MBA 6024 All Discussions
MBA 6024 All Discussions
capella MBA6024 unit 1 dq 1 & dq 2
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This discussion helps you master the following course competency:
Activity Instructions In this discussion, you will further your knowledge of strategic development by:
After reading Chapter 1 in Foundations of Strategy, identify the three components of the business model used by “Tough Mudder LLC: Turning Mud Runs Into a Global Business.” Using examples drawn from the case, distinguish the following concepts: corporate strategy and competitive strategy, strategy and tactics. What do you think is the role of Tough Mudder’s sense of identity (“we know who we are and what we stand for”) in influencing the effectiveness with which it implements its strategy? Response Guidelines Read the postings of your peers and respond to at least two other learners. When responding, seek clarification, share your personal experiences, and provide feedback. dq 2 Activity Context This discussion helps you develop the skills to master the following course competencies:
Activity Instructions In this discussion, you will further your knowledge of strategic development by:
Describe the strategy of the firm you selected for your project, using the strategy model in Figure 1.5 (p.13) of Foundations in Strategy, as a guide to frame the strategy description from the following two perspectives:
Response Guidelines Critically read the posts of your peers and respond to the posts of at least two other learners. Your responses should seek clarification of assumptions or statements that lack evidence to support them. Remember, you are participating in a dialog with your peers for the purpose of ensuring their communication is clear, persuasive, and defensible, from both business and academic perspectives. capella MBA6024 unit 2 dq 1 & dq 2 dq 1 Activity Context This week’s discussions help you to develop the skills to master the following course competency:
Activity Instructions In this discussion, you will further your knowledge of strategic development by:
After reading Chapter 3 in your Foundations of Strategy text, use the functional classification and value chain perspectives to identify Harley-Davidson’s principal resources and capabilities. Can their resources and capabilities confer sustainable competitive advantage? What strategy recommendations would you offer to Harley-Davidson’s management team? Response Guidelines Critically read the posts of your peers and respond to the posts of at least two other learners. Your responses should seek clarification of assumptions or statements that lack evidence to support them. Remember, you are participating in a dialog with your peers for the purpose of ensuring their communication is clear, persuasive, and defensible, from both business and academic perspectives. dq 2 Activity Context This week’s discussions help you to develop the skills to master the following course competencies:
Activity Instructions In this discussion, you will further your knowledge of strategic development by:
Analyze the firm key resources and core capabilities of the firm you selected for your project. Identify the functional areas of the firm’s organization or the activities in the value chain where the key resources and core capabilities reside (see Classifying Capabilities in Chapter 3). Are core or distinctive resources and capabilities structured and supported in a manner that aligns with the competitive advantage? What opportunities do you see to exploit the key capabilities of your project firm? Are there internal weakness that should concern the firm? Read the posts of your peers and respond to the posts of at least two other learners. When responding, seek clarification, share your personal experiences that relate to their experiences, and provide feedback. capella MBA6024 unit 3 dq 1 & dq 2 dq 1 Activity Context This week’s discussions help you to develop the skills to master the following course competencies:
Activity Instructions In this discussion, you will further your knowledge of strategic development by:
Focus on the goals and values of your project firm to identify important strategic ethical issues or dilemmas. Analyze the firm’s actions for instances of inconsistencies, or practices where the words in the mission, espoused values, or goals, don’t match the actions of the firm. Should the firm be concerned about its Corporate Social Responsibility or balancing stakeholder and stockholder needs? Response Guidelines Critically read the posts of your peers and respond to the posts of at least two other learners. In responses to your colleagues, comment on and respectfully challenge one another’s different conclusions. dq 2 Activity Context This week’s discussions help you to develop the skills to master the following course competencies:
Activity Instructions In this discussion, you will further your knowledge of strategic development by:
In Foundations of Strategy, review Case Insight 4.5: Singapore Airlines: Reconciling Differentiation With Low Costs, on page 141. Porter argues that a competitive advantage strategy of both cost leadership and differentiation is impossible to sustain. Describe your project firm’s competitive strategy and mount an argument in favor of or against Porter’s assertion as it relates to your project firm. Does your critical thinking about the firm’s competitive advantage bring to mind concerns, or opportunities for how the firm could exploit its competitive advantage? Do you have actionable insights about exploiting strengths of the firm or insights about how the firm should defend against its weaknesses? Response Guidelines Critically read the posts of your peers and respond to the posts of at least two other learners. When responding, seek clarification, share your personal experiences that relate to their experiences, and provide feedback. capella MBA6024 unit 4 dq 1 Industry Influences Activity Context This discussion helps you develop the skills to master the following course competencies:
Activity Instructions This discussion will help you further your knowledge of strategic development by:
After reading Chapter 2 in Foundations of Strategy, use the PEST and Porter 5-Forces Model to identify environmental and industry influences that should be a concern or present an opportunity to your project firm. Provide a rationale for your response. Response Guidelines Critically read the posts of your peers and respond to the posts of at least two other learners. When responding, seek clarification, share your personal experiences that relate to their experiences, and provide feedback. capella MBA6024 unit 5 dq 1 & dq 2 dq 1 Activity Context This discussion helps you to develop the skills to mater the following course competencies:
Activity Instructions This discussion will help you further your knowledge of strategic development by:
“Strategy has two major dimensions: positioning for the present and adapting to the future” (Jordon & Grant, p. 170). In adapting to strategic change, structures, systems, and culture are the most stable parameters of an organizational design and those that are malleable in crafting a strategic change. For this discussion, consider changing one or more of these elements for a critical strategic issue you have identified for your project firm. Then, craft a strategic recommendation that your project firm could realize in no more than six months. Reference Grant, R. M., & Jordan, J. (2015). Foundations of strategy(2nd ed.). West Sussex, UK: Wiley & Sons. dq 2
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