unit 4 assignments

Here is the list of websites. If your field of study is not listed here, or if you do not find an article in one of these websites you wish to use, visit the Occupational Outlook Handbook and locate a different professional website that you find more interesting or relevant to you and your field of study. You may use the same article you used in your Unit 2 Assignment or select a different article. Read the article and apply what you have learned about appropriate language and writing personal documents to complete the following Assignment:

Imagine that you have created a blog where you post about various issues important to you and your friends and others studying in your field. Write a 1 - 1 and 1/2 page double spaced blog post that educates your audience about an issue that the article you selected raises. Make sure you provide your audience with the author's name, title and a link to the article as well as a summary of relevant information from the article, but go beyond summary. Add to what the author says in some way (one way to do that is to disagree, or engage in debate, or explore a point further than it is addressed in the article), and be sure that you make clear to your audience why the issue you are informing them about is relevant to them in some way. For example, if you have a family member with a disease like diabetes, you might want to write a blog post explaining what you have learned about the importance of a healthy diet.

Your submission should be organized into paragraphs, with a clear introduction, body paragraph(s) and conclusion.

This week's Assignment consists of reading a scenario about Sandwich Blitz, Inc., and creating a memo from Lei to Dalman, based on four guiding questions.

Click on the Video icon to sit in on a Discussion that Dalman and Lei are having about ways to grow and expand the business. Then select the Rubric icon to read all the requirements for this week's Assignment.

This Assignment addresses the following unit outcomes:

● Identify characteristics of vertical and horizontal organizational structures.

● Distinguish between levels of authority in an organization.

● Discuss delegation.

After watching the scenario, completing the assigned readings and completing the practice Learning

Activities, paying particular attention to the section on authority, compose an interoffice memo from

Lei to Dalman. The purpose of the memo is to describe the impact of creating this new position. In

typing your memo from Lei to Dalman, be sure to respond to the following:

1. How would creating a new coordinating position between the CEO and the location managers help

the business to grow?

2. Is promoting an existing manager the best option to fill this position? If not, what is an alternative

source to fill the position?

3. Who within the company should make these decisions?

4. List the levels of authority (management) that Sandwich Blitz, Inc. would have if the new position is

created.

Dalman and Lei have discussed two possible avenues to grow and expand Sandwich Blitz, Inc. One

possible strategy would be to franchise locations. Another strategy would be to secure venture capital

to finance an internal expansion by opening more company-owned shops. Dalman feels that he just

does not have time to investigate these options because he is spending an increasing amount of his

time assisting the location managers. Lei noted that two of the location managers have exhibited a lot

of skill in the management of their locations and perhaps a new position could be added to coordinate

with the location managers. This would free Dalman to work on these larger issues.

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After reading the scenario above, the assigned readings in the textbook and completing the practice

Learning Activities, paying particular attention to the section on authority, compose an interoffice

memo from Lei to Dalman. The purpose of the memo is to describe the impact of creating this new

position. In typing your memo from Lei to Dalman, be sure to respond to the following:

1. How would creating a new position between the CEO and the location managers help the

business to grow?

2. Is promoting an existing manager the best option to fill this position? If not, what is an

alternative source to fill the position?

3. Who within the company should make these decisions?

4. List the levels of authority (management) that Sandwich Blitz, Inc. would have if the new

position is created.

Sandwich Blitz, Inc. Organizational Chart

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Submission Instructions:

Draft your Assignment paper of at least one full double-spaced page in length, using size 12-point

size font in MS Word format. Be sure your paper is well written in paragraph form, with correct

spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Name your file according to the Kaplan file-naming convention.

Submit your Assignment to the correct unit Dropbox for grading before the close of the unit as an

attachment.

This Assignment addresses the following

● Identify characteristics of vertical and horizontal organizational structures.

● Distinguish between levels of authority in an organization.

● Discuss delegation.