Reducing the Impact of World Instability on a Complex Global Organization

Reducing the Impact of World Instability on a Complex Global Organization. Terry L. Hampton, 2025: Strategic Research Project, Nova Southeastern University, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. Keywords: external factor evaluation, human-made disasters, internal factor evaluation, natural disasters, quality assurance, SWOT analysis This strategic research project was designed to provide insight and understanding of the types of natural disasters and human-made events that can negatively affect global organizations often without warning. Natural disasters include earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, extreme temperature fluctuations, and pandemics. Human-made events include war, terrorism, acts of violence, civil unrest, and cybercrime. These types of events can destroy infrastructures and negatively impact organizations by inhibiting and disrupting business operations and the people and the environment in which they conduct business. This strategic research project was conducted based on 40 factors: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that can impact a global organization through the lens of a quality assurance professional. Furthermore, a quantitative strategic plan matrix comprised of the internal factor evaluation of strengths and weaknesses and the external factor evaluation of opportunities and threats was employed to distinguish the most from the least significant factors from factors among the 40 factors and develop alternative solutions. The solution selected for combatting these types of events and reducing the risks of negative impacts on business operations include employing additive manufacturing and remanufacturing strategies. These strategies include reusing, recycling, repurposing, and reconfiguring an organization’s current existing asset such as land, buildings, equipment, materials, labor, and other resources for new uses. Moreover, additive manufacturing and remanufacturing methodologies make the organization flexible, innovative, profitable, and sustainable by repurposing and moving processes and operations away from volatile and vulnerable locations to safer and more stable places in the world. Finally, a 5-step action plan was developed to implement the solution.