This document outlines an assignment for an organizational strategy implementation plan. It provides 8 steps for students to follow to design an implementation plan for a case study company or their employer. The steps include analyzing the company's strategic priorities, resource allocation, value chain activities, information systems, culture, and composing policies. Students are to write a business report analyzing these aspects of the company and how they enable strategy execution. The assignment will evaluate students' ability to apply strategic management and leadership concepts to develop an effective implementation plan.
1. MT460 Unit 10 Assignment
In this Assignment, you will culminate one course outcome
based on the development of an implementation plan for your
organizational strategy:
MT460-5: Design a plan to implement a business strategy
throughout an organization.
Designing and developing a business report has become an
essential skill for professionals to master. In this Assignment,
your business report will contain a company analysis of
resources to aid in the implementation and execution of
strategy. Your research, organization, planning, and critical
thinking abilities will be critical in the development of your
business report and execution of the Assignment requirements.
Strategists must master the art and science of decision-making.
In this Assignment, you are given three options to choose from
in order to analyze and develop your business report:
· Option 1: To complete this Assignment, you may choose to
analyze one of the following case studies from your
textbook: Case Study 3, Case Study 25, or Case Study 26. You
can find a list of videos that may accompany your chosen case
study in the supplemental resources spreadsheet.
· Option 2: You may choose an award winning company from
the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program website to study.
You will evaluate the “Award Application Summary” of your
chosen award winning company as a business case.
· Option 3: You may also choose to analyze your current
employer instead of the business case studies based on the
criteria below. You must have access to study all topics listed
below. If you do not have access to the necessary information in
your company, you must choose a case study or a Baldrige
award-winning company as indicated above. Please seek
approval from your professor if you wish to conduct this
analysis based on your employer to ensure you are able to cover
all requirements sufficiently.
2. You will find the following resource to be a helpful guide in the
analysis of your chosen case study: Guide to Case Analysis.
Step 1: Explore the templates within MS Word that can be used
to develop your Assignment (search for business report
templates). You may choose to design your own business report
without a template if you wish. Additional business report
templates can be found in the supplemental resources
spreadsheet to aid you in the design elements of this project.
Use desktop publishing skills to professionally design your
business report.
Step 2: Provide a brief synopsis of the company from your
chosen case study or your employer (if approved by your
professor). Include the company name, industry sector,
products, target market, and any other pertinent background
information.
Step 3: Identify and explain at least three of the company’s
strategic priorities as indicated in business documentation. If
none exist, you must create them by analyzing the business
situation and using strategic management and leadership
abilities.
· Write a broad statement of what is to be accomplished in
relation to each identified strategic priority. Be specific.
· Indicate how the accomplishment of each strategic initiative is
monitored and measured.
· Identify by job title, the people that are accountable for the
success of the strategic priorities that provide direction for the
work that needs to be done, and who monitors progress and how
progress is monitored.
Step 4: Analyze and explain the allocation of resources
(financial, labor, capital assets, time, supplies, etc.) within the
company based on strategic priorities. Conduct research on the
company to learn more about the allocation of resources as
necessary.
· Using the 5-W’s and 1-H analysis technique, explain the
proper allocation of resources that will help the company reach
the identified strategic priorities.
3. · Explain how successful resource allocation is measured to
ensure progress is being made. State specific performance and
time measurements to determine success.
· Identify by job title, the people that are accountable for the
success of the allocation of resources that provide direction for
the work that needs to be done, and who monitors progress and
how progress is monitored.
Step 5: Analyze and explain the value chain activities of the
company.
· Identify and explain the best practices and process
management tools that drive continuous improvement in the
performance of value chain activities.
· Explain how the company value chain activities help reach the
identified strategic priorities.
· Indicate how the achievements of value chain activities is
monitored and measured.
· Identify by job title, the people accountable for the success of
the value chain activities that provide direction for the work
that needs to be done, and who monitors progress and how
progress is monitored.
Step 6: Analyze information and operating systems that enable
company personnel to carry out their strategic roles
proficiently. Conduct research to identify and make
recommendations on information and operating systems that
may improve the company’s execution of strategy.
· Explain how your recommendations improve efficiencies to
reach the identified strategic priorities.
