Points/Questions to Address in the Profile

Choose 1 (one) organization of interest as a team and address the questions below. Do note that the organization teams selected for Part 1 will be used for all parts of the research project. Teams cannot change the organization after having submitted Part 1.

You have been invited as a team of management consultants to undertake a diagnosis to understand the conditions both internal and external to the organization that determine the inefficiencies, opportunities for improvement and strategic competencies. As a team, you will address all the questions below:

1. my organization is Patagonia
2. Background
   1. Describe the organization (brief history, product, and/or service offering) (my organization is Patagonia).
   2. Does the organization have a mission and vision? What are the contexts of the vision and mission as it apply to organizational goals?
   3. Describe the current composition of staff (number, demographics, diversity, and is there is employee engagement in place)?
3. What is the organization's design and culture?
   1. Describe of the organization's design?
   2. What are the characteristics of the culture?
4. What is the leadership culture?
5. Who are the stakeholders?
6. What are the factors that determine the organization's competitive success?(explain briefly most important.)
7. What are the current problems?(explain briefly what is most important.)
8. What are the opportunities?( explain briefly most important )
9. What core theories and frameworks will be used to guide the organizational analysis? (explain briefly what is most important.)
10. Recommendations
11. Conclusion