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$$Research$,$ copy, and paste Amtrack Mission and Vision statements.

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$$Assess current reality. If you did a great job on your "underlying problem" in your phase

one problem solving question, you can edit it and use it here.

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$$Implementation$.$ What is Anderson and Amtrack currently doing to implement their plan?

Provide examples. What will this do to save money and what target market are they going after?

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$$Is this plan working? What do the numbers say? What are the expectations for

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$$What does Amtrack say they will do in their mission and vision versus what congress is

saying and their skepticism. Compare and contrast.

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$$Take examples from the article and tell me which is a strategic plan, tactical plan, and

operations plan. Be detailed and use info from the text to explain your answers. Be thorough.

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$$Now$,$ you must THINK and CREATE using info from the text and research. Grab one

component of this plan and create what the strategic or executive level goals would be

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what the tactical or middle management goals would be

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$$Next$,$ what would the operational or

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line goals be

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$$If you were in these positions, what kinds of work would you be doing? What

would your time

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frames be

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$$What kind of meetings or conversations would you be having with

your subordinates? Each of these must be written in SMART goal fashion such as:

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goals need to be Specific

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Measurable

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$$Attainable

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Realistic

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$$Time specific.

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$$Create a semi

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involved flow

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chart or planning and control cycle outlining the four steps you

created with your work on Q

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$$You can abbreviate just so I know what you're talking about.

As usual, if you have questions, please contact me sooner rather than later for explanations.