Application 2: Strategic Plan Analysis
In this Application assignment you will provide a comparative analysis of strategic planning principles and practices. You will scrutinize the plan, looking at the components and assessing its effectiveness.
To prepare for this assignment:
•Think about the specific role of a strategic plan.
•Review the 10 steps for the strategic planning process articulated on pp. 565–567 in Behavior in Organizations.
•Select a strategic plan for an organization of your choice. You need to select an organization whose entire strategic plan is available to you. (Use the organization you’ve selected for your Final Project, if possible, or another of your choosing).
•Note which of the topics from Greenberg’s 10-Step Planning Process are addressed in the plan you selected.
•Note topics addressed by the plan that are not accounted for in Greenberg’s list.
•Think about what works about the plan you selected. What doesn’t work about it?
The assignment: (1-2 pages)
1. Explain how a strategic plan provides the context of organizational direction.
2. Submit an analysis of the strategic plan from the organization of your choice. Include the following:
•Note to what extent the categories in Greenberg are part of the plan.
•Note what the plan addresses that is not accounted for in Greenberg’s list.
•Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the plan from the perspective of an OPD consultant.
Support your Application assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list only for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for this course.
Application 2: Strategic Plan Analysis
In this Application assignment you will provide a comparative analysis of strategic planning principles and practices. You will scrutinize the plan, looking at the components and assessing its effectiveness.
To prepare for this assignment:
•Think about the specific role of a strategic plan.
•Review the 10 steps for the strategic planning process articulated on pp. 565–567 in Behavior in Organizations.
•Select a strategic plan for an organization of your choice. You need to select an organization whose entire strategic plan is available to you. (Use the organization you’ve selected for your Final Project, if possible, or another of your choosing).
•Note which of the topics from Greenberg’s 10-Step Planning Process are addressed in the plan you selected.
•Note topics addressed by the plan that are not accounted for in Greenberg’s list.
•Think about what works about the plan you selected. What doesn’t work about it?
The assignment: (1-2 pages)
1. Explain how a strategic plan provides the context of organizational direction.
2. Submit an analysis of the strategic plan from the organization of your choice. Include the following:
•Note to what extent the categories in Greenberg are part of the plan.
•Note what the plan addresses that is not accounted for in Greenberg’s list.
•Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the plan from the perspective of an OPD consultant.
Application 2: Strategic Plan Analysis
In this Application assignment you will provide a comparative analysis of strategic planning principles and practices. You will scrutinize the plan, looking at the components and assessing its effectiveness.
To prepare for this assignment:
•Think about the specific role of a strategic plan.
•Review the 10 steps for the strategic planning process articulated on pp. 565–567 in Behavior in Organizations.
•Select a strategic plan for an organization of your choice. You need to select an organization whose entire strategic plan is available to you. (Use the organization you’ve selected for your Final Project, if possible, or another of your choosing).
•Note which of the topics from Greenberg’s 10-Step Planning Process are addressed in the plan you selected.
•Note topics addressed by the plan that are not accounted for in Greenberg’s list.
•Think about what works about the plan you selected. What doesn’t work about it?
The assignment: (1-2 pages)
1. Explain how a strategic plan provides the context of organizational direction.
2. Submit an analysis of the strategic plan from the organization of your choice. Include the following:
•Note to what extent the categories in Greenberg are part of the plan.
•Note what the plan addresses that is not accounted for in Greenberg’s list.
•Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the plan from the perspective of an OPD consultant.
This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of the assigned resources for this week. To view this week`s media resources, please use the streaming media player below.
Readings
•Course Text: Ferrell, O. C., Hirt, G., & Ferrell, L. (2016). Business: A changing world (10th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Education.
Chapter 6, "The Nature of Management" (pp. 172-181)
•Course Text: Behavior in Organizations
Chapter 16, "Managing Organizational Change: Strategic Planning and Organizational Development"
The following articles are available in Walden’s online library, in the Business Source Premier database. See Directions for Accessing Online Articles. This document contains directions for how to find the required article(s) in the Walden Library databases.
•Bower, J. L., & Gilbert, C. G. (2007, February). How managers` everyday decisions create or destroy your company`s strategy. Harvard Business Review, 85(2), 72-79.
•Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (1996). Envisioning your future: Imagining ideal scenarios. Futurist, 30(3), 14-20.
•Peyrefitte, J., & David, F. (2006). A content analysis of the mission statements of United States firms in four industries. International Journal of Management, 23(2), 296-301.
•Porter, M. E. (1996, November-December). What is strategy? Harvard Business Review, 74(6), 61-78.
•Secretan, L. (2006, December). Learning to dream. Associations Now, 2(13), 49-50.
Media
Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2007). Business concepts for the organizational development professional: Building blocks of the organization. Baltimore: Author.
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 15 minutes.