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Instructions for Assignment #4

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Required Reading Assignment

Chapter – 4 Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

Chapter – 5 Org Structures that Support Strategic Initiatives

Chapter – 6 Valuing Organizational Information

 

 

Instructions – Essay:

Creativity & Innovation Activity

Critical thinking, reasoning and content specific competencies are essential skillsets for business leaders in the ethical application of business principles in the 21st century globalized economy and as such, are program objectives for graduate business education.

Graduate Business Learners should gain a broad view of organizational performance factors from the general management perspective. Activities are designed to develop the skills needed for effective leadership and management in the 21st century globalized business economy. These skills promote and integrate program outcomes and include decision-making, strategic management, creativity and innovation, leadership, problem-solving, and real-time business application. Activities will also develop research and writing skills that accompany high level responsibility in the academic and business environments. These skill sets will empower business managers, executives, and leaders to perform in a dynamic environment where market expansion is global. Excellence in these areas are essential to organizational viability and will allow Learners to add value to their respective firms and to grow both personally and professionally.

It is imperative to constantly create and innovate in order to establish a competitive advantage and have sustainability in the 21st-century globalized business economy. Creativity and innovation may be defined as being original and having a new methodology respectively.

The first part of your assignment is to choose a business process that meets some organizational goal or function, or solves a business problem, and present a summary. Your summary should demonstrate your understanding of the major concepts as they relate to the learning objectives and course material.

Subsequent to your summary and working with your chosen topic, present some new process or procedure that still meets the same organizational goals or functions, but in a more efficient and effective way. This is an opportunity to exercise your ability to be creative and innovative in such areas as procedures, process, and problem-solving. Your creativity and innovation must be relevant to the topic, organizational function or goal, and have validity and can be supported by research or industry. You may utilize existing methodologies and processes, but in new and creative ways, or you may choose to employ something totally new and original. You should compare and contrast the existing method with the new design to show the advantages and efficiency gains.

Please follow the Essay Format in the attached document. All assignments must be in APA 6th ed. format.

  Special Requirements

 

• All in-text citations (directly or not directly quoting the material) must include author’s last name, the year of publication, page number, and paragraph Number. Do not make them up because I will check them.

 

• A complete reference should appear in the reference list at the end of the paper. I will not accept the paper without in-text citation page number and paragraph number.

 

• Also, remember that you should have 75% of your references published within the last 10 yrs.

 

• Avoid writing in the first person when writing in APA formatting.

 

• Avoid writing in passive voice.

 

• The idea that you cite in the paper must match with the content of the textbook or journal.

 

• Use journals, textbooks, and websites

 

Example for an In-text Citation

 

(Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013, p.456, para.4).

 

Example for a Reference

 

Kreitner, R., & Kinicki, A. (2013). Organizational behavior (10th ed.). New York,

 

NY:   McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

 

 

 

 

 

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