· Indicate how the effectiveness and efficiencies of information
and operating systems are monitored and measured.
· Identify by job title, the people accountable for the success of
the information and operating systems that provide direction for
the work that needs to be done, and who monitors progress and
how progress is monitored.
Step 7: The goal of this implementation plan is to demonstrate
your ability to apply effective managerial leadership in
achieving superior strategy execution. Aspects of the culture of
4. a company can be fragile and must be monitored at all times to
ensure alignment with strategic priorities.
· Analyze and explain the key features of the company’s
corporate culture.
· Analyze and explain the role of the company’s core values and
ethical standards in building its culture and why they are
important to reaching the identified strategic priorities.
· Analyze and explain how the company’s culture drives
proficient strategy execution.
· Identify explain the use of incentives and rewards that
encourage superior performance in reaching the identified
strategic priorities.
· Indicate how the effectiveness of the company culture is
monitored and measured.
· Identify by job title, the people accountable for the success of
the company culture that will provide direction for the work
that needs to be done, and who monitors progress and how
progress is monitored.
Step 8: Meet the following format requirements in this
Assignment:
· Use as many concepts from Chapters 10, 11, and 12 in your
textbook to complete this Assignment as possible.
· Use a minimum of three academic research resources
(including your textbook) to substantiate your thoughts, ideas,
opinions, etc.
· Outline your business report with headings and subheadings to
ensure you include all required topics, and to control the flow
of ideas for your reader.
· You are the professional and will need to determine how long
the business report should be to meet the requirements of this
Assignment. You are capable of making such decisions at this
level of your degree program. Take the initiative to be the
problem solver and strategic decision-maker.
· Your business report should be professionally designed using
desktop publishing skills.
Rubric:
5. MT460: Unit 10 Assignment
Unit 10 Assignment Grading Rubric
Assignment Criteria
Points
Possible
Possible
Earned
Comments
Used creative desktop publishing abilities to design and
develop a professional business report.
2
Provided a brief synopsis of the company including the
company name, industry sector, products, target market, and
any other pertinent background information.
6. 2
Identified and explained at least three of the company’s
strategic priorities as indicated in business documentation. If
none existed, created them by analyzing the business situation
and using strategic management and leadership abilities.
6
• Wrote a broad statement of what is to be accomplished
in relation to each identified strategic priority providing
details.
3
• Indicated how the accomplishment of each strategic
initiative is monitored and measured.
3
• Identified by job title, the people that are accountable
for the success of the strategic priorities, that provide
direction for the work that needs to be done, and who
monitors progress and how progress is monitored.
7. 2
Analyzed and explained the allocation of resources (financial,
labor, capital assets, time, supplies, etc.) within the company
based on strategic priorities. Conducted research on the
company to learn more about the allocation of resources as
necessary.
4
• Using the 5-W’s and 1-H analysis technique, explained
the proper allocation of resources that will help the
company reach the identified strategic priorities.
6
• Explained how successful resource allocation is
measured to ensure progress is being made. Stated
specific performance and time measurements to
determine success.
3
• Identified by job title, the people that are accountable
for the success of the allocation of resources, that
8. provide direction for the work that needs to be done,
and who monitors progress and how progress is
monitored.
3
Analyzed and explained the value chain activities of the
company.
2
Unit 10 Assignment Grading Rubric
• Identified and explained the best practices and process
management tools that drive continuous improvement
in the performance of value chain activities.
2
• Explained how the company value chain activities help
reach the identified strategic priorities.
9. 2
• Indicated how the achievements of value chain
activities is monitored and measured.
2
• Identified by job title, the people accountable for the
success of the value chain activities that provide
direction for the work that needs to be done, and who
monitors progress and how progress is monitored.
2
Analyzed information and operating systems that enable
company personnel to carry out their strategic roles
proficiently. Conducted research to identify and make
recommendations on information and operating systems that
may improve the company’s execution of strategy.
2
• Explained how your recommendations improve
efficiencies to reach the identified strategic priorities.
10. 2
• Indicated how the effectiveness and efficiencies of
information and operating systems are monitored and
measured.
2
• Identified by job title, the people accountable for the
success of the information and operating systems, that
provide direction for the work that needs to be done,
and who monitors progress and how progress is
monitored.
