At the beginning of the project, you should select a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) and investigate the following issues there. You must answer the following questions based on the information you can obtain from the selected company. Note- If you used any type of references (website, magazine, article etc.), you must add at the end of the project. MANAGERIAL ISSUES (5 points) Introduce your company, and their history and activities in maximum 1 page. What types of decisions are made by managers? Would you characterize these decisions as structured or unstructured problems? Explain. What type(s) of conditions are more likely to influence the performance analyst team's work: certainty, uncertainty, or risks? Explain. What are the major strengths and/or drawbacks of this managerial decision-making style? Decision-Making (5 points) Discuss specific ways managers can encourage ethical behavior in the organization. Discuss the factors that lead to ethical and unethical behavior in the organization. Discuss how society's expectations are influencing managers and the organization. MANAGING CHANGE AND INNOVATION (5 points) What organizational development (OD) efforts might work at the organization? Explain the choice(s). What challenges will managers face in making these changes? What external or internal forces-or both- for change do you see described in this case? Explain how to manage resistance to change. Discuss techniques for stimulating innovation in the organization. At the beginning of the project, you should select a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) and investigate the following issues there. You must answer the following questions based on the information you can obtain from the selected company. Note- If you used any type of references (website, magazine, article etc.), you must add at the end of the project. MANAGERIAL ISSUES (5 points) Introduce your company, and their history and activities in maximum 1 page. What types of decisions are made by managers? Would you characterize these decisions as structured or unstructured problems? Explain. What type(s) of conditions are more likely to influence the performance analyst team's work: certainty, uncertainty, or risks? Explain. What are the major strengths and/or drawbacks of this managerial decision-making style? Decision-Making (5 points) Discuss specific ways managers can encourage ethical behavior in the organization. Discuss the factors that lead to ethical and unethical behavior in the organization. Discuss how society's expectations are influencing managers and the organization. MANAGING CHANGE AND INNOVATION (5 points) What organizational development (OD) efforts might work at the organization? Explain the choice(s). What challenges will managers face in making these changes? What external or internal forces-or both- for change do you see described in this case? Explain how to manage resistance to change. Discuss techniques for stimulating innovation in the organization
