Strategic Management

Company name: Autozone

A strategic plan takes a team effort with executive management and other decision makers within a company. The plan acts as a guide map or playbook for the organization- activities in the long and short term. Many public and larger companies use the strategic plan to align operations for more internal efficiency to promote maximum profitability. Such a plan often includes the following sections:
•	An outline of the company's mission statement and resources
•	Identifying what is working well and what is not within the organization
•	A list of possible adjustments that need to be made relating to organizational leadership
•	A translation of the identified adjustments into strategies
You are interested how a plan can help increase internal efficiencies to help increase revenues. Choose a company that interests you, and explain your interpretations of its strategic plan. Although most plans are confidential, you can often surmise the direction of a company's plan by reading about its leadership and other activities, either in an annual report or on the Web site.
 Explain your interpretations of your company- strategic plan. Compile and organize the research you have done for your plan by adding subheadings and discussing the following:
•	What is 1 challenge the company has experienced recently? What is working well in the organization?
•	Has the company implemented any management strategies in the last few years to help increase revenue by promoting internal operational efficiencies? Why or why not?
•	Describe and diagram the organizational structure.
•	Do adjustments need to be made in the leadership structure to implement internal efficiencies for maximum profitability? Why or why not?
•	Identify 1 organizational theory that can be applied to your company.
•	Explain why these strategies are important to grow the company, as well as to stay customer-focused, competitive, and innovative in the current marketplace.
1500, 2000 words