2
Analyzed and explained the key features of the company’s
corporate culture.
3
• Analyzed and explained the role of the company’s core
values and ethical standards in building its culture and
why they are important to reaching the identified
strategic priorities.
11. 2
• Analyzed and explained how the company’s culture
drives proficient strategy execution.
3
• Identified and explained the use of incentives and
rewards that encourage superior performance in
reaching the identified strategic priorities.
3
• Indicated how the effectiveness of the company culture
is monitored and measured.
2
• Identified by job title, the people accountable for the
success of the company culture, that will provide
direction for the work that needs to be done, and who
monitors progress and how progress is monitored.
2
12. Unit 10 Assignment Grading Rubric
Used a minimum of three academic research resources
(including textbook) to substantiate your thoughts, ideas,
opinions, etc.
3
Compliance / Clarity / Organization (50%)
You are expected to meet the following requirements with
ease in a 400 level course. Penalties will be calculated as a
percentage up to 50% of the grade and will apply if the
following criteria are not met.
Chose a viable company to evaluate according to instructions. -
Used headings to segment the topics in writing in order to
create a flow of ideas for reader.
-
13. Provided unique perspective using no more than one direct
quote from research resources. Effectively synthesized
research by paraphrasing.
-
Applied proper APA style referencing format.
-
No spelling and grammatical mistakes.
-
Appropriate language.
-
Professional use of abbreviations and acronyms.
-
Late Penalty (-20%)
Total
70
14. Rubric Assignment
10 MT460.pdf
MT460 Unit 8 Assignment
In this Assignment, you will culminate two course outcomes
related to policy development:
MT460-6: Compose business policies to enable implementation
of a strategic plan.
GEL-7.02: Apply ethical reasoning to ethical issues within the
field of Management Policy and Strategy.
There is an important symbiotic relationship between strategy
and policy for managers and leaders to understand. Business
policy helps guide strategy implementation from a control
perspective, but it can also enable innovation. Policy must be
carefully developed so to empower employees, but must also be
stringent enough to set boundaries and enforce expectations. To
understand the central significance of the relationship between
policy and strategy to top managers and their organizations, you
must gain an understanding of how environments, external and
internal, affect the functioning of an organization. You must
develop an ability to evaluate environment to detect
opportunities and threats in it to which alert managers must
respond. It means an understanding of the processes through
which managers can best determine those missions and
objectives their organizations should seek; it means the ability
to formulate and evaluate the best policies and strategies to
achieve these ends, and the methods to assure that policies and
strategies are implemented. This is an important strategic
leadership and management ability that you must demonstrate
and continuously hone throughout your career.
In this Assignment, you will compose business policies using
ethical theories and principles from a leadership and
management perspective. Ethics plays an important role in
strategic decision-making. Managers and leaders must be adept
in understanding such concepts like Corporate Social
15. Responsibility, sustainability, diversity, negotiation, sales
tactics, etc. All strategic decisions involve trade-offs, and
businesses might pursue one goal while subordinating another.
However, managers and leaders must consider legal, ethical,
and moral boundaries and regulations with company goals,
objectives and directives.
Leaders and managers must continuously hone strategic
decision-making knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors as
an important 21st Century professional competency.
To demonstrate your understanding of business policy with
relation to business ethics concepts in this Assignment, design a
narrated PowerPoint presentation to include the following
information:
· Conduct research to identify an article highlighting a recent
(no more than three years old) ethics scandal using the Purdue
University Global Library or other approved resources.
· Tell the story. Provide a synopsis of the ethics scandal by
providing specific details about the company, professionals,
victims, the dilemma, government, etc.
· Explain what drove the unethical behaviors and/or business
strategies that caused the scandal.
· Explain the costs associated with the business ethics failures
from a corporate social responsibility and/or environmental
sustainability perspective.
· Explain what managers and leaders of the company should
have done to prevent the scandal.
· Explain what business policies and strategic decisions could
have prevented the scandal from occurring.
· Could centralized or decentralized decision-making have
prevented the scandal from occurring? Explain.
· Compose and explain business policies that establish standards
of ethical behavior no different from the ethical standards and
norms of the larger society and culture that could prevent a
scandal like this from occurring ever again in the business.
