Team Building

 

In this assignment, you will learn about team building and why it is an important skill for managers and leaders.

 

Identify two groups you belong to or have belonged to; the groups can be personal or work-related.

 

Based on your observations of how the groups function and the interactions among the groups’ members, answers to the following questions:

 

•   What was the composition of each group?

•   What types of groups were they?

•   Were the values and mission of the group apparent? How?

•   Were the operational objectives or mission of the group supported by the individuals? How?

•   What were the attitudes of individual members to being a part of a group? Were they committed and compliant? Were they resistant?

•   Was there a leader and was the leader effective? What made the leader effective or ineffective?

•   Do you feel the leader was respectful of group’s members? Why or why not?

•   How would you rate the communication effectiveness of the group? Explain.

•   What motivated you to join the group and stay with or leave it? Explain.

•   What role did you play in the group?

•   Was the group cohesive? What made it cohesive or noncohesive?

•   Were there any barriers to collaboration? If so, what were they?

•   Would you consider these groups to be successful? If so, what characteristics of a successful group did they possess? If not, which characteristics did they lack?

 

 

nstructions for this assignment: Perform all of the elements listed below.

This assignment has you complete two parts of a strategic business plan. To see how those parts fit into a full business plan, click here for a strategic business plan outline.

Part I – Analysis of the External Environment

As part of the Strategic Business Plan, you have been asked to:

• Identify and analyze the major driving forces for change in the external environment of the motorcycle industry.
• Analyze the dynamics of competition using Porter’s Five Forces Model of Competition. Correctly assess the dynamics of competition.
• Provide at least three statistics about the size of the motorcycle industry such as revenue, growth rate, number of units sold by manufacturer/country, etc.
• Summarize the strategic issues firms in this industry face and identify their biggest threats.

This section should be titled “The Analysis of H-D’s External Environment.”

Part II – Internal Environment Analysis

Financial

Gather the financial information necessary to do a complete ratio analysis and the Balance Score Card (BSC) key metrics information.

If you were going to create a BSC, what would be the key metrics you would measure in each of the four BSC areas:

• Financial
• Customer
• Internal Business Process
• Learning and Growth

Perform a ratio analysis using H-D’s five-year financial performance. Interpret the meaning of the ratios and financial performance.

This section should be titled “The Analysis of H-D’s Current Strategy: Two Views.” Be sure to include the ratio analysis. You may also include other graphics to support your narrative.

Competitors

Based on your analysis, you must decide which two competitors present the biggest competitive threat to H-D.

Perform a financial ratio analysis for the competitors after looking at trends in financial performance over five years, and compare the trends to industry averages.

Be sure you have a clear ranking of the industries’ competitors.

This section should be titled “Competitor Analysis.” Be sure to include the financial ratio analysis. You may also include other graphics to support your narrative.

This assignment should be 4 to 8 pages in length.