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**## Week3AssignmentInstructions-Capstone.docx**
**Week 3 Assignment**
**Capstone**
**Section 1: The Organizational Profile- Part 3**
For this week’s Assignment, you will continue to play the role of a consultant who has been brought in by the CEO of your selected organization to lead a tiger team.
This week, you will complete Section 1 of your playbook. Be sure to address the requirements for Part 3 and include specific examples (where appropriate) and relevant citations from the Learning Resources or from others throughout the program, the Walden Library, and/or other appropriate academic sources to support your work.
**To prepare for this Assignment:**
· Return to your MBAX 6990 Assignment Template to complete Section 1—Part 3 of your strategy playbook.
**Submit** your 3- to 4-page analysis of the purpose of the organization, to include the following:
**Part 3: Analyzing the Purpose of the Organization**
· Analyze how organizational purpose can empower a business strategy.
· Explain what a purpose-driven organization is and identify how it can lead to a competitive business strategy.
· Select one of the organization examples that you identified in Part 2 and analyze how the organization’s structure impacts its strategic business practices.
· Specifically, in what ways does/did the organizational structure enable the organization to take advantage of strategic opportunities, have an impact, and/or achieve or maintain a competitive advantage?
**## Week3LearningResources-Capstone.docx**
**Week 3 Learning Resources**
**Capstone**
**The Purpose-Driven Organization**
A purpose-driven company stands for and acts on something larger than its products and services. Purpose can be an organizational strategy and a roadmap to remain competitive in a fast-changing economy. Many business leaders are committed to aligning their goal setting and decision making to their organization’s purpose in hopes of driving forward its success. Through these resources, you will consider the purpose-driven organization.
· Blount, S., & Leinwand, P. (2019, November 1).
[Why are we here?](https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/247046/external_tools/retrieve?url=https%3A%2F%2Fservices.hbsp.harvard.edu%2Flti%2Flinks%2FR1906J-PDF-ENG%2Frich-text) _Harvard Business Review_ ,
_97_ (6), 132–139.
· Eccles, R. G., Strine, L. E., & Youmans, T. (2020, May 13).
[3 ways to put your corporate purpose into action](https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/247046/external_tools/retrieve?url=https%3A%2F%2Fservices.hbsp.harvard.edu%2Flti%2Flinks%2FH05M0N-PDF-ENG%2Frich-text).
_Harvard Business Review Digital Articles_ , 2–5. http://hbr.org
· IFC Arthsastra. (2019, October 20).
[_Michael Porter on purpose_ Links to an external site.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP0gSFHfQM0&list=TLPQMjMwMjIwMjHLR4rbW-nYeA&index=6) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP0gSFHfQM0&list=TLPQMjMwMjIwMjHLR4rbW-nYeA&index=6
· Leimer, B. (2021, June 24).
[_How can we build a more purpose-driven company culture?Links to an external site._](https://www.thehrdirector.com/features/csr/how-can-we-build-a-more-purpose-driven-company-culture/) https://www.thehrdirector.com/features/csr/how-can-we-build-a-more-purpose-driven-company-culture/
· Malknight, T. W., Buche, I., & Dhanaraj, C. (2019, September 1).
[Put purpose at the core of your strategy](https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/247046/external_tools/retrieve?url=https%3A%2F%2Fservices.hbsp.harvard.edu%2Flti%2Flinks%2FR1905D-PDF-ENG%2Frich-text).
_Harvard Business Review_ ,
_97_ (5), 70–79.
**The Organizational Structure**
You may have heard the term
_top-down management_ or
_bottom-up management_ to describe an organization’s structure. Whether hierarchical, flat, or matrixed, an organization’s structure serves as the basis for how an organization distributes its roles and responsibilities to support effective decision making, communication, and achievement of its goals. Through these resources, you will consider different types of organizational structures.
· Communication Coach Alex Lyon. (2018, January 7).
[_Organizational structure_ Links to an external site.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUd0UNHyy60) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUd0UNHyy60
· GreggU. (2019, January 14).
[_Types of organizational structures_ Links to an external site.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbcpr1TS9NM) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbcpr1TS9NM
· Lumen Learning. (n.d.).
[Common organizational structuresLinks to an external site.](https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/common-organizational-structures/). In
_Boundless business_ . https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/common-organizational-structures/
**## WAL_MBAX_6990_assignmentTemplate.docx**
Strategy Playbook for Exceptional Results
Report prepared by: Replace this text with your name.
Date: Replace this text with the submission date.
