MGT 240 Module 5 Assignment – The Future of Starbucks

Details:
Review “Starbucks:
Building Relationships With Coffee Growers.”
Begin working with your
group to write an essay (1,250-1,500 words). Address the following
questions/instructions:

Provide
examples from the video to show how Starbucks has used each of the
following types of plans: strategic, tactical, and operational plans.
If
you were advising Dub Hay on directions for the business over the next 5
years, identify one strategic plan you would suggest and explain why?
How
would you describe the organizational structure and culture of
Starbucks? For example, which type of organizational structure
and what type of culture is evident in Starbucks and why? Make
sure that you consider the evidence from the video.
Which
design type—mechanistic or organic—best fits Starbucks and why?
Is
Starbucks a servant leader in its industry? Justify your response.
Managers
use different types of control (found in lecture and textbook and the
Merchant article “The Control Function of Management). Identify and
explain how Starbucks employs any 5 relevant types of control.
Provide evidence from the case to support your answer.
Using
evidence from the video, explain how Starbucks goes through the
four steps of the control process and the planning-control cycle.

Prepare this assignment
according to the GCU guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the
Student Success Center.
Do not exceed the word
limit. For full credit, make sure that your Turnitin Similarity Index does not
exceed 15%.
Use at least four
academic references. Academic references include the textbook, the readings, or
any article from the GCU Library. You may use information found online, but
online encyclopedias (e.g., Wikipedia) and blogs do not count as academic
references.