Assignment Overview
Continuing your analysis of Alphabet, you will evaluate its strategic effectiveness, organizational structure, and its internal and external environment for your research journal this week. You will use your decision-making skills to make recommendations to implement operational changes to support Alphabet’s business strategy.
Assignment Deliverable
Create an APA formatted Microsoft® Word document and title it Strategic Management Research Journal Part 3. “For information and directions on formatting your papers, refer to the pre-class formatting announcement and prior assignment feedback.”
Write a 525- to 875-word response to the following prompts in your journal entry:
Derermine the performance measures used by Alphabet and whether they verify its strategic effectiveness. (Consider traditional and non-traditional measures)
Summarize Alphabet’s organizational structure based, in part, on its organizational chart. (Consider vertical and horizontal structure and reporting lines)
Make the determination whether or not Alphabet’s organizational structure would be considered traditional or an Holacracy. (Define and contrast the structures to help determine)
Justify the need for Alphabet’s leadership team to study and understand the company’s internal and external environments. Include Alphabet’s cultural competence and how they foster diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in your assessment of the internal environment. (Why is this important?)
Evaluate Alphabet’s overall competitive position. How has Alphabet responded to shifts in its external and internal environments? (Consider shifts in various external and internal factors)
Recommend operational change strategies to support Alphabet’s overall strategic plan, future business decisions, and improvement in business performance. (Provide sufficient support for changes)
Format your paper and references according to APA guidelines.
