Implementaion Plan Concepts

Implementation Plan Concepts Worksheet

Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario Reference to Concept in Reading

Outsourcing

In the Harrison's Keyes scenario, the company selected Asia Digital publishing, an Indian Company, to format the e-books. Due to increase in competition from their rivals, the market share and profitability has declined. By outsourcing some of the jobs, the company can cut costs. Along with advantages, outsourcing has some disadvantages too. By transferring jobs overseas, the company will lose their control on that particular section. If the overseas company fails to meet deadlines, then the outsourcing company has to bear the costs and perform all the work back at home, which will cost more. "Outsourcing refers to a company that contracts with another company to provide services that might otherwise be performed by in-house employees. Many large companies now outsource jobs such as call center services, e-mail services, and payroll" (wiswegeek, 2007).

Organizational Politics

In the simulation titled, "selecting and initiating projects," organizational politics can exist if the company selects white beach as their vendor. White beach has a good reputation and they have met the deadlines in the past, but the company's shareholders are not happy with them. Among the four vendors, white beach is the most expensive one. Since the cost is high and the shareholders are not happy with the vendor, the chances of selecting white beach is really low. Manny Saunders, head of white beach, is a cousin of Diane Vickers. Because of this relationship, Diane can engage in a manipulative behavior to promote her self interest by appointing White beach as the company's vendor. This will affect the organizational goals of achieving low costs, and damage the shareholder interest. "Organizational politics can be described as self serving and manipulative behaviour of individuals and groups to promote their self interests at the expense of others, and sometimes even organizational goals as well. Organizational politics in a company manifests itself through struggle for resources, personal conflicts, competition for power and leadership"(alagse, 2007).

Strategic projects

Harrison Keye's is losing their revenue and market share due to increased competition from their rivals. So the company decided to engage in e-book publishing, which will increase the revenues in the long run Undertaking strategic projects is not free of criticism from the organizational members. In some cases it can also lead to court hearings. In this case, Will Harper, a well established author is arguing that the e-book publishing will make it easier for the pirates to make multiple copies of the published book. But the research shows that the e-book will increase the revenue of the company. To make the strategic projects successful the company has to balance the interest of the stakeholders with the long-term profits that are going to be achieved by implementing this project. "Strategic projects are those that directly support the organization's long run mission. They frequently are directed towards increasing revenue or market share" (Gray-Larson, 2005).

Organizational Culture

The organization's culture plays a vital part in the success of the projects. For example: In the scenario, Harrisons Keyes and the Indian Company have different cultures. The method and style of work may be different in both these companies. When outsourcing jobs overseas, both the company's culture can clash. A work schedule in one company may not be the same in the other company. Due to these reasons, Harrisons Keyes had a hard time to work with their