Before completing this assignment, review the Final Project Document breakout items below.

As you analyze your assigned company, you should understand how competitive forces shape corporate strategy. A typical way for an organization to strategically analyze these factors is to conduct a five forces analysis of their organization. Corporate leadership can use this tool, to successfully analyze and identify a clear sense of the organization’s strategic vision. This focus is important because of the requirement for improved business understanding in a rapidly changing global environment. Some of the main strategic management questions asked are, where is the organization now, and where will the organization be 1, 3, 5, or even 10 years from now? Moreover, where will the organization be if no business changes are made? While looking at these questions, leadership must not only take action (especially if the answers are unacceptable), but also weigh the risks and payoffs. Smaller businesses may engage in strategic management to ensure that they adapt to trends and external changes such as globalization.

By definition, strategic management is a process in which an organization develops and implements plans that promote the goals and objectives of that particular organization. The overall process of strategic management is continuous, and it changes as the organizational goals and objectives evolve. The strategic management process begins when executives evaluate their current position with respect to the company’s mission, goals, and strategies. Managers then scan the organization’s internal and external environments and identify strategic issues that may require change. Internal or external events may indicate a need to redefine the mission or goals or to formulate a new strategy at the corporate, business, or functional level. The final stage in the strategic management process is execution of the new strategy. It is now time to take an analytical look at the forces and structure that shape effective strategic decision-making.

For this Assignment, you will complete the following:

• After reviewing this video Porter’s Five Competitive Forces (Video file, 13 min 11 sec), conduct a detailed Five Forces analysis for your assigned company. Your analysis should be thorough, incorporate scholarly research, and cover:
• • Corporate Threats of New Entrants
  • Corporate Threat of Substitutes
  • Supplier Power
  • Buyer Power
  • And, Competitive Rivalry

Illustration of Porter’s 5 Forces. By Grahams Child [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], from Wikimedia Commons

Your deliverables include:

1. A 3 page written analysis; APA formatted MS Word document.
2. Written evaluation for each force highlighted above. Justification should be supported by scholarly evidence (i.e. – peer-reviewed journal articles; 10K report, etc.).

* A word of caution: The assigned organizations are all publically traded companies on the DJIA. Therefore, there is a great deal of published analysis and information available on the Web. This assignment is NOT a review of someone else’s analysis. The integration of such external analysis, even if cited, will result in a failing grade. *

Required Products (Tools) Created from Research & Analysis

• Porter’s Five Forces

Learners are to populate these products with evidence that was discovered in their research before writing the independent report and creating the team presentation.

Required Research Sources:

• Organization’s 10k, internal publications, and marketing material
• Review this video Porter’s Five Competitive Forces (Video file, 13 min 11 sec)
• Porter, The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy

Suggested additional sources of information:

• McKinsey Quarterly (0047-5394) https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/home.aspx
• Harvard Business Review (0017-8012)
• HBS Working Knowledge http://hbswk.hbs.edu/
• New York Times
• Wall Street Journal
• The Economist
• Other instructor-approved sources

Things to Remember!

✓ Write a 3 page written analysis.

✓ Written evaluation for each force highlighted above. Justification should be supported by scholarly evidence (i.e. – peer-reviewed journal articles; 10K report, etc.).
✓ Use Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins, with APA-formatted (6^th ed.) in-text citations and references for all resources.
✓ Check and correct any spelling or grammatical errors in your document prior to submitting it for evaluation.

o Online Writing Lab (OWL)
o APA, MLA & More: Citing Sources
o Copyright & Avoiding Plagiarism

Compose your work using a word processor (or other software as appropriate) and save it frequently to your computer. When you’re ready to submit your work, click Browse My Computer and find your file. Once you’ve located your file click Open and, if successful, the file name will appear under the Attached files heading. Scroll to the bottom of the page, click Submit and you’re done.

Please be aware that papers in this course may be reviewed by anti-plagiarism software.

Annual performance appraisals have been a standard practice in most organizations for decades. There has been a significant shift in thinking and practice during the last few years.

For this POV discussion, write a 2-3 paragraph post that states your POV about the value (or not) of performance appraisals and sites evidence from the module articles or other articles you find on your own to support your POV. There has been a lot written and studied about this topic.

You can also use personal work experience to support your POV, but please do that in addition to referencing an outside, expert source.

Be concise. Edit your writing to streamline and eliminate errors in grammar, punctuation, repetitiveness.

