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Week 3 Assignment

Capstone

Section 1: The Organizational Profile- Part 3

For this week’s Assignment, you will continue to play the role of a consultant who has been brought in by the CEO of your selected organization to lead a tiger team.

This week, you will complete Section 1 of your playbook. Be sure to address the requirements for Part 3 and include specific examples (where appropriate) and relevant citations from the Learning Resources or from others throughout the program, the Walden Library, and/or other appropriate academic sources to support your work.

To prepare for this Assignment:

· Return to your MBAX 6990 Assignment Template to complete Section 1—Part 3 of your strategy playbook.

Submit your 3- to 4-page analysis of the purpose of the organization, to include the following:

Part 3: Analyzing the Purpose of the Organization

· Analyze how organizational purpose can empower a business strategy.

· Explain what a purpose-driven organization is and identify how it can lead to a competitive business strategy.

· Select one of the organization examples that you identified in Part 2 and analyze how the organization’s structure impacts its strategic business practices.

· Specifically, in what ways does/did the organizational structure enable the organization to take advantage of strategic opportunities, have an impact, and/or achieve or maintain a competitive advantage?

Week3LearningResources-Capstone.docx

Week 3 Learning Resources

Capstone

The Purpose-Driven Organization

A purpose-driven company stands for and acts on something larger than its products and services. Purpose can be an organizational strategy and a roadmap to remain competitive in a fast-changing economy. Many business leaders are committed to aligning their goal setting and decision making to their organization’s purpose in hopes of driving forward its success. Through these resources, you will consider the purpose-driven organization.

· Blount, S., & Leinwand, P. (2019, November 1).  Why are we here?   Harvard Business Review ,  97 (6), 132–139.

· Eccles, R. G., Strine, L. E., & Youmans, T. (2020, May 13).  3 ways to put your corporate purpose into action .  Harvard Business Review Digital Articles , 2–5. http://hbr.org

· IFC Arthsastra. (2019, October 20).  Michael Porter on purpose  Links to an external site.  [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP0gSFHfQM0&list=TLPQMjMwMjIwMjHLR4rbW-nYeA&index=6

· Leimer, B. (2021, June 24).  How can we build a more purpose-driven company culture?Links to an external site.  https://www.thehrdirector.com/features/csr/how-can-we-build-a-more-purpose-driven-company-culture/

· Malknight, T. W., Buche, I., & Dhanaraj, C. (2019, September 1).  Put purpose at the core of your strategy .  Harvard Business Review ,  97 (5), 70–79.

The Organizational Structure

You may have heard the term  top-down management or  bottom-up management to describe an organization’s structure. Whether hierarchical, flat, or matrixed, an organization’s structure serves as the basis for how an organization distributes its roles and responsibilities to support effective decision making, communication, and achievement of its goals. Through these resources, you will consider different types of organizational structures.

· Communication Coach Alex Lyon. (2018, January 7).  Organizational structure  Links to an external site.  [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUd0UNHyy60

· GreggU. (2019, January 14).  Types of organizational structures  Links to an external site.  [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbcpr1TS9NM

· Lumen Learning. (n.d.).  Common organizational structuresLinks to an external site. . In  Boundless business . https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/common-organizational-structures/

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Strategy Playbook for Exceptional Results

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Walden University

MBAX 6990: Capstone: Sustainable Business Practices and Strategies

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Table of Contents Executive Summary 4 Section 1: The Organizational Profile 5 Part 1: Analyzing the Organizational Culture 6 Heading 6 Heading 6 Heading 6 Part 2: Analyzing the Social and Economic Climate 7 Heading 7 Heading 7 Heading 7 Part 3: Analyzing the Purpose of the Organization 8 Heading 8 Heading 8 Heading 8 Section 2: Organizational Readiness for Change 9 Part 1: Evaluating the Health of the Organization 10 Heading 10 Heading 10 Heading 10 Part 2A: Evaluating the Need and Opportunity for Change 11 Heading 11 Heading 11 Heading 11 Part 2B: Evaluating the Need and Opportunity for Change 12 Heading 12 Heading 12 Heading 12 Part 3: Evaluating Organizational Readiness 13 Heading 13 Heading 13 Heading 13 Section 3: The Organizational Strategy 14 Part 1: Developing the Strategy 15 Heading 15 Heading 15 Heading 15 Part 2: Validating the Strategy 16 Heading 16 Heading 16 Heading 16 Part 3: Implementing the Strategy 17 Heading 17 Heading 17 Heading 17 References 18 Appendix A 19 Appendix B 20

Executive Summary

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Section 1: The Organizational Profile

Part 1: Analyzing the Organizational Culture

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Part 2: Analyzing the Social and Economic Climate

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Part 3: Analyzing the Purpose of the Organization

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Section 3: The Organizational Strategy

Part 1: Developing the Strategy

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