Strategic Alignment Worksheet: Operations and Production Functional Area
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Overview
Use this strategic alignment worksheet (SAW) to complete your management activities in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling for the Atha Corporation scenario. Refer to each course assessment for further instructions.
Checklist for the Operations and Production Area SAW
Mary Atha, CEO, has provided this checklist of overall organization goals for the operations and production area. Read the checklist and use it as a point of reference for your development of this SAW.
1. Double current production rate.
2. Add one production line.
3. Reduce scrap and waste.
4. Organize the newly increased staff to efficiently use resources and create a new organizational chart.
5. Lead the employees by providing a clear mission and goals through carefully crafted communications.
6. Create adequate controls and communicate performance to the company to ensure organizational focus.
Section 1: Goals and Activities
Develop goals for this functional area and create supporting activities for achieving each goal. (Add more rows if needed.)
Goals: Supporting activities:
1. Retain existing employees. What are the supporting activities? How will this activity achieve the goal? What is the achievement deadline?
2. Hire eighteen new employees. What are the supporting activities? How will this activity achieve the goal? What is the achievement deadline?
3. Create new organizational chart for the operations and production area. What are the supporting activities? How will this activity achieve the goal? What is the achievement deadline?
4. Improve employee performance. What are the supporting activities? How will this activity achieve the goal? What is the achievement deadline?
5. [Insert new goal here.] What are the supporting activities? How will this activity achieve the goal? What is the achievement deadline?
6. [Insert new goal here.] What are the supporting activities? How will this activity achieve the goal? What is the achievement deadline?
7. [Insert new goal here.] What are the supporting activities? How will this activity achieve the goal? What is the achievement deadline?
