The subject this week is ” How Leaders implement Strategy.” Based on the attached Readings, and using your own experience, develop a plan (sketch-like) outlining the strategy implementation process. It could be the company where you work or another of your preference.
Your task is to write a report that describes, explains and analyses three relevant news articles published in the UK national press (in print or online)
EA-I-2021-Group Assignment: Justifying Organization’s Enterprise Architecture Program
Possible Grade Mark = 10%
Mapped CLRs to this assignment:
· Analyze an organization internal and external environment to identify opportunities for business transformation (CLR 1)
· Examine Enterprise Architecture frameworks and methodologies (CLR 4)
· Research, analyze, document and present information related to course content (CLR 5)
Purpose:
· To provide a justification to the COO (Chief Operation Officer) on why the organization should use the Enterprise Architecture practice to guide the upcoming major enterprise transformation and improve the business’s effectiveness, efficiency, and competitive advantage.
· To create a business case for the implementation of an Enterprise Architecture Program within an enterprise.
Instructions:
1. Provide an introductory section about enterprise architecture; benefits, and why should the organization adopt an EA practice.
2. Identify the impact (organization structure, integration with other management frameworks, etc.), and investment required to implement Enterprise Architecture practice (financial and non-financial).
3. Identify the roles and responsibilities of Enterprise Architects in any business transformation initiatives.
4. Identify the mandate that should be given to proposed Enterprise Architecture Capability, and the commitment required from senior management to ensure effectiveness of the Enterprise Architecture Program.
5. Remember this is an executive-level document and must focus on the what, why, when, and very little on how to do it.
6. This document must be a minimum of 2000 words with references and support. A minimum of five references is required.
7. Make sure you provide an executive summary at the beginning of the document (between 300-500 words)
Learning Outcome(s):
· Learn how to market Enterprise Architecture practice for an organization.
· Understand how Enterprise Architecture is integrated into an organization.
· Understand the scope of Enterprise Architecture work.
Deliverable:
A Professionally formatted word document with well-organized sections.
A well-referenced Document following the APA Style
Plagiarism Note: All assignments automatically go through the plagiarism test. Therefore, I strongly suggest you run your assignment through the plagiarism test before submission to avoid disqualification. Please refer to the Algonquin College policy regarding plagiarism.
due date is before Feb 9, 2021 4:00 PM Canada Ottawa time
Due date is before February 9 at 4:00 PM Canada Ottawa time
The full assignment details are available in the file tab.
With a total word count of 2000 words and an executive summary with a minimum of 300 words, each section would evenly be 425 words minimum, although looking at it, it seems that some parts may take more than 425 to answer fully and we are supposed to have 5 references minimum for the report.
Parts two and four look like they could be pretty large, they probably should be done by two people.
Step 1: Select only ONE of the following two options:
Option 1: Design a system safety program plan for one of your own organization’s work systems, or for an organization with which you are familiar.
Option 2: Design a system safety program plan for a bulk tank railcar off-loading facility for hydrocarbon products that has the following features:
a. one railcar switch located next to an interstate highway,
b. capacity to off-load liquid hydrocarbon products,
c. two 500,000 gallon bulk liquid storage tanks for liquid hydrocarbon products,
d. two diaphragm pumps with piping between the off-loading station and the bulk liquid storage tanks,
e. one off-loading station (single-sided) that is elevated 12 feet from the ground, and
f. one switch engine for staging railcars at the off-loading station and at railcar storage tracks.
Step 2: Then, using the CSU APA style example paper as a formatting guide (including title page, abstract, body, and reference page) linked here, include the following:
Design a minimum of a seven page system safety program plan with a minimum of five scholarly sources (books and articles, and at least one from the CSU Online Library) using the following level one headings:
1. Defined Objectives
2. System Description
3. Hazard Identification
4. Hazard Analysis
5. Risk Evaluation
6. Hazard Controls
7. Verification of Controls
8. Risk Acceptance
9. Safety Control Structure Diagram (see these instructions in the paragraph below)
10. Planned Periodic System Review
Design a safety control structure diagram for your work system, and embed it within your system safety program plan as the content for your ninth level one heading. Use Figure 6.2 on page 193 in your textbook of an ammonia fill station as an example. Notice that the designed controls within this example structure are the level indicators, control valves, and relief valves.
Please discuss Business problem or opportunity, Benefits, Risk, Costs including investment appraisal,
Technical solutions, Timescale, Impact on operations, Organizational capability to deliver the
project outcomes. Use the provided resources, and answer the questions ins the case prep format previously mentioned.
