Introduce to your CEO the business issue in focus (i.e., the ‘what’? question and its implications), what management functions /theories are relevant and why, and how the issue is going to be addressed.

Task instructions

Context

You are a member of the management group of your chosen organisation. At a recent executive meeting, your CEO mentioned that the business should enhance its preparedness given recent events within and outside the business. Specifically, the reference was in relation to some reports and articles in the business press about a management-related issue. The issue may have implications for the industry as a whole, but more importantly for the business in the near future. Your CEO is interested in hearing more about the issue and has tasked you with finding out more information. 

You will be provided with two pdfs that will help you start on this task:

1) An organisational profile: (Organisation profile_Cooee Nursery_pdf)

2) An article : (State-of-Volunteering-in-Australia-full-report_pdf)

3) A Power point slides (Managerial Decision Making -approachs and process)

• The organisation profile (one page) depicts an organisation that has been identified specifically for you and is based on several successful Australian firms that operate across a wide range of sectors/industries. We have previously interviewed a few of these firms. Some firm-related information is provided in the profile and you can make more assumptions about the nature of the business, if need be. The profile will outline a “real world” business issue within the short description that’s provided.
• The article: (Volunteering in Australia) given to you will help you with the context (see section above). The article will be focussed on the specific business issue outlined in the profile. The article is just an example and should be used as a stimulus for further investigation of the matter.
• The power point slides must be read, to show you which approach you can use, also it has three slides of references can be used in your report
  • You should research the business issue using the article and locate additional relevant pieces of evidence on the same topic. Ideally these should be sourced from quality publications i.e., peer reviewed journals (recent within the last 7 years).
  • Summarise the key points about the business issue across all pieces of evidence and think about what they may mean for your organisation.

 

Your task you must use this check list and attached it in the end below reference list (tick means that you did it)

Your task	Tick ✓
Read this word document carefully all pages
2. Read the power point slides carefully and see the required approach, and methodologies and references to help you make this report perfectly
3. Use the template on the following pages to structure your report
4. Identify, analyse and address a business issue outlined in your organisational profile. i.e., the ‘what’ question and its implications for the business).
5. Summarise the key points and considering the implications for the business.
6.      Prepare a detailed report that examines the underlying reasons for the issue (the ‘why’?), and how best to address the issue (the ‘how’?)
7. Provide succinct recommendations for the business in moving forward. When completed, the report will be forwarded to the CEO for consideration.
8. SMART framework must be used in outlining the recommendations.
9. 1500 words is the minimum limit for the report (don’t exceed 1600 words)
10.  Be aware of that The title page, executive summary and reference list is not included in the word count – in-text references are.
11.  Executive summary in one page and word limit is 300 max
12.  Format: Times New Roman 12; 1.5 line spacing and a Word Document
13.  APA 6TH style for citations and references
14.  Peer reviewed articles within the last 7 years must be used
15.  Reference list- all resources have doi link

The report must be structured around the following headings:

Executive summary – Provide a synopsis of the major parts of the report, summarising its key elements ((e.g., the purpose (including the business issue), the approach, the findings, the conclusion, the recommendations, etc)). The executive summary provides the essence of the report and is generally written after you have written the below sections (one page maximum).

 

1. Introduction – Introduce to your CEO the business issue in focus (i.e., the ‘what’? question and its implications), what management functions /theories are relevant and why, and how the issue is going to be addressed.
2. Defining and framing the Issue –Identify the underlying reasons why the issue has arisen in the first place (the ‘why’? question). As part of this, you will need to frame the issue in relation to the current practices with management functions (including supporting theory/theories) that may have contributed to the issue. Include some consideration of any relevant environmental factors (internal/external) that may have influenced the issue.
3. Addressing the Issue – Show how you will address the underlying reasons that have contributed to the issue by outlining changes to the existing practices with the identified management functions (the ‘how’? question). Your arguments need to be supported with reference to theory/theories that endorse the new approach.
4. Conclusion – Provide a summary and evaluation of the key findings of the report. Choose to identify some limitations and/or assumptions associated with the findings that reader of the report should be aware of.
5. Recommendations – Provide no less than two and no more than three recommendations on the courses of action that the business ‘should’ undertake. These recommendations should clearly and succinctly outline a suggested plan of action i.e., where to from here. Recommendations should be based on the interpretation of your findings and should typically be in point or numbered form (one or two clear sentences and should not include citations or content not previously addressed). Relevant aspects of the SMART framework should be used in outlining the recommendations. Explain make outline using smart framework (use dots)

• Specific means ??
• Measurable by ??
• Attainable means that
• Etc…

The report needs to be structured, written and presented in such a way that the CEO will have no problem reading and understanding it.  This also means that you need to provide justification and support for your analysis/arguments.