· Ensure your business policies balance corporate social
responsibility and environmental sustainability with economic
16. responsibilities to shareholders to prevent inequity.
Use as many concepts from Chapters 9 and 10 of your textbook
to complete this Assignment as possible. You are the
professional and will need to determine how many slides and
how long the presentation should be to meet the requirements of
this Assignment. You are capable of making such decisions at
this level of your degree program. Take the initiative to be the
problem solver and strategic decision-maker. Each slide should
have a verbal narration and notes. Your slides should be
professionally designed.
Rubric:
Rubric Assignment
8 MT460.pdf
MT460: Unit 8 Assignment
Unit 8 Assignment Grading Rubric
Assignment Criteria
Points
Possible
Possible
Earned
Comments
17. Told the story. Provided a synopsis of the ethics scandal in
chosen article by providing specific details about the company,
professionals, victims, the dilemma, government, etc.
5
Explained what drove the unethical behaviors and/or business
strategies that caused the scandal.
10
Explained the costs associated with the business ethics
failures from a corporate social responsibility and/or
environmental sustainability perspective.
10
Explained what managers and leaders of the company should
have done to prevent the scandal.
10
Explained what business policies and strategic decisions could
have prevented the scandal from occurring.
18. 10
Determined if centralized or decentralized decision-making
could have prevented the scandal from occurring? Explained
in detail.
10
Composed and explained business policies that establish
standards of ethical behavior no different from the ethical
standards and norms of the larger society and culture that
could prevent a scandal like this from occurring ever again in
the business.
10
Ensured business policies balance corporate social
responsibility and environmental sustainability with economic
responsibilities to shareholders to prevent inequity.
10
Compliance / Clarity / Organization (50%)
19. You are expected to meet the following requirements with
ease in a 400 level course. Penalties will be calculated as a
percentage up to 50% of the grade and will apply if the
following criteria are not met.
Identified an article highlighting a recent (no more than three
years old) ethics scandal using the Purdue University Global
Library or other approved resources to evaluate according to
instructions.
-
Used headings to segment the topics in writing in order to
create a flow of ideas for reader.
-
Provided unique perspective using no more than one direct
quote from research resources. Effectively synthesized
research by paraphrasing.
-
Unit 8 Assignment Grading Rubric
20. Applied proper APA style referencing format.
-
No spelling and grammatical mistakes.
-
Appropriate language.
-
Professional use of abbreviations and acronyms.
-
Late Penalty (-20%)
Total
75
MT460 Unit 7 Assignment
In this Assignment, you will culminate two course outcomes
related to strategic planning to enter international markets:
MT460-4: Develop a strategic framework to increase the
21. competitive advantage of a business.
PC-2.2: Formulate innovative solutions for identified
initiatives.
Your professor will provide a list of industries, parent
companies and international markets for you to choose from
complete this Assignment. You will choose one parent company
from the list and you will assume the role of General Manager
for a subsidiary (business unit) of this company. Assume you
are in charge of developing the strategy for your business unit
selling products in various countries around the world. One of
the issues you face is whether to employ a multidomestic
strategy, a global strategy, or a transnational strategy. Making
such a complex business decision can be challenging, but as a
management strategist, your leadership and business acumen
will help direct the company down the right path. In a five-page
business strategy report, use persuasive writing techniques to
convince corporate leadership to fund an expansion initiative
into a new international market that you have identified.
Complete this Assignment by meeting the following criteria:
· Your chosen company is comprised of various business units.
Choose one popular business unit (subsidiary) and make it your
focus for this Assignment. Identify the product and provide a
thorough synopsis on the current state of the business unit in
the international marketplace by conducting extensive research.
· Identify the markets in which the business unit currently
operates.
· Report on the financial health of the business unit by
reviewing annual reports and quarterly financial statements.
· Analyze the vision, mission, and value statements of the
company. Explain and critique each statement. Explain the pro’s
and con’s of each statement, and note any recommended
improvements based on research.
· Within your chosen business unit, identify a product line and
conduct extensive research on the product line to become
familiar with it.
· Provide a brief synopsis of your chosen product line.
22. · Provide details, noting important factors like the brand,
product features and benefits, and other important marketing
factors. Be thorough.
· Conduct research on your chosen international market.
· Explain why you chose this market, and explain the strategic
options the company has for entering this market.
