In Final Project One, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

 OL-215-01: Analyze how an organization’s goals influence organizational planning that informs strategic decision making
 OL-215-02: Analyze the functions of management and ethical principles for executing effective decision making in organizations
 OL-215-03: Apply management techniques that ensure the continuous improvement of personnel and business processes to measure
organizational performance
 OL-215-04: Apply communication techniques aimed at increasing employee performance, thus achieving organizational goals and objectives
 OL-215-05: Illustrate the important connection between management and organizational culture Prompt
Your employer recently conducted an employee survey and the greatest area of concern was related to management. The survey revealed that many employees are not satisfied with management’s performance, and the employees feel like the company’s poor performance is directly related to a lack of effective management. The general manager has learned that you are currently pursuing a business degree and would like you to champion a team to help improve management’s effectiveness. The general manager would first like to understand some best management practices from successful companies.
Once you have selected a successful company, you will then analyze its application of the fundamental principles of management. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

Introduction. Provide a brief overview of the successful company that you have chosen to benchmark for management best practices. Consider including specific examples relating to the fundamental principles of management and the company’s mission and vision statement.
Profile of a Successful Company
Explain how the company has communicated its mission and vision within the organization. In other words, explain how the
company demonstrates the importance of the mission and vision to employees and other stakeholders.
Identify the role management played in helping this company execute its strategic management plan. Justify your response. You could consider including a specific example of a time when this management plan led the company to success.
Describe how management has helped to positively influence the organizational culture within this company. You could consider using some specific examples, actions, or strategies that show how management has positively influenced organizational culture.
Explain management’s pivotal role in the decision-making process within this company. Be sure to include specific decisions made by management based on principles of ethics. You could discuss specific decision-making models used by the company that may have helped the company be successful.
Evaluate how the use of the functions of management within this company has adhered to the principles of ethics. You could consider how using the functions of management while adhering to the principles of ethics may have impacted the employees of the company.
Explain how this company strategically uses human resources to develop its personnel. You could consider how this use of human resources has enhanced the company’s business processes.
 Apple.com
 Apple Management Lessons Every Company Should

III. Conclusion
Summarize how the company utilizes the fundamental principles of management to ensure optimal performance. You could consider
the actions taken by this company if optimal performance is not met.
Analyze the decision-making strategies of the company for how they consider all the parts of the company as an interrelated system. You could consider how the decision-making strategies of the company align with a systems thinking approach.
Milestones
Milestone One: Introduction of a Successful Company
In Module Two, you will submit a one-page (maximum) document that will identify your chosen successful company from the suggested list. You are expected to provide a brief overview of the successful company that you have chosen to benchmark for management best practices. You should also include specific examples related to the fundamental principles of management and the company’s mission and vision statement. This milestone will be graded with the Final Project One Milestone One Rubric.
Milestone Two: Profile of a Successful Company
In Module Three, you will submit a one- to two-page document that will provide a profile of your chosen successful company. This milestone will serve as a rough draft and must cover the six critical elements described in Part II of Final Project One. You are expected to provide a minimum of two to three sentences for each of the six critical elements: mission and vision, strategic management plan, organizational culture, decision making, principle of ethics, and human resources..

This milestone will be graded with the Final Project One Milestone Two Rubric.
Final Submission: Application of the Fundamental Principles of Management for a Successful Company
In Module Five, you will submit Final Project One. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should

reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This assignment will be graded using the Final Project One Rubric.

Special requirements
Company is: Apple

Guidelines for Submission: Final Project One must be three to four pages in length (plus a cover page and references) with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA formatting. Include at least two references cited in APA format.