External and Internal Environmental Analysis

External and Internal Environmental Analysis

Complete the external environmental scan for your organization.

Perform an internal competitive environmental scan for your organization.

Write a summary of no more than 1,400 words that does the following:

• Identifies and analyzes the most important external environmental factor in the remote industry and external operating environments 
• Identifies and analyzes the most important internal strengths and weaknesses of your organization include an assessment of the organization’s resources
  
• Assesses the organization’s competitive position and possibilities 
• Analyzes the structure of the organization and how this affects organizational performance

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Strategic Plan and Presentation

Resource: Implementation Strategic Controls and Contingency Plans assignment with facilitator feedback

Complete a strategic plan for your organization of no more than 3,500 words.

Update your plan to incorporate facilitator feedback from the drafts you submitted in previous weeks. Include the following:

• Table of contents

• Executive summary, with a 2-page maximum

• Company background organizational mission vision and value statements

• Note. For a start-up, you should focus on the backgrounds and accomplishments of key anticipated management personnel. The goal is to convince the investor that these individuals are trustworthy and successful.

• Environmental scan

• Review of Week 4 strategies and a recommendation for the best strategy for your organization

• Implementation plan including contingency plans for identified risks

Prepare a Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation of no more than 10 slides with speaker notes. Your audience will play the board of directors or a venture capital firm. The focus is to sell your recommendations to the board or venture capital firm and obtain approval for funding your plan.

Format your plan and presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

Research Proposal

Write a proposal of no more than 750 words, outlining the research approach you will use for your Strategic Plan, due in Week 6. Include the following:

• How you intend to ensure the organization’s vision mission and people strategies and values statements are aligned with the proposed strategic plan.
• Sources you expect to use to perform an external environmental analysis
• Sources you expect to use to perform an internal environmental analysis