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1. BUS 721 Week 3 Individual Assignment Leadership Operational Plan, Part I—Global Organization Prospectus For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Leadership Operational Plan, Part I—Global Organization Prospectus (10 points). Approach the assignment from the perspective of an international management consultant called in to advise a major organization about current issues affecting its ability to optimize operations in today’s economy or changes needed to enhance operations management in the future. Write a 750- to 1,050-word prospectus, providing details of your organization and its background. Include a discussion of unique issues facing the organization and how they may affect optimizing key operational elements. Focus on major issues relating to operational management and its effectiveness. Good summary, but you need to focus more sharply on the specific operational management issues facing McDonald’s, since how

2. to resolve these issues will be at the heart of your Leadership Operational Plan, Part VI in Week 8. Format your paper according to APA standards. ************************************************ BUS 721 Week 4 Individual Assignment Leadership Operational Plan, Part II-- Operational Problem and Purpose Statement For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Leadership Operational Plan, Part II—Operational Problem and Purpose Statement (10 points). During MGT/711, learners were required to research and evaluate strategic opportunities in an Internet-based global economy. Reflecting on appropriate concepts, develop a problem and purpose statement to

3. provide focus for research efforts supporting the development of the Leadership Operational Plan. For purposes of this and the remaining parts, focus on one problem that may be explored through research. Review the Dissertation Criteria and Rating Scale on your student website [at the SAS Program Website athttps://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/sas/resources/ and posted in the Course Materials Forum]. Write 1-2 paragraphs for a problem and purpose statement to develop findings and recommendations to optimize organizational operations. Problem statement could be clearer if in “traditional” form: The problem is to do _____A_____ by _____B The problem and purpose statements should provide clear focus for research efforts supporting the development of your Leadership Operational Plan, through the development of findings and recommendations to optimize organizational operations. Use the templates in the resource materials [and posted in the Course Materials Forum] to guide completion of the statements. Format your paper according to APA standards. ************************************************ BUS 721 Week 5 Individual Assignment Leadership Operational Plan, Part III-- Leadership Framework Matrix

4. For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Leadership Operational Plan, Part III—Leadership Framework Matrix (10 points). This assignment expands the learner’s exploration of leadership and ethics by using research to identify theories and concepts to adapt and integrate leadership models to optimize operations in global business. Reflecting on concepts and theories from LDR/711 and LDR/721, in addition to readings and research, use the matrix to develop a leadership framework for the Leadership Operational Plan. Complete the Leadership Framework Matrix, addressing each consideration. Strong content from LDR/711 & LDR/721 (Leadership Considerations, and Relevant Theories and Concepts) in your matrix, but no accompanying body text with discussion about how you see these applied to the organization you chose for your Leadership Operational Plan - only matrix entries. Body text should accompany your matrix, in which (in the body text) you should lay out the leadership framework for your Leadership Operational Plan for the organization you chose, which (the leadership framework) you should develop from your matrix. Be sure to coalesce the leadership framework for your Leadership Operational Plan for the organization you chose before you proceed on to the Leadership Operational Plan - Parts IV-VI in Weeks 6-8. Format your matrix according to APA standards

5. ************************************************ BUS 721 Week 6 Individual Assignment Leadership Operational Plan, Part IV— Organizational Behavior For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Leadership Operational Plan, Part IV—Organizational Behavior (10 points). During ORG/711, learners were required to research and present theories on a variety of traditional organizational behavior patterns. Based on that content, develop the part of the Leadership Operational Plan that looks to optimize operations in the reality of global employee constituencies. Optimal operations methodology requires a recognition of the constantly evolving, inextricably intertwined nature of organizational behavior practices and issues in the new economy. In reaching that, learners must pay attention to the manner by which national and cultural

