This week’s topics
Organisational objectives and structural alignment
- Strategic, tactical, and operational goal setting
- Stakeholder expectation mapping
- Evaluating structural fit against mission delivery
- Setting Strategic Goals, Objectives and Control
- #16 Defining Objectives and Performance Expectations
- The McKinsey 7S Framework - Simplest Explanation Ever
What you will be able to do
- 1.2 Analyse the objectives of a tourism or hospitality organisation.
- 1.3 Evaluate how well the structure of an organisation helps it to achieve its objectives.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the objectives of a tourism or hospitality organisation.
Study materials
Videos
- Setting Strategic Goals, Objectives and Control · YouTube · Galton College · 33 min · for registered students
- #16 Defining Objectives and Performance Expectations · YouTube · Armin Trost · 35 min · for registered students
- The McKinsey 7S Framework - Simplest Explanation Ever · YouTube · Mister Simplify · 9 min · for registered students
Further resources
- MIT OpenCourseWare 15.320 Strategic Organizational Design (Spring 2011) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
- Business Ethics, ch. 3: Defining and Prioritizing Stakeholders · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 69–92 · for registered students
- Principles of Management, ch. 4: Developing Mission, Vision, and Values · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 129–172 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
