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The Final Assignment is your opportunity to bring all your learning together. This Strategic Management Plan presentation is an in-depth case study analysis of the company of your choice.Click herefor Final Project Guidelines which are also available in Doc Sharing.You may choose either a large, well-known Fortune 1,000 company that has information readily available, or a smaller company in your city or town which has information in the local press (the larger company may be easier). Pretend that you are a business and strategy consultant hired by one of your chosen companys executives to present the new strategic plan to the Board of Directors (BoD).You will create this Assignment in a PowerPoint presentation format. Use a bulleted list for each slide (page) and support the bulleted ideas in the Notes section of the slide. Use APA format and citation style in the notes description section. Do include a references page at the end of the presentation for the outside sources you used and integrated in the presentation itself. In addition, follow the Final Project Guidelines.Final Project GuidelinesIntroductionCompany BackgroundCompany Vision and Mission StatementsLeadership and Organizational CultureCorporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, and Policies Empowering ActionExternal Analysis (Opportunities and Threats) and Global EnvironmentInternal Analysis (Strengths and Weaknesses), Strategic Control and Continuous ImprovementInnovation and EntrepreneurshipStrategic Analysis and ChoiceGeneric and Grand StrategiesLong-Term Objectives and StrategiesShort-Term Objectives, Functional Tactics, and ImplementationRestructuring, Reengineering and RefocusingConclusionAssignment Checklist:Develop a strategic plan.Modify a Fortune 1000 company’s strategic planning mode to include an entrepreneurial mode.Create a new grand strategy for long term growth.Create presentation in PowerPoint format.Submit to the Unit 10: Final Assignment Dropbox.For additional Assignment details see Rubric below.
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Unit 10
Final Assignment: The Strategic Plan Presentation

The
Final Assignment, due in Unit 10, is your chance to bring it all
together. This Strategic Management Presentationis an in-depth
case study analysis and strategy for the company of yourchoice. Final
Assignment Guidelines are also available in Doc Sharing.

You
may choose either a large, well-known Fortune 1,000 company that has
information readily available, or a smaller company in your city or town which
has information in the local press (the larger company may be easier). Pretend
that you are a business and strategy consultant hired by one of your
chosen companys executives to present the new strategic plan to the Board
of

Directors
(BoD).

You will create this project in a PowerPoint
presentation format. The Final Assignment PowerPoint template is available in
Doc Sharing. Use a bulleted list for each slide (page) and support the bulleted
ideas in the Notes section of the slide. Use the current APA
style and format in the Notes description section of the slide. Include
a References page at the end of the presentation for the outside sources
you used and integrated in the presentation itself.

Final
Assignment Guidelines: Strategic Plan

A
strategic plan is designed to be in use for three (3) to five (5) years. For
your Final Assignment, you will write a strategic plan providing the following
information:

Company Background

Identify the Fortune 1000
organization that you have chosen for your strategic plan. Provide a brief
background of this organization including its products, services, and
customers. Include the organizations strategic planning model and include the
history of successes and failures associated with its processes.

Company Vision Statement and Mission
Statements

What
is the companys vision statement and mission statement along with its purpose,
values, goals, and philosophy? How do these support the organization to realize
its goals and objectives?

Leadership and Organizational Culture

Discuss
how the new grand strategy will affect the company leadership infrastructure,
and the organizational structure and culture. How can the company move to a
more agile and virtual organization? How will the company manage the
strategy-culture relationship due to the new change?

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Corporate Social Responsibility, Business
Ethics, and Policies Empowering Action

What
is the companys stakeholder approach to social responsibility? What types of
social responsibility does the organization practice and tout? What are the
major trends in todays corporate social responsibility? How does the company
create and utilize policies to empower employees to become socially responsible
inside and outside of the organization? Describe the companys code of conduct
(ethical principles and guidelines) and how the executive and management team
practice these?

