Trident LED560 2021 MAY Module 2 Case & SLP Latest

LED560 Leadership and Strategy

Module 2 CASE

THE SOCIO-POLITICAL COMPASS

Assignment Overview

Please watch the following Leadership Channel video, then read the instructions and complete your case assignment:

Joun, S. (2016). Implementing diversity & inclusion: Leaders and believers [Video]. Available

from Books24x7. Available in the Trident Online Library.

In the Module 2 Case, we will examine the innumerable ways in which the external environment affects the choice of strategy (creation of threats and opportunities), and how the external environment affects an organization’s chosen strategic direction.

Let’s begin here by reading the following case concerning McCain Foods (note that there are several pages of text):

Hrelements.com. (2015). How McCain responds to changes in the external environment. Retrieved from http://www.hrelements.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/168-MC-cain-foods-How-McCain-responds-to-changes-in-the-external-environment1.pdf

Case Assignment

Using the Times 100 article above, write a 6- to 7-page paper in which you address the following:

After performing some current research on McCain Foods, use SLEPT analysis to critically assess the external environment of McCain Foods, and determine the extent to which the company’s strategies should be adjusted pursuant to the opportunities and/or threats presenting themselves in the external environment.

Keys to the Assignment

In a 6- to 7-page paper, do the following:

Describe the strategy (or strategies) followed by McCain Foods.

Using the SLEPT analysis tool, assess the external environment of McCain Foods. What are the major opportunities and threats presented by the external environment? Be sure that you include the most current information about the company.

Based on your research and informed analysis, should McCain Foods consider making any adjustments to the strategy or strategies you described above? Why or why not? Provide clear, rational support for your answer.

How effectively do you believe McCain Foods has been in responding to changes in the external environment? Discuss.

Be sure to use a minimum of three library sources in support of your answers!

 

LED560 Leadership and Strategy

Module 2 SLP

THE SOCIO-POLITICAL COMPASS

Assignment Overview

In the Module 2 SLP, you will determine the most salient environmental threats and opportunities currently facing your target organization.

Assignment

Write a 3-page paper in which you address the following:

Evaluate the external environment of your selected organization, determining the extent to which opportunities exceed threats, or threats exceed opportunities.

Keys to the Assignment

The key aspects of this assignment that should be covered in your 3-page paper include the following:

Define and discuss the most significant environmental threat or threats that currently confront the organization you selected in the Module 1 SLP.

Discuss the most important opportunities faced by your organization.

Do environmental threats outweigh opportunities, or do opportunities outweigh the target organization’s threats? Explain.

Based on your assessment, how do you believe your organization should respond to its active environmental threats? How should it take advantage of opportunities that might exist at present?