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– ## PrinciplesofManagementTouchstone4Template.pptx
– TOUCHSTONE4OrganizationAnalysisStrategicRecommendationsPrinciplesofManagementSophiaLearning.pdf
– PrinciplesofManagementTouchstone4Sample.pptx
**## PrinciplesofManagementTouchstone4Template.pptx**
Your Organization
First and Last Name
Date
Slide Instructions: Your title slide is the first slide and should include your name, the date, and the name of the organization you selected.
Executive Summary
Slide Instructions: An executive summary should include the main points of your presentation in 1-2 slides (no more than 2). It should also include your recommendations in 1-3 bullet points. As a general rule, it is usually best (and easiest) to write the executive summary last—after the rest of your presentation is completed.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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
Organization Background
Slide Instructions: The organization background should be brief—no more than 1-2 slides. It should include a brief history of the organization, in addition the the major products or services offered and the markets that are served. Other possible categories include the founding date, mission statement, annual profits, sales regions, etc.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Internal Strengths
Slide Instructions: Using what you have learned about SWOT analysis, identify 4-6 strengths internally within the organization. You may have to make some inferences based on what you know or perceive about the organization.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Internal Weaknesses
Slide Instructions: Using what you have learned about SWOT analysis, identify 4-6 weaknesses internally within the organization. You may have to make some inferences based on what you know or perceive about the organization.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
External Opportunities
Slide Instructions: Using what you have learned about SWOT analysis, list 4-6 opportunities facing the organization externally. Opportunities and threats are generally easier to identify than internal strengths and weaknesses, and are typically shared across the same industry.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
External Threats
Slide Instructions: Using what you have learned about SWOT analysis, list 4-6 threats facing the organization externally. Opportunities and threats are generally easier to identify than internal strengths and weaknesses, and are typically shared across the same industry.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Macro Environment Analysis: PESTEL
Slide Instructions: Applying the PESTEL framework to the organization, identify 1-3 factors for each of the following: Political Factors, Economic Factors, Sociocultural Factors, Technological Factors, Environmental Factors, Legal Factors.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Micro Industry Analysis: Porter’s Five Forces
Slide Instructions: Analyze the industry the organization competes in by applying what you have learned about Porter’s Five Forces of industry analysis. You should list 2-3 observations for each of the following factors: Threat of New Entrants, Threat of Substitutes, Supplier Power, Buyer Power, and Industry Rivalry.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Generic Strategy Recommendations
Slide Instructions: Given what you have learned from your internal and external analysis of the organization, are they pursuing the right strategy? If so, why? If not, what might you recommend? Is the recommended (or current) strategy the right “fit” for the environment in which the organization competes? Be sure to select one of Porter’s three generic strategies: Cost Leadership, Differentiation, or Focus and provide your rationale.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Organization Design Recommendations
Slide Instructions: Is the organization optimally designed (structured) for either your recommended or their current strategy? For example, if they are pursuing a Cost Leadership strategy do they have a low-cost operating model? The objective here is to determine and demonstrate the degree of “fit” between strategy and structure.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Ethical Considerations
Slide Instructions: What are some of the ethical considerations for your recommended (or current) strategy? Is the organization positioned for long-term sustainability? Are there issues which may ultimately affect the organization’s ability to attract and retain talented employees or maintain the credibility of their brand? Are there potential ethical dilemmas in executing any recommended changes? The need to potentially lay-off thousands of workers or stop paying for benefits such as healthcare to lower operating expenses, for example?
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
References
SHOULD BE UPDATED WITH THE EXAMPLES FROM JAY’S SAMPLE TOUCHSTONE
Slide Instructions: This touchstone requires you to use at least four sources, including the course tutorials. Following APA formatting, your sources should appear in alphabetical order.
Speaker Note Instructions: Speaker notes are not needed on this slide.