Identify and discuss at least five
examples of how police discretion can affect the critical decisions involving
the life and liberty of citizens.

At
the end of your answer, identify one of the Saint Leo University Core Values,
and explain how it relates to your answer.

Excellence
Saint Leo University is an educational enterprise. All of us, individually and
collectively, work hard to ensure that our students develop the character,
learn the skills, and assimilate the knowledge essential to become morally
responsible leaders. The success of our University depends upon a conscientious
commitment to our mission, vision, and goals.

Community
Saint Leo University develops hospitable Christian learning communities
everywhere we serve. We foster a spirit of belonging, unity, and
interdependence based on mutual trust and respect to create socially
responsible environments that challenge all of us to listen, to learn, to
change, and to serve.

Respect
Animated in the spirit of Jesus Christ, we value all individuals’ unique
talents, respect their dignity, and strive to foster their commitment to
excellence in our work. Our community’s strength depends on the unity and
diversity of our people, on the free exchange of ideas, and on learning,
living, and working harmoniously.

Personal Development
Saint Leo University stresses the development of every person’s mind, spirit,
and body for a balanced life. All members of the Saint Leo University community
must demonstrate their commitment to personal development to help strengthen
the character of our community.

Responsible Stewardship
Our Creator blesses us with an abundance of resources. We foster a spirit of
service to employ our resources for University and community development. We
must be resourceful. We must optimize and apply all of the resources of our
community to fulfill Saint Leo University’s mission and goals.

Integrity
The commitment of Saint Leo University to excellence demands that its members
live its mission and deliver on its promise. The faculty, staff, and students
pledge to be honest, just, and consistent in word and deed.

Listen. Learn. Share. Serve. We’ll give you all the tools you need to
make a positive impact on the world. Your time here won’t just prepare you for
a great career — it will help you become a better person.

I jest need:

Incorrect format. All papers should be in APA format including references. Check your grammar.

The Educational and Training Requirements for Male and Female Police Officers

The requirements for female police officers are the same as those of women police officers. One will have to attend a police academy; these depend on the jurisdiction one is in or whether they have been sent by an agency. An individual requires to put in an application,undergo physical screening and interview, a written test, oral board, a physical agility test, a lie detecting test, background check and an interview with the chief of staff (Peters, Richard Stanley, 145).

The applications to be police officers can only be accepted at the age of eighteen. However, there is no upper limit for use. The standard retirement age is sixty years. Note that that the recruits are needed to undertake a probationary period of two years. The person applies must be a citizen of the state they are applicable to work. For foreigners who have stayed in the country for an extended period of time shall pass as they wait for clearance of both security and vetting. All those who have applied shall undergo the same standard of vetting before they are appointed.

The criminal record of the applicant is also checked. One needs to have a clean criminal record to be selected. Receiving of formal caution between the past five years, committing a violent crime or any public order offence will lead to automatic rejection. Applicants should not have tattoos especially if they are prominent, offensive is served to undermine the dignity and authority of the applicant’s role.

To be given this job, an individual has to be physically fit. Therefore, they shall undertakea fitness test. It is critical to making it in this test before one is appointed. The police are looking for the minimum standard to enable an individual perform their task diligently. The applicants shall be given help to improve their fitness for maximum output. There are two sides to the fitness; health strength and the ability to endure.

The financial status of the applicants will be checked. The above is because they will have access to information that may make them vulnerable to corruption. Therefore, bankruptapplicants will be rejected (Porter, John, 134). Healthwise, the police officers, need to be resilient enough to cope with the pressure and demands that come with police work. Therefore, applicants must be in good health to get the job. The applicants will be required to undergo a medical test to ensure that they meet the health standards required of them.

The applicants have to undergo an eye test which they are required to pass. The above is because the individuals need sharp eyesight to be able to fulfil their duties diligently. If a person has ever applied before but has been rejected, they cannot use immediately again. One has to wait for six months to elapse before they make another application.

All Individuals who apply will be subjected to random drug tests during the recruitment process. Failing this test may lead to immediate rejection (Porter, John, 234). Last but not least police officers need to qualify educationally. Educational needs range from a high school to a college degree. The applicants need to submit their original testimonials for consideration.

Works Citing

Peters, Richard Stanley. Ethics and Education (Routledge Revivals). Routledge, 2015.

Porter, John. Vertical mosaic: An analysis of social class and power in Canada. University of Toronto Press, 2015.