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Assignment
a. Find a real business case of a firm’s strategic decision making regarding business or
corporate strategic issues (such as diversification, new business venture, strategic
alliance, joint venture, M&A, etc.) which is occurred in 2015 ~ 2017, from any source
of business media (i.e. newspaper (Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg), business journal,
article, etc.).
b. Attach a hard copy of an article from newspapers, business journals, or magazines.
c. Your analysis should include:
i. A summary of the case: a brief description
ii. Identification of key strategic issues (problems) the firm confronts and tries to
address
iii. Analyze those issues: external and internal (firm itself) environmental analysis,
competitors, suppliers, customers, government (regulation), and other
stakeholders (Refer to Chapter 5, 6, and 7)
a. For external analysis, use Porter’s 5-forces analysis
b. For internal analysis, utilize
a. Resource-based view: key resources and capabilities
b. The firm’s business model, key business and corporate
strategy, and its competitive advantages
c. The firm’s performance (analysis for at least 5 years)
d. Four functions (planning-organizing-leading-controlling)
e. Organizational structure (attach the firm’s organizational
chart)
f. Organizational culture
g. Human Resource Management system
h. Leadership and top management team
i. Reward & control system
iv. Summarize or integrate your analysis with SWOT or other analytic tools
v. Develop alternatives (options): at least three
a. should provide SWOT matrix (refer to lecture slides for Chapter 6)
b. Each alternative should be exhaustive and mutually exclusive
vi. Evaluate each alternative: may use cost/benefit analysis or pros/cons
vii. Provide your final recommendation
viii. Suggest next course of actions (implementation plan)
ix. App. References
It should be typed and single-spaced with 1inch margins on four sides of the paper. It should be
no less than 5 pages except a cover page, references, any appendix.
Sources to name a few: Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Economist, Fortune, New York
Times Business Section, Lexis-Nexis (Library online database)
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