The company is Delta Airlines and the two issues we chose are: Discouraging high employee turnover rate and Maintaining and sustaining competitiveness. Please see the instructions below for the project:                                                                           Working in teams, students will play the role of management consultants. Each team will conduct an analysis of an organization exploring an aspect of organizational behavior that interests them and is relevant to the chosen organization. The team’s role is to study the organization, analyze a global issue, and propose actions that solve the organizational problem. The focus of the project must be analytical and not merely descriptive.  

Course Objective: Develop the skills to assess the success of the plan. Evaluate strategic initiatives to leverage opportunities and mitigate threats to small businesses. Demonstrate how to build a competitive advantage through functional level strategy Prompt: Prepare a strategic plan that contains the following sections: Executive Summary Company Overview (with NYSE or NASDAQ ticker symbol) Company History Products and or services Operations Vision Mission Statement Corporate Values & Culture SWOT Analysis Competition Management team/Leadership Financial Outlook Strategies Conclusion Instructions: Paper must be written in flawless APA format using headers, headings, in-text references, reference page, 1' margins (use template provided below) Make sure you use adequate, credible and reliable APA source citations to support your work. This strategic plan will incorporate what you have learned over the past 7 weeks. Your company selection must be listed on either the NASDAQ or NYSE. Confirm company is via this link  Listing Directory by typing in the company name in the “filter” filed on the left side hitting enter and viewing the “Exchange” (NASD = Nasdaq; NYSE = NYSE) **REVIEW COMPANIES TO AVOID LIST IN PDF BELOW** You may review the sample strategic 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. Review the examples in the resource section of the course prior to submittal. DO NOT SIMPLY COPY AND PASTE MATERIAL FROM THE COMPANY WEBSITE. Important Notes: You must include a minimum of 6-9 sources and 3-4 must be from a peer-reviewed source (library/journal articles) Your paper should be in essay format; not bullet format. Minimum 12 full pages of content (Word Document) of strategic material (does not include cover page, executive summary nor reference pages); DO NOT GO OVER 14 pages of actual CONTENT (max content). All charts, graphs and pictures are to go in appendix (not a substitute for content) 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 (the following will be excluded: headers, bibliography, etc. prior to instructor grading paper – focus on content of scan percentage)** Please make sure you review the below links on what constitutes a paragraph, when to use a comma and the use of 1st person PRIOR to submitting your assignment: APA 7th Edition