{"id":19317,"date":"2023-05-10T13:09:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T13:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/a-produce-a-management-report-outlining-your-strategic-recommendations-for-ooni-b-prepare-a-second-management-report-that-identifies-three-implementation-issues-that-ooni-must-address-if-it-is-to\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T13:09:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T13:09:30","slug":"a-produce-a-management-report-outlining-your-strategic-recommendations-for-ooni-b-prepare-a-second-management-report-that-identifies-three-implementation-issues-that-ooni-must-address-if-it-is-to","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/a-produce-a-management-report-outlining-your-strategic-recommendations-for-ooni-b-prepare-a-second-management-report-that-identifies-three-implementation-issues-that-ooni-must-address-if-it-is-to\/","title":{"rendered":"A &#8211; Produce a management report outlining your strategic recommendations for Ooni. B &#8211; Prepare a second management report that identifies three implementation issues that Ooni must address if it is to implement your Part 1 recommendations effectively."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Part A asks you to produce a management report outlining three strategic<br \/>\nrecommendations that you would offer Ooni\u2019s management team. You should prepare<br \/>\nthe report as if you were a consultant submitting recommendations to Ooni. You<br \/>\nmust think about what your target audience needs to know and write in a way<br \/>\nthat its members are likely to find interesting and relevant.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You should be sensitive to the difference between what Ooni\u2019s<br \/>\nexecutives already know and how your strategic recommendations might affect<br \/>\ntheir established way of doing things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">It<br \/>\nshould include an executive summary of around 150 words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your recommendations should be succinct and coherent. Markers will<br \/>\nassess your capacity to connect theory with practice. You should draw on<br \/>\nrelevant&nbsp;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">concepts\/theories<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;such as<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;Porters 6 Forces, resources and capabilities, STEEPLE or SWOT,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">and provide evidence that supports your recommendations.<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">. Be<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">&nbsp;clear about how recommendations relate to<br \/>\nbusiness strategy and corporate strategy.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">You<br \/>\nmust show you can balance appropriate depth with appropriate breadth.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Part A should be no more than 1200 words.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\">Watch the video<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><i style=\"background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\">Reflecting on implementation<\/i><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;attached.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Part B report should be the same style and structure as the part A report and draw on appropriate&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\">concepts\/theories<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">and<br \/>\nsupport its arguments with evidence.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">We<br \/>\nhave moved from making strategic recommendations to addressing three<br \/>\nimplementation issues.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Implementing is not a linear extension of strategic recommending.<br \/>\nRather, the two activities are mutually interdependent. Whereas your strategic<br \/>\nrecommendations offered Ooni advice about what it should aim at, implementation<br \/>\nissues are concerned with how Ooni might hit its target.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The type of implementation issues you discuss may vary according<br \/>\nto the nature of your recommendations. They could include any of the themes, such as structural, cultural, monitoring and<br \/>\nchange issues, and barriers to implementation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Even though your three implementation issues might not be of equal<br \/>\nsignificance, you should still divide the available word count into three equal<br \/>\nsegments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Part B should be no more than 1200 words.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part A asks you to produce a management report outlining three strategic recommendations that you would offer Ooni\u2019s management team. 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