Assignment 8.2: Project: Strategic Business Analysis

Assignment 8.2: Project: Strategic Business Analysis

Compile course milestones into a comprehensive and effective strategic analysis of your selected organization.

Procedure

1.    If you have not already done so, review the Project Assessment for details on how your final project will be evaluated.

2.    Revise all previous components of your course project based on the feedback you have received. Keep a summary of improvements that you make based on feedback, indicating why you chose not to make some suggested changes, if applicable.

3.    Update components with any additional information you have gathered or insights you have discovered since the original components were written.

4.    Compile your revised project components into a comprehensive and effective Strategic Business Analysis of your selected organization.

5.    Your final project should follow this basic outline:

1.    Title page

2.    Abstract

3.    Business Strategy

4.    Leadership System

5.    Business Model

6.    Global Expansion Assessment

7.    Code of Conduct

8.    Growth Matrix

9.    Options for Growth

10.  References

11.  Summary of Improvements

6.    Copyedit your final Strategic Business Plan, making sure that the format and citations conform to APA style. Refer to your copy of thePublication Manual of the American Psychological Association(text)as necessary.

7.   Assessment

This project is worth 760 total points. Each week, you will complete course project deliverables that are part of the project whole. You will be assessed each week and points will be assigned to your submissions by your instructor.

Your course project is academic and professional in nature and will be comprehensively assessed by your professor using the JIU Final Course Project Assessment, an online tool that your professor will complete when you submit the final version of your project. Take some time now to carefully review this preview copy of the JIU Final Course Project Assessment to familiarize yourself with the elements, skills, abilities, and qualities your project should demonstrate.

·         Completeness — Addresses each step/component/element required by the assignment with no obvious omissions.

·         Timeliness — Completed within specified timeframe.

·         Originality — Conforms to the JIU Code of Conduct regarding plagiarism; i.e., the work is not plagiarized and does not violate copyrights held by other entities.

·         Feedback Incorporated — Appropriately incorporates formative feedback from the professor and peers, or explains why feedback was not incorporated.

·         Critical Thinking — Contains substantive original analysis and interpretation. Solves problems. Uses inductive and/or deductive reasoning to reach conclusions and construct big-picture meaning. Investigates and critically evaluates evidence, defines interrelationships, and presents informed conclusions. Explains procedures, assumptions, and reasoning.

·         Synthesis — Applies and/or synthesizes course content, required readings, independent research, and original thought as appropriate.

·         Credibility — Soundly supports opinions; assertions and conclusions are well supported with relevant (cited) factual information. Objectively dispels misinterpretations, misunderstandings, and erroneous conclusions. Anticipates and is able to withstand reasonable intellectual challenges.

·         Treatment — Approach, voice, vocabulary, terminology, level of detail, and formality are engaging, effective, and appropriate for the defined audience.

·         Clarity and Concision — Composition is structured logically, focused, well organized, and flows well. Conveys ideas clearly and concisely.

·         Language Conventions — Consistently employs conventional English spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and paragraph construction.

·         Format — Consistently conforms to applicable APA style guidelines. Cites relevant sources with appropriate detail and context according to applicable APA standards.

·         Strategic Thinking — Identifies and defines the “big-picture” strategy and goal, particularly when the goal is to introduce a change of significance. Identifies the current paradigm and describes the paradigm shift required for the change. Uses systems thinking to identify the relationship of relevant parts to the whole to solve a particular problem.