· Explain why there is a need for your chosen product in your
chosen international market.
· Use a minimum of two analysis tools to understand your
chosen market and the opportunities that exist for your business
unit and parent company.
· Explain the pro’s and con’s of entering your chosen
international market.
· Based on an analysis of your chosen business unit, would a
multidomestic strategy, a global strategy, or a transnational
strategy be most appropriate if your company plans on
expanding into this new market? Explain.
· Generally forecast the necessary resources your business unit
will need to enter your chosen market (finances, capital assets,
labor, logistics, etc.).
· Develop SMART goals that will drive your business unit to
successfully enter your chosen international market.
· Determine if there are strategic advantages to global sourcing,
production, and logistics of the products in your chosen
business unit in relation to your chosen strategy?
· Is an alliance, joint venture, acquisition, or merger with
foreign companies necessary from your chosen business unit to
enter a foreign market? Explain.
· Identify and explain the value chain relationships between
your chosen business unit and other business units within your
chosen company.
· Explain how diversification strategies can produce cross-
business strategic fit capable of delivering competitive
advantage for your business unit.
· Evaluate your company’s diversification strategy.
· Use creative desktop publishing skills to create the title page
23. and layout of your business report.
· Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed academic research
resources (library resources, textbooks, books) to help
substantiate your strategic framework.
· Apply proper APA style referencing format.
· Be sure to use headings and subheadings to create a flow of
ideas and topics within your writing.
· Write in third person to develop your business report.
Use the many theories and concepts learned from Chapters 1–8
of your textbook to complete this Assignment. Use strategic
management and leadership knowledge, skills, abilities, and
behaviors you have acquired to help develop the framework for
your strategic plan, and to deliver an informative and persuasive
report to the corporate leadership of your chosen company.
Rubric:
Rubric Assignment
7 MT460.pdf
MT460: Unit 7 Assignment
Unit 7 Assignment Grading Rubric
Assignment Criteria
Points
24. Possible
Possible
Earned
Comments
Identified the company, business unit, and product and
provided a thorough synopsis on the current state of the
business unit in the international marketplace by conducting
extensive research.
3
• Identified the markets in which the business unit
currently operates.
2
• Reported on the financial health of the business unit by
reviewing annual reports and quarterly financial
statements.
5
• Analyzed the vision, mission, and value statements of
the company. Explained and critiqued each statement.
Explained the pros and cons of each statement, and
noted any recommended improvements based on
25. research.
3
Within chosen business unit, identified a product line and
conducted extensive research on the product line to become
familiar with it.
2
• Provided a brief synopsis of chosen product line. 2
• Provided details, noting important factors like the
brand, product features and benefits, and other
important marketing factors in detail.
3
Conduct research on your chosen international market.
o Explained why market was chosen and
explained the strategic options the company
has for entering this market.
5
26. o Explained why there is a need for chosen
product in chosen international market.
3
o Used a minimum of two analysis tools to
understand chosen market and the
opportunities that exist for business unit and
parent company.
3
o Explained the pros and cons of entering chosen
international market.
3
Based on an analysis of chosen business unit, would a
multidomestic strategy, a global strategy, or a transnational
strategy be most appropriate if chosen company plans on
expanding into this new market? Explained in detail.
3
Generally forecasted the necessary resources business unit
will need to enter chosen market (finances, capital assets,
labor, logistics, etc.).
27. 5
Developed SMART goals that will drive business unit to
successfully enter chosen international market.
5
Unit 7 Assignment Grading Rubric
Determined if there are strategic advantages to global
sourcing, production, and logistics of the products in chosen
business unit in relation to chosen strategy?
3
Is an alliance, joint venture, acquisition, or merger with foreign
companies necessary from chosen business unit to enter a
foreign market? Explained in detail.
3
Identified and explained the value chain relationships between
28. the chosen business unit and the other business units within
the company.
5
• Explained how diversification strategies can produce
cross-business strategic fit capable of delivering
competitive advantage for business unit.
3
• Evaluated chosen company’s diversification strategy. 3
Used creative desktop publishing skills to create the title page
and layout of business report.
3
Used a minimum of three peer-reviewed academic research
resources (library resources, textbooks, books) to help
substantiate strategic framework.
