PUA5307 Unit VIII Course Project -Strategic Plan Part III

Strategic Plan: Part 3

In this third part of the final strategic plan development assignment, you will follow up on the content that you developed during the first two sections by adding content that will complete your strategic plan. Additionally, you will make some observations regarding how your plan compares with a private sector strategic plan.

During this portion of the process, your submission, which should be at least four pages in length excluding Parts 1 and 2 from Units VI and VII, should include the following components:

• an implementation strategy that includes appropriate inputs, outputs, and expected outcomes;
• performance measures with accompanying explanations linking the measures to specific items and areas;
• a synopsis of how a strategic management system would be implemented; and
• a comparison between public sector strategic planning efforts and private sector strategic planning efforts. Use your completed plan and processes as a basis for comparison.

Be sure that you are remaining consistent with your organization. Also, please include Parts 1 and 2 with updates based on feedback from your professor and Part 3 of your plan in one document. Please include only one title page and one reference page with this assignment.   

  

PUA5307 Unit VII Strategic Plan Part 2

Strategic Plan: Part 2

In this second part of the final strategic plan development assignment, you will follow up on the introductory activities that you completed during the first portion in order to further develop your strategic plan. Please be sure to make adjustments as necessary based on some of your own desired adjustments and the professor's comments as you work through the second part.

During this portion of the process, your submission, which should be at least two pages in length not including any figures/graphics and the updated first portion, should include the following components:

• the results of a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis or similar analysis assessing current internal and external areas of concern, strengths, and opportunities as the strategic plan progresses This cannot be the same SWOT analysis that you used for the Unit IV assignment    
• identification of organizational stakeholders, internal and external, and how their needs and participation will likely influence and contribute to the plan's development.

Be sure that you are remaining consistent with your organization. Also, please include Part 1 with updates based on feedback from your professor and Part 2 of your plan in one document. Please include only one title page and one reference page with this assignment.

     

PUA5307 Unit VI Strategic Plan Part 1

Strategic Plan: Part 1

In this first part of the final strategic plan development assignment, you will work on some of the introductory activities related to plan development that we have discussed throughout the course. You should think about an organization that you are interested in and how a strategic planning effort could affect certain organization areas and how it could effectively be implemented. You cannot use the same organization that you used for Units III and IV, and you must use a public sector or nonprofit organization.

During this portion of the process, your submission, which should be at least two pages in length, should include the following components:

• an identification of the organization selected and the particular policy or department/area that the plan will be developed for,
• an explanation for why the particular area or policy deserves strategic plan attention,
• challenges that could arise throughout the strategic planning process, and
• a primary, APA-formatted list of no fewer than eight resources (at least four of which must be peer-reviewed) that will be incorporated into this and future portions of the plan development series. This list is in addition to the sources that you will use for this specific portion of the project.  As such, please include two lists: one that only includes sources used in this unit's assignment and a second one that includes the sources that you plan to use for Units VI, VII, and VIII.

Be sure to select an organization that you are interested in completing the entire three-part project for, and pay close attention to comments and suggestions from the professor left after each submitted portion is returned to you. Each new portion will build off of the previous one.

       

  

 

PUA5307 Unit V Case Study

Instructions

In this case study, you serve as the executive director for a local nonprofit organization in your city that serves the needs of homeless veterans in the community. Your organization has decided to engage in strategic planning in order to improve some of the processes associated with maintaining relationships built between volunteer workers and the organization. Over the last year, 75% of volunteers were "one-offs," and everyone would like to see more consistent service from interested parties and people.

Before developing a strategy to update the communications and outreach processes, it is important to consider the areas below.

• There are a large number of ex-homeless veterans who make up the vast majority of your organization's consistent volunteer base. Although they are happy to assist their fellow veterans, there is an obvious degree of burnout occurring as more events and low, inconsistent staffing has resulted in almost all of the burden being placed on these volunteers. As such, there are slight but obvious pressures for quick, tangible changes to be made in involved areas.
• Your organization's advisory board shares some of the same priorities as your volunteer group; however, two of the board members are close with state representatives, and there is pending legislation that will require special training (two 3-hour seminars on separate weekends) for those looking to volunteer with certain specified populations (veterans being one of the probable populations). Because of this, the advisory board is already pushing for all volunteers, existing and prospective, to register for the seminars.

In a minimum of two pages, discuss the areas below:

• the pros and cons of attempting to make a "big splash" to appease your organization's stakeholders in the establishment of new policy,
• how the preferences of the advisory board would likely impact your strategy development process, and
• how the stakeholder interests and advisory board priorities differ and how these differences could be resolved or compromised.

You only need to use your textbook as a resource, but please be sure to properly cite any work/content that you use that is derived from other works.

