Assignment 1 Develop and write your personal mission statement. Note : Developing a strategic plan requires specific steps that need to be executed in a sequence. The assignments in this course are presented in order and should be completed in sequence. A well-written mission statement can provide the momentum and motivation to take a company to the next level. The same is true of personal mission statement. If you thought about yourself as a company, what would you say about yourself? What values drive you? What is your marketing message? What is your reason for doing what you do? By successfully completing this  assignment  , you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and  assignment criteria: Competency 2: Participate collaboratively and respectfully. Explain how a mission statement reflects personal commitment to responsibility. Competency 3: Communicate effectively. Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics. Competency 4: Plan strategically. Develop a personal mission statement. Competency 5: Employ high-performance business management techniques. Explain how a mission statement reflects personal philosophy of quality and image. Explain how a mission statement reflects personal core competencies. Explain how a mission statement reflects personal competitive advantage. Explain how a mission statement identifies a target customer. Competency 7: Use appropriate financial models and principles. Explain how a mission statement reflects personal economic goals. Note : Developing a strategic plan requires specific steps that need to be executed in a sequence. The  assignments in this course are presented in order and should be completed in sequence. Develop and write your own personal mission statement. Be clear about your passion, values, goals, and philosophies. Once you have your mission statement articulated, explain how it: Expresses your image of yourself. Expresses your values and philosophies. Identifies what you have to offer. Explain how your mission statement answers the following questions: What are your economic goals? What is your philosophy in terms of quality and image? What are your core competencies and competitive advantages? What "customers" do you serve best? How do you view your responsibilities to those who rely on you? Format this assignment as a research paper, following current APA guidelines for both style and citing sources, making sure that you also use correct grammar and mechanics. There is no required minimum or maximum page length; however, you should strive to be as detailed as possible in addressing each bullet point while also being as clear and concise as possible. Assignment 2 Conduct a personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. Note : Developing a strategic plan requires specific steps that need to be exe ...

1. Assignment 1
Develop and write your personal mission statement.
Note
: Developing a strategic plan requires specific steps that need to
be executed in a sequence. The assignments in this course are
presented in order and should be completed in sequence.
A well-written mission statement can provide the momentum
and motivation to take a company to the next level. The same is
true of personal mission statement. If you thought about
yourself as a company, what would you say about yourself?
What values drive you? What is your marketing message? What
is your reason for doing what you do?
By successfully completing this assignment , you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies and assignment criteria:
Competency 2: Participate collaboratively and respectfully.
Explain how a mission statement reflects personal commitment
to responsibility.
Competency 3: Communicate effectively.
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format

2. with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Competency 4: Plan strategically.
Develop a personal mission statement.
Competency 5: Employ high-performance business management
techniques.
Explain how a mission statement reflects personal philosophy of
quality and image.
Explain how a mission statement reflects personal core
competencies.
Explain how a mission statement reflects personal competitive
advantage.
Explain how a mission statement identifies a target customer.
Competency 7: Use appropriate financial models and principles.
Explain how a mission statement reflects personal economic
goals.

3. Note
: Developing a strategic plan requires specific steps that need to
be executed in a sequence. The assignments in this course are
presented in order and should be completed in sequence.
Develop and write your own personal mission statement. Be
clear about your passion, values, goals, and philosophies. Once
you have your mission statement articulated, explain how it:
Expresses your image of yourself.
Expresses your values and philosophies.
Identifies what you have to offer.
Explain how your mission statement answers the following
questions:
What are your economic goals?
What is your philosophy in terms of quality and image?
What are your core competencies and competitive advantages?
What "customers" do you serve best?
How do you view your responsibilities to those who rely on
you?
Format this assignment as a research paper, following current
APA guidelines for both style and citing sources, making sure

4. that you also use correct grammar and mechanics. There is no
required minimum or maximum page length; however, you
should strive to be as detailed as possible in addressing each
bullet point while also being as clear and concise as possible.
Assignment 2
Conduct a personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats (SWOT) analysis.
Note
: Developing a strategic plan requires specific steps that need to
be executed in a sequence. The assignments in this course are
presented in order and should be completed in sequence.
By successfully completing this assignment , you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies:
Competency 3: Communicate effectively.
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format
with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Competency 4: Plan strategically.
Describe strategies to use SWOT analysis to improve
competitive advantage.

