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MGT660 Strategic Management

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 Discuss how doing case analysis will help you develop skills needed to prepare recommendations for consideration in a Strategic Plan. What is a business model and how can it disrupt a company, industry and or both? Provide at least two examples.

DQ2 Throughout the course, you will need to identify various technology trends and sources of data that will help you understand those things impacting your CLC’s company. Sources may include the following:  www.strategyclub.com, GCU library, government sites, white papers, etc. Of the sources that you have identified, which sources do you believe would be most useful and why, as it applies to the strategic case analysis and recommendations for strategic plan development?

 

MGT660 Strategic Management

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 How have or will external factors result in the overhaul of a traditional industry of your choice (such as retail or any other) as we know it? Please explain and cite examples.

DQ2 How do you currently describe the business climate globally? What are the implications for the companies in the same industry as your CLC group’s company? Explain why. Please explain and cite examples.

 

MGT660 Strategic Management

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 The primary means for gaining and sustaining competitive advantages for companies are shifting downstream. Is that also the case in a circular economy? Explain and discuss these statements.

DQ2 Define and give an example of a “blue ocean strategy” in a digital economy.

 

MGT660 Strategic Management

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 What are some key differences between BCG and IE portfolio matrices? Please consider an industry in which you have worked, are working, or would like to work when addressing the questions.

DQ2 What is the “marketing mix” and why is it so important in strategy formulation and implementation?

 

 

 

MGT660 Strategic Management

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 Transferring a strategic plan into a reality can take more than planning.  Provide an example of a leader who has transformed a strategic plan into a reality? How did they innovate and lead the company? What can you learn from this person?

DQ2 Identify and discuss three reasons why market segmentation is so important to strategy implementation. Please include examples from industry you have been or would like to be associated with.

 

MGT660 Strategic Management

Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 Describe why social responsibility and policy are key issues in strategic management and how you will integrate them in your recommendations for your CLC group’s company.

DQ2 What global and international considerations should be made when conducting business?

 

MGT660 Strategic Management

Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 Why is it important to project the first-year financial performance on a monthly basis and the subsequent yearly budgets, on a quarterly basis? Explain.

DQ2 How do you plan to use financial statements in your projected financial statement analysis? Provide rationale for your approach.

 

MGT660 Strategic Management

Week 8 Discussion

DQ1 Reflect on your experience in this course. What do you consider as, potentially, the most important elements when working to improve an organization’s competitive advantage and create value for all stakeholders?

DQ2 GCU’s Statement on the Integration of Faith and Work states that “Our work within the world matters to God and our neighbors, and that we honor God by serving others in ways that promote human flourishing.”  Select a company that demonstrates ethical behavior, social responsibility, and environmental sustainment. How does the selected organization promote human flourishing?  What role does innovation and leadership play in strategic management? How does this contribute to an organization’s ability to achieve and sustain competitive advantage?    Provide an example and rationale.