Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to help students understand strategic business terminology (vision, mission, goals, objectives, specific objectives, internal and external scanning), to recognize the components of a strategic plan and to be familiar with the core information and steps needed to create a strategic plan. Furthermore, this assignment allows students to recognize the difference between strategic planning and strategic management. Assignment Steps Write a 700-word analysis in which you complete the following:
Describe and define the primary components of the Strategic Management Process.
Describe and define internal and external analysis.
Describe and define the responsibilities and duties of the Strategic Manager.
Explain why companies need strategic management planning.
Cite 3 scholarly references, including at least two peer-reviewed references from the University Library. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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Strategic Planning and Strategic
Management Grading Guide
MGT/498 Version 4
Strategic Management
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Strategic Management Planning
and Strategic Management
Grading Guide
MGT/498 Version 4
Individual Assignment: Strategic Planning and Strategic Management
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to help students understand strategic business terminology (vision, mission,
goals, objectives, specific objectives, internal and external scanning), to recognize the components of a
strategic plan and to be familiar with the core information and steps needed to create a strategic plan.
Furthermore, this assignment allows students to recognize the difference between strategic planning and
strategic management.
Resources Required
Textbook Chapters 1, 2 and 3
Week 1 Electronic Reserve Readings
Week 1 Electronic Reserve Readings Video
Grading Guide
Content
Met
Partially
Met
Not Met
Total
Available
Total
Earned
4
#/4
Partially
Met
Not Met
Comments:
Student describes and defines the primary
components of the Strategic Management
Process.
Student describes and defines internal and
external analysis.
Student describes and defines the
responsibilities and duties of the Strategic
Manager.
Student explains why companies need
strategic management planning.
The paper is 700 words in length.
Writing Guidelines
The paper—including tables and graphs,
headings, title page, and reference page—is
consistent with APA formatting guidelines and
meets course-level requirements.
Met
Comments:
2
Strategic Management Planning
and Strategic Management
Grading Guide
MGT/498 Version 4
Writing Guidelines
Met
Partially
Met
Not Met
Total
Available
Total
Earned
1
#/1
5
#/5
Intellectual property is recognized with in-text
citations and a reference page.
Paragraph and sentence transitions are
present, logical, and maintain the flow
throughout the paper.
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
Rules of grammar and usage are followed
including spelling and punctuation.
Assignment Total
Additional comments:
#
Comments:
3
Instructor Policies
MGT/498 Strategic Management
Facilitator
Information
John F. Olmstead
[email protected] (University of Phoenix)
[email protected] (Personal)
404-379-1392 (EDT)
Facilitator Availability
I am reachable from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Eastern Time on most days, If these times are not convenient
for you, please let me know. I will be happy to accommodate your schedule, if possible. I provide
you with these times to make it easier to communicate with me, and not to limit our contact. Email
is best for me but drop me a call if you need to. I will attempt to respond in very short order.
I want you to know that, should you need to contact me outside these time frames, you should not
hesitate to do so.
For emergencies, when you are not able to gain access to messages in the classroom, please
send a message to my personal email address. In the event a third party needs to contact me,
please direct them to my contact information listed under “facilitator information.” No third party
should use your login credentials to gain access to the classroom.
APA
I do follow APA and will take points from the work. Other instructors in the past may have accepted
them, I will not. We need to know how to write. I include examples of how to write and references.
Use them. Do not assume that the auto generating programs are correct. I also will give you feed
back. Please review it and make future changes. More points will be lost if the corrections are not
made. There must be citations for any references and references for corresponding citations. If a
fact is not common worldly knowledge and or your opinion is based on facts you got somewhere,
you must cite the source. This is not high school; please do not just put references at the bottom
of a paper with no citations for them.
This should CLEARLY define for most of you. And for those of you who say that it looks weird with
all the citations… yes it does. It’s an academic paper, not a news article or screen play. Each
manner of publications of artefacts normally have a preferred edit need. This is for Academic, and
more specifically UOPX. If no one to this point has instructed you thusly, I apologize for that, but I
want you to leave here in the know… especially if you continue to do grad work.
According to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2010),
6.0 When to Cite:
Cite the work of those individuals whose ideas, theories, or research have directly influenced your
work. They may provide key background information, support or dispute your thesis, or offer critical
definitions and data. Citation implies that you have personally read the work, In addition, crediting
the ideas of others that you used to build your thesis, provides documentation for all facts and
figures that are not common knowledge
6.01 Plagiarism:
Whether paraphrasing, quoting, an author directly, or describing an idea that influenced your work,
you must credit the source. To avoid charges of plagiarism, take careful notes as you research to
keep track of your sources and cite those sources according to the guidelines in this chapter.