6. differences affect the operation and management of human resources in this part of the plan. Write 1,050-1,500 words, including the following elements: Analysis of significant behavior issues facing the organization Strong Identification of circumstances affecting human capital facet of the organization’s operations in light of the regularly changing global economy: Strong Radically changing needs and wants of domestic employees, expatriates, and locally hired staff at various overseas sites Issues associated with needs and expectations of host national employees at overseas sites that may be in conflict with the organization's purpose Issues associated with selection, such as ethnicity, minorities, gender, language, societal realities, and diversity and human relations behaviors practiced at the organization’s headquarters that may differ from overseas sites Integration of concepts, theories, and best practices to develop a list of recommendations to address issues and circumstances Strong for McDonald’s Development of a proposed implementation plan to effect organizational changes needed to support operations optimization Continue to develop the specifics of your proposed implementation plan for McDonald’s to effect organizational changes needed to support operations optimization. Discussion of anticipated organizational behavior and operational outcomes achieved through successful implementation Continue to identify the specific anticipated outcomes of the organizational changes of your proposed implementation plan for McDonald’s. Include these last two areas in your Week Eight Plan, Part VI - Global Strategy. Use peer-reviewed sources in your paper. Format your paper according to APA standards. ************************************************

7. BUS 721 Week 6 Learning Team Assignment Research Applications Collaborative Discussion For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Research Applications Collaborative Discussion (10 points). Discuss possible quantitative and qualitative research methods, including those used in developing plans to optimize operations and those that support evaluating appropriate efforts of the Leadership Operational Plans. Complete the Avenues of Inquiry Matrix to summarize outcomes of the collaborative discussion. Format your matrix according to APA standards ************************************************

8. BUS 721 Week 7 Individual Assignment Leadership Operational Plan, Part V—Assessing Optimization For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Leadership Operational Plan, Part V—Assessing Optimization (10 points). During RES/711 and RES/721, learners were required to examine and present fundamentals of sound research and the application of research methods in business settings. The ability of leadership to effectively monitor and assess the efficacy of operational optimization initiatives requires applying research methods in a purposeful manner. Based on concepts from these courses, in addition to readings and concepts, develop part V of the Leadership Operational Plan, exploring the application of research assessing operations optimization. Write 1,050-1,500 words that address the following questions: How may a project management approach enhance the effectiveness of operational optimization efforts? Good How must organizations quantitatively and qualitatively measure the implementation of operational optimization strategies? Good

9. What key operating measures must be included in an evaluation of changes in operational effectiveness? Good How may information technology and decision support systems support the assessment of operations? Good How could the organization define the parameters, levels of accountability, and validation for each level? Discussion should focus on the different levels of the organization – you identify three: upper employees, middle employees, and lower employees - and how the organization could define parameters, levels of accountability, and validation of assessing optimization at (for) each level. How would the results of this assessment affect the plan to support modifying the strategy to address changes in the global economy? You discuss how the answers to these questions about assessing optimization apply to McDonald’s operational problem. Transfer this part of your Leadership Operational Plan into your global strategy for McDonald’s, in Part VI of your plan due at the end of Week 8. Format your paper according to APA standards. ************************************************ BUS 721 Week 8 Individual Assignment Leadership Operational Plan, Part VI—Global Strategy

10. For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Leadership Operational Plan, Part VI—Global Strategy (15 points). During MGT/711 and MKT/711, learners were required to research and evaluate strategic opportunities in an Internet-based global economy, in addition to examining the role of marketing in managing customer relationships. Based in part on that content, develop the final part of the Leadership Operational Plan to discuss the effect of the global market on the organization’s operation and its strategic planning. Write 1,050-1,400 words about the organization’s global strategy that addresses the following tasks: Discuss the manner in which the organization may further optimize operations through expanded globalization. Strong Discuss how the organization may use research to identify new geographic markets to target expansion effectiveness. Strong Discuss how leadership may support the development of optimal organizational culture in new locations. Strong What domestic or global cross-cultural influences may positively or negatively affect the results of the organization’s globalization strategy? Strong Use peer-reviewed sources in your paper. Format your paper according to APA standards. ************************************************