5. Competency 5: Employ high-performance business management
techniques.
Analyze strengths to determine competitive advantages.
Analyze opportunities that may be leveraged for competitive
advantage.
Analyze threats to competitive advantage.
Competency 6: Solve problems within professional standards.
Analyze weaknesses to determine areas for improvement.
The goal of any strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats (SWOT) analysis is to identify the internal and external
factors that are key in achieving the objective. Organizations
use SWOT as part of the development of the strategies and
plans that will help the organization achieve its goals. In this
way, a SWOT analysis helps the organization carve a
sustainable niche in its market. A SWOT analysis can also be
useful in a personal context. It can help you understand and
manage your strengths as well as your weaknesses and avoid
possible threats that could prevent you from moving forward.
After an organization has completed a SWOT analysis, it will
carefully monitor both the internal and external environments to
detect signs of opportunities and threats that could affect
current and future plans. This environmental scanning can help

6. an organization identify trends that are most likely to affect the
industry, thereby allowing the development of a strategy for
change. The right information, at the right time, can determine
the future of an organization.
Conduct a personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats (SWOT) analysis. In your analysis, consider the
following:
Strengths
What advantages do you have that others do not (skills,
education, experience, certifications)?
What achievements are you most proud of?
What do you do better than anyone else?
What do you think others would see as your strengths?
Do you have special connections that others may not have?
What personal resources do you have available?
Be sure to consider how others see you—not just how you see
yourself.
Weaknesses
Are there tasks you avoid doing because you do not feel
confident doing them?
Do you have any negative work habits (often late, disorganized,

7. easily stressed)?
Do you feel confident about your skills, experience, and
education?
Do you have any personality traits that might hold you back?
For example, do you have a fear of public speaking, yet work
where you are expected to conduct regular meetings?
Again, consider how others see you.
Opportunities
Do you have a network of influential contacts that can help or
offer advice?
Is there a need in your company or industry that no one else has
been able to fill?
Are there trends in your company that you can use to your
advantage?
Can you offer solutions to problems within your company?
Threats
What kind of obstacles are you facing at work?
Are there co-workers/colleagues competing with you for
positions or projects?
Has the nature of your job changed?

8. Does technology pose a threat to your position?
Do any of your weaknesses pose a threat?
What threats to your overall plan are there?
Once you have completed your SWOT analysis, identify
strategies that you can use to capitalize on your strengths and
open up opportunities, and address ways you can minimize areas
of weakness and eliminate threats. Consider asking a trusted
peer or friend to review your SWOT analysis and provide you
with honest feedback. Analyze the feedback you receive and
include that analysis in your assessment. Were there aspects of
the feedback that surprised you?
To successfully complete this assignment, you may need to do
some research on writing a SWOT analysis. Format this
assignment as a research paper following current APA
guidelines for both style and citing sources, making sure that
you also use correct grammar and mechanics. There is no
required minimum or maximum page length; however, you
should strive to be as detailed as possible in addressing each
bullet point, while also being as clear and concise as possible.
Assignment 3
Conduct an environmental scan and write an assessment in
which you focus on both the internal and external factors that
could affect your success within your chosen industry.
Note
: Developing a strategic plan requires specific steps that need to
be executed in a sequence. The assignments in this course are
presented in order and should be completed in sequence.

9. An environmental scan allows you to identify the trends
(technical, social, political, economic, and so on), issues, and
other factors that are most likely to affect a given industry,
thereby helping you determine a strategy for dealing with
potential changes.
By successfully completing this assignment , you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies:
Competency 3: Communicate effectively.
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format
with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Competency 4: Plan strategically.
Describe strategies to use SWOT analysis to improve
competitive advantage.
Competency 5: Employ high-performance business management
techniques.
Analyze strengths to determine competitive advantages.
Analyze opportunities that may be leveraged for competitive
advantage.

10. Analyze threats to competitive advantage.
Competency 6: Solve problems within professional standards.
Analyze weaknesses to determine areas for improvement.
Conduct an environmental scan in which you focus on both the
internal and external factors that could affect your success
within your chosen industry. Include in your scan responses to
the following. Be sure to use the information from your SWOT
analysis to explain how you will address both the internal and
external issues.
Internal Factors: What specific things do you need to do in
order to achieve the position you would like to have? In other
words, what do you need to do to climb the corporate ladder in
your industry?
External Factors: Examine the state of the current market or
industry. What issues currently exist? How might these issues
influence the future state of the industry? How will these issues
affect your long-term and short-term goals?
To successfully complete this assignment, you may need to do
some research on conducting an environmental scan. Format
this assignment as a research paper following current APA
guidelines for both style and citing sources, making sure that

11. you also use correct grammar and mechanics. There is no
required minimum or maximum page length; however, you
should strive to be as detailed as possible in addressing each
bullet point, while also being as clear and concise as possible.
Assignment 4
Develop a long-term and a short-term plan for yourself using
what you have learned about yourself through the SWOT
analysis and environmental scan you completed.
By successfully completing this assignment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies:
Competency 1: Create organizational value.
Describe long-term professional objectives.
Competency 2: Participate collaboratively and respectfully.
Describe the human resources available to achieve long-term
objectives.
Competency 3: Communicate effectively.
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format
with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.