6.02 Self-Plagiarism
Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concept of
others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previous work as though it
were new
American Psychological Association (2010). Crediting Sources. In Skutley, M (Ed.). Publication
Manual of
the American Psychological Association (pp. 169-170). Washington DC: American Psychological
Association.
Late
Assignments
If I accept a late assignment, it will receive a 10% deduction for each day late if assignments are
not posted by 11:59 p.m. M.S.T. on the day they are due. Assignments more than 2 days late will
not be accepted. Technological issues are not considered valid grounds for late assignment
submission. In the event of a University of Phoenix server outage, students should submit
assignments to the instructor and when systems are restored, submit those assignments according
to syllabus instructions. Unless an Incomplete grade has been granted, learner assignments
submitted after the last day of class will not be accepted.
Learning
Teams
One of the learning goals at the University is to help students develop the skill of effective
collaboration and team competence.
Several of the assignments in this class will be completed in Learning Teams of three to five
students. I will set up these teams by the end of Week 1. If you have any requests for teammates,
please let me know by Thursday of the first week via private message. Learning Team Charters
and Peer Evaluation forms are required. Please see the instructions in the weekly sections of the
syllabus for more information about the team assignments.
University of Phoenix students are expected to work effectively in diverse groups and teams to
achieve tasks. They must collaborate and function well in team settings as both leaders and
followers. They should respect human diversity and behave in a tolerant manner toward
colleagues and peers. If you experience difficulties working with your team, you are expected to
resolve them within the team if possible using the terms of the Learning Team Charter. However,
please feel free to contact me for guidance if you have concerns in this area.
It is expected that you will actively participate with your learning team and contribute to the team
discussions and assignments by a) contributing original work that is accepted and used by the
team with proof of originality b) participating in the project from assignment organizing through
meaningful final review of the team project for submission, and c) ensuring to your team that your
contributions are your original work and properly quoted, cited, and referenced.
While Learning Team projects will be evaluated on outcomes, individual students may receive
differing grades based on individual contributions and collaboration.
Learning Teams should provide a brief summary of any communication held outside the
classroom. Therefore, if you hold conference calls, work in a real-time chat room, or get together
outside the classroom environment in another way, please post a log, transcript, or summary in the
Learning Team discussion section. Further, do not use any of these supplementary
communication tools unless everyone on your Learning Team agrees to the method and to the
schedule. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Grading
Scale
Grade
Percentage
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DF
95+ 90-94 87-89 84-86 80-83 77-79 74-76 70-73 67-69 64-66 60-63 <60
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Title of Paper
Student Name
Course/Number
Due Date
Faculty Name
Detailed expectations for a 300-499 Level Course (remove this line)
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Title of Paper
Triple click your mouse anywhere in this paragraph to replace this text with your
introduction. Often the most important paragraph in the entire essay, the introduction grabs the
reader's attention—sometimes a difficult task for academic writing. When writing an
introduction, some approaches are best avoided. Avoid starting sentences with “The purpose of
this essay is . . .” or “In this essay I will . . .” or any similar flat announcement of your intention
or topic. Read more: Center for Writing Excellence>Tutorials and Guides>Essay
Development>Guidelines for Writing Academic Essays.
Level One Heading
Replace the level one heading with the words for your heading. The heading must be in
bold font. Headings are a necessary part of helping your audience track the sub-topics discussed
in the body of the essay or report.
Be sure to indent the first line of each paragraph between five and seven spaces by
pressing the Tab key one time on the keyboard. In addition, remember to double space the entire
paper using the double space functionality in Word. This template is already formatted for
double spacing. Read more: Center for Writing Excellence>Tutorials and Guides>Software
Tutorials and Guides>Formatting Tutorial for APA.
In addition, keep in mind an academic essay should contain at least five paragraphs,
which includes the introduction (introductory paragraph), the body (which is generally at least 3
paragraphs), and the conclusion (generally one paragraph). Most well-developed paragraphs
contain at least 3-5 sentences, one of which is the topic sentence. Limit each body paragraph to
one sub-topic.
3
Level Two Heading
Replace the level two heading with the words for your heading. The heading must be in
bold font.
Conclusion
The closing paragraph is designed to bring the reader to your way of thinking if you are
writing a persuasive essay, to understand relationships if you are writing a comparison/contrast
essay, or simply to value the information you provide in an informational essay. The closing
paragraph summarizes the key points from the supporting paragraphs without introducing any
new information.
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References
This is a hanging indent. To keep the hanging indent format, triple click your mouse on this line
of text and replace the information with your reference entry. You can use the Reference
and Citation Examples (Center for Writing Excellence>Tutorials and Guides>Reference
and Citation Examples) to help format your source information into a reference entry.
The reference page always begins on the top of the next page after the conclusion.
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