3
Compliance / Clarity / Organization (50%)
You are expected to meet the following requirements with
ease in a 400 level course. Penalties will be calculated as a
29. percentage up to 50% of the grade and will apply if the
following criteria are not met.
Identified an article highlighting a recent (no more than three
years old) ethics scandal using the Purdue University Global
Library or other approved resources to evaluate according to
instructions.
-
Used headings to segment the topics in writing in order to
create a flow of ideas for reader.
-
Provided unique perspective using no more than one direct
quote from research resources. Effectively synthesized
research by paraphrasing.
-
Applied proper APA style referencing format.
-
No spelling and grammatical mistakes.
-
30. Appropriate language.
-
Professional use of abbreviations and acronyms.
-
Late Penalty (-20%)
Total
70
MT460 Unit 5 Assignment
In this Assignment, you will culminate one course outcome by
demonstrating an ability to make strategic business decisions:
MT460-3: Formulate strategic business decisions from a
management, leadership and organizational design perspective.
Strategy is often a complex puzzle that requires both leadership
and management oriented decision-making, critical thinking and
problem-solving abilities. Strategic thinking, in general,
requires the understanding of intricate design structures and
networks within an organization. Choosing the appropriate
strategic approach can be a daunting task, requiring business
acumen and professional competencies that leaders and
managers possess, such as professional communication (verbal,
written, body language), planning, organization, analysis,
31. reasoning skills, persistence, time management, perseverance,
and much more. To meet the challenges in this Assignment, you
must be ready to use a combination of such professional
competencies and business acumen to formulate strategic
business decisions from a leadership, management and
organizational design perspective. Essentially, you are
analyzing a business to construct a business case.
To complete this Assignment, your professor will provide a list
of industries and companies. You will choose two companies
from the list that operate within one of the industries provided.
You will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer (CEO) for
one of your chosen companies, and the other company will be a
major competitor. In a narrated PowerPoint presentation, your
goal is to make strategic decisions from a management,
leadership, and organizational design perspective by meeting
the following criteria:
· Identify two companies that operate within the same industry
from the list of industries and companies that your Professor
has provided. You will assume the role of CEO for one of your
chosen companies, and the other company will be a competitor
that operates in the same industry with similar products. As the
CEO, you will make strategic decisions from a leadership or a
management perspective. Your audience is the executive
management team of your organization.
· As the CEO, provide a thorough synopsis of your chosen
company by introducing the brand, industry, products, target
market, etc. Be sure to use leadership abilities to inspire your
audience through your communication of this information.
· From a management perspective, provide a high-level synopsis
of the organizational design of your chosen company.
· From a management perspective, provide a thorough
environmental analysis on the state of your chosen industry and
your company’s market position within the industry.
· From a management perspective, analyze the financial
condition of your chosen company.
· From a management perspective, conduct a thorough analysis
32. on your competitor to explain its market position and
competitive advantages within your chosen industry.
· Using strategic decision-making abilities, decide on which of
the five generic strategies your company employs, and why this
strategy works better than others for your company.
· From a leadership perspective, explain how your chosen
generic strategy positions your company within the market by
building competitive advantages against your chosen competitor
company.
· From a management perspective, provide reasoning on the
potential for your company to achieve competitive advantage in
the market based on lower costs. If your company is not
positioned as a low cost leader, explain why not. If it is
positioned as a low cost leader, explain why it leads to
sustainable competitive advantage.
· From a management perspective, provide reasoning on the
potential for your company to achieve competitive advantage in
the market based on differentiating the company’s products
from the offerings of rivals. If your company is not positioned
as a differentiator, explain why not. If it is positioned as a
differentiator, explain why it leads to sustainable competitive
advantage.
· From a management perspective, provide reasoning on the
potential for your company to achieve competitive advantage in
the market based on being a best-cost provider. If your company
is not positioned as a best-cost provider, explain why not. If it
is positioned as a best-cost provider, explain why it leads to
sustainable competitive advantage.
· From a management perspective, formulate and explain your
company’s offensive or defensive strategy to improve its market
position in the next year.
· From a leadership perspective, design a plan to position your
chosen company to be a first mover, a fast follower, or a late
mover to ensure competitive advantage.
