PAD 631 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric Overview: This milestone will allow you to complete the Analysis portion of your final project. Prompt: Analyze the strategic management practices of the three organizations. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

II. Analysis: In this section of your white paper, you will analyze the strategic management practices of the three organizations. Specifically, you should address the following:

A. Strategic Management: Compare the elements of strategic planning and the strategic management process that were utilized by the three organizations. In other words, how did the organizations apply elements of the strategic management process? What worked and why?

B. Resource Alignment: Assess the alignment of the three organizations’ discrete resources to the organizational visions. C. Resource Allocation Decisions: Describe how the organizations’ resource allocation decisions were altered or guided by the strategic planning

and management process. In other words, how did the organizations apply elements of the strategic management process to align resources to organizational vision?

D. Outcome Evaluation: Describe the qualitative and quantitative measures that were used to evaluate the program outcomes. E. Best Practices: Identify the best practices used by the three organizations to increase the effectiveness of program outcomes. F. Cost-Benefit Analysis: Create a cost-benefit analysis that identifies the costs, benefits, and risks associated with program or process redesign in

the three organizations. G. Constraints: Describe the constraints facing the three organizations. Examples of constraints include defused leadership, limited managerial

autonomy, politically defined performance outcomes for programs, and legal requirements. H. Private Sector Techniques: Analyze the private sector strategic planning techniques used by the three organizations to address the constraints

you described. Support your response with specific examples of instances when the organizations used private sector techniques instead of public sector techniques.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your draft of the Analysis portion of your final project should adhere to the following formatting requirements: 7–10 pages, double- spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. You should use current APA style guidelines for your citations and reference list, including a minimum of six sources.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (90%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Analysis: Strategic Management

Compares elements of strategic planning and management process utilized by the three organizations

Compares elements of strategic planning and management process utilized by the three organizations, but with gaps in accuracy or detail

Does not compare elements of strategic planning and management process utilized by the three organizations

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Analysis: Resource Alignment

Assesses alignment of the three organizations’ discrete resources to organizational visions

Assesses alignment of the three organizations’ discrete resources to organizational visions, but assessment is cursory or inaccurate

Does not assess alignment of the three organizations’ discrete resources to organizational visions

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Analysis: Resource Allocation Decisions

Describes how the organization’s resource allocation decisions were altered or guided by the strategic planning and management process

Describes how the organization’s resource allocation decisions were altered or guided by the strategic planning and management process, but with gaps in clarity or detail

Does not describe how the organization’s resource allocation decisions were altered or guided by the strategic planning and management process

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Analysis: Outcome Evaluation

Describes the qualitative and quantitative measures that were used to evaluate the program outcomes

Describes the qualitative and quantitative measures that were used to evaluate the program outcomes, but with gaps in clarity or detail

Does not describe the qualitative and quantitative measures that were used to evaluate the program outcomes

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Analysis: Best Practices

Identifies best practices used by the three organizations to increase effectiveness of program outcomes

Identifies best practices used by the three organizations to increase effectiveness of program outcomes, but with gaps in accuracy or detail

Does not identify best practices used by the three organizations to increase effectiveness of program outcomes

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Analysis: Cost- Benefit Analysis

Creates a cost-benefit analysis that identifies the costs, benefits, and risks associated with program or process redesign in the three organizations

Creates a cost-benefit analysis that identifies the costs, benefits, and risks associated with program or process redesign in the three organizations, but analysis is cursory or inaccurate

Does not create a cost-benefit analysis that identifies the costs, benefits, and risks associated with program or process redesign in the three organizations

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Analysis: Constraints Describes the constraints facing the three organizations

Describes the constraints facing the three organizations, but with gaps in clarity or detail

Does not describe the constraints facing the three organizations

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Analysis: Private Sector Techniques

Analyzes private sector strategic planning techniques used by the three organizations to address constraints and supports response with specific examples of instances when the organizations used private sector techniques instead of public sector techniques

Analyzes private sector planning techniques used by the three organizations to address constraints and supports response with specific examples of instances when the organizations used private sector techniques instead of public sector techniques, but analysis has gaps in accuracy, detail, or support

Does not analyze private sector planning techniques used by the three organizations to address constraints and does not support response with specific examples of instances when the organizations used private sector techniques instead of public sector techniques

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Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

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Total 100%