12. Competency 4: Plan strategically.
Explain a short-term plan to achieve long-term objectives.
Competency 5: Employ high-performance business management
techniques.
Explain how industry trends influence change.
Competency 6: Solve problems within professional standards.
Describe the skills necessary to achieve long-term professional
objectives.
Describe strategies to overcome obstacles to long-term
objectives.
Competency 7: Use appropriate financial models and
principles.
Describe long-term financial objectives.
Describe financial resources available to achieve long-term

13. objectives.
Success in any endeavor requires focus, long-term planning, and
effort. Most long-term objectives require short-term
achievements.
Use what you have learned about yourself through the SWOT
analysis and environmental scan you completed to develop a
long-term and a short-term plan for yourself. Complete the
following:
Start by describing your 5-year professional and financial
objectives.
What title or position would you like to have?
Where would you like to be financially?
Based on the results of your SWOT analysis and environmental
scan, determine the following:
What skills do you need to develop to achieve your 5-year
objectives?
Is your industry changing? What do you need to do to grow with
it?
What resources do you have to help you achieve your 5-year

14. objectives? (Hint: Resources can mean more than financial; are
there people you know who can help you achieve your
objective?)
Now develop a short-term plan that will help you achieve your
long-term objectives:
What will you need to accomplish each year to achieve your 5-
year objectives?
What monthly/weekly/daily steps will help you reach your long-
term objectives?
How will you address obstacles that occur along the way?
To successfully complete this assignment, you may need to do
some research on developing long-term and short-term plans.
Format this assignment as a research paper following current
APA guidelines for both style and citing sources, making sure
that you also use correct grammar and mechanics. There is no
required minimum or maximum page length; however, you
should strive to be as detailed as possible in addressing each
point, while also being as clear and concise as possible.
Assignment 5
Develop a strategic action plan for yourself.
Note
: Developing a strategic plan requires specific steps that need to

15. be executed in a sequence. The assessments in this course are
presented in order and should be completed in sequence.
By successfully completing this assignment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies:
Competency 1: Create organizational value.
Explain how a strategic plan reflects a mission statement.
Competency 2: Participate collaboratively and respectfully.
Describe the resources needed to complete the steps of a
strategic plan.
Competency 3: Communicate effectively.
Explain how to measure the success of the steps needed to
achieve long-term objectives.
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format
with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Competency 4: Plan strategically.

16. Describe functional tactics used to achieve short-term
objectives.
Describe a plan for monitoring the progress of a strategic plan.
Explain strategies for addressing roadblocks and obstacles to a
strategic plan.
Competency 5: Employ high-performance business management
techniques.
Describe the steps and associated time frames needed to achieve
long-term objectives.
Competency 7: Use appropriate financial models and
principles.
Explain the financial ramifications associated with a strategic
plan.
The final step in developing your strategic plan is to translate
your strategy into action. A robust action plan contains four
elements:
Identification of specific actions to be undertaken in the next

17. year or less.
Establishment of a clear time frame for the completion of each
action.
Creation of accountability by identifying who is responsible for
each action.
Determination of one or more specific, immediate objectives
that the action should achieve.
Functional tactics and monetary ramifications are the
underlying details of your strategic action plan. Functional
tactics are short-term, narrow-scoped plans that detail the
activities you will use to achieve your short-term objectives.
The monetary ramifications of your strategic plan will likely be
expressed in both income and expenses, for example, the
amount of increased income anticipated by climbing the
corporate ladder and the amount of money you may need to
spend on education or professional development.
Developing a strategic plan requires specific steps that need to
be executed in a sequence. The assessments in this course are
presented in order and should be completed in sequence.
In the previous assignments, you have developed your mission
statement, conducted a personal SWOT analysis and
environmental scan, and laid out your long-term and short-term
objectives. Now, you will create a strategic plan to achieve your
objectives.
Your completed Strategic Action Plan will be based on the
information from your mission statement, your SWOT analysis,
environmental scan, and your long-term and short-term plans;
however, you do

18. not
need to include these items in this assessment.
Develop a strategic action plan in which you address the
following:
Specific steps you will need to take in the next year to achieve
your 5-year objectives.
A time frame for completing each action.
The scorecard you will use to measure the success of each
action.
The functional tactics you will use to achieve your short-term
objectives.
The resources (financial, human, and other) you will use to
complete each action.
An analysis of the monetary ramifications of each action.
A plan for monitoring the progress of the action plan.
A plan for handling obstacles or roadblocks.
An explanation of how your overall strategic plan reflects your
mission statement.
To successfully complete this assignment, you may need to do
some research on strategic action plans. Format this assignment
as a research paper following current APA guidelines for both
style and citing sources, making sure that you also use correct
grammar and mechanics. There is no required minimum or

19. maximum page length; however, you should strive to be as
detailed as possible in addressing each bullet point, while also
being as clear and concise as possible.