Assignment: Strategic Management Process
Competency
Apply strategic management processes to analyze and improve organizational performance.
Instructions
The six organizations you must choose from (Google, Walt Disney Company, Amazon, P&G, 3M, or Ford Motor Company) at some point in their history changed their industry. For the module 01 assignment, you analyzed your chosen company's existing strategic management plan and completed a SWOT analysis. Now comes a more in-depth evaluation of the analysis process.
Write a three- to four-page APA formatted paper with at least two outside sources (in addition to the text) that incorporate the following aspects:
• Importance of analysis:
o Multiple methods exist to evaluate management analysis. Discuss what some of these methods are and how can they be applied to your chosen organization.
o Discuss how an organization's resources impact a management analysis.
o Discuss how value chain analysis can be used during the planning process for the future of the organization.
• Improvement methods for auditing organizational performance:
o Discuss the role an internal analysis can have during a more in-depth examination for improvement.
o Understanding the capabilities that exist within an organization will aid in making improvements. Using your knowledge of the dynamic capabilities' assessment profile, describe the capabilities profile, its purpose and the steps that are involved. Describe how the dynamic capabilities assessment profile can be applied to your chosen organization.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.