**TOUCHSTONE4OrganizationAnalysisStrategicRecommendationsPrinciplesofManagementSophiaLearning.pdf**
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**PrinciplesofManagementTouchstone4Sample.pptx**
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**PrinciplesofManagementTouchstone4Sample.pptx**
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**## PrinciplesofManagementTouchstone4Template.pptx**
Your Organization
First and Last Name
Date
Slide Instructions: Your title slide is the first slide and should include your name, the date, and the name of the organization you selected.
Executive Summary
Slide Instructions: An executive summary should include the main points of your presentation in 1-2 slides (no more than 2). It should also include your recommendations in 1-3 bullet points. As a general rule, it is usually best (and easiest) to write the executive summary last—after the rest of your presentation is completed.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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
Organization Background
Slide Instructions: The organization background should be brief—no more than 1-2 slides. It should include a brief history of the organization, in addition the the major products or services offered and the markets that are served. Other possible categories include the founding date, mission statement, annual profits, sales regions, etc.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Internal Strengths
Slide Instructions: Using what you have learned about SWOT analysis, identify 4-6 strengths internally within the organization. You may have to make some inferences based on what you know or perceive about the organization.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Internal Weaknesses
Slide Instructions: Using what you have learned about SWOT analysis, identify 4-6 weaknesses internally within the organization. You may have to make some inferences based on what you know or perceive about the organization.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
External Opportunities
Slide Instructions: Using what you have learned about SWOT analysis, list 4-6 opportunities facing the organization externally. Opportunities and threats are generally easier to identify than internal strengths and weaknesses, and are typically shared across the same industry.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
External Threats
Slide Instructions: Using what you have learned about SWOT analysis, list 4-6 threats facing the organization externally. Opportunities and threats are generally easier to identify than internal strengths and weaknesses, and are typically shared across the same industry.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Macro Environment Analysis: PESTEL
Slide Instructions: Applying the PESTEL framework to the organization, identify 1-3 factors for each of the following: Political Factors, Economic Factors, Sociocultural Factors, Technological Factors, Environmental Factors, Legal Factors.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Micro Industry Analysis: Porter’s Five Forces
Slide Instructions: Analyze the industry the organization competes in by applying what you have learned about Porter’s Five Forces of industry analysis. You should list 2-3 observations for each of the following factors: Threat of New Entrants, Threat of Substitutes, Supplier Power, Buyer Power, and Industry Rivalry.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Generic Strategy Recommendations
Slide Instructions: Given what you have learned from your internal and external analysis of the organization, are they pursuing the right strategy? If so, why? If not, what might you recommend? Is the recommended (or current) strategy the right “fit” for the environment in which the organization competes? Be sure to select one of Porter’s three generic strategies: Cost Leadership, Differentiation, or Focus and provide your rationale.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Organization Design Recommendations
Slide Instructions: Is the organization optimally designed (structured) for either your recommended or their current strategy? For example, if they are pursuing a Cost Leadership strategy do they have a low-cost operating model? The objective here is to determine and demonstrate the degree of “fit” between strategy and structure.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Ethical Considerations
Slide Instructions: What are some of the ethical considerations for your recommended (or current) strategy? Is the organization positioned for long-term sustainability? Are there issues which may ultimately affect the organization’s ability to attract and retain talented employees or maintain the credibility of their brand? Are there potential ethical dilemmas in executing any recommended changes? The need to potentially lay-off thousands of workers or stop paying for benefits such as healthcare to lower operating expenses, for example?
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
References
SHOULD BE UPDATED WITH THE EXAMPLES FROM JAY’S SAMPLE TOUCHSTONE
Slide Instructions: This touchstone requires you to use at least four sources, including the course tutorials. Following APA formatting, your sources should appear in alphabetical order.
Speaker Note Instructions: Speaker notes are not needed on this slide.
