a situation audit of your own organization (Castro & Company LLC)

For this project, you will be creating a situation audit of your own organization (Castro & Company LLC). You will prepare to conduct your audit over the next 12 steps of this project, during which you will review various aspects of your organization, including its mission, goals, and values. You will be given the opportunity to submit different parts of your audit for instructor feedback prior to submitting your final situation audit. Read the full description of the final deliverable and the steps to completion.

Begin your situation audit by going to Step 1: Organize Your Work.

When you submit your project, your work will be evaluated using the competencies listed below. You can use the list below to self-check your work before submission.

1.3: Provide sufficient, correctly cited support that substantiates the writer’s ideas.
1.6: Follow conventions of Standard Written English.
6.3: Analyze an organization’s internal strengths and weaknesses for strategic value.
6.4: Develop and recommend strategies for an organization’s sustainable competitive advantage.
8.1: Evaluate major business/organizational systems and processes and make recommendations for improvement.
8.3: Identify and distinguish among organizational structural types and their respective implications for performance.
9.1: Design organizational structures, systems, and processes that support the strategic goals of the organization.
9.2: Evaluate how human capital serves as a source of competitive advantage.
10.2: Analyze financial statements to evaluate and optimize organizational performance.
10.3: Determine optimal financial decisions in pursuit of an organization’s goals.

_The Situation Audit Report is expected to be 18 to 22 pages, excluding the cover page, executive summary, and references. The page ranges listed above are guidelines. The student can decide how many pages to allocate to a given topic so long as the report does not exceed the maximum number of pages allowed. However, where the suggested page ranges are longer, the intent is to highlight the areas of the report deemed to require more analysis. These particular areas of the report go beyond a statement of organizational facts. They require significant academic readings and a grasp of relevant concepts, which are expected to be integrated into the student’s analysis_

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Project 2: Situation Audit Template
Your situation audit report should include the following elements:

cover page—not included in page limit
executive summary—1 page; not included in page limit
introduction—1 page
fact sheet—1 page; see Step 2
mission, vision, values and goals—1 page; see Step 3
stragegy and objectives—1 page; see Step 4
strategy types and competitive advantage—2 to 3 pages; see Step 5
organizational size and structure—2 to 3 pages; see Step 6
critical resources—2 to 3 pages; see Step 7
leadership, governance, and management—2 to 3 pages; see Step 8
strengths and weaknesses—1 to 2 pages; see Step 9
learning and change—1 to 2 pages; see Step 10
conclusions and recommendations—1 page; see Step 11
references—not included in page limit
addenda—if needed, is not included in page limit
submit—see Step 12