Professional Perspectives on Leadership and Management Decision-Making

Add Chosen Company Logo It is recommended that you modify the design of this template. This design was chosen for convenience. However, this is your assignment, so design it to reflect your style and professional personality. Add images. Use bullet points. Design diagrams. Make this a professional representation of your skills and abilities with regard the topics of Leadership and Management Decision-Making from an Organizational Design perspective. Add Title Here *** Delete this textbox*** Student Name Course Number Instructor Name Date

Presentation Guidance To reiterate, this is your presentation. It will take however many slides that you see fit. There is no required slide count, so feel free to add, combine, or subtract slides as needed. Bullet points can become boring. Create diagrams and charts instead. You do not need a lot of information on your slides. Instead of writing paragraphs on your slides, put the information in the notes section of your presentation. Don t forget to produce your Voice Over Narration on every slide! Speak professionally. Deliver an impactful narration on the topic on every slide. Remember the assignment scenario! Do not deviate from this scenario. Play your role! You are the director of strategy and business intelligence for your chosen organization. You are analyzing strategic options for a proposal you will make to C-level executives of your organization. In the future, you will use the results of your management and leadership decisions in the strategic planning process. Use the following criteria to analyze and prose strategic business decisions for your organization. *** Delete This Slide***

Add Chosen Company Logo Company Profile Use bullet points. Do not write in paragraphs Provide a statement detailing the purpose of your presentation. Introduce your chosen organization Analyze the brand of your chosen organization Explain the industry sector in which the organization operates Add an image you ve heard the expression! An image speaks a thousand words.

Vision, Mission, and Values Add Chosen Company Logo Evaluate the vision, mission, and values. Add an image you ve heard the expression! An image speaks a thousand words. Do NOT regurgitate the vision, mission, and values. What is an evaluation? An evaluation is a process that requires you to do the following: Identify the statement (vision, mission or values) for chosen organization. Analyze the statement by breaking it down into component parts based on the research. Explain how the statement is put together using the component parts. Then make judgements. Is the statement constructed well? Is something missing, based on what you learned about constructing the statement in your research. Then, make recommendations on how the statement can be improved. If no improvements are needed, explain how to sustain the statement, and how is can be achieved from a business perspective.

Strategic Decision-Making Process Here you will Analyze processes for making strategic business decisions. Treat this section Strategic Decision-Making Process as a high-level tutorial to the C- Level Executives. Show them you are a Strategist!!! What is strategic decision-making? Why is strategic decision-making important? This might be a good place to insert an image or create a diagram based on research. How is strategic decision-making done? What is the best strategic decision-making process that you would like to highlight? Who uses strategic decision-making skills and abilities? Give a good overview of the strategic decision-making process. Next Identify, research and explain ONE decision-making process that is useful in strategic decision-making. There are many theories. Just choose one that is of interest to you. This will require library research. Show that YOU are the expert! Add Chosen Company Logo USE RESEARCH!!!!!

STOP! TIP: Look to the future to understand what is needed in the present. This is an important strategy lesson!!!! Strategic planning and decision-making does not happen in a silo and it not a linear process. It is an iterative process. So before proceeding, look at the Management, Leadership, and Organizational Design section (4) of this assignment. Consider how the one (1) management theory, one (1) leadership theory, and Mintzberg s parameters of organizational design theory relate to your thesis statement topic and explanation. It s important for you to connect the dots from the past and the future, so you can work efficiently, innovatively, and creatively in the present. *** Delete This Slide***

Strategic Decision-Making Process Add Chosen Company Logo Here is where you will create a thesis statement addressing the differences between management and leadership decision-making. Use the writing center in the University Academic Success Center for assistance on creating a thesis statement. Do not refer to it as a thesis statement in your presentation. Remember who your audience is here. This is a professional presentation. Next, back up your thesis statement by explaining how management and leadership decision-making abilities are used in the strategic planning process. Dig deep using research. This might be a good place to insert an image or. create a diagram based on research