**TOUCHSTONE4OrganizationAnalysisStrategicRecommendationsPrinciplesofManagementSophiaLearning.pdf**
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**PrinciplesofManagementTouchstone4Sample.pptx**
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**## PrinciplesofManagementTouchstone4Template.pptx**
Your Organization
First and Last Name
Date
Slide Instructions: Your title slide is the first slide and should include your name, the date, and the name of the organization you selected.
Executive Summary
Slide Instructions: An executive summary should include the main points of your presentation in 1-2 slides (no more than 2). It should also include your recommendations in 1-3 bullet points. As a general rule, it is usually best (and easiest) to write the executive summary last—after the rest of your presentation is completed.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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
Organization Background
Slide Instructions: The organization background should be brief—no more than 1-2 slides. It should include a brief history of the organization, in addition the the major products or services offered and the markets that are served. Other possible categories include the founding date, mission statement, annual profits, sales regions, etc.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Internal Strengths
Slide Instructions: Using what you have learned about SWOT analysis, identify 4-6 strengths internally within the organization. You may have to make some inferences based on what you know or perceive about the organization.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Internal Weaknesses
Slide Instructions: Using what you have learned about SWOT analysis, identify 4-6 weaknesses internally within the organization. You may have to make some inferences based on what you know or perceive about the organization.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
External Opportunities
Slide Instructions: Using what you have learned about SWOT analysis, list 4-6 opportunities facing the organization externally. Opportunities and threats are generally easier to identify than internal strengths and weaknesses, and are typically shared across the same industry.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
External Threats
Slide Instructions: Using what you have learned about SWOT analysis, list 4-6 threats facing the organization externally. Opportunities and threats are generally easier to identify than internal strengths and weaknesses, and are typically shared across the same industry.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Macro Environment Analysis: PESTEL
Slide Instructions: Applying the PESTEL framework to the organization, identify 1-3 factors for each of the following: Political Factors, Economic Factors, Sociocultural Factors, Technological Factors, Environmental Factors, Legal Factors.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Micro Industry Analysis: Porter’s Five Forces
Slide Instructions: Analyze the industry the organization competes in by applying what you have learned about Porter’s Five Forces of industry analysis. You should list 2-3 observations for each of the following factors: Threat of New Entrants, Threat of Substitutes, Supplier Power, Buyer Power, and Industry Rivalry.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Generic Strategy Recommendations
Slide Instructions: Given what you have learned from your internal and external analysis of the organization, are they pursuing the right strategy? If so, why? If not, what might you recommend? Is the recommended (or current) strategy the right “fit” for the environment in which the organization competes? Be sure to select one of Porter’s three generic strategies: Cost Leadership, Differentiation, or Focus and provide your rationale.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Organization Design Recommendations
Slide Instructions: Is the organization optimally designed (structured) for either your recommended or their current strategy? For example, if they are pursuing a Cost Leadership strategy do they have a low-cost operating model? The objective here is to determine and demonstrate the degree of “fit” between strategy and structure.
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
Ethical Considerations
Slide Instructions: What are some of the ethical considerations for your recommended (or current) strategy? Is the organization positioned for long-term sustainability? Are there issues which may ultimately affect the organization’s ability to attract and retain talented employees or maintain the credibility of their brand? Are there potential ethical dilemmas in executing any recommended changes? The need to potentially lay-off thousands of workers or stop paying for benefits such as healthcare to lower operating expenses, for example?
Speaker Note Instructions: This is where you can write down what you’d like to say about this slide if you were to give an oral 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.
References
SHOULD BE UPDATED WITH THE EXAMPLES FROM JAY’S SAMPLE TOUCHSTONE
Slide Instructions: This touchstone requires you to use at least four sources, including the course tutorials. Following APA formatting, your sources should appear in alphabetical order.
Speaker Note Instructions: Speaker notes are not needed on this slide.
**TOUCHSTONE4OrganizationAnalysisStrategicRecommendationsPrinciplesofManagementSophiaLearning.pdf**
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**PrinciplesofManagementTouchstone4Sample.pptx**
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