Instruction
Company is Nordstrom, Rubric is attached. All previous assignments are attached as well. 15-20 double-spaced, pages 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. Make sure to include the overview, analysis, and recommendations sections in your final submission. The recommendation questions are listed in Section III of the final project critical elements and include the business project teams, communications, solution, and political influence. Make sure to support all factual claims/positions with appropriate citations to your research materials.
Overview: In your role as vice president of governmental affairs, your boss, the business’s CEO, is considering retaining an outside consulting firm to
assist the company with a government issue that it is facing. Jack Harris is the president of that firm, which is called Crisis Consulting. Jack has told your
boss that he will not know if he can help until he learns more information about your company and the issue it faces. Your CEO has asked you to prepare
a memo that will provide a detailed overview of your company as well as the government action that is it facing. Address the following:
A. Business Profile: Provide a brief profile of the business and the industry it occupies, including the business’s market share and competitors, as
well as opportunities and threats facing the business and industry outside of the particular governmental action now facing the business.
B. Governmental Action: Analyze the potential governmental action or political challenge that will affect the business in this particular situation.
[MBA-665-01]
C. Organization and Teams: Describe the organization of the company, including divisions and project teams, and the manner in which the
company has used these teams to respond to government regulations in the past. [MBA-665-02]
D. Stakeholders: Describe the company’s internal and external stakeholders. In your description, include the actions taken by the stakeholders to
date to influence the political process and advocate for the business’s interests. [MBA-665-05]
E. Current Environment: Describe the current business environment, both financial and otherwise, including the initial reaction of the company to
the situation and the initial position taken by political actors and other stakeholders. [MBA-665-01]
Analysis: After submitting your overview, your boss is having second thoughts about bringing Jack Harris and his firm, Crisis Consulting, on board. Before
he makes his final decision he has asked you to provide him with a thorough analysis of the situation faced by your business. He asks you to prepare a
memorandum to him (the CEO) analyzing the situation that your business faces as well as the resources that are available to it.
Recommendations: After submitting your analysis memorandum, your CEO has decided that your business needs the additional resources that Jack
Harris and his firm Crisis Consulting can provide. Time is of the essence, and so Jack has called a meeting of the team that will work on this project next
week. While Jack is familiar with your business, due to your overview, the rest of his team is not. Your CEO has asked you to provide a memorandum to
Jack that he can distribute to his team that will be assisting your business. Do not assume that the team knows anything about your business or the
government action it faces. In addition, the CEO has asked you to include your recommendations for addressing the situation the business is facing.