Walden University
MBAX 6990: Capstone: Sustainable Business Practices and Strategies
1
Table of Contents
Executive Summary 4
Section 1: The Organizational Profile 5
Part 1: Analyzing the Organizational Culture 6
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Part 2: Analyzing the Social and Economic Climate 7
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Part 3: Analyzing the Purpose of the Organization 8
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Section 2: Organizational Readiness for Change 9
Part 1: Evaluating the Health of the Organization 10
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Part 2A: Evaluating the Need and Opportunity for Change 11
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Part 2B: Evaluating the Need and Opportunity for Change 12
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Part 3: Evaluating Organizational Readiness 13
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Section 3: The Organizational Strategy 14
Part 1: Developing the Strategy 15
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Part 2: Validating the Strategy 16
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Part 3: Implementing the Strategy 17
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References 18
Appendix A 19
Appendix B 20
## Executive Summary
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## Section 1: The Organizational Profile
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## **References**
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## Appendix A
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**## WAL_MBAX_6990_assignmentTemplate.docx**
Strategy Playbook for Exceptional Results
Report prepared by: Replace this text with your name.
Date: Replace this text with the submission date.
Walden University
MBAX 6990: Capstone: Sustainable Business Practices and Strategies
1
Table of Contents
Executive Summary 4
Section 1: The Organizational Profile 5
Part 1: Analyzing the Organizational Culture 6
Heading 6
Heading 6
Heading 6
Part 2: Analyzing the Social and Economic Climate 7
Heading 7
Heading 7
Heading 7
Part 3: Analyzing the Purpose of the Organization 8
Heading 8
Heading 8
Heading 8
Section 2: Organizational Readiness for Change 9
Part 1: Evaluating the Health of the Organization 10
Heading 10
Heading 10
Heading 10
Part 2A: Evaluating the Need and Opportunity for Change 11
Heading 11
Heading 11
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Part 2B: Evaluating the Need and Opportunity for Change 12
Heading 12
Heading 12
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Part 3: Evaluating Organizational Readiness 13
Heading 13
Heading 13
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Section 3: The Organizational Strategy 14
Part 1: Developing the Strategy 15
Heading 15
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Part 2: Validating the Strategy 16
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Part 3: Implementing the Strategy 17
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References 18
Appendix A 19
Appendix B 20
## Executive Summary
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## Section 1: The Organizational Profile
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## Part 2: Analyzing the Social and Economic Climate
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## Part 3: Analyzing the Purpose of the Organization
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## Part 2B: Evaluating the Need and Opportunity for Change
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## Part 3: Evaluating Organizational Readiness
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## Section 3: The Organizational Strategy
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## Part 3: Implementing the Strategy
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## **References**
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## Appendix A
## Appendix B
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**## Week3AssignmentInstructions-Capstone.docx**
**Week 3 Assignment**
**Capstone**
**Section 1: The Organizational Profile- Part 3**
For this week’s Assignment, you will continue to play the role of a consultant who has been brought in by the CEO of your selected organization to lead a tiger team.
This week, you will complete Section 1 of your playbook. Be sure to address the requirements for Part 3 and include specific examples (where appropriate) and relevant citations from the Learning Resources or from others throughout the program, the Walden Library, and/or other appropriate academic sources to support your work.
**To prepare for this Assignment:**
· Return to your MBAX 6990 Assignment Template to complete Section 1—Part 3 of your strategy playbook.
**Submit** your 3- to 4-page analysis of the purpose of the organization, to include the following:
**Part 3: Analyzing the Purpose of the Organization**
· Analyze how organizational purpose can empower a business strategy.
· Explain what a purpose-driven organization is and identify how it can lead to a competitive business strategy.
· Select one of the organization examples that you identified in Part 2 and analyze how the organization’s structure impacts its strategic business practices.
· Specifically, in what ways does/did the organizational structure enable the organization to take advantage of strategic opportunities, have an impact, and/or achieve or maintain a competitive advantage?
**## Week3LearningResources-Capstone.docx**
**Week 3 Learning Resources**
**Capstone**
**The Purpose-Driven Organization**
A purpose-driven company stands for and acts on something larger than its products and services. Purpose can be an organizational strategy and a roadmap to remain competitive in a fast-changing economy. Many business leaders are committed to aligning their goal setting and decision making to their organization’s purpose in hopes of driving forward its success. Through these resources, you will consider the purpose-driven organization.
· Blount, S., & Leinwand, P. (2019, November 1).
[Why are we here?](https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/247046/external_tools/retrieve?url=https%3A%2F%2Fservices.hbsp.harvard.edu%2Flti%2Flinks%2FR1906J-PDF-ENG%2Frich-text) _Harvard Business Review_ ,
_97_ (6), 132–139.
