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Assigned Readings: Chapter 14. Organizational Structure and Design Chapter 15. Organizational Culture Chapter 16. Organization Change and Change Management Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion. Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions: You are the general manager of a hotel situated along a beautiful stretch of beach on a tropical island. One of the oldest of six large resorts in the immediate area, your hotel is owned by a group of foreign investors. For several years, it has been operated as a franchise unit of a large international hotel chain, as are all of the other hotels on the island. For the past few years, the hotel’s franchisee-owners have been taking most of the profits for themselves and putting relatively little back into the hotel. They have also let you know that their business is not in good financial health and that the revenue from the hotel is being used to offset losses incurred elsewhere. In contrast, most of the other hotels on the island have recently been refurbished, and plans for two brand-new hotels have been announced for the near future. A team of executives from franchise headquarters has just visited your hotel. They are quite disappointed in the property, particularly because it has failed to keep pace with other resorts on the island. They have informed you that if the property is not brought up to standards, the franchise agreement, which is up for review in a year, will be revoked. You realize that this move would be a potential disaster because you cannot afford to lose the franchisor’s brand name or access to its reservation system. Sitting alone in your office, you identified several seemingly viable courses of action: Convince the franchisee-owners to remodel the hotel. You estimate that it will take $5 million to meet the franchisor’s minimum standards and another $5 million to bring the hotel up to the standards of the top resort on the island. Convince the franchisor to give you more time and more options for upgrading the facility. Allow the franchise agreement to terminate and try to succeed as an independent hotel. Assume that the hotel will fail and start looking for another job. You have a pretty good reputation but are not terribly happy about the possibility of having to accept a lower-level position (say, as an assistant manager) with another firm. Having mulled over your options, do the following: Rank-order your four alternatives in terms of probable success. Make any necessary assumptions. Identify alternatives other than those that you have identified above. Ask yourself: Can more than one alternative be pursued simultaneously? Which ones? Develop an overall strategy for trying to save the hotel while protecting your own interests. [Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. Postings must be in the student’s own words – do not provide quotes!] [Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for APA review] Submitting the Initial Posting:Your initial posting should be completed by Thursday, 11:59 p.m. EST. Response to Other Student Postings: Respond substantively to the post of at least two peers, by Friday, 11:59 p.m. EST. A peer response such as “I agree with her,” or “I liked what he said about that” or similar comments are not considered substantive and will not be counted for course credit. [Continue the discussion through Sunday,11:59 p.m. EST by highlighting differences between your postings and your colleagues’ postings. Provide additional insights or alternative perspectives] Evaluation of posts and responses: Your initial posts and peer responses will be evaluated on the basis of the kind of critical thinking and engagement displayed. The grading rubric evaluates the content based on seven areas: Content Knowledge & Structure, Critical Thinking, Clarity & Effective Communication, Integration of Knowledge & Articles, Presentation, Writing Mechanics, and Response to Other Students.
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