UNIT 7

Topic: Execution

Benchmark – Strategic Planning: Communication Plan 

Details:

Using your completed action plan, create a 500-750 word communication plan for disseminating your action plan to all of the stakeholders. Which strategies do you plan to utilize and why? Your plan should demonstrate how you plan to use formal and informal communication channels to implement the plan.

In addition, explain how the communication plan addresses what you are hoping to achieve with your strategic goal. What leadership or managerial skills will you draw upon in implementing this plan?

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines.

RESOURCES

Textbook 

1. Management 

Read Chapters 10 and 17 and the Appendix in Management. 

http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/cengage/2013/management_ebook_11e.php 

Electronic Resource 

1. Communications Planning: Getting the Right Messages Across in the Right Way 

Read “Communications Planning: Getting the Right Messages Across in the Right Way,” located on the Mind Tools website.

https://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/CommunicationsPlanning.htm 

2. Creating Adaptive Organizations 

Read “Creating Adaptive Organizations,” by Kenney (2010), located on the American Management Association (AMA) website. 

http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/Creating-Adaptive-Organizations.aspx 

3. The Adaptive Organization: Fostering Change in Five Areas 

Read “The Adaptive Organization: Fostering Change in Five Areas,” by Kenney (2010), located on the American Management Association (AMA) website.

http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/The-Adaptive-Organization-Fostering-Change-in-Five-Areas.aspx 

e-Library Resource 

1. Complexity Leadership Generates Innovation, Learning, and Adaptation of the Organization 

Read “Complexity Leadership Generates Innovation, Learning, and Adaptation of the Organization,” by Geer-Frazier, from Emergence: Complexity and Organization (2014).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=98793396&site=eds-live&scope=site 

2. The Adaptability of Management Models Across Cultures 

Read “The Adaptability of Management Models Across Cultures,” by Yuksel and Durna, from International Journal of Economic and Administrative Studies (2015).

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UNIT 6

Topic: Tactical Planning (Continued)

Benchmark – Strategic Planning: Action Plan

Details:

Use your completed strategy map to formulate functional-level strategy for the primary business functions included in your plan. Functional-level strategies are the action plans used by departments within organizations to support the execution of business-level strategy at the managerial level. Create a 500-750 word action plan that addresses the following:

1. Identify which management tactics and strategies you will implement to meet your strategic goals for each of the stakeholders, departments, or business functions impacted by your plan: MBO, MBM, single-use or standing plans, competitive advantage, contingency planning, building scenarios, crisis planning, and innovation.

2. Provide an explanation of how you will apply managerial decision-making methods throughout your action plan.

3. Which business functions will be impacted by your action plan? What tactics will you use to manage implementation across business functions? What can you do to enhance collaboration/cross-functionality to ensure the success of your plan?

4. Identify leadership strategies you plan to implement throughout the execution of your action plan. In particular, explain which strategies you would implement to foster team collaboration among the multiple stakeholders who must collaborate to successfully implement the plan. Why do you think these will be successful?

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines

RESOURCES

Topic: Tactical Planning (Continued)

Textbook 

1. Management 

Read Chapters 9 and 12 in Management. Review Chapters 7 and 8.

http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/cengage/2013/management_ebook_11e.php 

2. Southwest Airlines: In a Different World 

Review Harvard Business School (HBS) case reprint, “Southwest Airlines: In a Different World”(2013).

http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/harvard-business-school-press/2010/southwest-airlines_in-a-different-world_ebook_1e.php 

e-Library Resource 

1. (How) Does the HR Strategy Support an Innovation Oriented Business Strategy? An Investigation of Institutional Context and Organizational Practices in Indian Firms 

Read “(How) Does the HR Strategy Support an Innovation Oriented Business Strategy? An Investigation of Institutional Context and Organizational Practices in Indian Firms,” by Fang and Saini, from Human Resource Management (2010).

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2. Big Data: An Innovative Way to Gain Competitive Advantage Through Converting Data into Knowledge 

Read “Big Data: An Innovative Way to Gain Competitive Advantage Through Converting Data into Knowledge,”

by Bhadani, from International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science (2015).

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3. Outsourcing: A Strategic Risk? 

Read “Outsourcing: A Strategic Risk?” by Relph and Parker, from Management Services (2014).

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4. Practicing Human Resource Strategy: Understanding the Relational Dynamics in Strategic HR Work by Means of a Narrative Approach 

Read “Practicing Human Resource Strategy: Understanding the Relational Dynamics in Strategic HR Work by Means of a Narrative Approach,” by Kaudela-Baum and Endrissat, from German Journal of Research in Human Resource Management (2009).

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5. Responsible Leadership and Stakeholder Management: Influence Pathways and Organizational Outcomes 

Read “Responsible Leadership and Stakeholder Management: Influence Pathways and Organizational Outcomes,” by Doh and Quigley from the Academy of Management Perspectives (2014).

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6. The Relationship Between Intellectual Capital With Economic Value Added and Financial Performance 

Read “The Relationship Between Intellectual Capital With Economic Value Added and Financial Performance,” by Salehi, Enayati, and Javadi, from Iranian Journal of Management Science: A Quarterly (2014).

http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edb&AN=96560290&site=eds-live&scope=site