For an organisation of your choice, you are asked:
(a) To demonstrate the key risks that the selected organisation faces in procuring goods and services through the production of a risk assessment. 50%
(b) To critically examine the procurement function and sourcing methods. 50%
Discussion post J&A
Describe the type of abilities and knowledge needed for a position and it goes into detail about the conditions of the job (Weekley et al.. 2019). Organizations typically perform a job analysis to target the ideal candidates for the position. To do this. it is important to provide a detailed and comprehensive description of what the job entails.
Performance Evaluation
Understand the scientific process, its application in economics and business, and its utilisation in the problem-solving approach to business and management challenges.
Demonstrate the skills necessary to assess and interpret existing research as a prelude to carrying out further investigation
Critically describe, comprehend and discuss the role, principles, function and application of research design within both academic and/or applied business contexts
Understand, critically comprehend different research strategies and be able to apply with insight appropriate research methodologies to differing types of research problems, hypotheses, or fields of investigation
Conceptualise and formulate a research project, including the formation of a hypothesis; the identification of field and evidence; the identification of research methodological
approaches; the carrying out of a sustained piece of research, and the forming of conclusions while evaluating and applying the outcomes of research to a context/problem or issue
Demonstrate and apply the researching skills and project management skills which are required and which are necessary to carrying out a successful and sustained piece of individual work which may be applicable to academic
Case Study
Refer to the textbook Introduction to Healthcare Management by Sharon B. Buchbinder and Nancy H Shanks second edition. This case on Medication Expiration Dates relates to Chapters 2, 3, 7 and 13 in the Textbook.
Read Case Study 2 Medication Expiration Dates at Memorial Hospital. Once you have read the Case Study complete the assignment that have attached.
Give full and complete answers using essay style. Review the case –make sure you identify all the key issues /problems. Start by framing the problem: make believe the reader has no idea of what the case is all about. Give a few sentences up front to introduce the reader to the overall situation.
Do not just start with i.e. Ms. Jones the consultant reviewed the problem of expiration dates etc etc. If the reader does not know the case how do they know who Ms. Jones is or why she has been called in by Memorial Hospital. being asked to do this study.
Remember the who , what , where and when . You can then describe specifically what was found-how they went about correcting the problem. Most important is to refer to the text book use the concepts and strategies outlined in the text.
Acting as the Consultant Ms Jones be specific what would you use or not use to address the problem–again referring to the text book–even using direct quotes from the textbook.
Although this case relates to Chapter 7 Quality Improvement Basics you may refer to other Chapters to assure you are most effectively addressing this real life situation.
You must demonstrate that you understand and can apply the concepts and strategies discussed in the text to the case study. As stated before, use the textbook–actual quotes to substantiate and expand your discussion of the case. Remember to use actual names from the text–so if you are discussing quality–do not just say for example, ” will put in place a quality program”. You must state which quality strategy/program you would use and why.
Changing initiative
Using the Library, find an article that reviews an organizational change initiative. Summarize the article and discuss the successes and failures of the change process. Analyze the strategies used for the change process and why they were a success or failure. Use concepts found in our text to support your points.
Informal networks
Read carefully! Article to Read uploaded. You will need to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the article’s importance to our understanding of current trends in executive development and workplace dynamics.
DO NOT SUMMARIZE! Use the readings, videos & uploaded files as references for understanding executive development. Identifying the most important information in the article (facts, experiences, data the author(s) used to support their conclusions).
What other information, ideas, findings, are relevant to understanding the current article? Based on what has been analyzed and synthesized, what is your evaluation?
What is an unanswered question that came to you from having analyzed and synthesized this article? If you were in a leadership position and found yourself in this predicament, what would you do? Use your own personal work experience, give examples, or use examples of others (if you don’t have much work experience) use only the article as the source
Reflective learning journal (week 4)
Several paragraph analyses of how well you were able to implement your plan. If you were successful, why do you think so?
What did you follow or do according to the learned concepts that contributed to a successful outcome? If you were unsuccessful, why? What contributed to the unsuccessful outcome? What could you have done differently and why might that have changed the communications?
Watch the video: Ted Talk: How Groups Make Good Decisions. This video describes the power of group decision-making. Next watch the video: Groupthink – The Challenger Disaster.
This video focuses on a potential danger of groups called group think using the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster as an illustrative example.
What is a situation where individual decision making probably works better than group decision making.
Describe a situation where you participated in a successful group decision that was “better” than an individual decision would have been. What made it “better?’
Have you ever been part of a group that had some of the characteristics that could lead to groupthink? Describe the group and the characteristics of groupthink it had.
Based on what you now know, what can you do to ensure a group you are in does not allow groupthink to impact its decision-making?
Risk Management–A 4,000-word case study of an organization (public, private, or not‐for‐profit).
The case study should describe and critique the risk management process of the organization (or, for a large organization, part of it such as the division or subsidiary) and include in the analysis aspects relating to all the following elements of the risk management process:
identification of risks;
analysis;
measurement ;
control.
The analysis should also include a 1–2-page summary risk response plan exhibit,
summarizing major risks (or a selection of them if there are many), their impact,
likelihood, and control strategy.
This is not an essay on risk management in general, nor a series of definitions.
The case study’s intent is to use risk management concepts to analyze the operation of the case study organization.
The analysis must be critical, by relating it to the theory from published source (preferably peer reviewed articles or textbooks) or standards (or legislation).
The critical areas to be considered include:
1. Critically evaluate theories and practices in risk management
2. Critically analyze various practices in risk management
3. Evaluate and apply sustainable risk management and practices.
Strategic Management Research Journal Part 2
Write a 350- to 525 Microsoft word response to the following prompts in your journal entry. Remember about the term “journal” still needs to be research writing. APA formatting is required, inclusive of the title page, level headings, 3rd person, and asentence. do not focus on the word journal. Rather, complete each assignment using research writing format. :
Conduct a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis of Caterpillar, Inc. Each SWOT quadrant must contain 7-10 items, (this is not included in the 525-word count).
Consider viewing the YouTube.com video: SWOT Analysis – What is a SWOT analysis?
Evaluate the weaknesses and threats for any common themes that might be a risk.
Compare Caterpillar’s weaknesses against its opportunities.
Propose problem-solving strategies to address Caterpillar’s weaknesses or threats that could be mitigated by a business opportunity or business decision.
Use at least two scholarly sources. Be sure to use Rothaermel, F. T. (2019). Strategic management: Concepts (4th ed). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill as one of the two scholarly sources.
