OL 501 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric Overview: In this milestone, you will submit the Strategy and Key Performance Indicators for your chosen case study. Use the worksheet provided to complete the strategy and key performance indicators. Make sure your chosen strategy is in line with the company’s mission and values. Your KPIs should fit the chosen strategy and provide objective measures. Specifically, the following critical elements from the final project must be addressed: IV. Strategy: What does the company need to do to change direction? A. Devise an informed basic strategy to move the organization in a new direction based on the environmental analysis. B. Identify the key players in implementing the strategy (marketing, operations, accounting, sales, HR, etc.) and describe how it affects them. C. Develop a basic (high-level) plan to improve organizational performance. 1. Define goals for profitability based on specifics from analyses. 2. Explain in detail how the goals are in alignment with the company mission/vision and values. D. Describe in detail how this plan affects the organization’s departments (marketing, operations, HR functions, etc.). V. Key Performance Indicators: What does success look like? A. Determine the specific KPIs you will use to effectively measure the success of the strategy and explain how/why these KPIs align with the identified strategy and with the organization’s mission, vision, and values. B. Identify at least one KPI for each profitability goal identified previously. Rubric Guidelines for Submission: This milestone must be submitted using the worksheet provided and must be written in APA format. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. All references must be cited in APA format. Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Strategy: Basic Strategy Devises an informed basic strategy to move the company in a new direction based on environmental analysis Devises a basic strategy to move the company in a new direction, but the strategy is not logically based on environmental analysis Does not devise a basic strategy to move the company in a new direction based on environmental analysis 10 Strategy: Key Players Identifies the key players in implementing the strategy and describes how it affects them Identifies some of the key players in implementing the strategy, but the identification is incomplete or lacks detail on how they are affected Does not identify the key players in implementing the strategy 10 Strategy: Basic Plan Develops a basic (high-level) plan to improve organizational performance Develops a basic (high-level) plan, but it contains inaccuracies in relation to improving performance Does not develop a basic (high- level) plan to improve organizational performance 15 http://snhu-media.snhu.edu/files/course_repository/graduate/ol/o.

1. OL 501 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: In this milestone, you will submit the Strategy and
Key Performance Indicators for your chosen case study. Use the
worksheet provided to complete
the strategy and key performance indicators. Make sure your
chosen strategy is in line with the company’s mission and
values. Your KPIs should fit the chosen
strategy and provide objective measures.
Specifically, the following critical elements from the final
project must be addressed:
IV. Strategy: What does the company need to do to change
direction?
A. Devise an informed basic strategy to move the organization
in a new direction based on the environmental analysis.
B. Identify the key players in implementing the strategy
(marketing, operations, accounting, sales, HR, etc.) and
describe how it affects them.
C. Develop a basic (high-level) plan to improve organizational
performance.
1. Define goals for profitability based on specifics from
analyses.
2. Explain in detail how the goals are in alignment with the
company mission/vision and values.
D. Describe in detail how this plan affects the organization’s
departments (marketing, operations, HR functions, etc.).

2. V. Key Performance Indicators: What does success look like?
A. Determine the specific KPIs you will use to effectively
measure the success of the strategy and explain how/why these
KPIs align with the
identified strategy and with the organization’s mission, vision,
and values.
B. Identify at least one KPI for each profitability goal identified
previously.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: This milestone must be submitted
using the worksheet provided and must be written in APA
format. Use double spacing, 12-point
Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. All references
must be cited in APA format.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%)
Not Evident (0%) Value
Strategy: Basic Strategy Devises an informed basic strategy
to move the company in a new
direction based on environmental
analysis
Devises a basic strategy to move the
company in a new direction, but the
strategy is not logically based on
environmental analysis
Does not devise a basic strategy to
move the company in a new

3. direction based on environmental
analysis
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Strategy: Key Players Identifies the key players in
implementing the strategy and
describes how it affects them
Identifies some of the key players in
implementing the strategy, but the
identification is incomplete or lacks
detail on how they are affected
Does not identify the key players in
implementing the strategy
10
Strategy: Basic Plan Develops a basic (high-level) plan to
improve organizational
performance
Develops a basic (high-level) plan,
but it contains inaccuracies in
relation to improving performance
Does not develop a basic (high-
level) plan to improve
organizational performance
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Strategy: Basic Plan -
Goals
Defines goals for profitability based
on specifics from analyses
Defines goals for profitability, but
goals contain inaccuracies in
relation to analyses
Does not define goals for
profitability
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Strategy: Basic Plan –
Alignment
Explains how the goals are in
alignment with the company
mission, vision, and values
Explains how the goals are in
alignment with the company
mission, vision, and values, but
explanation is incomplete or lacks
sufficient detail
Does not explain how the goals are
in alignment with the company

5. mission, vision, and values
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Strategy: Basic Plan -
Affects
Describes how the plan affects the
organization’s other departments
Describes how the plan affects
other departments, but the
description is incomplete or lacks
sufficient detail
Does not describe how the plan
affects other departments
10
Key Performance
Indicators: Specific KPIs
Determines the specific KPIs to use
to effectively measure the success
of the strategy and explains how
they align with strategy and
mission, vision, and values
Determines KPIs to use to measure
the success of the strategy, but
some KPIs are incorrect, or
explanation of how they align with
strategy and mission, vision, and
values is missing or incorrect

6. Does not determine the specific
KPIs to use to effectively measure
the success of the strategy
13
Key Performance
Indicators: One for Each
Profitability Goal
Correctly identifies at least one KPI
for each profitability goal
Identifies a KPI for most but not all
goals, or KPIs are misaligned to
goals
Does not identify at least one KPI
for each goal
10
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors related
to citations, grammar, spelling,
syntax, or organization that
negatively impact readability and
articulation of main ideas

7. Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization that
prevent understanding of ideas
6
Total 100%