Identify a need for organizational change (real-life) and create a visual representation of how this organization might utilize Kotter’s Change Model. Your demonstration should be a visual infographic or some other illustrative representation. Then, create a two-page summary to connect with your illustration (not including the cover page or references in the word count), written in accordance with the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
Your summary should reflect on the value of this model explaining why it might be important to the organization.
Include citations and references to reading material and experiences to support your position.
Your illustration and summary (and cover page and reference list) must be in the same document for a single submission to the Week 2 Assignments page.
Written Paper
Your paper must be properly cited and formatted according to the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
Include a formal references page. This is an individual paper; however, you should reflect on our discussion forums and incorporate ideas from there, as appropriate.
You must support your analysis with at least three scholarly references, and you can include resources from this course.
The CSU Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a good place to find these sources. You cannot use Wikipedia or any CSU Global assignment. For this assignment, a credible source is defined as:
A scholarly or peer-reviewed journal article.
A government-based website or publication.
A trade or industry journal article, publication, or website, including those from trade organizations such as and .
For this assignment, select a company that is publicly traded. Please ensure that there is information available about this company online, so your instructor can become familiar with the organization. Then, please do the following:
Examine potential reasons, regardless of industry, why turnover rates occur. Identify these reasons using scholarly and industry research.
Identify industry competitors and explain how compensation and benefits differ among your organization and its competitors.
Justify how your organization can increase employee retention efforts, through policy and process revision/implementation, by utilizing a preferred motivation theory/model.
Note: Do not focus only on motivating employees through offering higher levels of compensation. Explain factors, in addition to compensation, that can improve motivation.
Determine HR practices that would be impacted by these policy/process improvements.
Make recommendations regarding how to best communicate change efforts to employees.
Written Paper
Write a three- to five-page paper, or about 1100 words, not including the title and reference pages, which are required.
Your paper must be properly cited and formatted according to the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
Include a formal references page. This is an individual paper; however, you should reflect on our discussion forums and incorporate ideas from there, as appropriate.
You must support your analysis with at least three scholarly references, and you can include resources from this course.
The CSU Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a good place to find these sources. You cannot use Wikipedia or any CSU Global assignment. For this assignment, a credible source is defined as:
A scholarly or peer-reviewed journal article.
A government-based website or publication.
A trade or industry journal article, publication, or website, including those from trade organizations such as and .
1. Describe what is organizational culture and explain why it is important.
2. Identify three companies that have engaged in ethical violations/unethical practices in their business operations.
3.Describe briefly how the leaders and other stakeholders of the organizations were affected.
Conduct independent research on your topic.
Topic: Differences in Culture
Problem: Businesses having hard times doing global business when it comes to other cultures and beliefs. Everyone may have the same interest but may have a different negotiation style based on their cultures or beliefs.
Industry: International Businesses. Negotiation is a principal component of international business. Culture influences the way people behave, communicate, and think. These 3 characteristics have a lot of impact on the way things are negotiated. It is crucial for businesses to understand cultural differences during business transactions and find ways to hurdle the barriers these differences present.
Recommendations: Businesses preparing to enter the global market have to diligently learn how cultural differences can affect their conduct of business in different markets.
Based upon the topic listed above write a research paper answering the following bullet points:
•Approach the analysis with qualitative AND quantitative lenses; review data, statistics, figures, numbers,$$$$, %%%, and financial impact.
•Identifyand review sub-problems
•Identify and discuss core issues, and trends as applicable to your topic findings. •Names of businesses, organizations, leaders, and corporations
•Research and discuss the impact of technology in relation to your topic
Read the following article in full:
“The Google Way: Give Engineers Room,” New York Times, October 21, 2007, accessed February 15, 2010
STEP #2: Answer the following questions in detail. Copy and paste the questions in bold in the textbox, then type your answer after each question, and be sure that your answer is not in bold. You will be graded on your critical analysis and/or comprehensive responses to the questions.
Would you consider the grouplets primary or secondary groups and why? Please explain using references to the course module content.
What would you say probably works well with this concept based on what you read in the article and your own ideas? Please provide a specific example to illustrate your point.
Review the Five Dysfunctions of a Team from the reading again. What is a possible dysfunction that one of these groups could run into based on the reading and your own ideas? Please provide a specific example to illustrate your point.
How would the grouplet need to work to overcome that dysfunction?
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