Step $3$: Add Speaker Notes

For this assignment, you are not actually giving a presentation, but rather just preparing a slide deck that summarizes your findings and recommendations.

An important step in the preparation of a speech is writing speaker notes. Speaker notes are notes added to a slide presentation as a reference for the

presenter and can be found below each slide. For this touchstone, add your speaker notes to explain your analysis using information from your sources. If

you were giving an oral presentation, these notes wouldn't be visible to your audience when you're in Presenter View. But you would be able to see them,

and they would guide you through your presentation. Your speaker notes will be used to evaluate your project, so make sure you write in complete sentences and pay attention to spelling and grammar. Also,

make sure you're citing the information from your sources using in$-$text citations in APA style. These citations should include the author's last name and the

year of publication for the source, for example, $($Mitchell$,2014).$SCENARIO: Select an organization you are familiar with or have worked for $($currently or in the past$).$ You are tasked with analyzing the organization both internally and externally using some of the tools and frameworks you have learned in this course. You are also tasked with recommending changes to the organization$$s strategy and structure, in addition to considering associated ethical implications. This assignment requires you to apply SWOT analysis, PESTEL analysis, Porter$$s Five Forces of Industry Analysis, Porter$$s Generic Strategies, and organization design concepts related to strategy$-$structure fit. This is a slide deck containing analysis and recommendations that could be presented to the organization$$s Board.

presentation will be $11-14$ slides long, not including the title and references slides. It must include the following slides:

Title

Executive Summary

Organization Background

Internal Strengths

Internal Weaknesses

External Opportunities

External Threats

Macro Environment Analysis: PESTEL

Micro Industry Analysis: Porter$$s Five Forces

Generic Strategy Recommendations

Organization Design Recommendations

Ethical Considerations

References

A$.$ Directions

Step $1$: Choose an Organization

Select an organization that you are familiar with.

The most successful learners select an organization that is a public company with readily available information to meet the analysis requirements of the rubric. These successful learners do not rely solely on their personal knowledge but instead use evidence from references to support points in the touchstone.

Learners that struggle with this touchstone are those who select an organization that is small, hyper$-$local, non$-$profit, or governmental; this includes municipalities or the company they work for. We suggest you avoid organizations in these categories.

Organizations that should NOT be used include:

Amazon

Amnesty International

US Bank

Walmart

Tesla

Step $2$: Create Presentation Slides

Use a presentation tool like PowerPoint or Google Slides to outline and organize your presentation. Your presentation must include the following: