Assignment:
You will be creating a project-based operational plan using at least ten journal articles related to the company you chose WALT DISNEY COMPANY. Pull directly from the aspect of the company you are developing this project from and address the following components in your project-based operational plan:
Part A: Overview:
• Introduction and description of your company and why you chose this company.
• How and why would the project you chose be beneficial to this company?
Part B: Strategic Planning:
• Develop a Vision and Mission Statement of the project.
• Develop a SWOT analysis of the project.
• Develop an Organizational Chart of the company and a Strategy Map of the project. What are the internal and external forces that may impact your project?
• What are the core competencies of your company that will help with this project?
Part C: Human Resources:
• Identify and give reasoning for staffing needs, training needs and ways to implement performance evaluations. Appraise potential need for demand forecasts, labor supply forecasts, and reconciling of supply and demand.
• What areas of training may help to improve performance, quality and general efficiency of this project?
Part D: Team Structures:
• What types of teams will be part of your project?
• How will you manage conflicts with individuals in a group and/or teams working in conjunction with other teams within your company?
• How will you build effective teams?
Part E: Communication:
• What are ways you will foster effective communication in your organization?
• Give examples of ways you will improve both interpersonal and organizational communication.
Part F: Operational Management:
• Choose one tool/methodologies for each phase in the Six Sigma toolset and discuss how you would use each in your project.
• Complete schematic and/or chart for two visual tool from DMAIC improvement process discussed above.
• Would you merge lean and six sigma transformational systems in your project? If so, why? If not, why not?
• Is your company a service or product firm? How is quality handled differently in each type of firm?
• How might you use benchmarking in completion of this assignment?
Part G: Monitoring Process:
• Complete financial control worksheets related to your project.
o Sample Balance Sheet
o Profit and Loss Statement
o Financial ratios statement
• What is your service guarantee?
• What bureaucratic controls will you use to monitor your project?
It is strongly suggested you contemplate and/or complete an outline for each section of this final project as you progress throughout this course. Any work completed as an assignment or discussion question directly associated with this final assessment may need to be revised, but should be used in this final project. The Appendices will include the financial control worksheets.
Response should be 10 pages long, excluding the cover page, the reference page, and the Appendices (have been done in previous week). Pages should be double spaced.