Your organization seeks a competitive advantage in their field, and they’re turning to you for answers. Specifically, they want your analysis and recommendations on ways to bring the company culture, demographics, and technologies up to current industry practices and beyond.
Start by outlining the company’s current demographics and technologies. Then, you’ll use your outline to create a presentation showing your analysis and recommendations.
Step 1: Outline
Demographics
What are the current demographics (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, etc.)?
What was a recent change in demographics or the organizational structure?
Did the company handle the change ethically? If not, how should they have handled it? If yes, what stands out as something to emulate going forward?
Technology
How does the company use technology in day-to-day business?
What types of technology are used?
How does a change of technology affect the organization?
Step 2: Presentation
Create a 10- to 12-slide presentation. Do the following in your presentation:
Analyze the organization’s current culture (e.g., beliefs, expectations, values, and norms). Address how managers influence the organizational culture.
Evaluate the impact of demographic forces in your organization (e.g., age, ethnic origin, race, social class, gender, and sexual orientation). Consult your outline from Step 1.
Examine the impact of technological forces (e.g., changes in the technology managers use to design, produce, or distribute goods and services). Consider how this can contribute to innovation within the industry.
Examine how the organization has complied with ethics and social responsibility behavior.
Recommend ways to innovate based on your analysis.
Summarize your analysis and recommendations.