ESOP

The

EOSP

provides an opportunity for you to demonstrate

integration of

your knowledge

of financial

and operational management.

You will each d

evelop a plan that integrates effective financial and operational decision making to

successfully meet a managerial challenge and improve the performance of your enterprise.

The

faculty hopes that the application to your own enterprise

will be both motiva

ting and ideally, of

practical value to you at work.

Previous students in other MBA courses have reported that their EOSPs

have been approved for actual implementation at work.

Each student is to choose

one

of the following three enterprises

-

Amazon.com, Inc., Apple, Inc., or Google, LLC and:

·

Propose

a

major

(=

strategic)

decision

facing your chosen enterprise

·

Evaluate

the

decision

, emphasizing its

financial

and

operational

aspects

·

Develop

a

plan

of

action

for the enterprise to employ to make and then

implemen

t

the decision, in a succinct report that includes an executive

summary, in 10

-

12, double

-

spaced, 12

-

point font pages

For examples:

·

One major decision facing Amazon.com, Inc. is whether to improve the

working conditions of its employees, currently believed

by many to be

underpaid and overworked in meeting the company's tight shipping

times

·

One major decision facing Apple, Inc. is how to regain the market share

its smartphones have recently lost to competitors around the world

·

One major decision facing Googl

e LLC is how to avoid being charged as

a monopolist enterprise in the United States.

More

Information:

What

is

a

succinct

report?

Could

it

be

10

pages

or

less?

One

reads

that

IBM

decision

papers

are

limited

to

that

length,

and

we

all

recall

the

single

-

sheet

Ringo

Sho

approach

to

important

decisions

at

Toyota.

As

to

overall

plan

format,

I

-

B

-

C

(

http://polaris.umuc.edu/~jstewart/StewartWebSite/writingt.htm

)

is,

recommended

for

your

consideration.

A

results

-

filled

executive

summary

(ES)

should

lead

off

the

plan.

This

link

is

to

"How

to

Write

an

Executive

Summary"

in

Cour

se

Resources.

You

may

also

benefit

from

a

review

of

the

The EOSP provides an opportunity for you to demonstrate integration of your knowledge of financial

and operational management.

You will each develop a plan that integrates effective financial and operational decision making to

successfully meet a managerial challenge and improve the performance of your enterprise.

The faculty hopes that the application to your own enterprise will be both motivating and ideally, of

practical value to you at work. Previous students in other MBA courses have reported that their EOSPs

have been approved for actual implementation at work.

Each student is to choose one of the following three enterprises -

Amazon.com, Inc., Apple, Inc., or Google, LLC and:

 Propose a major (= strategic) decision facing your chosen enterprise

 Evaluate the decision, emphasizing its financial and operational aspects

 Develop a plan of action for the enterprise to employ to make and then

implement the decision, in a succinct report that includes an executive

summary, in 10-12, double-spaced, 12-point font pages

For examples:

 One major decision facing Amazon.com, Inc. is whether to improve the

working conditions of its employees, currently believed by many to be

underpaid and overworked in meeting the company's tight shipping

times

 One major decision facing Apple, Inc. is how to regain the market share

its smartphones have recently lost to competitors around the world

 One major decision facing Google LLC is how to avoid being charged as

a monopolist enterprise in the United States.

More Information:

What is a succinct report? Could it be 10 pages or less? One reads that IBM decision papers are

limited to that length, and we all recall the single-sheet Ringo Sho approach to important decisions at

Toyota.

As to overall plan format, I-B-

C (http://polaris.umuc.edu/~jstewart/StewartWebSite/writingt.htm) is, recommended for

your consideration.

A results-filled executive summary (ES) should lead off the plan. This link is to "How to Write

an Executive Summary" in Course Resources. You may also benefit from a review of the