Degree of Alignment: Advanced Organizer
Review the companies listed in the case studies portion of the textbook. Choose 1 of the companies to use for all weekly assessments. Complete the chart below with information provided in the textbook and other resources. Provide your analysis below the chart.
Organization
Selected Organization:
Describe the organization mission, vision, values, structure and culture. Each description should be 75-100 words.
Analysis
Based on your advanced organizer and further research on your company, analyze the degree of alignment between what the organization is currently doing (actions) and its mission, vision, values, structure, and culture. Think about what your company is doing right and on-brand and where there is room for improvement. Your analysis should be 500-750 words.
Citations
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Module 1 Discussion
After watching the videos and reading your textbook/articles, consider how Big Data is leveraged in organizations.
- Describe situations that involve Big Data (you should use a real situation) and how the organization can use this information as leverage.
- Utilize what you read in “From Data to Decisions – The Power of Analytics” in reading assignments.
Module 2 Discussion
You should have a basic idea of “Standard Deviation” after view the “Standard Deviation – Explained and Visualized” video under Module 2 – Variability. Read the information below:
- “Variability” at https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/variability.asp
- “Standard Deviation” at https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/standarddeviation.asp
- “How is standard deviation used to determine risk?” by Brian Beers | Updated on April 2, 2018 at https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/021915/how-standard-deviation-used-determine-risk.asp
Briefly describe how your company/organization determine risk?
Module 3 Discussion
Think about anything you may have read or heard recently in relation to a causal relationship between two factors (e.g., sugar substitutes and cancer).
- Find a related news article or video.
- Post a link to the article or video, and discuss other factors that may need to be considered.
- Does the popular press media portray the results of the study different than the study itself?
- Can you locate the study to verify its claims?