“UPS in India – Time to Shift Gears?”.

Strategic Managment

Case Study Assignment 4

Directions:

For this assignment, you will need to access the PDF that is attached named “UPS in India – Time to Shift Gears?”.  You are required to read and analyze this case study. This case study should be double-spaced, 12-point font, and not exceed 10 pages.

Your analysis must:

• Describe the company’s organizational culture and present evidence from the case to support your opinion. At a minimum, include discussion about the company’s values, norms and artifacts, as it relates to their culture.
• Describe the company’s organizational structure and present evidence from the case to support your opinion. At a minimum, the discussion should touch upon the building blocks of an organizational structure (specialization, formalization, centralization and hierarchy.
• Discuss whether or not you believe the organizational culture and structure align with the organization’s ‘strategy’. Explain your rationale.
• Provide a total of four findings of fact; 1 from the following four functional areas of business:
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Finance or Accounting
  • International Business
• Provide a full justification and recommendation for each finding of fact (minimum of 1 page each)