This assignment will provide you an opportunity to examine the impact of effective management on the overall success of an organization.

Directions: You will examine a publicly traded US company you select utilizing a variety of research sources: business publications, the company$$s own external and internal communications, the mass media, online research, etc.

Select a publicly traded US company. Companies in the Fortune $500$ are strongly suggested. Ideally select a company that has had new senior$/$C$-$suite management since $2012.$ Research the top management of the organization and detail the strategies that they advocated to help grow the company. Examine the critical issues that the organization faced, and detail the strategies employed to mitigate them.

Items that should be discussed with your selected company include:

Mission and Vision

Values and Ethics

Organization structure and culture

Leadership style and motivational style

Overall success$/$failure for this company

The following questions should be addressed:

Who is$/$are the Top Leader$($s$)$ of the company, and under what circumstances did they become leader?

What issues have they faced?

What are the major strengths of the company?

In what ways did Planning, Organizing, Leading & Controlling contribute to the company$$s success $($or failure$)?$

What was the most important thing leading to that success $($or failure$)?$

What do you see as major challenges facing this company in the next five years?

What are your conclusions about the management based on your research?

Deliverables: Your paper, which should be $4-6$ pages