Strategic Case Analysis for City of Irving, TX
Instructions
Strategic Case Analysis (50 points, 10-12 pages)
Select an organization from one of the two leadership interviews (from Capstone 1) to conduct your strategic case analysis. If desired, you can select a totally different organization that you have never examined or studied. USE CITY OF IRVING, TX AS EXAMPLE ORGANIZATION
Research, analyze and evaluate the organization as necessary in order to develop and offer recommendations for improvement. Remember that you are being asked to view the organization as though you are serving as its consultant.
Once your research is complete, begin writing the paper.
Be sure to include:
An overview of the organization- its origin, purpose, and history. Any other significant facts that will be foundational to the recommendations can be included as well. Cite all data used. Maximum two pages.
A summary of the organizational strategy. How is the organization structured? How will that structure change over the coming years? What challenges exist with the current organization structure? Maximum two pages.
Propose four different recommendations around organizational structure, health or strategy. Each of the recommendations should be specific in nature, detailed in terms of implementation and be supported by and connected to concepts or theories you studied in the ORGL program. Examples of the course material include Data Driven Decision Making, Change Management, Ethics, and Process Improvement. External references are needed as well for support. Examples of external references include published articles such as Harvard Business Reviews and other sources that discuss leadership and leaders including blogs, published interviews and video sources. Label each recommendation as "Recommendation One, Two...." Each recommendation should require a MINIMUM of TWO PAGES. This portion of the paper is where you make your grade so follow directions carefully.
Include a SWOT analysis grid only in the appendix of the paper. The body of the paper should be written in paragraphs only. Place any charts, graphs or other data in the appendix with the SWOT grid.
Eight references minimum are required for the paper. Most superior papers have significantly more
Include these sources amongst sources used:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/southwest-airlines-corporate-greed
Also make sure you include these sources from relevant courses into this thesis paper: https://openstax.org/books/principles-management/pages/1-3-major-characteristics-of-the-managers-job Organzational
Ethics Sources to use: https://openstax.org/books/principles-management/pages/5-1-ethics-and-business-ethics-defined https://openstax.org/books/business-ethics/pages/2-3-comparing-the-virtue-ethics-of-east-and-west https://hbr.org/2004/12/the-path-to-corporate-responsibility
Organizational behavior sources: https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/an-introduction-to-organizational-behavior-v1.1/s18-03-organizational-change.html https://openstax.org/books/principles-management/pages/13-introduction
Leadership theory sources: https://pressbooks.usnh.edu/ld820/chapter/1/ https://pressbooks.usnh.edu/ld820/chapter/7/ https://openstax.org/books/principles-management/pages/2-introduction
Organizational Communication Sources: https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_business-communication-for-success/s05-00-effective-business-communicati.html http://saylordotorg.github.io/text_business-communication-for-success/s13-business-writing-in-action.html
Data Driven Decision Making Sources: Use attached "M1 Reading_From Data to Decisions.pdf"
Use these sources for info and data about City of Irving, TX:
City of Irving operating budgets: https://irvingtx.gov/budget
History of City of Irving: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/irving-tx
City of Irving TX economic development:
https://irvingtx.gov/economic-development-strategic-plan
https://www.wfaa.com/article/money/business/city-irving-launches-0-interest-loan-program-small-business-growth/287-67528a92-1cab-4f42-a54e-fee6f777fcaf
https://irvingchamber.com/economic-development-base/economic-development/
https://www.mymetrotex.com/webinar/irving-las-colinas-economic-development-market-update/
https://irvingtx.gov/economic-incentives