FinalPaperRubric
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION: Create a fictitious memorandum to your supervisor proposing a new 10-step strategic planning cycle to improve your agency (Health & Human Services
https://www.hhs.gov/about/index.html
). This will include articulating a revised or a new mission statement, conducting an environmental scan (stakeholders and SWOT/C analysis), and proposing potential action steps to address strategic questions. This will include at least one cost chart and explain how you would plan to measure performance. For the paper, it shall: – Provide a critical analysis of your agency′s current mission statement. Propose any necessary revisions. The paper should also outline a vision that should be articulated with a goal to promise the outward expression of what the agency stands for. -Conduct a SWOT/C analysis that identifies one Strength, one Weakness, one Opportunity, and one Threat/Challenge that should be examined and proffered for the strategic agenda. – For each identified SWOT/C component, you must articulate the strategic issue as a question. – By using two components of the SWOT/C analysis (i.e., one strength and one weakness, or one strength and one challenge, etc) develop three (3) major proposals for implementation to answer the respective SWOT/C component′s issues. The action items must be defined and scheduled for implementation on realistic terms. – Describe the methods that will be used to implement or operationalize the issues of the plan; including resource management, budgeting, and accountability measures. This should include at least one charted cost breakdown (budget spreadsheet). These charted cost breakdowns will not count for more than (2) pages of your total length requirement. – Finally, the proposal should outline each of the action items and desired outcome will be assessed. This should include identifying performance measurements (this can be done in bullet form). REQUIREMENTS: – Double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font. – Please review the Rubric attached for additional information.
Criteria Possible Points
The paper identified and defined a mission statement with a goal to promote the outward
expression of what the agency stands for. A thoughtful and realistic vision for the agency was
developed in alignment with the mission statement
10
Paper identified correctly one Strength, one Weakness, one Opportunity, and one
Challenge/Threat for the organization and what factors contributed to this decision
20
The paper correctly articulated a strategic question for each of the SWOT components
(Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat)
10
Paper correctly applied 3 major proposals for implementation to answer 2 of the SWOT
components
20
Paper operationalized the issues of the 2 SWOT components correctly and gave realistic
breakdowns for associated costs for implementation
20
Paper must correctly express the desired expectation for each of the action items sets (not each
item) in a brief bulleted fashion to ensure performance measurement
10
Paper demonstrated that you understood the concepts and correctly applied them to the
paper’s criteria
5
Quality of writing (correct spell, grammar, concise word choice, and, where appropriate, correct
citations)
5
Total 100
Final Paper Rubric
PSHS 6250—Strategic Budgeting and Planning
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