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2-2 Final Project One

2-2 Final Project One

Q OL 215 Final Project One Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric For this assignment, due in Module Two, you will submit a 1-2 page (maximum) document that will identify your chosen successful company from the suggested list. You are expected to provide a brief overview of the successful company that you have chosen to benchmark for management best practices. You should also include specific examples related to the fundamental principles of management and the company’s mission and vision statement. Instructor feedback should be applied to your Final Project One submission. You must select a company from the list of suggested companies below. Resources related specifically to the successful companies listed are provided. SAS SAS.com SAS: A New No. 1 Best Employer How SAS Became the World’s Best Place to Work An Interview With the Godfather of Data Analytics, SAS’s Jim Goodnight Google Google.com How Google Motivates Their Employees With Rewards and Perks Lessons From Google’s Management Style Google’s Management Style Grows Up Google’s Greatest Innovation May Be Its Management Practice Zappos Zappos.com No Managers Required: How Zappos Ditched the Old Corporate Structure for Something New Zappos: A Workplace Where No One And Everyone Is The Boss Zappos Company Culture (5:41) o The captioned version of the video located in this document may be accessed in the following link: OL-215 Zappos Company Culture (CC) Southwest Airlines SouthwestAirlines.com Southwest Airlines Opens for Business - Customers Effective Management at Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines: Strategy Genius or Common Sense? (8:32) o The captioned version of the video located in this document may be accessed in the following link: OL-215 Southwest Airlines: Strategy Genius or Common Sense? (CC) Apple Apple.com Apple Management Lessons Every Company Should Steal 8 Management Lessons I Learned Working at Apple Steve Jobs Talks About Managing People (2:26) o The captioned version of the video located in this document may be accessed in the following link: OL-215 Steve Jobs Talks About Managing People (CC) Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Provide a brief overview of the successful company that you have chosen to benchmark for management best practices II. Include specific examples relating to the fundamental principles of management and the company’s mission and vision statement Guidelines for Submission: Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Overview Provides a brief overview of the Provides an overview of the Does not provide an overview of 40 successful company that was company that was chosen to the company that was chosen chosen to benchmark for benchmark for management best management best practices practices but details lack relevance or are cursory Principles of Includes specific examples Includes examples relating to the Does not include specific 40 Management/Company's relating to the fundamental fundamental principles of examples relating to the Mission and Vision principles of management and the management and the company’s fundamental principles of company’s mission and vision mission and vision statement but management and the company’s statement examples are not specific or mission and vision statement explanation is lacking in detail Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors Submission has major errors Submission has critical errors 20 related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization spelling, syntax, or organization spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability that prevent understanding of and articulation of main ideas ideas Total 100%

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2-2 Project One SAS Institute Inc., formerly known as Statistical Analysis Systems, was created in 1976, with Jim Goodnight serving as its CEO. SAS Institute Inc. is a software vendor that deals exclusively in sophisticated and forecasting analytics software packages, along with business intellect and data visualization services. SAS’s vision is to transform a world of data into a world of intelligence. SAS is the largest private operator in the business intelligence market and the market leader in business intelligence software services. Its mission is to empower and inspire with the most trusted analytics. SAS helps customers at over 70,000 locations enhance performance and produce value by making better decisions quicker through innovative solutions. SAS develops innovative business analytics and business intelligence tools and services to help businesses improve their operations.