Executive Summary

Project Plan

Situational Overview & Analysis$$

External Analysis:$$Provide an$$overview of the external environment and competitive landscape including a strategic group map, general environment analysis and five forces analysis.$$

Internal Analysis:$$Provide an overview of the internal environment of the company including an analysis of the company's resources and competitive advantages.$$

SWOT Analysis:$$Using the analysis above, lay out the key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats focusing on those that impact the strategic problem.$$

Financial Analysis:$$Comprehensive overview of the company's financial situation with a focus on the key financial metrics that are impacted by the strategic problem.$$ Outline potential outcomes $/$ changes to these financial metrics as a result of different strategic options.$$

Mission & Vision Statement Evaluation:$$Evaluate the company's mission and vision statements and explain how they inform $/$ impact the strategic problem you are evaluating?$$

Strategic Analysis:$$Evaluate current state Corporate Level, Business Level and Cooperative Level Strategies.$$How do these strategies inform the potential solutions you are evaluating?$$

Strategic Implementation:$$Evaluate corporate culture and organizational structure and articulate how they will support or create challenges for each strategic option.$$ Complete a stakeholder analysis evaluating the possible impacts to stakeholders of different strategic options. Clearly articulate the critical elements for a successful implementation by creating a balanced scorecard.$$

Recommendations and expected outcomes:$$Based on your analysis, what is your recommendation for the company?$$ What are the expected benefits and financial impacts? How should the company monitor to ensure expectations are met? $$What potential challenges might the company face based on this recommendation? What are potential competitor responses to your recommendation? What can you do to reduce risk associated with these challenges?$$