Does the organization undertake investments related to corporate social responsibility

this is a continuation paper

The Final Project challenges you to use the information gained from your Homework Assignments and other concepts learned in class to better your candidacy as a future employee for your chosen company (Ford Motors Company). including analyzing your career potential in this organization.

The Final Project will be a 4-6-page written report, not including the title page, references, and any necessary appendices. This project is worth a significant percentage of your Course Grade. Be sure to keep up with the project!

How would you characterize the ethical climate of your company? What evidence is there to support your conclusion?

Find out if the organization has been the focus of any adverse ethical issues in recent years (look at historic news reports). If it has, try to determine whether this was due to the isolated actions of rogue managers or to more systemic, organization-wide problems.

Does the organization undertake investments related to corporate social responsibility or the natural environment and sustainability that go beyond its narrow economic self-interest? If so, what kind of investments has it made? Whom do these investments benefit? Do you approve of these investments?

Research and find two examples of a significant strategic error or a significant strategic success that managers at the organization have made over the last decade? What concepts discussed in the text contributed to the failure or success?

What barriers to effective decision making did the organization face?

Find out as much as you can about the mission, vision, values, and major goals of the organization. Do you think the firm is living up to these? What evidence do you have to support your conclusion?

What are the strengths of the organization? What are the weaknesses? Opportunities? Threats?

What is the primary technology your organization utilizes to produce its products and/or services? What strategies has it adopted to organize for speed to meet customer needs as quickly as possible through time-based competition?

Describe the basic vertical and horizontal organization structure of your company.

Does the organization have a tall or flat management hierarchy? What is the span of control of the CEO? In your judgment is this span too narrow, too wide, or just right?

What decisions within this organization are centralized at the head office? What decisions are decentralized to subunits? Does the approach toward centralization and decentralization make sense?

What is your company’s main approach for staffing the organization? What environmental conditions, if any, make it easier or more difficult for this company to estimate its future supply of and demand for employees?

To what extent does this organization emphasize development of its workforce? What training methods seem to be most widely used in this organization? Do its training programs seem to be above or below average for this industry?

What employee benefits does your company offer?

What is your company’s EEO statement?

Does your company have a diversity & inclusion commitment? What evidence can you find of this commitment? Do you think it is sufficient/genuine?

What can you find out about the vision of the chief executive officer? How would you characterize his or her way of leading and managing?

Would you characterize the CEO as an effective leader? How would you explain his or her success or lack thereof?