MT460-1: Assess business strategy using a variety of seminal theories, principles, and concepts.  GEL-1.02: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.  You will find the following resource to be a helpful guide in your analysis of your chosen case study: Guide to Case Analysis. This assignment will require intensive interpretation skills. Be sure to read this Case Analysis Guide to prepare. Be sure to use the grading rubric as a checklist. Scenario: Choose an award-winning company from the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program website to study. You will evaluate the “Award Application Summary” as a business case. You are the director of strategy and business Intelligence for your chosen company. You are conducting an evaluation of your chosen company for an upcoming annual report. Your goal is to demonstrate skill and expertise in the evaluation of the strategic position of your company. You will be submitting this report to C-level executives for consideration. Use the following criteria to evaluate your chosen award-winning organization to determine how its business strategy positions the company to achieve competitive advantage over its competitors. Assignment Part 1 Requirements: Create a thesis statement. Explain what is meant by business strategy (read pages 3–4 in your textbook). Use theories, principles, and concepts from various research resources. Give examples. Provide background information about your chosen company, including the company name, industry sector in which the company operates, products, and target market. Elaborate and use research. Describe the type of competitive advantage your chosen company has established (read pages 4–6 in your textbook). Explain. Use examples. Explain how your chosen company’s strategy will evolve over time (read pages 8-11 in your textbook). Use examples. What is your chosen company’s business model, and why is it important? (Read pages 11–12 in your textbook.) Use examples. What makes the company's strategy a winner? (Read pages 12–16 in your textbook.) Explain. Use examples. Assignment Part 2 Requirements: Critically evaluate the vision, mission, and values of your chosen company (read pages 21–29 in your textbook). Use research to explain and give examples. Assess the objectives (stretch, strategic, and financial) for your chosen company (read pages 30–33). Give examples. Explain why the strategic initiatives taken at various levels of your chosen company must be tightly coordinated (read pages 34–39 in your textbook). Give examples. Evaluate what your chosen company did to achieve operating excellence and to execute its strategy proficiently (read pages 39–40 in your textbook). Give examples. Evaluate the role and responsibility of the governance body in overseeing the strategic management process of your chosen company (read pages 40–42 in your textbook).

In a narrative format, explain how an offender is processed through each stage of the criminal justice system. How effective have America's "Get Tough on Crime" initiatives been on reducing crime? Do you believe our corrections system is effective in rehabilitating offenders? Do you feel that mandatory minimum sentences have a positive impact on reducing crime in the US? Why/ Why not? If you were a member of the legislature, how would you go about proposing legislation to abolish mandatory minimum sentencing practices? In a narrative format, discuss the key facts and critical issues presented. What, if anything, would be wrong with punishing thieves simply by having them return whatever they have stolen. Define Deterrence and then explain the difference between general and specific deterrence. Three-Strikes Laws have been the source of continued controversy, In your opinion, should they be abolished? Explain your reasoning. Assume that you are a Senator within your home state in which determinate sentencing is currently being practiced; however, you have introduced a bill to switch to indeterminate sentencing. What are some of the strengths of indeterminate sentencing that you could use to persuade your fellow senators?