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A. Develop a formal business report (suggested length of 15-20 pages) in which you do the following:

1. Provide relevant information about the chosen organization, including each of the following:

• history of the company

• detailed description of the product/service offerings

• target market

• culture of the organization

• organizational structure

• number of employees

• location

Note: For number of employees, you may provide a range rather than specific numbers, if preferred by your client. For location, you may provide a general region such as midwest, or northeast.

2. Restate the business challenge (1-2 sentence problem statement) that you identified in task 1.

3. Discuss your observations, or the client's observations, as to why the business challenge exists.

a. Discuss at least two specific examples of issues contributing to the business challenge.

4. Evaluate how each of the three areas of responsibility either contributes to, or is impacted by the overall challenge.

Note: Cite data and examples from your organization to support your analysis.

5. Develop a solution to address the business challenge involving each of the three areas of responsibility from part A4a.

Note: The appropriate solution will be based on the client's business challenge and may vary when addressing each of the areas of responsibility.

Note: The report should include leadership theories or concepts from your MSML courses, as part of your discussion.

6. Identify resources required to implement each recommendation from part A5 that may include the following:

• people (leadership style)

• equipment

• tools

• budget

• necessary processes to effectively implement recommendations

Note: The content for part A6 may be presented as a chart.

7. Create a visual timeline (e.g., Gantt chart or spreadsheet) that includes the start and end dates for each recommended action or activity from part A6.

8. Discuss the long-term (3-5 years) organizational and/or financial impacts the company can expect based on the implementation of the recommendations.

Note: If there are costs associated with the action plan then the financial impact to the organization must be discussed.

9. Provide a log of time spent with the client.

Note: This log should be a table or log of each interaction with your client, including a brief description of what occurred during each interaction. Submit the time log as a separate attachment.

10. Develop an executive summary (suggest length of 1 page) that highlights the salient points of the business report from part A.

Note: A Business Report Template is provided, but not required.

11. Provide a list of at least three scholarly references.