Wartburg College Facebook Inc and Organizational Culture Research

I’m working on a management multi-part question and need an explanation to help me learn.

Final Assignment:

Write about two different companies

If you choose not to complete the lollipop moment papers, this is an alternate research/deductive reasoning assignment worth 50 points. Papers are due on 5/4. If you do not do not want to do the final assignment either, you can submit this paper for two different companies. Paper should be 10 pages, double spaced. Your understanding of class concepts will help guide the paper.

• 50 point paper

Students will be asked to research and create opinions on a company. We learned in class that a company’s culture drives all other areas of the management process: How we Control, How we Plan, How we Organize, and most importantly, How we Lead. Students will research the culture and best practices of a company of their choice (large and small) and answer the below questions. The cultural section should be fact-based and researched. They will then deduce, based on what we learned in class, how the company would execute the remaining managerial process questions. Ultimately, since none of you are employed by the organizations you will write about (most likely), you will have to use your insights from class to support how you feel the culture would impact people within the organization. For grading purposes for those questions, your supporting arguments will be just as important as your conclusions.

PAPER RUBRIC (50 POINTS)

Quality of writing/sources used. (10 points) Are your arguments thought out? Do you support your opinions consistently with content from the book and class? Were your sources varied?

Research company and discuss insight into its cultures. (15 points) What’s common in the industry? What’s unique? Who is praised for their culture? Who is having issues?. How do companies reinforce and reward their culture? What values do you see over and over again? What leadership styles and philosophies are used throughout the industry? Who are the heroes? How innovative is the industry and how has the culture helped foster that innovation (or lack thereof)? What is it like to actually work in this industry? Balance angry missives from ex-employees with researched articles.

Research company and discuss insights into how they organize their employees. (10 points—if unable to find concrete facts, form opinions and support arguments based on your culture research) How does the industry organize their salary employees? What are the typical reporting structures? Which ones work and which ones don’t? What are the pros and cons of various cultures? What is the best reporting structure for this company?

How does this company plan for the future? (5 points) Historically, what planning milestones does the industry use? What current events and trends are important? How do various companies in this industry approach strategic and daily planning? Does this industry use differing strategies to differentiate themselves to customers? To employees? What are they various types of growth models used in the industry?

What controls are in place at this company? (5 points) At what level would plans be made? When would they be made? How would they be made?

Would you be a fit at this company? (5 points)

All the bolded topics above need discussed. Not every specific question asked needs answered. They are listed as a guide to get you thinking about how the culture you research impacts how the company could organize, plan, and make decisions.