INTRODUCTION
Todays business environment requires leaders to have competency in designing organizations to effectively achieve strategic goals. In this task, you will choose an organizational structure that will positively affect a consulting firms ability to effectively achieve goals and explain your choice in relation to the four factors that affect organizational design. You will also be asked to evaluate the impact of an organizational structure on one of the consulting firms goals.
SCENARIO
You have decided to create a consulting business to address increasing market needs for sustainability and innovation in the community. You want to emphasize how businesses can make incremental changes in the workplace to achieve sustainable results that increase profitability and brand reputation. The mission of the company is to facilitate sustainable social, economic, and environmental development opportunities for the good of businesses in the community. Your goals for this company include the following:
Be a mission-driven, for-profit organization that will create partnerships that result in sustainable changes for the community.
Achieve a level of success so your consulting firm can raise your citys ranking in the Most Sustainable and Innovative Communities list from the top 20% of all U.S. communities to the top 10%.
Assess the sustainability and innovation needs of 30 businesses in the local community in the first year. You will then share the results of those assessments with all business stakeholders to generate feedback that will be used to develop and implement proposals for consulting.
Hire three university students as part-time interns to help you develop an organizational structure.
Before you design a business venture plan that includes its organizational design, you will identify how the business will generate revenue. You are interested in seeking investors in the business community who want to take a leadership role in the business and its decision-making.
You are excited about this opportunity and begin considering the organizational structure for your consulting business.
