Order Number |
jhuy76bsi8y4 |
Type of Project |
ESSAY |
Writer Level |
PHD VERIFIED |
Format |
APA |
Academic Sources |
10 |
Page Count |
3-12 PAGES |
In this Assessment you will provide a critical evaluation of a business process in the scenario provided. The final response for this Assignment will be a 15–17-slide-powerpoint presentation with audio.
The audio portion transcript is found in the notes section below each slide. The presentation includes a cover slide, abstract, body addressing the checklist items, and APA citations and references.
Background: Mohammed Yunus is the founder of the concept of microfinancing. His initial impetus to provide financing to individual small family owned businesses in India and elsewhere inspired a movement that has spread across the world with some controversy as to the real benefits of such financing. See the founder’s website for some background on microfinancing.
In addition, you practiced with some of Geert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions in the Learning Activity that you will now use to address any cultural considerations in your evaluation of the business process described.
Scenario: You were recently hired by a nonprofit organization that is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. This organization, Beacon of Hope (BOH), had a mission of providing financing to businesses who wished to start a business in third world countries.
Two years ago, they changed their mission to providing microfinancing to individuals in third world countries who want to start up a small business in their own country. The first two countries they focused on were Angola and Ghana. After two years in operation, it has become apparent that a change is necessary. Choose either Angola or Ghana to evaluate the organization’s current process addressing the following concerns:
Here are some of the reported problems:
Checklist: Evaluate the business change process by researching and addressing the following:
If work submitted for this Competency Assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned without being scored.
CRITERIA MET NOT MET
-Addressing the provided scenario: Provides an overall assessment of the existing program and what needs to be changed to be viable.
-Analyzes the likely reasons that the application processing time for microfinancing is taking 4–6 months.
-Identifies the stakeholders who should be involved in this change management process and explains BOH’s responsibility towards these stakeholders.
-Explains how each step would be executed in the change management process to make it viable.
-Explains how he/she will evaluate success once the proposed plan is in place.
[Explains in detail what obstacles might prevent the success of the program upon evaluation and what possible remedies there might be.]
Overall # Bold Criteria Met/Not Met
[Overall # Mastery Criteria Met/Not Met]
The criterion statements in bold are the minimum requirement to show competent performance on the course outcome; all bold criteria must be met to pass this Course Outcome.
The criterion statements in [Brackets] represent mastery achievement. A predefined number of mastery criteria must be achieved to earn an A grade, indicating mastery of the Course Outcome.