Instructions:

Complete this Milestone $2$: Strategic Shift Worksheet using the descriptions and provided charts. When you have completed all parts, submit your completed worksheet in the $$Assignment and grades$$ tab in your course menu and then return to Module $5$ for a module wrap$-$up$.$

Items to Complete for Submission:

$1.$ Choose a Business Chart

$2.$ Business Structure Chart

$3.$ Business Culture Chart

$4.$ Case for Change

$5.$ Recommendations for Shifting Strategy

Based on information about the company you have chosen, propose a change and recommendations to determine how to shift strategy to respond to shifting market conditions.

Please proceed to the next page to work on your Choose a Business Chart

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$1.$ Choose a Business Chart

Directions: Research an industry sector to then select a business that you are interested in the organizational strategy. Complete the worksheet with your responses to the prompts.

Sector

Name of Company Reason for Interest in Company$/$Sector Key Players and Stakeholders Key Strategic Partners or Alliances Mission Statement Resources used

Industry$/$Sector Name:

What is the name of the company?

Describe what the company does.

What interests you about the company and the sector?

Identify key players and stakeholders in the strategic change.

Identify key strategic partners or alliance.

What is the company mission statement?

What role $($the impact$)$ do you think this company plays in the world of business?

List the three $($or more$)$ sources that you used to complete this worksheet.

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Please proceed to the next page to work on your Business Structure Chart

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$2.$ Business Structure Chart

Directions: Review your selection of your business and answer and complete the information in this chart. Justify why this structure is viable and the impact on innovation and change.

Business Structure Justify why you chose the Business Structure $(3-5$ bulleted points$)$

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Please proceed to the next page to work on your Business Culture Chart

$3.$ Business Culture Chart

Directions: Review your selection of your business and answer and complete the information in this chart. Justify why this culture that you want to create is viable.

Culture Justify why you chose the Business Structure $(3-5$ bulleted points$)$

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Please proceed to the next page to work on your Case for Change Template$$

$4.$ Case For Change Template

$($Adapted from University of Berkley, Human Resources Change Management Toolkit$)$

Directions: Identify a change that will impact the organizational strategy. Then, use this template provides you with one place to capture the compelling reasons and rationale for why a change needs to happen

Audience

Tailor the case to the specific audience.

Choose your audience that you will need to communicate the change. Examples:

$$ CEO

$$ Board Member

$$ Project Manager

$$ Director$/$Manager

$$ Employees impacted by the change

$$ Customers Provide $3-5$ of the most compelling reasons for the change that will resonate with the audience that you have chosen $($restate the audience here$)$

Background

$$ What current problems need to be solved?

$$ How did we get here?

Current State

$$ Where are we now?

$$ Why is what we$$re doing currently not working?

$$ What opportunities are being missed?

Risks of Not Taking Action

$$ What future problems are anticipated if no action is taken?

$$ What is the impact to the organization?

Benefits of Taking Action

$$ What are the benefits of making the change?

$$ What is the impact to the organization?

Please proceed to the next page to work on your Recommendations for Shifting Strategy.$$

$5.$ Recommendations for Shifting Strategy

Directions: Recommend shift strategies and action steps.

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