Strategy Creation

Option #2: Strategy Creation—For-Profit Organization
For this project, you will synthesize and apply the concepts, principles, and theories studied in this course to a practical scenario. The primary purpose for this assignment is for you to convey to your instructor that you understand the strategy-creation process and that you can identify specific examples of strategic-planning activities appropriate for the organization you selected.

Write a paper based on the outline you created in Module 4. Base your paper on the following scenario.

Scenario

You work in strategic planning department of a for-profit organization of your choice. This needs to be an existing non-profit organization currently functioning anywhere in the world. For the past five years, you have served in several roles within the organization. Recently, the organization’s senior leadership team determined that a more effective strategic-planning process is needed. You have gladly stepped into this role to help determine what the improved processes or activities might be.

You have been asked by your manager to put together a project to help the executive leadership team better understand the concepts and principles of a well-designed strategy process. In addition, the document is to include a set of sample strategic-planning activities relevant to your organization and industry.

For this project, the concepts, examples, and principles are used as a basis for discussion at an upcoming executive leadership team retreat.

Portfolio Project Requirements

In your paper, present the following topics:

The strategy concepts, theories, and principles, which are important for helping the senior executive leadership team understand the strategy-creation process.
At least one original table or figure that relates to your selected company. Note that if you insert a table from a published source, it is not considered original. Be creative in the design of your tables or figures. Format in accordance with CSU-Global guidelines.
When writing your final paper, be sure to follow these guidelines:

10 to 12 pages in length, organized, and well-written in conformity with the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.).
Support your work with at least ten peer-reviewed articles or scholarly journals in addition to the textbook. The CSU-Global library (Links to an external site.) is a good place to find these references.
Include a title page, section headers, introduction, conclusion, and reference page.