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The Blue Sky Software Consulting Firm
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Case for Management and Leadership Program Assessment

 
Case Questions and Instructions

You are required to type an 850 word response to answer the questions regarding the Blue Sky Software case. Program-Level Learning Outcomes for the Management and Leadership program. You are expected to complete your case analysis in class during the last class of the course. You may use any books you want as aides for the case analysis. The heart of the assessment process is the ability to analyze factual data, select relevant theories and diagnostic frameworks from all of the courses in the MNGT Program, apply those frameworks to analyze the facts of the case, and then develop recommendations for action. You will need to bring your laptop to class in order to complete the assignment. You must use actual management concepts that were taught throughout the program.
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Assume you are a consultant reporting to Willis, who charged you to examine the management issues facing Blue Sky Software. Based on your total classwork in the Management and Leadership program write a critical analysis. Focus on what you find to be the critical elements facing the company. Be sure to identify and analyze the management issues facing the Blue Sky Company, and in your essay include relevant conceptual ideas.

Some questions to consider are: (but the essay need not be limited to these questions)
1. Blue Sky has undergone a leadership change. Be sure to address the differences in leadership style and approach today and in the recent past at Blue Sky.
2. For every organization motivation is a critical element. Be sure to discuss and evaluate the approaches to motivation at Blue Sky now and in the past.
3. Has strategic planning and decision-making changed at Blue Sky? If so, is this a positive change?
4. The structure of an organization and its control systems are design elements. Identify potential design and/or control problems at Blue Sky and discuss applicable principles and theories of management that address these problems.
In your essay be sure to explicitly rely on management principles, concepts and theories from all the management courses to organize your response. The goal is to demonstrate understanding, application, and integration by the case essay. There is no single solution, and the essay should not just be a set of personal opinions.