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Question JWI540 Strategy Assignment 2 : How to Win: Strategic Options Assessment and Recommendation Introduction “Strategy means making clear-cut choices about how to compete. You cannot be everything to everybody, no matter what the size of your business or how deep its pockets.” – Jack Welch – Congratulations! In your first executive brief, you generated…

Question JWI540 Strategy Week 2 Discussion Defining Your Playing Field The first step of the strategic development process is to determine the “Where to Play” choice that will then help you identify the segment of the market you are targeting and the competitors you will face. Review the Strategy Project Company Selection Guidelines Click for…

Question JWI540 Strategy Week 7 Discussion Game-Winning Moves Our focus this week is on choosing a strategic direction that will set your organization apart from competitors in a way that enables you to stand out from everyone else. Jack refers to this as “changing the game.” Sherman refers to it as “breaking away from the…

Question JWI540 Strategy Week 6 Discussion Strategic Growth As outlined in this week’s lecture notes, there are seven common game-winning moves that can be leveraged to differentiate and strengthen competitive positioning. They include: Geographic Expansion, New Price Tiers, Vertical Integration, Moving Into Adjacent Product Segments, New Distribution Channels, Discontinuous Innovation, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Identify…

Question JWI540 Strategy Week 5 Discussion Recognizing the Need for Change Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School professor and author of the article, “Transient Advantage,” discusses several traps that can blind a company to the need for imminent changes to their strategy to preserve competitive advantage. These traps, discussed in the second half of the article,…

Question JWI540 Strategy Week 4 Discussion Choose ONE of the following discussion question options to respond to: Using Adverse Conditions to a Company’s Advantage Chakravorti discusses four methods that corporate innovators use to turn adverse conditions to their advantage. These methods include: (1) Matching Unneeded Resources to Unmet Needs; (2) Rounding Up the Usual Suspects;…

Question JWI540 Strategy Assignment 1   Where to Play: Playing Field, Competition & Your Organization Introduction “Find out everything that you can about the playing field. You should know what your competitors’ salespeople eat for breakfast.” – Jack Welch – As the Chief Strategy Officer of your company, you have been commissioned to recommend a…