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Selecting an Organization

For the purpose of this individual assignment, select any ONE of the following TEN organizations:

• Revolut  
• Pret
• Uber
• Grab
• Ocado
• Primark
• Disney
• Chewy
• Tesla
• Inditex

You should aim to select the organization in which you have a strong personal interest. Alternatively, you can select an organisation of your choice and check this with me before continuing with your assignment.

If you decide to select an organisation of your choice, you will need to make sure your work is substantially different from anything you have submitted on the same company during your study program.

Analyzing the Organization You should use publicly available information to begin your analysis: the organization''s Web site and corporate section is often the best starting point. Remember, however, that you are using the Web site as a source of data for the analysis; do not simply copy material off the Web site. Your assignment is an analysis, not a data-dump. In addition, the Factiva, FT.com, Wall Street Journal, or Lexis-Nexis database provides useful material on many organizations. Questions to cover in your Analysis: Your analysis should lead you to answer the following two questions:

Question 1: Describe your chosen organization paying specific attention to (a) its value proposition (b) how the value proposition met the test of COVID-19 challenge - discussing the challenges the organization faced (c) how the firm is currently organized to deliver excellence paying attention to its culture and decision - making covering aspects such as how the teams are organized, how organization is structured, how performance is measured and incentivized, and the leadership/management styles?

Question 2: Drawing upon the lessons from the course, outline the recommendations you would like to make to the board of your chosen organization post 2021 to (a) strengthen excellence in your value proposition in both home and/or global markets and (b) organize your firm better to deliver that excellence (i.e. culture, team and organization structure, leadership/management you covered in the first question). While making your recommendations, clearly outline which area would you like to maintain as it is and which one's require fundamental changes and point out briefly how you would launch any change initiative.

Important: Your report has to be read as a concise management report, which you should be confident to read as a senior manager yourself or be ready to present it to your executive board. Maximum Word limit: 1250 words. There is 10% (+/-) flexibility in the word limit. Should be typed in 12 font Times New Roman. Single Space. Use of Appendix for referring to figures and tables is optional and does not count towards word limit.

You will be assessed on (a) the depth of insight (b) justification of your argument, and (c) quality of course content application. Simply answering the questions is generally worth up to 60%; additional observations referencing material gleaned from your primary and secondary research and applying class lectures and readings are worth an additional 40% of the weightage assigned for this assignment.