· Eccles, R. G., Strine, L. E., & Youmans, T. (2020, May 13).
[3 ways to put your corporate purpose into action](https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/247046/external_tools/retrieve?url=https%3A%2F%2Fservices.hbsp.harvard.edu%2Flti%2Flinks%2FH05M0N-PDF-ENG%2Frich-text).
_Harvard Business Review Digital Articles_ , 2–5. http://hbr.org
· IFC Arthsastra. (2019, October 20).
[_Michael Porter on purpose_ Links to an external site.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP0gSFHfQM0&list=TLPQMjMwMjIwMjHLR4rbW-nYeA&index=6) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP0gSFHfQM0&list=TLPQMjMwMjIwMjHLR4rbW-nYeA&index=6
· Leimer, B. (2021, June 24).
[_How can we build a more purpose-driven company culture?Links to an external site._](https://www.thehrdirector.com/features/csr/how-can-we-build-a-more-purpose-driven-company-culture/) https://www.thehrdirector.com/features/csr/how-can-we-build-a-more-purpose-driven-company-culture/
· Malknight, T. W., Buche, I., & Dhanaraj, C. (2019, September 1).
[Put purpose at the core of your strategy](https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/247046/external_tools/retrieve?url=https%3A%2F%2Fservices.hbsp.harvard.edu%2Flti%2Flinks%2FR1905D-PDF-ENG%2Frich-text).
_Harvard Business Review_ ,
_97_ (5), 70–79.
**The Organizational Structure**
You may have heard the term
_top-down management_ or
_bottom-up management_ to describe an organization’s structure. Whether hierarchical, flat, or matrixed, an organization’s structure serves as the basis for how an organization distributes its roles and responsibilities to support effective decision making, communication, and achievement of its goals. Through these resources, you will consider different types of organizational structures.
· Communication Coach Alex Lyon. (2018, January 7).
[_Organizational structure_ Links to an external site.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUd0UNHyy60) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUd0UNHyy60
· GreggU. (2019, January 14).
[_Types of organizational structures_ Links to an external site.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbcpr1TS9NM) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbcpr1TS9NM
· Lumen Learning. (n.d.).
[Common organizational structuresLinks to an external site.](https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/common-organizational-structures/). In
_Boundless business_ . https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/common-organizational-structures/
**## WAL_MBAX_6990_assignmentTemplate.docx**
Strategy Playbook for Exceptional Results
Report prepared by: Replace this text with your name.
Date: Replace this text with the submission date.
Walden University
MBAX 6990: Capstone: Sustainable Business Practices and Strategies
1
Table of Contents
Executive Summary 4
Section 1: The Organizational Profile 5
Part 1: Analyzing the Organizational Culture 6
Heading 6
Heading 6
Heading 6
Part 2: Analyzing the Social and Economic Climate 7
Heading 7
Heading 7
Heading 7
Part 3: Analyzing the Purpose of the Organization 8
Heading 8
Heading 8
Heading 8
Section 2: Organizational Readiness for Change 9
Part 1: Evaluating the Health of the Organization 10
Heading 10
Heading 10
Heading 10
Part 2A: Evaluating the Need and Opportunity for Change 11
Heading 11
Heading 11
Heading 11
Part 2B: Evaluating the Need and Opportunity for Change 12
Heading 12
Heading 12
Heading 12
Part 3: Evaluating Organizational Readiness 13
Heading 13
Heading 13
Heading 13
Section 3: The Organizational Strategy 14
Part 1: Developing the Strategy 15
Heading 15
Heading 15
Heading 15
Part 2: Validating the Strategy 16
Heading 16
Heading 16
Heading 16
Part 3: Implementing the Strategy 17
Heading 17
Heading 17
Heading 17
References 18
Appendix A 19
Appendix B 20
## Executive Summary
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## Section 1: The Organizational Profile
## **Part 1: Analyzing the Organizational Culture**
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## Part 2: Analyzing the Social and Economic Climate
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## Part 3: Analyzing the Purpose of the Organization
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## Part 3: Implementing the Strategy
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## **References**
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## Appendix A
## Appendix B
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**## Week3AssignmentInstructions-Capstone.docx**
**Week 3 Assignment**
**Capstone**
**Section 1: The Organizational Profile- Part 3**
For this week’s Assignment, you will continue to play the role of a consultant who has been brought in by the CEO of your selected organization to lead a tiger team.
