INTEGRATIVE LEARNING PROJECT GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS For the Integrative Learning Project (ILP), you will research a particular, authentic company/industry or a fabricated company/industry. The ILP must be written in current APA format and must include the following major elements: Title Page Table of Contents Abstract Organizational Setting Integration of Chapter Concepts to the Organizational Setting o Select 8 different key concepts from the textbook that seem to be most applicable to your organizational setting. Some examples of key concepts include supply chain management, Six Sigma, innovation, etc. Provide an in-depth discussion of each of your chosen key concepts and its application to your organizational setting. ? For each concept, provide a comprehensive description, what benefit it may offer to your organization, and what needs to be done in order to successfully implement this topic into your organization. ? For each concept, integrate appropriate biblical references. References: You must include at least 15 scholarly sources formatted in current APA style. Each reference must be current, having been published within the last 3 years, or, if older, must contribute important information relevant to historical background. Appendices: Include at least 3 well-developed and professional documents. Appendices often include information that is somewhat confidential, detail-oriented, and/or tends to change often. Some examples include: o Action Planning: This specifies objectives, responsibilities, and timelines for completion of objectives. o Description of Strategic Planning Process Used: This describes the process used to develop the plan, who was involved, the number of meetings, any major lessons learned to improve planning, etc. o Strategic Analysis Data: This includes information generated during the external analysis (e.g., environmental scan) and internal analysis (e.g., SWOT analysis). It also includes a list of strategic issues identified during these analyses. o Goals for Board and Chief Executive Officer: Goals of the board and CEO must be directly aligned with goals identified during strategic planning. This appendix will list goals for the board and can also include recommendations for redesigning board committees associated with strategic goals. These can be used (along with the CEO job description) to form the basis for performance evaluations of the CEO. o Budget Planning: This depicts both the resources as well as the required funding for obtaining and using the resources needed to achieve the strategic goals. Budgets are often depicted for each term of the year of the strategic plan. o Operating Plan: This describes the major goals and activities to be accomplished over the coming fiscal year. o Financial Reports: These include last year’s budget (with estimated expenses and the actual amounts spent), this year’s current budget (again, with estimated amounts and actual amounts spent), a balance sheet (or, in the case of a nonprofit organization, a statement of financial position), an income statement (or, in the case of a nonprofit organization, a statement of financial activities), etc. o Monitoring and Evaluation of Plan: This includes criteria for monitoring and evaluating as well as the responsibilities and frequencies of monitoring the implementation of the plan. o Communication of Plan: This describes the actions that will be taken to communicate the plan and/or portions of it and describes to whom the plan will be communicated. Example Outline: ILP Outline Title Page: Ensure the title page is centered and in correct format to include running head. Table of Contents: List the page numbers for the entire ILP. Abstract: 150 – 200 words that includes the keywords to the abstract. Introduction: Include a succinct thesis statement. Organizational Setting: Integrate organizational setting that is already completed. Body: 1. Key Concepts: Include Biblical References for each key concept and explain how the correlate with Gods plan for me. 1.1. Operations 1.1.1. Explain how the organizations operations helps increase their effectiveness. 1.1.2. Discuss workforce agility. 1.1.3. Discuss workforce flexibility. 1.2. Innovativeness 1.2.1. Explain the innovative process of the organization in the ILP. 1.2.2. Explain how economic and social changes affects the organization innovation. 1.2.3. Discuss how the organization uses certain steps during the innovation process. 1.3. Strategy 1.3.1. Explain the strategy that the organization uses for financial stability. 1.3.2. Explain the strategy process for operational stability. 1.3.3. Explain how internal communication helps the organization with their strategy. 1.4. Brainstorming 1.4.1. Explain the concept of brainstorming. 1.4.2. Explain how the organization communicates which develops better brainstorming. 1.4.3. Explain how the organization use group brainstorming to achieve success. 1.5. The Learning Curve 1.5.1. Explains the learning curve. 1.5.2. Explains the organizations learning curve. 1.5.3. Explains how the learning curve helps the organization predict future earnings. 1.6. Demand Planning (Forecasting) 1.6.1. Explain the concept of demand planning (forecasting). 1.6.2. Explain how the organization in the essay using demand planning. 1.6.3. Explain how the leaders of the organization perform demand planning. 1.7. Logistics 1.7.1. Explain the concept of logistics. 1.7.2. Explain the importance of logistics. 1.7.3. Explain how the organization uses their logistics. 1.8. The Balanced Scorecard 1.8.1. Explain the concept of the balanced scorecard. 1.8.2. Input a chart depicting the organizations balanced scorecard. 1.8.3. Explain the organizations balanced scorecard based off the chart. 2. Conclusions: Restate the thesis and ensure that the conclusion is an explanation of the findings, and not just rewording what was written above in the ILP. 2.1. Recommendations 2.1.1. Explains any recommendations that would help future research. 2.2. Suggestions for Further Study 2.2.1. List suggestions that can help with the future research. 3. References 3.1. Ensure the references are listed in alphabetical format. 3.2. Ensure that the references are in the correct APA format. 3.3. Ensure that the references are from the last 3 years. 3.4. Ensure that there are at least 15 references to cite and use in the ILP. 4. Appendices 4.1. Strategic Analysis Data 4.1.1. Discuss external analysis. 4.1.2. Discuss internal analysis. 4.1.3. Input a SWOT analysis (Chart format). 4.1.4. Explain the strategic issues that are evident with each analysis. 4.2. Monitoring and Evaluation of Plan 4.2.1. Explain what is needed to properly monitor and evaluate the plan put in place. 4.2.2. Explain the responsibilities that leaders have to ensure that the plan is being followed. 4.2.3. Discuss how often (quarterly, annually, monthly) the plan must be observed to ensure goals are being reached. 4.3. Communication of Plan 4.3.1. Describe how communication is key for plan implementation. 4.3.2. Describe how the plan is communicated to leaders who then communicate the plan to the employees, setting guidelines and policies for the plan to take place, and communicate what is expected from them to ensure that the plan is being followed, to reach the overall goal of the organization.
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