31 Team Project

Objectives The project is a written report on an organization’s management practices of an organization with the main emphasis on highlighting exceptional or excellent management practices and techniques.
Choice of organization. Starbucks
Content of Report. The report may be thought of as a case study of the organization's management strategies and accomplishments, and how and why they have succeeded as a result of management. This is not a comprehensive report about the entire workings of the company or a report on its products. The emphasis is on management: managing people and organizations. Research Methods. In order to gather the information, you will want to use libraries and their databases, financial data, the organization’s Annual Report, and interviews with key management personnel (via phone, e-mail, or in person). You will most likely gather more information than you can put in the report, so you will be expected to take only the best and most relevant data for the report (do not include material to "pad" the length). Once you narrow down your data, organize it into a logical report (beginning, body, and ending) which has logical conclusions. You should concentrate on key aspects (attributes) of the company’s
Content of Report. The report may be thought of as a case study of the organization's management strategies and accomplishments, and how and why they have succeeded as a result of management. This is not a comprehensive report about the entire workings of the company or a report on its products. The emphasis is on management: managing people and organizations. Research Methods. In order to gather the information, you will want to use libraries and their databases, financial data, the organization’s Annual Report, and interviews with key management personnel (via phone, e-mail, or in person). You will most likely gather more information than you can put in the report, so you will be expected to take only the best and most relevant data for the report (do not include material to "pad" the length). Once you narrow down your data, organize it into a logical report (beginning, body, and ending) which has logical conclusions. You should concentrate on key aspects (attributes) of the company’s management practices and outcomes and delimit your information up to three key areas of management (e. g., Organizational Culture, organizational structure design, communications, leadership style) and how this area or areas make the company successful. The report must include the following parts: 1. Cover Page. Title of report, name of organization studied, team number, List of authors in alphabetical order by last name, due date, and course/section number and name. 2. Research Methods. How you gathered your information and how you organized and analyzed it to come to your conclusions. 3. Body—(a.) Short introduction and background information on the organization and its management (less than one page). (b.) Write an in-depth analysis of management practices and attributes that make the company successful. (c.) Conclusions: Concise summary of findings based on your research, limitations of your research, and directions for future study. 4. References—A list of the sources you refer to in your writing (see “Research the Management concepts and theories” section below). You should also include names of those interviewed and dates you interviewed them (whether by phone, fax, e-mail, or in person).
The best papers will show effective integration of course concepts and theories and evidence of outside research and some investigative efforts – digging for more information, interviews/phone calls/emails with managers – and synthesis and careful editing. They will also be insightful, going beyond the most obvious lessons to draw out the story behind the story.
Table of contents
Ch1: The World of Innovative Management
Ch3: Environment and Corporate Culture
Ch.4: Managing in a Global Environment
Ch.5: Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility
Ch.7: Managerial Planning and Goal setting
ch.9: Managerial Decision Making
Ch. 10: Designing Adaptive Organization
Ch.12: Managing Human Resources
ch.13: Managing Diversity.
Ch.15: Leadership
Ch.16: Motivating Employees
Ch.17: Managing Communication
Ch. 18: Leading Team