Strategic Planning & Implementation –

str581

(3 credits)

This capstone course integrates concepts from all prior courses in the program. Students apply the concepts of strategic planning and implementation to create sustainable, competitive advantage for an organization. Other topics include environmental scanning, strategic analysis, corporate social responsibility, implementation and evaluation, and risk management.

This graduate-level course is 6 weeks. To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.

Topics and Objectives

Mission, Vision, and Values
- Identify major components of a strategic management process.
- Evaluate the organization’s motivation, innovation strategy, and people strategy.
- Explain the role of ethics and corporate social responsibility in strategic planning.
External Environmental Scanning
- Analyze an organization’s remote environment.
- Analyze an organization’s industry environment.
- Analyze an organization’s external operating environment.
Internal Capabilities and Resources
- Analyze an organization’s internal environment.
- Assess an organization’s competitive position and possibilities.
Strategic Choice and Evaluation
- Evaluate potential generic strategies for an organization.
- Evaluate potential value disciplines for an organization.
- Evaluate potential grand strategies for an organization.
- Evaluate potential multi-business strategies for an organization.
Implementation, Strategic Controls, and Contingency Plans
- Create an implementation plan.
- Develop organizational change management strategies.
- Analyze the key external environmental assumptions and internal metrics that must be monitored during the implementation of a business plan.
- Create a risk management plan.
Create and Sell Your Business Plan
- Construct a strategic plan for an organization.
- Communicate a strategic plan effectively to stakeholders.

The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.

Strategic Planning & Implementation –

str581

Mission, Vision, and Values

External Environmental Scanning

Internal Capabilities and Resources

Strategic Choice and Evaluation

Implementation, Strategic Controls, and Contingency Plans

Create and Sell Your Business Plan

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