In this assignment, you will develop a concise digital policy manual for training purposes.
The following Course Outcomes are assessed in this assignment:
MT460-6: Compose business policies to enable implementation of a strategic plan.
In this assignment, you will address one Course Outcome by making and proposing management and leadership decisions with a focus on the future of your chosen organization. Be sure to follow the instructions in the template.
To start this assignment, choose an organization from the list provided by your instructor.
Visit the MERGENT library database to conduct research on your chosen organization. Become very familiar with this library database. You will need it.
Analyze the details, latest annual report, latest news, review competitor information, etc. about your chosen organization.
You may also want to visit the websites for your chosen organization and its competitors for more information and observation.
Scenario:
You are the Chief Strategy Officer for your chosen organization. Your strategy for an innovative new product idea has been approved by the C-Level Executives and the Board of Directors of your organization. Previously, you developed and delivered a strategy implementation plan to your management team for execution. Now, you must concisely develop and present a policy manual to your management team. You will develop a variety of organizational policies in a digital policy manual that is formatted as a narrated ebook training tool. Use the following criteria to analyze and prose strategic business decisions for your organization.
Requirements: Deliver a verbal training presentation on the policies and procedures that will drive the implementation of your strategy to all employees of your chosen organization. You will formulate strategic business decisions from a management, leadership, and organizational design perspective with a focus on expansion and growth efforts.
Address each of the following inquiries in your deliverable using the assignment template:
Introduction & Purpose
Introduce your chosen organization and purpose of the presentation in a high-level overview using informational research resources.
Provide a high-level synopsis of the organizational vision, mission, and values of your chosen organization.
Provide a statement detailing the purpose of your presentation.
Provide an overview of how to use and navigate your digital policy manual.
Ethical Standards
Apply ethical reasoning to ethical issues within the field of management policy and strategy.
Explain the role of an organization’s core values and ethical standards in building corporate culture.
Explain the relationship between your organization’s ethical standards, organizational culture, and your strategy.
Explain how your digital policy manual will establish ethical standards to ensure successful implementation of your strategy.
Policy and Procedure Manual Overview
Explain the fundamental principles that will guide the development and implementation of your digital policy manual.
Explain the difference between policies, processes, and procedures.
Explain how policies facilitate the implementation of a strategy.
Explain how your digital policy will impact the implementation of your strategy from a political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental perspective.
Explain how procedures facilitate the implementation of a policy.
Explain how ethical standards are embedded within all policies and procedures throughout your digital policy manual.
Use the lens of one ethics theory to develop an ethical standards framework that will guide policy development throughout your digital policy manual.
Explain the process for managing conflicts, performance issues, or other problems that may adversely impact the culture of your organization.
Design a flow chart to depict the process.
Policy and Procedure Manual Overview
Explain the fundamental principles that will guide the development and implementation of your digital policy manual.
Explain the difference between policies, processes, and procedures.
Explain how policies facilitate the implementation of a strategy.
Explain how your digital policy will impact the implementation of your strategy from a political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental perspective.
Explain how procedures facilitate the implementation of a policy.
Explain how ethical standards are embedded within all policies and procedures throughout your digital policy manual.
Use the lens of one ethics theory to develop an ethical standards framework that will guide policy development throughout your digital policy manual.
Explain the process for managing conflicts, performance issues, or other problems that may adversely impact the culture of your organization.
Design a flow chart to depict the process.
Policy & Procedure Development
Compose policies and procedures that will facilitate the implementation of your strategy for an innovative new product idea that increases the competitive advantage of an organization.
Develop one corporate social responsibility policy to ensure all employees operate within the expectations of the ethical standards and professional guidelines of your chosen organization.
Explain the role that corporate social responsibility has in your organization’s culture.
Develop one procedure that will facilitate the implementation of your corporate social responsibility policy.
Thoroughly explain how the policy and procedure will facilitate the implementation of your strategy.
Develop one policy to enforce an ethical standard that supports the implementation of your strategy.
Explain the role that the ethical standard has on your organization’s culture.
Develop one procedure that will facilitate the implementation of your ethical standards policy.
Thoroughly explain how this policy and procedure will facilitate the implementation of your strategy.
Develop one policy that empowers employees to efficiently and effectively achieve strategy objectives.
Explain the impact that empowerment can have on your organization’s culture.
Develop one procedure that will facilitate the implementation of your empowerment policy.
Thoroughly explain how this policy and procedure will facilitate the implementation of your strategy.
4.4. Develop one policy to encourage employees to meet performance expectations.
Explain the impact that performance expectations can have on your organization’s culture.
Develop one procedure that will facilitate the implementation of your performance policy.
Thoroughly explain how this policy and procedure will facilitate the implementation of your strategy.
4.5. Develop one policy that enforces professionalism in the workplace to support the implementation of your strategy.
Explain the impact that professionalism enforcement can have on your organization’s culture.
Develop one procedure that will facilitate the implementation of your professionalism policy.
Thoroughly explain how this policy and procedure will facilitate the implementation of your strategy.
Conclusions & Remarks
Formulate a firm message to all employees of your chosen organization to encourage compliance with all policies.
Verbal Narration Requirements
Produce an oral narration on each PowerPoint slide.
Speak with confidence and demonstrate full knowledge of the content matter on each slide.
Verbally substantiate your critical thinking and provide viable reasoning for all of your perspectives using research resources.
Verbally address and target the appropriate audience with your content to persuade strategic decision-making.
Use fluctuations in the volume of your voice to maintain audience interest and emphasize key points.
Presentation Design Requirements
Develop a professionally designed presentation.
Use a design template to format your presentation.
Develop PowerPoint slides containing concise content, images, diagrams, and charts, using the template provided.
Produce notes that explain the content on each PowerPoint slide.
Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed, academic research resources.
Write content in third person.
Apply proper APA style citation and reference format.
You should make thorough use of the reading resources to complete this deliverable. You are the professional and will need to determine how many slides and how long the presentation should be to meet the requirements of this assignment. You are capable of doing professional research (above and beyond the resources provided) and making strategic decisions at this level of your degree program. Take the initiative to be the problem solver and strategic decision-maker.
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Directions for Submitting Your Assignment
Before you submit your assignment, you should save your work on your computer in a location and with a name that you will remember.
Make sure your assignment is in the correct file format (Microsoft PowerPoint .ppt or .pptx).
Submit your completed document to the Unit 10 Assignment Dropbox.
