BUS 475 All Team Assignments

Learning Team Assignments:

Value Alignment

Discuss with your Learning Team an existing organization with which you are familiar that is different than the one you used for the Conceptualizing a Business paper.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you analyze the individual values and the organizations values as reflected by the organizations plans and actions. Include the following in your paper:

Analyze the origin(s) and subsequent evolution of your personal and workplace values.

Explain how your individual values drive your actions and behaviors, and analyze the alignment between your values and actions and behaviors.

Analyze the degree of alignment between the organization's stated values and the organizations actual plans and actions.

Explain the differences and analyze the degree of alignment between your values and the organizations values as reflected by the organizations plans and actions.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Functional Area Interrelationships

Select one organization of the Virtual Organizations from the student website.

Write a 1,200- to 1800-word paper in which you complete the following:

State the primary reasons for the organizations existence from an analysis of the mission, vision, values, and goals.

Analyze the reason for the type of organizational structure employed by the organization, and identify the key positions that support that organizational structure.

Identify and explain the steps of the collaboration process among the functional areas that must be employed to achieve organizational goals, and prepare an action plan to implement the collaboration process.

Identify and provide an example of the use of lateral collaboration and vertical collaboration within the organization, and prepare an action plan to use lateral and vertical collaboration.

Identify the key stakeholders and their roles needed to achieve the organizational goals, and recommend the collaborative interactions among the key stakeholders to facilitate the organizations success.

Communication Plan Outline

Develop a generic communications plan and template. This template will be used to develop a communication plan for your Final Strategic Plan, due in Week Five.