External Analysis (Opportunities and Threats)
and Global Environment

Describe
the companys external environment including the remote environment (economic
factors, social factors, political factors, technological factors, ecological
factors, and international environment). How does the company currently contend
with the external forces and operating environment? What is the companys
global strategic plan and how does it use firms in foreign markets for global
reach?

Internal
Analysis (Strengths and Weaknesses), Strategic Control, and Continuous
Improvement

Define
the companys internal environment. What Balanced Scorecard software or other
strategic control software would you recommend to the company to manage,
monitor, and sustain the implementation i.e. continuous improvement? Please
explain the choice of software and illustrate the use of controls to guide and
monitor strategic implementation.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Describe
the concepts of incremental and breakthrough innovation, and the risks to be
aware of. Define the new strategy as being either an incremental or
breakthrough innovation process and how this supports the idea of continuous
improvement. Is your recommended strategy entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial in
nature? Please explain the benefits.

Strategic Analysis and Choice

Explain
why a grand strategy is more beneficial to the company than a generic type of
strategy.

Generic and Grand Strategies

Generic
strategies are low-cost leadership, differentiation, speed-based, and marketing
focused. Grand strategies include concentrated growth, market development,
product development, innovation, horizontal acquisition, vertical acquisition,
concentric diversification,

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turnaround,
divestiture, liquidation, bankruptcy, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and
consortia. Discuss the grand strategy chosen that will sustain and grow the
company for many years to come and to keep competitive in its market place.

Long Term Objectives and Strategies

What
are the companys long term objectives in support of its overall grand
strategy? What generic strategies has it entertained in the past and in
current? Recommend a new grand strategy for long term growth and explain why
you as a consultant have chosen it.

Short-term Objectives, Functional Tactics,
and Implementation

Discuss
the implementation of the new grand strategy. What are the short term
objectives required to support the new strategy? What functional tactics will
support this implementation?

Restructuring, Reengineering, and Refocusing

Discuss
the type of restructuring and or reengineering that must take place to support
the new grand strategy designed and proposed as well as its implementation.
Emphasize the most critical activities that will enable the strategy to
function optimally and effectively. Will the refocus entail business process
outsourcing and/or modular organization? The idea is to transform the company
into an agile, virtual organization.

Include a
short Introduction and Conclusion in this Final Assignment
PowerPoint presentation.

Utilize
current APA citation, format, and style. The presentation content should be
twelve (12) to fourteen (14) slides; if more, feel free to include them.

Be
sure to keep each slide to five bullets or less with ten or less words per
bullet. You can fully describe and APA cite each in the Notes section of
the PowerPoint slide itself. Use formal title and References slides per APA.

When
completed with the Final Assignment, submit your Assignment to the Unit 10
Final Assignment
Dropboxin a
PowerPoint.ppt or .pptx document.

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MT460 Unit 10 Final
Assignment Grading Rubric

Maximum

Criteria

Maximum

Percent

Points

Content

Develop a strategic
plan.

Modify a Fortune
1000 company’s

strategic planning
mode to include an

50%

entrepreneurial
mode.

63

Create a new grand
strategy for long

term growth

Create presentation
in PowerPoint

format.

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Analysis and Critical
Thinking
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Company Background

Company Vision and Mission

Statements

Leadership and Organizational

Culture

Corporate Social

Responsibility,
Business Ethics, and Policies Empowering

Action

External Analysis

(Opportunities
and Threats) and Global Environment

Internal Analysis (Strengths

and Weaknesses), Strategic

30%

Control and
Continuous

38

Improvement

Innovation and

Entrepreneurship

Strategic
Analysis and Choice

Generic and Grand
Strategies

Long-Term
Objectives and

Strategies

Short-Term
Objectives,

Functional Tactics,
and

Implementation

Restructuring,
Reengineering

and Refocusing

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15%

Writing
Style, Grammar, PPT

19

number of slides
(xx)

