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Create an 8-12-slide PowerPoint presentation that summarizes the AFI Framework and the results of the internal and external analyses. Your presentation must also include a SWOT matrix for the company and your recommendations for strategies to move the company forward, that align with organizational structure and governance, and reflect ethical responsibility.

Introduction

This portfolio work project will you demonstrate your understanding of strategy and the factors that must be considered when formulating and implementing strategy.

Scenario

Organizational leadership of your company has requested that you present your analyses of the company, as well as recommend potential strategic actions that could be taken to address issues raised by your analyses.

Your Role

You are a strategic analyst for the company you have selected to use in this course.

Requirements

Develop a PowerPoint presentation of 8–12 slides that synthesize the work you did on Assessments 2 and 3 and incorporate feedback from your instructor. Use the speaker’s notes sections of each slide to expand your talking points. Be sure your presentation includes:

  • A summary of the AFI framework.
  • Results from your internal analysis (VRIO or Value Chain).
  • Results from your external analysis (PESTEL and Five Forces).
  • A SWOT matrix for the company.
  • Recommendations:
    • Do the current strategies need to be changed?
    • What strategies will move the organization forward?
    • How do your recommendations align with organizational structure and governance?
    • Do your recommendations reflect ethical responsibility?

Deliverable Format

  • PowerPoint presentation.
    • 8–12 slides (in addition to the title and references slides).
    • Include additional details on each slide in the speaker’s notes section.
  • Additional requirements.
    • Title slide.
    • References slide.
    • APA formatted references from at least five sources.
  • Be sure you consider the audience.

Evaluation

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Assess the importance of strategic management for supporting long term success and sustained competitive advantage.
    • Summarize the strategic framework for a company.
  • Competency 2: Apply strategic thinking approaches to resolve business-related challenges.
    • Develop a SWOT matrix for a company.
  • Competency 3: Analyze the internal and external environments of an organization in order to formulate and implement successful strategies.
    • Summarize the findings of an internal environmental analysis.
    • Summarize the findings of an external environmental analysis.
  • Competency 4: Apply strategic concepts and models to ensure the fit between strategy, organizational structure, capabilities, and goals; and the external environment.
    • Recommend strategic actions for a company that align with organizational structure and governance, and reflect ethical responsibility.
  • Competency 5: Communicate business needs, opportunities, and strategies with multiple stakeholders.
    • Correctly format citations and references using current APA style.
    • Write content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

Your instructor will use the scoring guide to review your deliverable as if they were a member of executive leadership. Review the scoring guide prior to developing and submitting your assessment.

Criteria Non-performance Basic Proficient Distinguished
Summarize the strategic framework for a company. Does not summarize the strategic framework for a company. Identifies the elements of a strategic framework. Summarizes the strategic framework for a company. Summarizes the strategic framework for a company and includes examples or supporting evidence.
Summarize the findings of an internal environmental analysis. Does not summarize the findings of an internal environmental analysis. Identifies the elements of an internal environmental analysis. Summarizes the findings of an internal environmental analysis. Summarizes the findings of an internal environmental analysis and includes examples or supporting evidence.
Summarize the findings of an external environmental analysis. Does not summarize the findings of an external environmental analysis. Identifies the elements of an external environmental analysis. Summarizes the findings of an external environmental analysis. Summarizes the findings of an external environmental analysis and includes examples or supporting evidence.
Develop a SWOT matrix for a company. Does not develop a SWOT matrix for a company. Identifies the elements of a SWOT analysis, or explains how to conduct a SWOT analysis. Develops a SWOT matrix for a company. Develops a detailed SWOT matrix for a company that includes examples for each quadrant.
Recommend strategic actions for a company that align with organizational structure and governance, and reflect ethical responsibility. Does not recommend strategic actions for a company. Recommends strategic actions for a company but does not show how the recommendations do not align with organizational structure, or they do not reflect ethical responsibility. Recommends strategic actions for a company that align with organizational structure and governance, and reflect ethical responsibility. Recommends strategic actions for a company that align with organizational structure and governance, and reflect ethical responsibility and supports recommendations with relevant evidence.
Correctly format citations and references using current APA style. Does not correctly format citations and references using current APA style. Uses current APA to format citations and references but with numerous errors. Correctly formats citations and references using current APA style with few errors. Correctly formats citations and references using current APA style with no errors.
Write content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Does not write content clearly, logically, or with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Writes with errors in clarity, logic, grammar, punctuation, and/or mechanics. Writes content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Writes clearly and logically with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; uses relevant evidence to support a central idea.