Developing your strategic plan

Make sure you use adequate, credible and reliable APA source citations to support your work.
The plan is your own creative document. You may review the sample plans shared in the resource section and use them as a guide in developing your strategic plan. Please keep in mind that you must still meet the 20% similarity scan requirements upon submission. DO NOT SIMPLY COPY AND PAST MATERIAL FROM THE COMPANY WEBSITE.

**must be a public company; traded on either the NYSE or NASDAQ**

Strategic Plan must include the following:
Proper APA format with headers, in-text references, reference page, 1′ margins
Executive Summary
Company Overview
Company History
Products and or services
Operations
Vision
Mission Statement
Corporate Values & Culture
SWOT Analysis
Competition
Management team/Leadership
Financial Outlook
Strategies
Conclusion
min 5 scholarly resources

Please note that pictures/charts/graphs, etc will not count toward page min requirements. The submittal is to be in essay format – NOT LIST or BULLET format.
Do not skip pages (only full pages count); plan should flow continuously. Pictures/Charts/Graphs/etc. are to go into the “appendix” and will not count toward page min requirements.

**Minimum 15 pages (Word Document) of strategic material (does not include cover page, abstract nor reference pages)**

***assignments/submissions will NOT be accepted after the last day of the course**

***Once you submit your document to the assignment folder it will automatically be loaded to TURNTIN.COM within the course** NOTE: Strategic Plan must return a similarity scan of 20% or less**