ASSIGNMENT | Strategic Analysis Discussion

Choose an award-winning company from the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program website to study.
Choose an award-winning company from the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program website to study. You will evaluate the “Award Application Summary” as a business case. You are the director of strategy and business intelligence for your chosen company. You are conducting an evaluation of your chosen company for an upcoming annual report. Your goal is to demonstrate skill and expertise in strategic analysis of the strategic position of your company. You will be submitting this report to the other C-level executives for consideration. Use the following criteria to make strategic decisions for your chosen award-winning organization.

Provide background information about your chosen company, including the company name, industry sector in which the company operates, products, and target market. Elaborate and use research.
Introduce the concept of strategic analysis based on Figure 3.1 (pages 49-50) in your textbook.
Explain how the strategic analysis tools found in Chapter 3 of your textbook can help your chosen organization build a future-oriented strategy.
Explain the macro-environment, how to analyze the macro-environment, and its importance to strategy development. Use theories, principles, and concepts from various research resources to substantiate your thoughts, opinions, and ideas (read pages 50–53 in your textbook).
Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed, academic research resources (including your textbook) to substantiate your critical thinking and to provide viable reasoning for your perspectives.
Apply proper APA style citation and reference format.
Use headings to segment the topics in your writing in order to create a flow of ideas for your reader.
Write in third person to develop your business report.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Strategic Analysis Discussion
Background Information
The Howard Community College, an educational institution based in Columbia, Maryland is a community college offering two-year degree and certificate programs in several high-demand careers. The programs are readily transferable to any four-year institution. The college was established in 1966 to serve the people in Howard Community. It provided education in multiple formats including flexible scheduling,…