Mgt/521 Week 3 Assignment

Organizational Planning Part 2

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MGT/521

September 15, 2013

Robert Balcerzak

Organizational Planning Part 2

AmerisourceBergen Corporation is a successful company that provides pharmaceutical services to health care providers and pharmaceutical manufacturers (AmerisourceBergen, 2012). AmerisourceBergen home base is in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and operates within the United States, Canada, and other select global markets (AmerisourceBergen, 2012). AmerisourceBergen operates under four business units that include AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, AmerisourceBergen Consulting Services, and World Courier (AmerisourceBergen, 2012). The organizations mission is “to improve patients’ lives by delivering innovative products and services that drive quality and efficiency in pharmaceutical care” (AmerisourceBergen, 2012, para 3). However, the recent merger with Walgreen’s and Alliance Boots may bring on more than the organization bargained for if efficient and strategic and operational planning is not adhered to.

Anytime an organization makes changes extensive strategic and operational planning must be applied. Strategic and operational planning go hand in hand with organizational change. Both are a form of planning but should not be confused with each other. Strategic planning in regard to organization can be described as the direction an organization should be moving as well as what the organization should be doing but is not. The daily, monthly, and yearly planning is known as operational planning. In May of 2013, AmerisourceBergen as merged with retail pharmaceutical giant Walgreens and Alliance Boots which is an international pharmacy based health and beauty group (AmerisourceBergen, 2012). AmerisourceBergen’s’ dilemma involves merging organizational plans and goals with Walgreens and Alliance Boots organizational plans and goals. Organizational change begins at the top and works down. The chief executive...