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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, 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 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 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
MT460: Unit 5 Assignment
Unit 5 Assignment Grading Rubric
Assignment Criteria
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
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
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
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
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.
–
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.
–
No spelling and grammatical mistakes.
–
Appropriate language.
–
Professional use of abbreviations and acronyms.
–
Unit 5 Assignment Grading Rubric
Late Penalty (-20%)
Total
70
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 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.
· 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 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
MT460: Unit 7 Assignment
Unit 7 Assignment Grading Rubric
Assignment Criteria
Points
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
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
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.).
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
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
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.
–
Appropriate language.
–
Professional use of abbreviations and acronyms.
–
Late Penalty (-20%)
Total
70
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 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 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
MT460: Unit 8 Assignment
Unit 8 Assignment Grading Rubric
Assignment Criteria
Points
Possible
Possible
Earned
Comments
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.
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%)
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
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 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.
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.
· 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 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:
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
–
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
Rubric Assignment
10 MT460