RESEARCH PROJECT - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
For the Integrative Learning Project (ILP), you will research TESLA Motors Inc. This research will be divided in 2 parts.
1) Outline: Create a well-developed outline including all paper headings and subheadings. The outline must include at least 3 headings with at least 2 subheadings each.
2) Final Document: It must be at least 20 pages and incorporate at least 15 sources.
The research must be at least 20 pages, NOT COUNTING (Title, Abstract, and References pages) and be written in current APA format and must include the following major elements:
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Abstract
• Organizational Setting
• Integration of Concepts to the Organizational Setting
8 key concepts applicable to your organizational setting. Provide an in-depth discussion of each key concept and its application to your organizational setting.
This section of your project requires at least 15 pages of graduate-level content and analysis.
Key Concepts
Operations
Customer value
Forms of transformation systems
Short-term capacity planning
Sourcing strategies and outsourcing
Process control
Six Sigma (The define phase)
Benefits of Lean and Lean Six Sigma
For each of these concepts, provide a comprehensive description, what benefit it may offer the organization, and what needs to be done in order to successfully implement this topic into your organization.
In addition, for each concept, integrate 1 appropriate biblical references. Explain how these concepts magnify God's plan for you.
• References: You must include at least 15 scholarly sources formatted in current APA style. Each reference must be current, having been published within the last 3 years, or, if older, must contribute important information relevant to historical background.
• Appendices: Include at least 3 well-developed and professional Appendices, which often include information that is somewhat confidential, detail-oriented, and/or tends to change often. Some examples include:
o Action Planning: This specifies objectives, responsibilities, and timelines for completion of objectives.
o Description of Strategic Planning Process Used: This describes the process used to develop the plan, who was involved, the number of meetings, any major lessons learned to improve planning, etc.
o Strategic Analysis Data: This includes information generated during the external analysis (e.g., environmental scan) and internal analysis (e.g., SWOT analysis). It also includes a list of strategic issues identified during these analyses.
o Goals for Board and Chief Executive Officer: Goals of the board and CEO must be directly aligned with goals identified during strategic planning. This appendix will list goals for the board and can also include recommendations for redesigning board committees associated with strategic goals. These can be used (along with the CEO job description) to form the basis for performance evaluations of the CEO.
o Budget Planning: This depicts both the resources as well as the required funding for obtaining and using the resources needed to achieve the strategic goals. Budgets are often depicted for each term of the year of the strategic plan.
o Operating Plan: This describes the major goals and activities to be accomplished over the coming fiscal year.
o Financial Reports: These include last year's budget (with estimated expenses and the actual amounts spent), this year's current budget (again, with estimated amounts and actual amounts spent), a balance sheet (or, in the case of a nonprofit organization, a statement of financial position), an income statement (or, in the case of a nonprofit organization, a statement of financial activities), etc.
o Monitoring and Evaluation of Plan: This includes criteria for monitoring and evaluating as well as the responsibilities and frequencies of monitoring the implementation of the plan.
o Communication of Plan: This describes the actions that will be taken to communicate the plan and/or portions of it and describes to whom the plan will be communicated.