Integrative Learning Project Assignment Instructions

For the Integrative Learning Project Assignment, you will research the Company: Google

o The 8 selected different key concepts from the textbook that seem to be most applicable to the organizational setting is as follows: 

-Quality

-Total quality management

-Innovation

-Strategic map

-Balanced scoreboard

-Six sigma

-Benchmark

-Supply chain management

o Provide an in-depth discussion of the chosen key concepts and its application to the organizational setting.

§ For each concept, provide a comprehensive description, what benefit it may offer to your organization (Google), and what needs to be done in order to successfully implement this topic into your organization.

§ For each concept, integrate appropriate biblical references. Explain how these concepts magnify God’s plan for you.

§ This section of your project requires at least 14 pages of graduate-level content and analysis. No more than 1 block quote is allowed in the paper.

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 Conclusion

o It should be no more than ½ page in length.

o Provide major recommendations and summative conclusion for the organization.

• References:      You must include at least 15 scholarly sources formatted      in current APA style. Each reference must be current, having been      published within the last 3 years, or, if older, must contribute important      information relevant to historical background.

• Appendices:      Include at least 3 well-developed and professional      documents. Appendices often include information that is somewhat      confidential, detail-oriented, and/or tends to change often. Some examples      include:
  • Action       Planning: This specifies objectives, responsibilities, and timelines for       completion of objectives.
  • Description       of Strategic Planning Process Used: This describes the process used to       develop the plan, who was involved, the number of meetings, any major       lessons learned to improve planning, etc.
  • Strategic       Analysis Data: This includes information generated during the external       analysis (e.g., environmental scan) and internal analysis (e.g., SWOT       analysis). It also includes a list of strategic issues identified during       these analyses.
  • Goals for       Board and Chief Executive Officer: Goals of the board and CEO must be       directly aligned with goals identified during strategic planning. This       appendix will list goals for the board and can also include       recommendations for redesigning board committees associated with       strategic goals. These can be used (along with the CEO job description)       to form the basis for performance evaluations of the CEO.
  • Budget Planning:       This depicts both the resources as well as the required funding for       obtaining and using the resources needed to achieve the strategic goals.       Budgets are often depicted for each term of the year of the strategic       plan.
  • Operating       Plan: This describes the major goals and activities to be accomplished       over the coming fiscal year.
  • Financial       Reports: These include last year’s budget (with estimated expenses and       the actual amounts spent), this year’s current budget (again, with       estimated amounts and actual amounts spent), a balance sheet (or, in the       case of a nonprofit organization, a statement of financial position), an       income statement (or, in the case of a nonprofit organization, a       statement of financial activities), etc.
  • Monitoring       and Evaluation of Plan: This includes criteria for monitoring and       evaluating as well as the responsibilities and frequencies of monitoring       the implementation of the plan.
  • Communication       of Plan: This describes the actions that will be taken to communicate the       plan and/or portions of it and describes to whom the plan will be       communicated.

Textbook: 

Meredith, J. R., & Shafer, S. M. (2020). Operations and supply chain management for MBA.s (7th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.