13 Jan Clearly identify these

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.