Activities for Managing Strategies, Shaping Organizational Culture and In a World of Pay

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Table of Contents
Part A: Elevator Pitches...................................................................................................................2
Elevator Pitch for Topic 7 (Managing Strategies).......................................................................2
Elevator Pitch for Topic 8 (Shaping Organizational Culture).....................................................2
Part B: Case discussion Activity......................................................................................................3
Case discussion activity for Topic 8 (Shaping Organizational Culture).....................................3
Case discussion Activity for Topic 9 (In a world of pay)............................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Part A: Elevator Pitches
Elevator Pitch for Topic 7 (Managing Strategies)
Question: What is your ‘killer idea’ to counter the drift from bricks-and-mortar retail to online?
My response. Posted on (Date)
As observed from the study, the e-commerce industry has taken over the business of the
retail organizations and with respect to this the retail is in a state of decline. Hence, in case the
business has to be restored, it is suggested that it needs to integrate the wellness of the e-
commerce as well as the retail stores. Taking up the e-commerce domain can be taken to be as a
good plan where using a competitive strategy, any business organization will be able to ensure
success in the long run. The electric retail store needs to make the best of both the worlds
whereby a strategy of competitive pricing at the e-commerce domain along with the
establishment of various components of augmented reality at the stores like kiosks, 4K envision
and others which will then lure the different customers to the stores along with ensuring higher
revenues along with the revenue earned from the online domain.
Elevator Pitch for Topic 8 (Shaping Organizational Culture)
Question: What would you say to Sam? You’d also like to recommend a few pieces of reading
for Sam to consider
My response. Posted on (Date)
After listening to Sam`s dilemma I would like to inform him that although it is true that
the culture of an organization tends to have a strong impact on the performance of the various

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employees, it is important for Sam to note that he cannot solely blame the organizational culture
for the poor performance of his team and in order to ensure long term goal achievement, Sam
would be required to establish an innovative culture in his team. The establishment of the
innovative culture would assist Sam to engage effectively with the employees so as to ensure that
the group`s performance level increases and that there exists a good level of creativity in the
organization. This will also be possible when the employees will be appreciated for their
engagement and hence, Sam needs to involve the employees in the planning procedure to ensure
innovation and success.
The different readings as suggested for Sam are as follows:
 Waddell, D., Creed, A., Cummings, C., & Worley, C. (2016). Managing resistance and
organizational culture. Organizational change: Development and transformation (pp. 98-
116). Retrieved from https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au
 https://hbr.org/topic/organizational-culture
 https://www.fuseworkforce.com/blog/5-articles-on-corporate-culture-you-need-to-read-
today
Part B: Case discussion Activity
Case discussion activity for Topic 8 (Shaping Organizational Culture)
Case name: Can a strong culture be too strong?
My responses to the question (What management problems do you believe confront the
protagonists at Parivar?)
Posted on (date)