5%

APA
Format and Citation Style

5

100%

Total

125

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The Final Assignment is your opportunity to bring all your learning together. This Strategic Management Plan presentation is an in-depth case study analysis of the company of your choice.Click herefor Final Project Guidelines which are also available in Doc Sharing.You may choose either a large, well-known Fortune 1,000 company that has information readily available, or a smaller company in your city or town which has information in the local press (the larger company may be easier). Pretend that you are a business and strategy consultant hired by one of your chosen companys executives to present the new strategic plan to the Board of Directors (BoD).You will create this Assignment in a PowerPoint presentation format. Use a bulleted list for each slide (page) and support the bulleted ideas in the Notes section of the slide. Use APA format and citation style in the notes description section. Do include a references page at the end of the presentation for the outside sources you used and integrated in the presentation itself. In addition, follow the Final Project Guidelines.Final Project GuidelinesAssignment Checklist:For additional Assignment details see Rubric below.
Final Assignment Grading Rubric.jpg”>Course: MT460 Unit: 10 Points: 125.gif”>Unit 10
Final Assignment: The Strategic Plan PresentationThe
Final Assignment, due in Unit 10, is your chance to bring it all
together. This Strategic Management Presentationis an in-depth
case study analysis and strategy for the company of yourchoice. Final
Assignment Guidelines are also available in Doc Sharing.You
may choose either a large, well-known Fortune 1,000 company that has
information readily available, or a smaller company in your city or town which
has information in the local press (the larger company may be easier). Pretend
that you are a business and strategy consultant hired by one of your
chosen companys executives to present the new strategic plan to the Board
ofDirectors
(BoD).You will create this project in a PowerPoint
presentation format. The Final Assignment PowerPoint template is available in
Doc Sharing. Use a bulleted list for each slide (page) and support the bulleted
ideas in the Notes section of the slide. Use the current APA
style and format in the Notes description section of the slide. Include
a References page at the end of the presentation for the outside sources
you used and integrated in the presentation itself.Final
Assignment Guidelines: Strategic PlanA
strategic plan is designed to be in use for three (3) to five (5) years. For
your Final Assignment, you will write a strategic plan providing the following
information:
Company BackgroundIdentify the Fortune 1000
organization that you have chosen for your strategic plan. Provide a brief
background of this organization including its products, services, and
customers. Include the organizations strategic planning model and include the
history of successes and failures associated with its processes.
Company Vision Statement and Mission
StatementsWhat
is the companys vision statement and mission statement along with its purpose,
values, goals, and philosophy? How do these support the organization to realize
its goals and objectives?
Leadership and Organizational CultureDiscuss
how the new grand strategy will affect the company leadership infrastructure,
and the organizational structure and culture. How can the company move to a
more agile and virtual organization? How will the company manage the
strategy-culture relationship due to the new change?Copyright Kaplan UniversityFinal Assignment Grading Rubric.jpg”>Course: MT460 Unit: 10 Points: 125.gif”>
Corporate Social Responsibility, Business
Ethics, and Policies Empowering ActionWhat
is the companys stakeholder approach to social responsibility? What types of
social responsibility does the organization practice and tout? What are the
major trends in todays corporate social responsibility? How does the company
create and utilize policies to empower employees to become socially responsible
inside and outside of the organization? Describe the companys code of conduct
(ethical principles and guidelines) and how the executive and management team
practice these?
External Analysis (Opportunities and Threats)
and Global EnvironmentDescribe
the companys external environment including the remote environment (economic
factors, social factors, political factors, technological factors, ecological
factors, and international environment). How does the company currently contend
with the external forces and operating environment? What is the companys
