GCU LDR620 All Assignments Latest 2019 AUGUST (No Week 8 Assignment Presentation) Question # 00603666 Subject: Education Due on: 08/13/2019 Posted On: 08/13/2019 09:08 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.5/5

LDR620 Leading a General Manager

Week 3 Assignment

Strategic
Management and Socially Conscious Organization Presentation

Create a
7-10 slide presentation with speaker notes on an organization that exhibits
characteristics of a socially conscience organization. Cite the mission and
vision in your presentation. Explain how the mission and vision are translated
into implementation of strategy. Be sure to provide specific examples.

As a
manager, your role is to carry out the mission and vision of the organization
in daily life, ensuring alignment between managerial tactics and the
organization’s mission and vision. Examine the organization’s alignment through
the following concepts: corporate social responsibility, corporate culture,
personal ethics, leadership, followership, and competitive advantage.

APA format
is required for essays only. Solid academic writing is always expected. For all
assignment delivery options, documentation of sources should be presented using
APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located
in the Student Success Center.

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Week 4 Assignment

Strategic
Planning: SWOT Analysis and Goals

Strategic
planning within organizations provides a plethora of benefits to the
organization including meeting goals specified in the plan and contributing to
the long-term success of an organization. Refer to Exhibit 8.3: The Strategic
Management Process, located in Chapter 8 of the Management textbook.

For this
assignment, select either your own organization or one you know enough about to
complete a series of assignments related to strategic planning for a proposal
you would like to implement. The same organization will be used in the
following assignments:

Strategic
Planning: Strategy Map (Topic 4)

Strategic
Planning: Action Plan (Topic 5)

Strategic
Planning: Communication Plan (Topic 7)

Strategic
Planning: Evaluation (Topic 8)

Strategic
Planning: Presentation (Topic 8)

Once you
have selected the organization, identify a strategic goal through preforming a
SWOT analysis within your sphere of influence. For example, if you are not
currently in a management or leadership position, it is acceptable to focus on
a more focused area of your organization you are currently in a position to
impact. If you are a classroom teacher, perhaps you see opportunities for
improving access to technology in your district. If you are a nurse, perhaps
you see opportunities to improve communication processes in your department,
etc.

A SWOT
analysis is part of strategy formulation that leads to goal setting and then
progresses to the development of a strategic plan. Be sure to follow the
criteria for effective goals as illustrated to Exhibit 7.5, located in Chapter
7 of the Management textbook.

Complete a
SWOT analysis using the “SWOT Analysis” template. Consider the
following guiding questions as you complete the SWOT Analysis:

What are
the recognized strengths of your identified area?

What does
your identified area do better than other companies?

What unique
capabilities or resources does you identified area possess?

What do
other companies consider to be your strength?

What are
the recognized weaknesses of your identified area?

What do
competitors do better than your identified area?

What areas
can be improved at your current position?

What do
other companies consider to be your weakness?

What trends
or conditions impact the company in a positive way?

What
opportunities exist for the identified area?

What trends
or conditions impact the identified area in a negative way?

What is the
competition doing that may have an impact on your identified area?

Does your
identified area have solid financial support?

What impact
does your weakness have on the threats your identified area faces?

These
questions are samples of what you may need to address in your SWOT Analysis.
Using the SWOT analysis results, develop at least one strategic goal. Submit
both the completed SWOT analysis document and the strategic goal.

APA format
is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

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Week 5 Assignment

Strategic
Planning: Strategy Map

The
Strategic Planning: SWOT Analysis assignment completed in Topic 4 helped you
identify a strategic goal within your sphere of influence. This assignment asks
you to visually represent the cause-and-effect relationship among goals,
operations, and stakeholders. In addition, this assignment seeks to examine the
impact on various operational processes within the selected organization

According
to your Management textbook, a strategy map “is a visual representation of
the key drivers of an organization’s success, showing the cause-and-effect
relationship among goals and plans.” Refer to Exhibit 7.4 in the textbook.
A strategy map seeks to align organizational goals into strategy and provide
clear direction for the organization.

Review the
mission statement of your selected organization. Prior to creating a strategy
map, identify your stakeholders. Complete a stakeholder analysis to identify
and prioritize the various stakeholders. Refer to the “Stakeholder
Analysis” resource from Mindtools and complete all steps.

Based on
your strategic goal, create a strategy map using Microsoft Word, Microsoft
PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio, or other software. Include only the required
perspectives (financial, customer, internal, and learning and growth) that
pertain to the strategic goal in your map. The cause-and-effect relationships
are described by connecting arrows.

APA format
is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

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assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Week 6 Assignment

Benchmark –
Strategic Planning: Action Plan

Use your
completed strategy map to formulate functional-level strategy for the primary
business functions included in your plan. Functional-level strategies are the
action plans used by departments within organizations to support the execution
of business-level strategy at the managerial level. Create a 500-750 word
action plan that addresses the following:

Identify
which management tactics and strategies you will implement to meet your
strategic goals for each of the stakeholders, departments, or business
functions impacted by your plan: MBO, MBM, single-use or standing plans,
competitive advantage, contingency planning, building scenarios, crisis
planning, and innovation.

Provide an
explanation of how you will apply managerial decision-making methods throughout
your action plan.

Which
business functions will be impacted by your action plan? What tactics will you
use to manage implementation across business functions? What can you do to
enhance collaboration/cross-functionality to ensure the success of your plan?

Identify
leadership strategies you plan to implement throughout the execution of your
action plan. In particular, explain which strategies you would implement to
foster team collaboration among the multiple stakeholders who must collaborate
to successfully implement the plan. Why do you think these will be successful?

While APA
format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing
is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA
formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center.

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assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Week 7 Assignment

Benchmark –
Strategic Planning: Communication Plan

Using your
completed action plan, create a 500-750 word communication plan for
disseminating your action plan to all of the stakeholders. Which strategies do
you plan to utilize and why? Your plan should demonstrate how you plan to use
formal and informal communication channels to implement the plan.

In
addition, explain how the communication plan addresses what you are hoping to
achieve with your strategic goal. What leadership or managerial skills will you
draw upon in implementing this plan?

While APA
format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing
is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA
formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center.

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assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Week 8 Assignment

Strategic
Plan: Evaluation

In order to
complete your strategic plan, select the methods you will use to evaluate how
your strategic goal is being met. Include specific metrics that will be used to
evaluate the success of the implementation of the plan. What types of controls
will you use? Provide your response in 250-500 words.

APA format
is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

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Week 8 Assignment

Strategic
Plan: Presentation

Effective
oral communication is essential in the business setting, especially when it
comes to achieving buy-in for significant, complex, or costly change. To
practice your oral communication skills, create a 5-7 minute oral presentation
of your strategic plan for your manager or director or other essential
stakeholders whose approval you would require. Be sure to address the
“why” and “how” for your strategic plan in the
presentation, providing all the necessary details your audience needs to make
an informed decision. Record yourself presenting the plan using YouTube or any
other video site that allows you to post your video. Adhere to the following:

Be sure to
demonstrate appropriate and meaningful professionalism for the intended
audience which include proper pace, tone, inflection, pronunciation, and
meaningful gestures that convey clarity.

Be sure the
audio included in the video is clear and free of technological glitches that
diminish the audio quality.

Be sure the
visual appearance of the video is free of technological glitches that diminish
the visual quality.

Please
refer to the “How to Share a Private YouTube Video” if you are
concerned with privacy issues.

APA format
is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This
assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not
required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.