Presentation Plan for Management

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Competency

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:

Demonstrate effec�ve management skills and prac�ces in diverse, distributed, and collabora�ve work environments

Explain the interrelatedness of the func�ons and forms of organiza�ons

Scenario

Imagine you are a new manager at the SNHU Pet Supply Company. The company has grown from a small, local pet-supply company into a large organiza�on with loca�ons in

Manchester, New Hampshire and Denver, Colorado. It also employs remote staff. The manager you are replacing was with the team for two years and le� on nega�ve terms, which

exacerbated an already concerning team culture.

You have been asked to present a management plan that addresses iden�fied areas of concern, rebuilds the team’s culture, and aligns organiza�onal prac�ces to leadership.

Leadership has provided you with a management brief that outlines the key pieces of informa�on you will need in order to make informed recommenda�ons.

Direc�ons

Use course resources and the informa�on provided in the Project One Management Brief (located in the Suppor�ng Materials sec�on) to develop recommenda�ons that will meet the

needs of your new team and align with your organiza�on’s mission, vision, culture statement, and goals.

Use the Presenta�on Template to create presenta�on slides that highlight key pieces of informa�on, and use the Speaker Notes Template to outline what you would say when

presen�ng your recommenda�ons in a future mee�ng with leadership. Both templates are located in the What to Submit sec�on.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Team Management

A. Leadership and Management: Describe leadership and management prac�ces that you feel would be best suited to manage the team. Explain why you believe these

prac�ces are in alignment with the organiza�on’s mission, culture, and goals, as well as how they would be effec�ve in improving the team’s culture.

B. Followership: Explain how you would leverage your strengths as a leader to strengthen the team’s effec�veness and culture. Also explain how your strengths could be

used to develop followership within your team.

C. Decision-Making Models: Describe decision-making models that you believe will be the most effec�ve for the team and management approach and their alignment with

the organiza�on, as well as how they would be effec�ve in improving the team’s culture.

D. Emo�onal Intelligence: Describe considera�ons for ensuring your management prac�ces are emo�onally intelligent and inclusive of diverse perspec�ves, needs, and

roles within your team. Explain why you believe they are in alignment with the organiza�on and how they would be effec�ve in improving the team’s culture.

2. Communica�on and Collabora�on Across Func�ons

A. Forms and Func�ons: Explain how the various forms and func�ons of the organiza�on impact the team; also explain how the team impacts the various forms and

func�ons across the organiza�on.

B. Communica�on Prac�ces: Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the current communica�on prac�ces being used across func�ons, and recommend be�er ways to

communicate that meet the organiza�on’s needs.

C. Organiza�onal Mission, Vision, and Goals: Explain the general purpose of organiza�onal missions, culture statements, and goals and what these three things say about

the way an organiza�on should operate. Take organiza�onal structure, leadership and management approaches, and diversity and inclusion prac�ces into account when

considering an opera�on.

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What to Submit

To complete this project, you must submit the following:

Template: Presenta�on Template PPT

Your presenta�on should be between 7 to 10 slides in length, not including the �tle and references slides. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Template: Speaker Notes Template Word Document

Use complete sentences to outline what you would say in a verbal presenta�on. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Suppor�ng Materials

The following resource supports your work on the project:

Reading: Project One Management Brief PDF

This document provides an overview of the team’s current management and leadership prac�ces and its exis�ng team culture. Review this informa�on to complete your project.

A text-only version of the image in this resource is available: Project One Management Brief Text-Only Version Word Document.

Project One Rubric

Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Team Management:

Leadership and

Management

Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Describes leadership and

management prac�ces best

suited to managing the team,

explaining why these prac�ces

are in alignment with the

organiza�on’s mission, culture,

and goals, as well as how they

would be effec�ve in

improving the team’s culture

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions; areas for

improvement may include

iden�fying prac�ces that are

more closely aligned to the

team’s needs or adding detail

to explana�ons

Does not a�empt criterion 15

Team Management:

Followership

Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Explains how leadership

strengths can be leveraged to

improve the team’s

effec�veness and culture, as

well as how these strengths

can be used to develop

followership within the team

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions; areas for

improvement may include

further explaining leadership’s

impact on team effec�veness

and culture or further

explaining how followership

can be developed within the

team

Does not a�empt criterion 10

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Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Team Management:

Decision-Making Models

Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Describes decision-making

models that will be the most

effec�ve for the team and

management approach and

their alignment with the

organiza�on, as well as how

they would be effec�ve in

improving the team’s culture

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions; areas for

improvement may include

providing further descrip�ons

of or jus�fica�ons for the

selected decision-making

models

Does not a�empt criterion 10

Team Management:

Emo�onal Intelligence

Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Describes considera�ons for

ensuring new management

prac�ces are emo�onally

intelligent and inclusive of

diverse perspec�ves, needs,

and roles within the team,

explaining why these prac�ces

are in alignment with the

organiza�on as well as how

they would be effec�ve in

improving the team’s culture

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions; areas for

improvement may include

iden�fying more appropriate

emo�onally intelligent

considera�ons or further

explaining the alignment

between emo�onal

intelligence and the

organiza�on

Does not a�empt criterion 10

Communica�on and

Collabora�on Across

Func�ons: Forms and

Func�ons

Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Explains how the various

forms and func�ons of the

organiza�on impact the team;

also explains how the team

impacts various forms and

func�ons across the

organiza�on

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions; areas for

improvement may include

further explaining the

interconnectedness of

organiza�onal forms and

func�ons

Does not a�empt criterion 10

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Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Communica�on and

Collabora�on Across

Func�ons: Communica�on

Prac�ces

Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Describes the strengths and

weaknesses of the current

communica�on prac�ces

being used across func�ons

and recommends be�er ways

to communicate that meet the

organiza�on’s needs

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions; areas for

improvement may include

further analyzing the

strengths and weaknesses of

the current communica�on

prac�ces or recommending

more appropriate

improvements

Does not a�empt criterion 15

Communica�on and

Collabora�on Across

Func�ons: Organiza�onal

Mission, Vision, and Goals

Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Explains the general purpose

of organiza�onal missions,

culture statements, and goals

and explains what these three

things say about the way an

organiza�on should operate

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions; areas for

improvement may include

providing further explaining

how organiza�onal missions,

culture statements, and goals

both direct and are influenced

by opera�ons

Does not a�empt criterion 15

Ar�cula�on of Response Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Clearly conveys meaning with

correct grammar, sentence

structure, and spelling,

demonstra�ng an

understanding of audience

and purpose

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors in

grammar, sentence structure,

and spelling, nega�vely

impac�ng readability

Submission has cri�cal errors

in grammar, sentence

structure, and spelling,

preven�ng understanding of

ideas

10

Cita�ons and A�ribu�ons Uses cita�ons for ideas

requiring a�ribu�on, with few

or no minor errors

Uses cita�ons for ideas

requiring a�ribu�on, with

consistent minor errors

Uses cita�ons for ideas

requiring a�ribu�on, with

major errors

Does not use cita�ons for

ideas requiring a�ribu�on

5

Total: 100%