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Course Code: SKS4000-8
Course Start Date: 04/13/2015
Section: Business Integration and Evaluation
Week: 7
Activity: Develop a Strategy Plan for ABC Clothing
Activity Due Date: 05/31/2015
Activity Description
For the Signature Assignment, your requirement is to research and write in APA format a strategic plan that describes the following elements:
1. The strategic environment for ABC Clothing using a SWOT analysis process (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats). Your analysis should consider not just this store, but also the retail industry as a whole.
2. Goals and strategies for the operations of ABC Clothing. Specifically, you must describe:
a. Marketing b. Workforce and Operations Management c. Organizational Structure d. Financial and Accounting Management e. Compliance and Legal Considerations f. Information Management and Technology g. Internal Control and Evaluation h. Leadership
Support your paper with minimum of three (3) resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 6-8 pages not including title and reference pages
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy. View the Northcentral Academic Integrity Tutorial to refresh your knowledge of how to achieve academic integrity.
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Learning Outcomes
1.0 Assess current knowledge of professional business components. 5.0 Analyze key elements of a firm's legal environment including its contemporary rules and practices in business ethics and legal compliance and their effect on operations. 6.0 Evaluate business operations planning: design, strategies, and implementation. 8.0 Analyze the macro- and micro-economic factors that could directly or indirectly influence a firm’s economic environment.
Resources
Books Reference Instruction (2011) SKS 4000-Business strategies & principles for the 21st century.
Review Chapters 11 and 12
Articles Reference Instruction Bloom, N., Genakos, C., Sadun, R., & Van Reenen, J. (2012). Management practices across firms and countries. http://proxy1.ncu.edu/login? url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=bth&AN=74584378&site=ehost-live
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Marler, J. H. (2012). Strategic human resource management in context: A historical and global perspective. http://proxy1.ncu.edu/login? url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=bth&AN=79351873&site=eds-live
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