Assignment: Organizational Analysis
Write a research paper addressing a chosen business theory and its application to current industry practices and environments.
Senior executives, and those who work with them such as advisors and consultants, must be skilled in organizational analysis. In particular, they must have proven abilities to review the current or proposed structure of an organization, compare it to the overall strategy, and recommend changes that will lead to enhanced performance.
Complete the following:
• Research business theories using the Capella library. You may also wish to use the materials provided in the Resources.
• Choose a theory that you feel is most relevant for today's environment, and explain why you feel that way.
• Describe the industry associated with your theory, and identify best practices for organizational structure and learning.
• Provide recommendations for enhancing industry performance, and connect your recommendations to what is currently happening in the local and global environment.
• Based on the information presented in the New Business Realities of the 21st Century and Thinking Habits of Mind, Heart, and Imagination documents (linked in the Resources), analyze how a shift in business mindset affects the performance level in an organization. Use the most relevant realities and habits, as well as examples, to support your analysis.
• Based on the information presented in the research you have conducted, industry best practices, and the analysis you just provided, choose one of the following options:
1. Explain how you would redesign an existing organization to have higher performance.
2. Explain how you would design a new organization to achieve high performance and learning.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.