The shared values, vision, and mission statements are the foundations  of a healthy organization. Utilizing the same organization, you chose in the Week 1 portion of the course project and building off the  discussion this week, address the following topics about the  organization you have selected:

Company Chose in Week 1: "Amazon"

• Assess the effectiveness of the organization’s values statement:
  • What is the values statement or what are the organizational values?
  • How was the values statement created? Who participated?
  • How accurate is the values statement when compared to actual behaviors in the organization?
  • What recommendations would you make to improve the values statement  and to enhance how it is used in organizational behaviors and decision  making?
  • If your organization does not have a values statement, assess key  themes from organizational practices that might reflect actual values  being used (even if not written) and defend recommendations for how the  organization could develop a values statement and enhance organizational  behaviors.

• Analyze the effectiveness of the vision statement.
  • What is the vision statement?
  • Do organizational members know what the vision is? Based on what evidence?
  • Do organizational members embrace the vision? Based on what evidence?
  • What recommendations would you make to improve the vision statement and to enhance how well it inspires organizational members?
  • If your organization does not have a vision statement, assess key  themes from organizational practices that might reflect the  organization’s vision (even if not written) and defend recommendations  for how the organization could develop a vision statement and enhance  organizational behaviors.

• Evaluate how aligned the mission statement is with the vision statement.
  • What is the mission statement?
  • Are the mission and vision statements compatible? Based on what evidence?
  • What role does each statement (mission and vision) contribute to the organizational purpose?
  • Do the mission and vision statements reflect organizational values?
  • If your organization does not have a mission statement, assess  key themes from organizational practices that might reflect the  organization’s mission (even if not written) and defend recommendations  for how the organization could develop a mission statement, align it to  vision, and enhance organizational behaviors.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of the current organizational structure.
  • How would you describe your organization’s structure?
  • Does the organizational structure support achievement of vision, values, and mission? Based on what evidence?
  • What recommendations would you make to better align organization  structure with vision, values, and mission? Defend your recommendations  with research. 

Submission Details:

• Submit your answers in a 5-6-page Microsoft Word document. 
• I choose the company Amazon for this assignment. 
• No plagiarism, 100% original work needed, please have 3-4 sources cited as well. 
• Use APA format for your document.