Strategic Alignment Worksheet: Operations and Production
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Overview
Use this Strategic Alignment Worksheet (SAW) to help you complete the sections listed below. As you progress through the course, you will be instructed to complete and submit section(s) of the SAW. Once you have all of the sections completed, you are to incorporate the sections into the larger Atha Execution Plan, which is your final project deliverable (to be submitted in Unit 5).
Sections of the SAW
Goals and Activities (Unit 2)
Interview Questions (Unit 3)
Department Purpose Statements (Unit 4)
Performance Standards (Unit 4)
Checklist for Operations and Production Area
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—create a new organization 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.
1.0 Goals and Activities. Develop goals and activities for the operations and production area. Submit this section in Unit 2.
Goals
Activities to support this goal (add more rows if needed)
1.1 Retain existing employees.
What are the supporting activities?
How will this activity achieve the goal?
What is the achievement deadline?
1.2 Hire eighteen new employees.
What are the supporting activities?
How will this achieve the goal?
What is the achievement deadline?
1.3 Create new organization chart for the operations and production area.
What are the supporting activities?
How will this achieve the goal?
What is the achievement...