Each
student is to

·
Identify
an important managerial challenge facing his or her work or
other organization.

·
Develop
a plan that integrates effective financial and operational decision making
to successfully meet
this challenge and improve organizational performance, in a succinct report
that includes an executive summary.

What is a succinct report? Could it be
10 pages
or less? One reads that IBM decision
papers are limited to that length, and we all recall the single-sheet Ringo
Sho
approach to important decisions at Toyota.

As to overall plan format, I-B-C is, as always, recommended for your consideration.

A results-filled executive summary (ES)
should lead off the plan.

Remember to leave enough time to submit your paper into
Turnitin for review and for correcting any citation errors before resubmitting
to Turnitin (if needed). Both your individual paper and your Turnitin
report must be posted in your assignment folder by the due date. Remember that
there are NO EXTENSIONS of this final due date.