TASK FORCE COMMITTEE REPORT: ISSUE AND SOLUTIONS – STARBUCKS RECENT PROBLEMS

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Business Finance

TASK FORCE COMMITTEE REPORT: ISSUE AND SOLUTIONS Leaders address issues and propose solutions. As a leader, you’ll need to stay on top of events that may facilitate or hinder productivity. You must create and implement solutions to address these issues.

This assignment exposes you to complex modern organizational challenges. The solutions you devise should reflect your learning and research of organizational and individual influences in the workplace.

PREPARATION 1. Select an organization(STARBUCKS)Select an organization in which current events (REMOVING TWO BLACK MEN FROM A STORE IN PHILIDELPHIA) have adversely affectedproductivity, requiring management to resolve an issue related to:corporate culture, managing diversity, leading teamwork, anddeveloping motivational strategies. The organization will be STARBUCKS.

2. Plan your researchUse research from the course textbook, company website, businesswebsites (CNBC, Bloomberg, etc.), resources from the Strayer Library,or outside resources to develop solutions to the following questions asthey relate to corporate culture, managing diversity, leading teamwork,and developing motivational strategies to achieve the organization’sgoals and objectives. Your recommendations must be fully articulatedand supported with appropriate detail and sources. Note: Wikipediaand web-based blogs do not qualify as credible resources.

INSTRUCTIONS Imagine yourself as the task force committee leader at this organization. You have been tasked with analyzing hindrances to organizational efficiency. You must propose strategic solutions.

Create a full report in which you do the following:

1. Describe the Organization and the Issue to ResolveProvide a brief description of the organization you selected. Presentthe organizational issue that adversely affected productivity and thatyou, the task force leader, will review and resolve.

2. Analyze Current Corporate CultureHow has the current corporate culture facilitated the development ofthe current issue? Research the organization, dig into the culture, andanalyze how it contributed to this issue. Hint: Review the mission andvision statements as well asthe corporate website.

3. Identify Areas of WeaknessWhat are the organization’s areas of weakness? Using your researchon organizational behavior approaches to corporate culture, diversity,teamwork, and motivational strategies, identify areas of weakness.

4. Propose SolutionsWhat organizational practices would you modify? What solutionsshould your task force recommend to management? As the leader ofthe task force, identify the suggestions you would present to theorganization’s leadership with regard to modifying currentorganizational practices to resolve the issue.

5. Prepare an Executive SummarySummarize your recommendations and research findings in aone-page executive summary that you will present to the CEO in anupcoming executive meeting. Note: An executive summary is acondensed version of your full report. It should summarize briefly allthe main points in concise paragraphs. It should be written clearlyand should use language appropriate for the audience.