PERSONAL PROJECT

Choose one of the following businesses:

Enbridge Corporation Bank of Montreal Couche-Tard Inc.
McDonald’s Corporation
Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors Inc.
The Amazon.com Corporation
Be aware that in addition to using online resources, you are also required to conduct a literature review, which will entail looking for any academic studies that have involved the company you’ve chosen as well as any popular press articles published in magazines, newspapers, professional organization publications, and other sources of information.

You must submit a formal “management review report” to your chosen organization that includes the areas listed below:
Executive Summary 1.
A brief overview (or excerpt) of your findings, followed by an overall suggestion on how well this organization handles its primary managerial responsibilities and where significant changes might be made, are required.
2. A brief description of this business, including: a. its name, address of its main office, and locations of any subsidiary offices; b. its primary business (services, products);
3. Governability
The following factors should be considered: a. The make-up of its board of directors; b. Committee structures (such as if it has a separate audit committee or remuneration committee); c. Major shareholders or shareholder groups (for instance, Pension Fund Managers); and d. Committee structures.
d. How well-run is its government? Can you recommend any changes?

4. Social duty and ethics
A. Is this a moral business? Is it ethical in society? You must provide evidence for your claims.
a. Has the business ever received negative news coverage that was, whether rightly or wrongly, attributed to ethical or social responsibility issues? If so, were these claims supported by evidence? If not, have you found anything in your investigation that would put this company at danger in terms of ethics or social responsibility? Can you recommend any changes?

Fifth. Globalization
a. How has this company been impacted by globalization? Has the corporation benefited from globalization? How, if so? Why not, if not? What may the business change to maximize the benefits of globalization? [LG5 Unlocking Globalization’s Value]

Organization 6.
a. How is this business structured? What is the structure of its management?
b. Does the organization have a dominant culture? What makes this obvious? What kind of corporate culture would you anticipate to find and why, assuming that your study does not make this clear?
c. Connect as much of the organizational course material to your investigation of this corporation as possible.
d. How efficient is its structure? Can you recommend any changes?

Planning 7.
How does this business approach strategic planning? operational planning, is that it?
b. Connect as much of the planning-related course material to your investigation of this company.
b. To what extent are its planning functions effective? Can you recommend any changes?

8. In charge
A. Who are the major figures in this business?
Which leadership philosophies are apparent? Which leadership philosophies would be most suitable, if this isn’t clear from your research, and why?
c. Make as many connections as you can between your company research and the leadership-related course material.
d. The leadership’s efficiency. Can you recommend any changes?

9. Regulating
a. Which control measures, in your opinion, would be most important for this business and why?
a. As much as possible, relate the course material on control to your investigation of this company.
c. How well does this company’s control function? Can you think of any changes?
10. Report on Written Assignment Grades
A signed academic attestation (page 4) and a grading report sheet as specified on page 5 must be included with every assignment.

Your written assignment MUST meet the following requirements: • Not exceed 15 pages, 12-pitch font, double-spaced, excluding cover page, bibliography, and references; • Clearly contain bold headers for each section; • Be free of grammar errors; • Respect scholarship by appropriately referencing all material that is not original; • Contain the academic attestation form, signed by all members of your group.
Your written report must follow the following format:
In conclusion
Business Overview
Governance
Social responsibility and morality
Globalization
Planning for Organizations
Taking Charge Leading

The assignment MUST include and include the following academic attestation, which MUST be signed:
Personal Code of Ethics for a Single Assignment:

By approving this Statement, I certify that I have read the entire attached work, followed all citation and quotation guidelines used at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa, and complied with the university’s anti-fraud guidelines as outlined in the Academic Regulations in the undergraduate studies calendar.

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date, signature

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Last name, first name, in print Number of Students

Executive Summary Component Overall Comments Letter Grade WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT GRADING REPORT

A description of the company’s governance

Social responsibility and morality

Worldwideization [LG5]

Organization

Planning

Leading

Controlling

Overall Writing Excellence

Overall Grade for the Assignment:

Each of the aforementioned areas is given equal weight when calculating the final letter grade. According to the marker’s/teaching assistant’s discretion, the overall grade is typically the “average” of the grades for each segment.