Pick a company you are familiar with, thatyou like, thatyou worked for, orthatyou arecurrentlyworkingfor.Analyze their vision/mission, goals and objectives,and relevant strategies developed in order to achieve their mission.You must include the company'svision/mission statementand the nature of the business.One can usually access company websites and get most of the information and some additional research on the company's business and performance.

Include one goaland oneobjectiveper goal as a minimum. Also, include the pertinent SWOT analysisorgap analysis. This is how you tie the research to the material you are learning fromthetextbook and the discussions.

The writeup must be crisp and to the point.Make sure appropriate references are indicated(includethe date of access and refertoit in your writeupper APA requirements).

You do not have to reveal the name of the company if it is confidential.The report should be about 500words(~twopages). It is the qualitythat will be evaluatedand not thequantity of writing.In accordance withAPA format, at leasttworeferencesshould be provided,with date accessed.

Here is theoverall pictorial view of thevision/mission,goals andobjectives,along with SWOTanalysis,gap analysis andstrategies.

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Vision/Mission

Goals

Objectives

Strategies

SWOT Analysis

Gap Analysis

2.Conduct a research on the internet/periodicals/journals/news mediaand write a report on the biggestengineering technology managementchallenge today's corporations face. Write a reportnot exceeding500 wordsortwopages. In accordance with APA format, at least two references should be provided, with date accessed.(5 points)

Youmayuse your own companyfor this assignment.Youmayalso tailor this to a specific industry - such assemiconductors,automobiles,apparel,software,eCommerce,or similar industries. Tie the challenge to a company's vision/mission.Include new and developing technologies likeartificialintelligence,blockchain, etc., and indicate how it would help to meet the challenge.

The conclusion should include your views and thoughts on the challenge and what you would recommendshould be changed or initiatedto meetthe challenge.The ideascommunicated must be clear, brief,and to the point.(Note - this can be related to the same company/organization chosen to answer question 1 above).

NOTE:

1.Per APA there will be one title page, one reference page, plustwopagesofwritten answersfor each question for a total ofsixpages.Do not write anything more since it could affect your points.2.You have torun your report through Turnitn,and the similarity index has to be 10% or less. Turnitinhas been enabledtoallow youtosubmit more than onceso you can check,correct,and resubmit (it will overwrite your previous submissions till the due date).

Point Allocations

Question 1

1.Visionand mission - 1 point2.Goal andobjective -1.5 points3.SWOT analysisorgapanalysis- 1.5 points4.Strategies - 0.75points5.Reference-0.25points

Total-5 points

Question 2

1.Clear identification of theengineering managementchallenge - 1 point2.Data to support the challenge - 1.25 points3.Analysis of the challenge including technology impact- 1.25 points4.Conclusion and recommendation - 1.25points5.Reference - 0.25 points

Total-5 points

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