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• Implementing self-directed work teams
• Rapid incorporation of Internet technology applications
• Networking with outsiders to improve existing capabilities and create new ones

In addition, there are many managerial tasks that shape corporate culture and the leadership skills needed to engage the full organization to produce great results. Examine the dynamics of the elements that must be brought together to create a corporate culture, such as core values and business principles, operating practices and behaviors, ethical standards and attitudes, and work climate and people management practices.

Considering the five tools of organizational design, managerial tasks and leadership skills, examine the practices followed by your selected organization and include the following in a 8–10 page APA formatted paper in MS Word:

Describe which of the five tools of organizational design your selected organization uses to maintain and improve productivity while achieving cost savings. Use detailed examples in your response.

Explain how work groups are utilized in your organization to accomplish the stated goals of the company.

Describe the motivational practices used by the organization to promote better strategy execution. Include some illustrative examples in your response.

Explain how, if at all, the reward system in the organization ties incentives directly to achieving higher productivity and performance targets.

Explain the evaluation and feedback process used in your company to assess employee performance.

Identify the elements in the organization that affect how cultural change is implemented.

Describe the ethical model being used by the company.

Present your overall opinion of the organization’s corporate strategy approach. Is the strategy execution effort delivering the expected results? Explain and illustrate your conclusions.

Describe what specific actions have been taken to delegate authority to middle and junior managers and to create a sense of empowerment among employees. Explain and illustrate your answers.

Avoid plagiarism: Using someone else’s words or ideas in your paper without proper acknowledgement constitutes plagiarism and is unacceptable in any situation. Make sure you have properly documented the source of original facts, ideas, and interpretations that you use in your paper. This must be done whether you summarize information or paraphrase what you learned from a particular source.

Submit your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox by Monday, October 6, 2014.

Please read the primary sources in the textbook as assigned (see the course outline — the numbers refer to the sources as designated in the textbook, not to page numbers) and write a response that follows the ‘guidelines for source responses’ posted under ‘general information’ > ‘course materials’ at right. Think beyond flat summary, and look past the translator’s introduction to each source (the parts in italics) to the actual ancient text itself; then attempt your own interpretation.

We’re covering these societies next time, so I don’t expect you to have any background knowledge. Instead, the objective is for you to get a sense of how archaeologists and historians readsuch records of ancient cultures. There is no master database; all we have to work with are fragmentary texts like these. So rather than reporting what ‘happens’ in these texts, try to go a step further and consider what impression these texts give of Mesopotamian and Egyptian leadership in particular. Don’t assume that such texts record the sort of objective facts we expect from historical documents — think more about how such depictions of kingship were designed to impress people and to justify the king’s authority. At the same time, pay attention to the very serious responsibilities attached to the awesome powers attributed to the king (or pharaoh for the Egyptians).

1. Describe the hardware you will purchase or build (inclusive of computers, memory, storage, video cards, printers, routers and cabling). Justify your hardware selection.
2. Develop a spreadsheet or table within the two to three (2-3) page paper that itemizes the costs from the online retailer(s) of your choice. 
3. Summarize and support the approach you will use to back up your devices.
4. Suppose you were provided an additional $1,000.00 to enhance your network. Explain the changes you would make to grow your infrastructure. Support your response inclusive of memory, storage, networking and redundancy solutions.
5. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.