Evaluate strategic initiatives to leverage opportunities and mitigate threats to small businesses. Demonstrate how to build a competitive advantage through functional level strategy

Assignment Instructions:

Course Objective:  Develop the skills to assess the success of the plan.

Evaluate strategic initiatives to leverage opportunities and mitigate threats to small businesses.

Demonstrate how to build a competitive advantage through functional level strategy

Prompt:

Prepare a strategic plan that contains the following sections:

Executive Summary
Company Overview (with ticker symbol)
Company History
Products and or services
Operations
Vision
Mission Statement
Corporate Values & Culture
SWOT Analysis
Competition
Management team/Leadership
Financial Outlook
Strategies
Conclusion
Instructions:

The paper must be written in flawless APA format using headers, headings, in-text references, reference page, 1′ margins (use template provided below)
Make sure you use adequate, credible and reliable APA source citations to support your work.

This strategic plan will incorporate what you have learned over the past 7 weeks.  Your company selection must be listed on either the NASDAQ or NYSE.
You may review the sample strategic plans shared in the resource section and use them as a guide in developing your strategic plan. Please keep in mind that you must still meet the 20% similarity scan requirements upon submission.
Review the examples in the resource section of the course prior to submittal.
DO NOT SIMPLY COPY AND PASTE MATERIAL FROM THE COMPANY WEBSITE.
Important Notes:

You must include a minimum of 6-9 sources and 3-4 must be from a peer-reviewed source (library/journal articles)
Your paper should be in essay format; not bullet format.
Minimum 12 full pages of content (Word Document) of strategic material (does not include a cover page, executive summary nor reference pages); DO NOT GO OVER 14 pages of actual CONTENT (max-content).
All charts, graphs, and pictures are to go in an appendix (not a substitute for content)
Once you submit your document to the assignment folder it will automatically be loaded to TURNTIN.COM within the course** NOTE: Strategic Plan must return a similarity scan of 20% or less (the following will be excluded: headers, bibliography, etc. prior to instructor grading paper focus on content of scan percentage)**

Due Day 7, Week 7 by 11:59 pm ET.
Please make sure you review the below links on what constitutes a paragraph, when to use a comma and the use of 1st person PRIOR to submitting your week one written assignment:<o:p>

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/02/<o:p>
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02/<o:p>
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Professional Assignment

 

Search Yahoo Finance or/and any other credible source(s) to find the most recent income statement and balance sheet of a major corporation located in your home country.

–   Provide these statements in the appropriate format (financial statement)

–   Perform a vertical analysis and comment on your findings.

–   Perform a financial analysis incorporating

                                         i.      Debt ratio

                                       ii.      Debt to equity ratio

                                     iii.      Return on assets

                                      iv.      Return on equity

                                        v.      Current ratio

                                      vi.      Quick ratio

                                    vii.      Inventory turnover

                                  viii.      Days in inventory

                                     ix.      Accounts receivable turnover

                                       x.      Accounts receivable cycle in days

                                     xi.      Accounts payable turnover

                                   xii.      Accounts payable cycle in days

                                 xiii.      Earnings per share (EPS), and

                                  xiv.      Price to earnings ratio (P/E).

Provide your explanations and definitions in detail and be precise. Comment on your findings. Provide references for content when necessary. Provide your work in detail and explain in your own words. Support your statements with peer-reviewed in-text citation(s) and reference(s).

Leadership And Continuous Improvement

 

Continuous improvement is a requirement for organizational survival; without it, health care organizations cease to exist. Developing a sustainable leadership culture means not only leading continuous innovation, but also fostering a culture of innovation that is ingrained in all level of employees. In this assignment, you will discuss a leadership assessment tool that supports a leadership culture and continuous improvement in a health care organization.

General Requirements

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

  • This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
  • Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. 

 

Directions

Write a paper (1,000-1,250 words) that discusses the use of a leadership assessment tool that supports leadership culture and continuous improvement in a health care organization. Include the following in your paper:

  1. A research-supported identification and analysis of a leadership assessment tool. What is the primary purpose of the tool?
  2. A research-supported discussion of why a culture of continuous improvement must be included in talent management.
  3. A research-supported analysis of how leadership will use the outcomes of a leadership assessment tool.

What Are The Consequences Of Bullying In Young Children?

Write a 10 page research paper with the topic provided.

APA style.

Include:

Abstract

Introduction (Hook, Background Information, Problem Statement, Research Question, Hypothesis, Thesis Statement). All in the same paragraph

Literature Review (with at least 5 paragraphs)

Research Methods

Results (Include a graph with the data)

Discussion (should be the longest section)

Limitations & Implications

Conclusion 

References (At least 10 within the last 5 years)