Week 6 learning
activity
General instructions:
Research, apply and answer in your own words with
appropriate reference(s) and in-text citation(s) to this week’s readings,
videos, and/or examples from current events to support the position and/or
rationale.
Label your responses specifically “Learning activity 1”, and
“Learning activity 2”.
Write in 250 words at least for initial response. Due by
Thursday.
Write in 75 words for each follow-up response (at least 2
follow-up responses for each learning activity) by expanding the discussion
topic substantively and explore other possibilities and/or solutions, thereby
enriching class learning. Due by Sunday.
Each week there are 2 learning activities. Each learning
activity requires 1 initial response, and 2 follow-up postings. Hence, for 2
learning activities of each week, 2 separate initial responses and 4 follow-up
postings in total are required to meet the discussion requirements.
In each of the weekly learning activities (that is, weekly
discussion participation forum) in this course, learners are not allowed to use
the same companies as those are instructed as the focal companies in the
Assignment 1, Assignment 2, and Assignment 3 Phase 1 of this course.
Week 6 Learning Activity 1
The best strategies often failed not because they weren’t
good strategies, but because they weren’t implemented properly. One of the most
important aspects of implementing a good strategy is ensuring that the
organization or company is designed in such a way that will properly support
the strategic plan.
In Week 4, you identified a generic strategic direction for
a selected organization.
In Week 5, you narrowed down that strategic direction and
identified possible alternative strategies. From that pool of alternative
strategies, you further narrowed down to ONE specific strategy to implement.
In this learning activity, you are required to:
Requirement 1:
Reiterate briefly that specific strategy and identify what
type of organizational design (that is, the organizational structure) would
best support that strategy.
Requirement 2:
Provide a high-level overview of the organizational design
and recommend an appropriate organizational structure.
Requirement 3:
Explain in detail the organizational design or structure is
expected to work in the focal organization or company.
Requirement 4:
Support the rationale of your explanation why that
organizational design and recommended organizational structure would be fully
aligned with (1) the identified strategic direction and (2) the specific
strategy to be implemented.
Requirement 5:
Use the appropriate APA formatted scholarly reference source
and corresponding in-text citations in all your postings.
Week 6 Learning Activity 2
In addition to the organizational design, there are several
other internal factors that can cause a good strategy to fail: management,
operations, marketing, finance, research and development (R&D), management
information systems (MIS) issues.
You are required to:
Requirement 1:
Review your response to Learning Activity # 1, and determine
which one (or ones) of these additional internal factors could cause that
specific strategy to fail in the focal company or organization.
Requirement 2:
Clearly identify these internal factor(s).
Requirement 3:
Explain in detail with at least 3 underlying reasons why
these internal factors could cause the above-mentioned strategy to fail during
its implementation phase.
Requirement 4:
Support the rationale of your explanation
Requirement 5:
Use the appropriate APA formatted scholarly reference
sources and corresponding in-text citations in all your postings.
