Overview
The topics we discuss in class are ubiquitous and enduring, but the global economy is complex and rapidly-changing. Topics from static cases in a textbook are often obsolete before the book is even through the first printing cycle. In a capstone seminar such as this one, it is impossible to know what we will be discussing by the end of the semester, so getting in the habit of scanning the environment for on-going strategic management issues that arise on a day-to-day basis is a key skill to develop. Over the semester, we will cover 12 chapters from the textbook. Your task is to identify, summarize, and evaluate current issues in the business press that relate to those chapters and strategic management principles in general.
Assignment Descriiption
Each contemporary strategic management (CSM) analysis should, at a minimum, include the follow information and / or sections, which will result in a response that is approximately one single-spaced page long.
The title of the published article, inserted into your text as a hyperlink. Instructions on how to put a hyperlink into a Word document are available here (Links to an external site.). Please do not provide the entire hyperlink; rather, you can link to your article in your text (as I did in the previous sentence) where you specify the title.
Which chapter and course topic you are relating your article to.
A one-paragraph summary of the article.
A one-paragraph extension of the article, relating it to a particular topic from the textbook. In particular, consider what you know about the topic from the textbook. Given that, how will this business decision play out for the stakeholders? As an example, Chapter 4 in your textbook describes how a resource provides competitive advantage in great detail. If the article you chose discusses a resource, consider the textbook’s advice when you decide whether the company in your article will be able to achieve competitive advantage from this resource.
At least a few sentences of your own professional judgment and experience regarding the situation and how the organization or person in question should proceed from here given your understanding of their situation.
To reiterate, the three main aspects of each response will be:
A brief summary of the article;
Application to strategic management textbook content; and
Your expert analysis and extension of the issue.
Submission Guidelines and Policies
o Each selected article must be from the beginning of this semester or later. The purpose of this assignment is to keep up with the daily flow of new and emerging issues, not to respond to articles that search engines retrieve from the past, and articles even from November 2020 no longer accurately reflect the external environments in which businesses currently operate.
o Each analysis must relate the content of the published article to a topic and chapter of the textbook from the current module. Please make it clear which topic and chapter your article relates to and why.
o Examine your response for accurate spelling, grammar, punctuation, professionalism, and organization prior to submission. In addition to the content of your response, these writing facets all factor into the assessment of each submission.
Topic chapters:1. Macro-environment
2. Competitive Environment
3. Functional Strategies:
4. Resources and Competences