global strategic plan and how does it use firms in foreign markets for global
reach? Internal
Analysis (Strengths and Weaknesses), Strategic Control, and Continuous
ImprovementDefine
the companys internal environment. What Balanced Scorecard software or other
strategic control software would you recommend to the company to manage,
monitor, and sustain the implementation i.e. continuous improvement? Please
explain the choice of software and illustrate the use of controls to guide and
monitor strategic implementation.
Innovation and EntrepreneurshipDescribe
the concepts of incremental and breakthrough innovation, and the risks to be
aware of. Define the new strategy as being either an incremental or
breakthrough innovation process and how this supports the idea of continuous
improvement. Is your recommended strategy entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial in
nature? Please explain the benefits.
Strategic Analysis and ChoiceExplain
why a grand strategy is more beneficial to the company than a generic type of
strategy.
Generic and Grand StrategiesGeneric
strategies are low-cost leadership, differentiation, speed-based, and marketing
focused. Grand strategies include concentrated growth, market development,
product development, innovation, horizontal acquisition, vertical acquisition,
concentric diversification,Copyright Kaplan UniversityFinal Assignment Grading Rubric.jpg”>Course: MT460 Unit: 10 Points: 125.gif”>turnaround,
divestiture, liquidation, bankruptcy, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and
consortia. Discuss the grand strategy chosen that will sustain and grow the
company for many years to come and to keep competitive in its market place.
Long Term Objectives and StrategiesWhat
are the companys long term objectives in support of its overall grand
strategy? What generic strategies has it entertained in the past and in
current? Recommend a new grand strategy for long term growth and explain why
you as a consultant have chosen it.
Short-term Objectives, Functional Tactics,
and ImplementationDiscuss
the implementation of the new grand strategy. What are the short term
objectives required to support the new strategy? What functional tactics will
support this implementation?
Restructuring, Reengineering, and RefocusingDiscuss
the type of restructuring and or reengineering that must take place to support
the new grand strategy designed and proposed as well as its implementation.
Emphasize the most critical activities that will enable the strategy to
function optimally and effectively. Will the refocus entail business process
outsourcing and/or modular organization? The idea is to transform the company
into an agile, virtual organization.Include a
short Introduction and Conclusion in this Final Assignment
PowerPoint presentation.Utilize
current APA citation, format, and style. The presentation content should be
twelve (12) to fourteen (14) slides; if more, feel free to include them.Be
sure to keep each slide to five bullets or less with ten or less words per
bullet. You can fully describe and APA cite each in the Notes section of
the PowerPoint slide itself. Use formal title and References slides per APA.When
completed with the Final Assignment, submit your Assignment to the Unit 10
Final AssignmentDropboxin a
PowerPoint.ppt or .pptx document.Copyright Kaplan UniversityFinal Assignment Grading Rubric.jpg”>Course: MT460 Unit: 10 Points: 125.gif”>.gif”>.gif”>.gif”>.gif”>MT460 Unit 10 Final
Assignment Grading RubricMaximumCriteriaMaximumPercentPointsContentDevelop a strategic
plan.Modify a Fortune
1000 company’sstrategic planning
mode to include an50%entrepreneurial
mode.63Create a new grand
strategy for longterm growthCreate presentation
in PowerPointformat.Copyright Kaplan UniversityFinal Assignment Grading Rubric.jpg”>Course: MT460 Unit: 10 Points: 125.gif”>Analysis and Critical
Thinking.gif”>.gif”>.gif”>.gif”>.gif”>.gif”>
Company Background
Company Vision and MissionStatements
Leadership and OrganizationalCulture
Corporate SocialResponsibility,
Business Ethics, and Policies EmpoweringAction
External Analysis(Opportunities
and Threats) and Global Environment
Internal Analysis (Strengthsand Weaknesses), Strategic30%Control and
Continuous38ImprovementInnovation andEntrepreneurship Strategic
Analysis and Choice Generic and Grand
Strategies Long-Term
Objectives andStrategies Short-Term
Objectives,Functional Tactics,
andImplementationRestructuring,
Reengineeringand Refocusing.gif”>Copyright Kaplan UniversityFinal Assignment Grading Rubric.jpg”>Course: MT460 Unit: 10 Points: 125.gif”>15%Writing
Style, Grammar, PPT19number of slides
(xx)5%APA
Format and Citation Style5100%Total125Copyright Kaplan University

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