Add Chosen Company Logo Strategic Decision-Making Process Here is where you will use your research on Ansoff s theory to help distinguish between strategic, administrative, and operational decisions from the perspective of a manager and a leader. Be sure to cover both perspectives manager and leader! Cover the impact that management and leadership attributes have on strategic decision-making. What are attributes? Be sure to focus on this word. This is what we re looking for you to discuss. Management attributes are different than leadership attributes. How a manager versus a leader makes strategic decisions is highly influenced by the actual attributes. Explain how and why. This might be a good place to insert an image or create a diagram based on research. Segue into the creation of your new product idea by explaining how strategic decision-making is used in the

Innovative New Product Idea Here, you will analyze a scenario that requires strategic decision-making abilities. What is the scenario you ask? Well it is your creation of an innovative new product idea! It s your time to shine! Be creative and use brainstorming techniques to create a new product idea that enhances the strategic position of your chosen organization using the results of the strategic evaluation previously conducted. This might be a good place to insert an image or create a diagram based on research. IMPORTANT!!!! You want to literally use the results of the strategic evaluation previously conducted. You put in a lot of work and effort, not analyze the results of the evaluation to figure out exactly what is missing to help improve the organization or one of its products, or figure out what opportunities might be untapped, and create a new product that can position the company well in a chosen marketplace. Add Chosen Company Logo

Have you thought about how the one (1) management theory, one (1) leadership theory, and Mintzberg s parameters of organizational design theory will impact the creation and development of your innovative new product idea? Also, in the development of your new product idea, you want to use theories that substantiate the premise of your new product idea. So, consider discussing things like (positioning strategy), the target market, the 4P s, the competences and resources of your organization, the new product development process, etc. the Unique Selling Proposition As the expert, you need to use all the knowledge, skills, and abilities you have developed up until now to impress the C-Level Executives with this presentation. Show what you know and who you are!!! *** Delete This Slide***

Locat, Location, Location!!! As you consider the new product idea, you want to identify, research, and choose a domestic or international market to launch your new product idea for your chosen organization. This might be a good place to insert an image or create a diagram based on research. As you decide on the new product idea and location, you want to explain how and why you made the strategic decisions and how and why the new product idea and location can improve the organization's advantage. competitive Add Chosen Company Logo

Management Decision-Making Add Chosen Company Logo Now that you ve decided on an innovative new product idea and location (domestic or international) to deliver your product, now it's time to back up your decision-making with theoretical research. First, conduct research using the reading resources and identify 1 (one) management theory to concisely explain its application and to validate the strategic decision-making process for your new product idea and chosen market. This might be a good place to insert an image or create a diagram based on research. Identify and present the management theory. Explain how it is applied and how it relates to strategic decision-making. Explain how you used it to help formulate your strategic decisions on the new product idea and location you are presenting.

Leadership Decision-Making Add Chosen Company Logo Same thing here. You presented an innovative new product idea and location (domestic or international) to deliver your product, now it's time to backup your decision-making with theoretical research. First, conduct research using the reading resources and identify 1 (one) leadership theory to concisely explain its application and to validate the strategic decision-making process for your new product idea and chosen market. This might be a good place to insert an image or create a diagram based on research. Identify and present the leadership theory. Explain how it is applied and how it relates to strategic decision-making. Explain how you used the leadership theory to help formulate your strategic decisions on the new product idea and location you are presenting.

Organizational Design Add Chosen Company Logo Now, parameters of organizational design theory. Conduct research using the reading resources on Mintzberg s parameters of organizational design to concisely explain its application and to validate the strategic decision-making process for your new product idea and chosen market. you want to explain Mintzberg s This might be a good place to insert an image or create a diagram based on research. Identify and present the organizational design theory. Explain how it is applied and how it relates to strategic decision-making. Explain how Mintzberg s organizational design theory validates your strategic decisions on the new product idea and the location you are presenting.

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