•Introduction and company overview
•Strategic Posture
Strategic history of the organization (over the 6 rounds)
Organizational mission statement and strategic vision
Business level strategy
•External Analysis: Industry and Environment
Strategic history of the industry
Five-Forces analysis of the industry
Segment Analysis OR Competitive Dynamics Analysis
•Internal Analysis
Functional analysis – Explains the business model that includes all the functions. You will address questions such as: What did the team do in in each functional level in each round? How the general strategy was implemented? That is, how did the strategic choices being made in each round relate to the general strategy? What were the observed outcomes?
Financial analysis – A financial analysis of the firm in comparison to the industry.
Organizational structure and culture (think about group-level dynamics among the TMT members)
VRIN Analysis
Core and distinctive competencies
•Summary: SWOT (listing and explanation) and TOWS
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
•Discuss the specific strategic and tactical decisions that led to the company standing. If something went wrong (low performances) the TMT should detect the major strategic mistakes and provide possible solution to address the issue.
•Business Model to improve/correct strategic direction
•Key Strategic Issues (KSI)
•Strategic alternatives each KSI
•Recommended strategy each KSI and justification
•Action plan (tactics) for subsequent year (what would have been your strategy for an hypothetical round 7, 8 etc…).
Additional instructions
•All sources of information must be cited.
•Formatting American Psychological Association (APA) academic formatting style for all assignments.
•No information in the analysis may come from a case or case analysis written in any form.
•Unity in the paper. The paper should show unity; that is the content should build together to the conclusions. Content, analysis, and writing should be consistent throughout the paper. Major points will be lost if this is not done.
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