· From a management perspective, compare and contrast the
advantages and disadvantages of extending your company’s
33. scope of operations via vertical integration.
· From a management perspective, determine the conditions that
favor outsourcing certain value chain activities to outside
parties for your company.
· Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed research resources
(including your textbook) to substantiate your thoughts,
opinions, ideas, etc.
Use as many concepts from Chapters 5 and 6 of your textbook
to complete this Assignment as possible. You are the
professional and will need to determine how many slides and
how long the presentation should be to meet the requirements of
this Assignment. You are capable of making such decisions at
this level of your degree program. Take the initiative to be the
problem solver and strategic decision-maker. Each slide should
have a verbal narration and notes. Your slides should be
professionally designed.
Rubric:
Rubric Assignment
5 MT460.pdf
MT460: Unit 5 Assignment
Unit 5 Assignment Grading Rubric
Assignment Criteria
34. Points
Possible
Possible
Earned
Comments
Identified two companies that operate within the same industry
from list of industries and companies provided.
2
Provided a thorough synopsis of chosen company by
introducing the brand, industry, products, target market, etc.
2
From a management perspective provided a high-level
synopsis of the organizational design of chosen company.
2
From a management perspective provided a thorough
environmental analysis on the state of chosen industry and
company’s market position within the industry.
5
35. From a management perspective, analyzed the financial
condition of chosen company.
5
From a management perspective, conducted a thorough
analysis on competitor to explain its market position and
competitive advantages within chosen industry.
5
Using strategic decision-making abilities, decided on which of
the five generic strategies company employs, and why this
strategy works better than others for chosen company.
5
From a leadership perspective, explained how chosen generic
strategy positions chosen company within the market by
building competitive advantages against competitor company.
5
From a management perspective, provided reasoning on the
potential for chosen company to achieve competitive
advantage in the market based on lower costs. If company is
36. not positioned as a low-cost leader, explained why not. If it is
positioned as a low-cost leader, explained why it leads to
sustainable competitive advantage.
5
From a management perspective, provided reasoning on the
potential for chosen company to achieve competitive
advantage in the market based on differentiating the
company’s products from the offerings of rivals. If company is
not positioned as a differentiator, explain why not. If it is
positioned as a differentiator, explain why it leads to
sustainable competitive advantage.
5
From a management perspective, provided reasoning on the
potential for company to achieve competitive advantage in the
market based on being a best-cost provider. If company is not
positioned as a best-cost provider, explain why not. If it is
positioned as a best-cost provider, explain why it leads to
sustainable competitive advantage.
5
37. Unit 5 Assignment Grading Rubric
From a management perspective, formulated and explained
chosen companies offensive or defensive strategy to improve
its market position in the next year.
5
From a leadership perspective, designed a plan to position
chosen company to be a first mover, a fast follower, or a late
mover to ensure competitive advantage.
2
From a management perspective, compared and contrasted
the advantages and disadvantages of extending company’s
scope of operations via vertical integration.
3
From a management perspective, determined the conditions
that favor outsourcing certain value chain activities to outside
parties for chosen company.
2
38. Used a minimum of three peer-reviewed research resources
(including your textbook) to substantiate thoughts, opinions,
ideas, etc.
3
Verbal Presentation
Speaks loudly enough to be heard; varying voice pitch and
volume to ensure class interest and attention.
5
Pronounces words correctly and enunciates clearly. 4
Compliance / Clarity / Organization (50%)
You are expected to meet the following requirements with
ease in a 400-level course. Penalties will be calculated as a
percentage up to 50% of the grade and will apply if the
following criteria are not met.
Properly addressed audience as the executive management
team of chosen organization.
-
39. Used leadership abilities to inspire audience through
communication of required information.
-
Slide presentation is professionally designed with theme -
Slides are labeled with appropriate headings -
Slide presentation is professionally designed with diagrams,
images, charts, and bullet points. No long sentences or
paragraphs.
-
Provided unique perspective using no more than one direct
quote from research resources. Effectively synthesized
research by paraphrasing.
-
Applied proper APA style referencing format.
-
40. No spelling and grammatical mistakes.
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Appropriate language.
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Professional use of abbreviations and acronyms.
-
Unit 5 Assignment Grading Rubric
Late Penalty (-20%)
Total
70