    

 

PUA5307 Unit IV Scholarly Activity SWOT Analysis

SWOT Analysis

We have discussed the importance of the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis in this unit, and now you will have the opportunity to conduct one on your own. Review the unit readings including the one-page required reading assignment titled "SWOT Analysis: Questions for Conducting an Analysis with Your Team", and conduct a SWOT analysis for the organization that you presented on in Unit III. The assignment has two components, which are listed below:

• a two-page written SWOT analysis where each area/factor is recognized and explained and
• a visual SWOT analysis where each area is separated and organized into different segments. The visual SWOT analysis should be included at the end of the written portion and is not included in the two-page written requirement.

Click here to access a template for a SWOT analysis.

Please use at least three sources (one being the textbook) in the development of your comprehensive assignment. APA formatting applies.

   

 

PUA5307 Unit III Scholoarly Activity

Instructions

Mission Statement Presentation

In this assignment, select a public sector organization or nonprofit organization that you currently work for or with, have previously worked for or with, or have a special interest in, and assume that you are involved with the strategic planning process for that organization. You are still in the initial stages; however, your team has been tentatively assembled, and you have agreed upon resource allocations, performance measures, and short-term goals. At this point, you want to develop or update the organization's mission statement. Assume that you have not conducted a stakeholder analysis yet, which you may want to do as you draft the mission statement.

For this assignment, you have the option to create a PowerPoint presentation (with accompanying audio components/portions) or a YouTube video to address each aspect of the finalized mission statement (e.g., organization's purpose, citizen interest, and stakeholder needs), and you will need to provide your rationale for why each aspect was added to the mission statement. You should include at least four distinct components in the mission statement, and the rationale for each of these four portions should include a recorded oral explanation (no less than 25 seconds each).

If you choose to create a PowerPoint presentation, you will utilize the slide notes function to elaborate on the information on each slide. Additionally, your PowerPoint presentation must also include the previously mentioned audio components to correspond with each mission statement component.

If you choose to record and upload a video to YouTube, you will include your elaboration for each of the four components in a Word document, and at the top of the Word document, you will insert the URL for your YouTube video so it can be easily accessed by the professor. The written portions (i.e., in the slide notes or in the Word document) should only provide necessary information to supplement the audio portions. Graphics and/or visual aids are not required.

Please use at least three scholarly sources (one being the textbook) in the development of your presentation.

Click here to access a tutorial for adding audio to a PowerPoint Presentation.

Click here to access a tutorial for creating and loading a YouTube video.

If you would like to use another format besides a PowerPoint or a video to present your mission statement, please reach out to your professor.

     NOTE: Sufficient content is provided in speaker note. You may please read it out and record voice over and submit the presentation.

 

 

 

PUA5307 Unit II Power Point Presentation

Instructions

Strategic Change Cycle

Assume that you are a program coordinator for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and you have been asked to participate in developing a strategic plan to develop and implement a new method to screen potential entrants to the United States. Your supervisor has suggested that the department utilize the Strategy Change Cycle to strategically plan for the best practices/methods of deciding upon and implementing the new plan.

You will create a PowerPoint presentation to present your plan to the department. Your presentation will include the following items:

• the Strategic Change Cycle's components and key objectives,
• key considerations that are unique to public and third sector organizations when developing and implementing strategic planning, and
• reasons for why you would or would not suggest incorporating the Strategic Change Cycle into the strategic planning process.

Your PowerPoint presentation should consist of at least 10 slides, not counting the title slide and reference slide. Please be sure to use the textbook and at least three additional sources, citing all using APA style.

 

 

PUA5307 Unit I Article Critique

Instructions

Your task is to offer a detailed critique of a peer-reviewed or scholarly article you locate in the CSU Online Library. The article should discuss the strategic planning efforts that have been undertaken by either a public sector organization or a nonprofit organization and must include financial considerations and aspects of the undertaking.

Address the questions listed below.

• What are the main points of the authors, and how did the organization decide to adopt a strategic planning process?
• Could the organization's goals have been facilitated in the absence of strategic planning? Regardless of your response, in what circumstances can strategic planning be eliminated as a process in contention for implementation?
• What are some of the organizational and plan standards that appear to have been maintained in order to accurately measure and assess plan success?
• What is your assessment of the financial commitments that the organization made to the strategic planning initiative, and do you think that they are representative of more widespread public or third sector strategic planning efforts?
• What does the article suggest about the viability of strategic planning in the public or nonprofit sector?

The critique should be at least two pages in length, be double-spaced, use Times New Roman, 12-point font, and utilize APA style. Be sure to cite all quoted and paraphrased material (either from the article being reviewed or any other sources you might choose to add) appropriately in APA format.

Your focus in this assignment is to collect your thoughts and opinions on the topic and relate them in an intelligent, critical fashion.