Business Finance – Management Assignment 1

Assignment: Select an organization on which to base the following assignment:

Use the business press or business section of any news source and find at least two articles related to one: Downsizing, implementation of new technology, or a merger or acquisition. 

2 to 4 pages, APA-formatted paper 

Assignment: Select an organization on which to base the following assignment:

Use the business press or business section of any news source (i.e. Al Jazeera, Fortune, The Economist, The Guardian, BusinessWeek, etc.) and find at least two articles related to one of the following: Downsizing, implementation of new technology, or a merger or acquisition. 

In a 2 to 4 pages, APA-formatted paper:

· Summarize each story (no more than five sentences). 

· Where is the organization now in their change proposal?

· Where does the organization want to be? 

· How ready do you think this company is to begin the change management process? 

· What is it about the story that clues you into this? 

· Does the story detail how they will manage the change? 

· If not, how would you propose they manage that journey? 

· Does the story detail how they plan to institutionalize the change? 

· If not, how would you propose they do this? 

· Does the story detail how they will avoid mistakes? 

· If not, how would you propose they do so?