Strategic Planning & Implementation

All of assignment one does not need to be completed in full, I already lost the points for not doing it. I just added it because it shows what the instructor wanted for this assignment and the next assignment due.

Assignments:

1. Identify in 350 to 525 words what the plan does well, in addition to areas for improvement.

Discuss whether the plan:

• Clearly states where the organization is going and how it will get there
• Evaluates the organization’s external and internal environments
• Includes a people plan and addresses achievement of a diverse workforce
• Includes corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability

Submit the plan and its citation to your faculty member for approval. This will be used in Wks 4 and 5 of the course.

2. Using your analysis of the strategic plan from the Wk 2- Strategic Plan Research assignment, complete the following:

Analyze in 350 to 525 words the:

• Purpose of the strategic plan
• Key objectives:
• Market development and how your ideas fit
• Process improvement
• Development of people
• Product/service – How do you deliver? Is there a way to improve quality over time to differentiate?
• Key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure performance over time

3.  Create a 5- to 7- slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, with speaker notes and visuals on each slide, that will sell your identified improvements to the strategic plan, based on your Wk 4 analysis.

Include the following:

• Summarize the threats and challenges you have identified within the current strategic plan.
• Determine how to execute the strategic initiatives in order to address the threats and challenges.
• Explain proposed process improvements.
• Assess whether additional resources are needed.
• Describe how resources should be used in the application of the strategic plan.
• Utilize KPIs to justify the financial investment and to measure the success of the proposed improvements to the strategic plan.
• Justify your recommendations based on anticipated Return on Investment (RO