Assignment: Assessing Strategy
In this Assignment, you will culminate two Course Outcomes by analyzing a business case:
1: Assess business strategy using a variety of seminal theories, principles, and concepts.
2: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
Synthesizing the various business strategy theories, principles and concepts you have learned thus far, evaluate the strategy of an award winning organization by choosing an "Award Application Summary" from the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program website. You will evaluate the "Award Application Summary" as a business case. Use the following criteria to evaluate your chosen award winning organization by writing a literature review on how the award winning organization applies best practices in relation to the strategy theories, concepts and principles you have learned about through your research:
• Write a literature review research paper on your chosen award winning organization.
• Provide a thorough synopsis of the business case for your chosen award winning organization on the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program website.
• Critically evaluate the strategic decisions that led to the organization winning the Baldrige Performance Excellence award.
• Explain the organization's strategic source and type of competitive advantage.
• Explain the future strategic direction of the organization by analyzing key decisions in the business case.
• Critically evaluate the vision, mission, purpose, philosophy, and goals of the organization.
• Analyze how the management strategy hierarchy led to competitive advantage for your chosen organization.
• Explain the symbiotic relationship between strategy and policy.
• Use a minimum of three scholarly research resources to develop the literature review.
• Apply Expository writing style to develop your business report. You should write in third person to avoid bias. Grammar and spelling are important.
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 include 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.