building blocks from the business model canvas where modification
Assignment Directions:
Goal: Conduct/construct an experiential evaluation/assessment of your organization’s business model (or one with which you are closely familiar) using the business model canvas and related text.
Introduction: Managers who want to improve the effectiveness of their business model and organization and increase their ability to manage use diagnostics/assessments to determine the reality of business effectiveness compared to what they originally envisioned. Good feedback contributes to developing plans to improve business/organizational effectiveness and management performance.
Submission Instructions:
Students will write a 2500-3000 word (about ten pages in the main body) adequately formatted APA paper (including a title page and references page, but no abstract) that evaluates/assesses the overall effectiveness of the business model used by your organization. This is the third assignment that draws from your association with your organization. The previous two “canvas” assignments flow into this one. Identify one or more building blocks from the business model canvas where modification should be recommended. Be careful to avoid bias when determining the issue/problem identified by using the canvas. Do not merely critique but contribute to your organization’s overall success. This paper should be the culmination of your overall work with the business model canvas so that all the pieces go together.
Your final paper should include:
· Your business model canvas – Post-it notes discussion/observations (week 2)—summarize this area, but provide the initial canvas.
· Identify theoretical/behavioral trends that you observe in the business model and organization (week 5)—summarize this; do not merely cut and paste.
· Discussion of appropriate theory, metaphors, and frames with which to describe your business model in operation and identify areas needing improvement and how to get there.
· Use the Osterwalder/Pigneur text to evaluate and diagnose your organization’s business model, as well as integrate the course materials into your writing and consideration.
· Recommendations for improvements identified using this course’s canvas, theories, and assessment tools. What are the expected outcomes?
· Use eight scholarly sources besides our textbook (especially case studies) to undergird your assertions from peer-reviewed literature.
· Thoroughly familiarize yourself with the assignment specs and ask questions if you are unsure of expectations.
The paper must have at least eight scholarly sources besides the course textbook. No abstract is necessary, but a title and references pages should be included. Write your paper in the third person, even though you are writing about an organization you are familiar with. To do this, write from a scholar who observes and researches the case. Therefore, the first person should be avoided.
Upload your paper (.doc) in the assignment section for grading. Follow the Submissions Guidelines as listed in the Syllabus: The various assignments for this course should be submitted as Word.doc attachments in the Assignment section. Do not use macros or automatic referencing in your papers for this course. The auto features usually need to be fixed in format. Plus, part of the evaluation of this paper involves your ability to write using the essentials of the APA style format. Each file OF YOUR WORK should be named in the following manner: Last name–truncated Week Number-Assignment name (abbreviated if necessary).
For example, Smith-Wk08-Business Model Assessment
