Prepare a 35 page report that analyzes the critical connections between the organizations mission, objectives, and goals, and the development and implementation of a strategic plan. Explain the importance of integrating the needs of stakeholders into the strategic plan, analyze the major sources of organizational resistance to change, and identify methodologies for evaluating the status of the organization in relation to its environment.
Preparation
You will use the same organization used for the previous assessments.
Complete Worksheet 4, located in the Resources section of this assessment. You may also use the output generated from the Mission Statement media piece linked in the Suggested Resources section. You will not submit the worksheet or the Mission Statement output, but will use the information to develop a report on the organization you selected.
Assessment Requirements
Use the information from Worksheet 4, and the Mission Statement output if you wish, to prepare a 35 page report that includes the following:
Analyze the critical connections between the organizations mission, objectives, and goals, and the development and implementation of a strategic plan.
Briefly describe the organizations mission, objectives, and goals.
Briefly explain the importance of a strategic plan for an organization.
Explain the importance of a strategic plan to support an organizations mission, objectives, and goals.
Explain the importance of integrating the needs and agendas of internal and external organizational stakeholders into the strategic plan.
Identify appropriate methodologies for evaluating the current status of the organization in relation to its broader environment.
Analyze the major sources of organizational resistance to change.
Identify the major sources of resistance to change.
Explain the challenges these create for the organizational leader.
Provide strategies for overcoming resistance to change.
Format your assessment as a report and be sure it is organized logically, using headings and sub-headings appropriately. Follow APA guidelines for in-text citations and references.
Additional Requirements
Report length: 35 double-spaced pages, not including title page and reference page.
References: A minimum of three professional resources.
Format: Use APA format for all in-text citations and references. Include a title page and reference page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Organizational Direction Scoring Guide
CRITERIA
NON-PERFORMANCE
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
Clearly articulate the organizations mission, vision and values. Analyze the critical connections between these and the development and implementation of a strategic plan.
Does not articulate the organizations mission, vision and values. Does not analyze the critical connections between these and the development and implementation of a strategic plan.
Clearly articulates the organizations mission, vision and values. Analyzes the critical connections between these and the development and implementation of a strategic plan, but the analysis is missing key elements.
Clearly articulates the organizations mission, vision and values. Analyzes the critical connections between these and the development and implementation of a strategic plan.
Clearly articulates the organizations mission, vision and values. Analyzes the critical connections between these and the development and implementation of a strategic plan, and describes potential consequences of a strategic plan that does not support them.
Explain the importance of integrating the needs and agendas of internal and external organizational stakeholders into the strategic plan.
Does not explain the importance of integrating the needs and agendas of internal and external organizational stakeholders into the strategic plan.
Identifies the needs and agendas of internal and external organizational stakeholders.
Explains the importance of integrating the needs and agendas of internal and external organizational stakeholders into the strategic plan.
Explains the importance of integrating the needs and agendas of internal and external organizational stakeholders into the strategic plan, and suggests strategies for negotiating compromise when stakeholder needs and agendas are in conflict with organizational direction using best practices.
Identify appropriate methodologies for evaluating the current status of the organization in relation to its broader environment.
Does not identify appropriate methodologies for evaluating the current status of the organization in relation to its broader environment.
Identifies methodologies for evaluating the current status of the organization in relation to its broader environment but it is not clear if the methodologies are appropriate.
Identifies appropriate methodologies for evaluating the current status of the organization in relation to its broader environment.
Identifies appropriate methodologies for evaluating the current status of the organization in relation to its broader environment and explains why they are appropriate.
Analyze the major sources of organizational resistance to change.
Does not analyze major sources of organizational resistance to change.
Identifies major sources of organizational resistance to change.
Analyzes the major sources of organizational resistance to change.
Analyzes major sources of organizational resistance to change and provides well-supported strategies for overcoming resistance using best practices.
Write content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Does not write content clearly, logically, or with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Writes with errors in clarity, logic, grammar, punctuation, or mechanics.
Writes content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Writes clearly and logically with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; uses relevant evidence to support a central idea.
