In this section of your white paper, you will analyze the strategic management practices of the two organizations.
Specifically, you should address the following critical elements:
- Strategic Management: Compare the elements of strategic planning and the strategic management process used by the two organizations. In other words, how did the organizations apply elements of the strategic management process? What worked and why?
- Resource Alignment: Assess the alignment of the two organizations’ discrete resources to the organizational visions.
- Resource Allocation Decisions: Describe how the organizations’ resource allocation decisions were altered or guided by the strategic planning and management process. In other words, how did the organizations apply elements of the strategic management process to align resources to the organizational vision?
- Outcome Evaluation: Describe the qualitative and quantitative measures used to evaluate the program outcomes.
- Best Practices: Identify the best practices used by the two organizations to increase the effectiveness of program outcomes.
- Cost-Benefit Analysis: Create a cost-benefit analysis that identifies the costs, benefits, and risks associated with program or process redesign in the three organizations.
- Constraints: Describe the constraints facing the two organizations. Examples of constraints include defused leadership, limited managerial autonomy, politically defined performance outcomes for programs, and legal requirements.
- Strategic Planning Techniques: Analyze the organizations’ strategic planning techniques to address your described constraints. Support your response with specific examples of the organizations using strategic planning techniques.
What to Submit
Your draft of the Analysis portion of your final project should adhere to the following formatting requirements: 7–10 pages, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. You should use current APA style guidelines for your citations and reference list, including at least six sources