling high-end surfboards on the West Coast. Last Dan had heard, the business was doing well. “Yeah Tom. I remember when you started your shop, but I thought the business was growing successfully.”
Tom replies, “We did well the first couple of years, but things haven’t been good for a while now. We’re losing money, and I’m not sure how much longer I can keep the doors open.”
Dan assures Tom that he is happy to help and asks him to send a few items over to prepare for a trip to visit his operations. “Just send me a copy of your current business plan, financial forecasts, and annual operating budget.”
There’s a pause on the other end of the line, and then Tom says, “Well, I can send you our bank statements and invoices. We don’t have any of the other documents you’re asking about.”
Based on that response, Dan already has a good idea of the organization’s problem: an obvious lack of planning that never bodes well for a business.
In this module, you learned the importance of an organization establishing a clear vision and mission and how they guide the business planning cycle. The business plan is the roadmap that guides the organization to success.
***Epilogue***
Dan traveled to Tom’s operations on the West Coast and confirmed his suspicions that the problems the organization is facing are due to a lack of planning. Dan is meeting with Tom to report on his findings and to submit his recommendations.
“OK Tom, I’ve spent the last several days going through your operations and records, and I’m confident that there are actions you can take that will help turn around the business.”
Tom lets out a long sigh and says, “Dan, you have no idea how glad I am to hear that. So at a high level, what’s the problem?”
“In a nutshell, the problem with Sun City Boards is that you have lost your focus and there is no clear plan for moving forward.” Tom looks confused, so Dan explains. “When you started the business, what was your vision?”
Tom answers, “ To set people free from the earth … free to ride the waves .” [Vision statement]
“Perfect!” Dan responds. “And how were you going to do that?”
Tom thinks for a moment and then emphatically declares, “ We will strive to provide the absolute best in high-end surfboard design and production! ” [Mission statement]
Dan tells Tom that he has just created the vision and mission statements for Sun City Boards. He further explains:
“You have to start creating a focused plan that will help the organization deliver on its vision and mission. The reason your company is struggling is that there is no clear roadmap to success.”
Tom asks, “What do you mean?”
Dan continues, “When you started the company you were very successful because you focused on one key thing—making the best surfboards anyone had seen. As a result, everything your business did revolved around that core idea.”
Tom interrupts, “OK Dan, I think I see where you’re headed. When we started making money in the early days, I began to start expanding into other areas without a lot of thought. I listened to salespeople who came in and told me that I should branch out into low-end surf gear, then swimwear, then camping gear. Customers don’t know what we’re all about any more. And neither do my managers and employees.”
Dan can see Tom is getting his arms around the concept of vision and mission, so he moves on.
Next, he presents his recommendation that Tom and his key leaders should come together regularly to create, review and update Sun City’s business plan. This is new to the team, so he gives them a quick example:
Define Objectives: Sun City Boards should look to reduce noncore product lines and associated inventory. Minimum margin target is 35 percent across all remaining product lines.
Develop Premises: Monitor competitor’s plans to implement a new polymer board and determine potential impact to Sun City’s sales.
Evaluate Alternatives: Evaluate opportunity of opening new retail outlets along the West Coast. Also, explore international sales options for high-end surf boards.
Identify Resources: Analyze the level of capital necessary to achieve expansion goals and incorporate plan to close financial gaps in the annual budget.
Plan and Implement Tasks: Create a Gantt chart or other project planning tool that outlines the actions necessary to reach the goals outlined earlier.
Determine Tracking and Evaluation Methods: Create SMART goals for both managers and employees that align with direction the overall business plan provides.
Finally, Dan reminds Tom that the planning process is only a tool and that the plan should be regularly reviewed and updated. Dan warns him that planning is no substitute for taking action, but it is a guide for him and his team as to what actions should be taken.
This consulting project has reminded Dan how important it is for an organization to have a clear vision and mission to know where it’s headed. Likewise, the planning process is critical to know how it’s going to get there. The alternative is like trying to take a cross-country trip without a map—you don’t know where you might end up!

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Here is the case for the assignment and the answer is in the attached Word file
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lease follow the instructions written in the assignment (instructions for using the font and font size)
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The ideas are arranged and examples are given and each question is explained in detail and the question is answered completely.
When answering each question, answer the question in the sense of conveying the information that this follows the question in question (heading)
Write the reference and the name of the scientist when taking a quoted text (the other name and the year) his name and the year are in parentheses
Write the references in the correct format (APA) and they are arranged from A to Z

Note:
You must include at least 3 references.
Format your references using APA style.
Each answer must not be less than 200 words

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– All answered must be typed using Arial, Calibri and Century Gothic. Use size 12 font along with 1.5 line spacing so that it can be read online more easily.
– I want answer with Harvard reference, references at least 10.
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Referencing:
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Task – Questions
1. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of both a divisional structure and a matrix
structure. Within the evaluation, you should include the reasons underpinning each
structure. (AC 1.1)
2. Analyse the extent to which the organisational strategy in your organisation (or an
organisation with which you are familiar) helps to ensure products or services meet
customers’ needs. (AC 1.2)
3. Analyse the current impact of interest rates, inflation and one other external factor on
your organisation (or one with which you are familiar). Identify organisational priorities
arising from your analysis. (AC 1.3)
4. In February 2024, Peter Cheese, current CEO of CIPD stated, “AI is transforming jobs,
careers and workplaces. People professionals have a key role to play in encouraging safe
experimentation and rapid learning, so that we can reap the benefits and mitigate the
risks.” Assess the extent that AI is, or could be, used in your organisation (or an
organisation with which you are familiar) and assess how AI impacts work. (AC 1.4)
5. Explain Charles Handy’s model of organisational culture and explain David Rock’s SCARF
theory. (AC 2.1)
6. Assess how employee selection or employee development impacts organisational culture
and behaviour in your organisation (or one with which you are familiar). (AC 2.2)
7. An organisation is planning a change relating to hybrid working. Many employees moved
to home working during the Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst this approach worked well at the
time, the organisation now wants all employees to work at least two days a week on site.
Explain how Kotter’s approach to managing change could be used to successfully
implement this change. (AC 2.3)
8. Using the Kubler-Ross change curve, discuss how change is experienced. (AC 2.4)
9. The CIPD’s Health and wellbeing at work survey 2023 found the percentage of
organisations that have a standalone wellbeing strategy has risen from 40% in 2018 to 53%
in 2023. Although the percentage has increased, this means that 47% of organisations do
not have a standalone wellbeing strategy. Assess the importance of wellbeing at work
and assess how good work could impact wellbeing. (AC 2.5)
10. Provide a brief overview of the employee lifecycle and discuss people practice roles at
the recruitment, development and separation stages of the lifecycle. (AC 3.1)
11. Analyse how people practice supports organisational strategy through vertical integration and how people practice supports wider people strategies through horizontal integration. (AC 3.2)
12. An organisation is planning to introduce a four-day working week. Discuss the processes the people function could use to consult and engage with managers and employees to understand their needs when moving from a five-day to four-day working week. (AC 3.3)

Please include a simple introduction, conclusion, and at least a reference in each answer, and mention a list of references at the end of the assignment

Need a research paper between 5 to 8 pages. Additionally I need title page and abstract or reference page. The topic of the research paper is : The physical environment in an organization and how it affects organizational behavior. I have attached an OUTLINE, a TEMPLATE, and an Annotated bibliography for you to use. The outline is done and the references are all included in the annotated bibliography. I attached everything you need to write the paper, you just have to follow everything. The paper must include the 10 references listed in the annotated bibliography, follow the outline and template attached, and make sure to write the paper in APA 7th edition, with page numbers.

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