This week, you will complete Section 1 of your playbook. Be sure to address the requirements for Part 3 and include specific examples (where appropriate) and relevant citations from the Learning Resources or from others throughout the program, the Walden Library, and/or other appropriate academic sources to support your work.
**To prepare for this Assignment:**
· Return to your MBAX 6990 Assignment Template to complete Section 1—Part 3 of your strategy playbook.
**Submit** your 3- to 4-page analysis of the purpose of the organization, to include the following:
**Part 3: Analyzing the Purpose of the Organization**
· Analyze how organizational purpose can empower a business strategy.
· Explain what a purpose-driven organization is and identify how it can lead to a competitive business strategy.
· Select one of the organization examples that you identified in Part 2 and analyze how the organization’s structure impacts its strategic business practices.
· Specifically, in what ways does/did the organizational structure enable the organization to take advantage of strategic opportunities, have an impact, and/or achieve or maintain a competitive advantage?
**## Week3LearningResources-Capstone.docx**
**Week 3 Learning Resources**
**Capstone**
**The Purpose-Driven Organization**
A purpose-driven company stands for and acts on something larger than its products and services. Purpose can be an organizational strategy and a roadmap to remain competitive in a fast-changing economy. Many business leaders are committed to aligning their goal setting and decision making to their organization’s purpose in hopes of driving forward its success. Through these resources, you will consider the purpose-driven organization.
· Blount, S., & Leinwand, P. (2019, November 1).
[Why are we here?](https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/247046/external_tools/retrieve?url=https%3A%2F%2Fservices.hbsp.harvard.edu%2Flti%2Flinks%2FR1906J-PDF-ENG%2Frich-text) _Harvard Business Review_ ,
_97_ (6), 132–139.
· Eccles, R. G., Strine, L. E., & Youmans, T. (2020, May 13).
[3 ways to put your corporate purpose into action](https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/247046/external_tools/retrieve?url=https%3A%2F%2Fservices.hbsp.harvard.edu%2Flti%2Flinks%2FH05M0N-PDF-ENG%2Frich-text).
_Harvard Business Review Digital Articles_ , 2–5. http://hbr.org
· IFC Arthsastra. (2019, October 20).
[_Michael Porter on purpose_ Links to an external site.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP0gSFHfQM0&list=TLPQMjMwMjIwMjHLR4rbW-nYeA&index=6) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP0gSFHfQM0&list=TLPQMjMwMjIwMjHLR4rbW-nYeA&index=6
· Leimer, B. (2021, June 24).
[_How can we build a more purpose-driven company culture?Links to an external site._](https://www.thehrdirector.com/features/csr/how-can-we-build-a-more-purpose-driven-company-culture/) https://www.thehrdirector.com/features/csr/how-can-we-build-a-more-purpose-driven-company-culture/
· Malknight, T. W., Buche, I., & Dhanaraj, C. (2019, September 1).
[Put purpose at the core of your strategy](https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/247046/external_tools/retrieve?url=https%3A%2F%2Fservices.hbsp.harvard.edu%2Flti%2Flinks%2FR1905D-PDF-ENG%2Frich-text).
_Harvard Business Review_ ,
_97_ (5), 70–79.
**The Organizational Structure**
You may have heard the term
_top-down management_ or
_bottom-up management_ to describe an organization’s structure. Whether hierarchical, flat, or matrixed, an organization’s structure serves as the basis for how an organization distributes its roles and responsibilities to support effective decision making, communication, and achievement of its goals. Through these resources, you will consider different types of organizational structures.
· Communication Coach Alex Lyon. (2018, January 7).
[_Organizational structure_ Links to an external site.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUd0UNHyy60) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUd0UNHyy60
· GreggU. (2019, January 14).
[_Types of organizational structures_ Links to an external site.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbcpr1TS9NM) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbcpr1TS9NM
· Lumen Learning. (n.d.).
[Common organizational structuresLinks to an external site.](https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/common-organizational-structures/). In
_Boundless business_ . https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/common-organizational-structures/
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Strategy Playbook for Exceptional Results
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MBAX 6990: Capstone: Sustainable Business Practices and Strategies
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Section 1: The Organizational Profile 5
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Part 2: Analyzing the Social and Economic Climate 7
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Section 2: Organizational Readiness for Change 9
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Part 2A: Evaluating the Need and Opportunity for Change 11
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Part 2B: Evaluating the Need and Opportunity for Change 12
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Part 3: Evaluating Organizational Readiness 13
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Section 3: The Organizational Strategy 14
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Part 2: Validating the Strategy 16
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Part 3: Implementing the Strategy 17
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