13 Jan Provide a detailed explanation

Week 5 learning activity

General instructions:

Research, apply and answer in your own words with appropriate reference(s) and in-text citation(s) to this week’s readings, videos, and/or examples from current events to support the position and/or rationale.

Label your responses specifically “Learning activity 1”, and “Learning activity 2”.

Write in 250 words at least for initial response. Due by Thursday.

Write in 75 words for each follow-up response (at least 2 follow-up responses for each learning activity) by expanding the discussion topic substantively and explore other possibilities and/or solutions, thereby enriching class learning. Due by Sunday.

Each week there are 2 learning activities. Each learning activity requires 1 initial response, and 2 follow-up postings. Hence, for 2 learning activities of each week, 2 separate initial responses and 4 follow-up postings in total are required to meet the discussion requirements.

In each of the weekly learning activities (that is, weekly discussion participation forum) in this course, learners are not allowed to use the same companies as those are instructed as the focal companies in the Assignment 1, Assignment 2, and Assignment 3 Phase 1 of this course.

Week 5 Learning Activity 1

During the previous week (Week 4), you identified the generic strategic direction for your selected company. It is now time for you to identify specific alternative strategies for implementation. Based on the strategic direction that you identified in Week 4, you are expected:

Requirement 1:

Reiterate briefly (a) the same company and (b) its generic strategy direction as you have uncovered in your W4 Learning Activity.

Requirement 2:

Create at least three (3) strategies, that is, specific strategies that the organization should pursue to achieve the identified strategic direction.

Requirement 3:

Keep in mind that these alternatives MUST fit under the umbrella of the strategic direction that you identified last week.

Requirement 4:

Explain in full details (1) each alternative strategy, and (2) the reason “why each alternative is a good possibility”.

Requirement 5:

Support the rationale of each of your explanations.

Requirement 6:

Use the appropriate APA formatted scholarly reference source and corresponding in-text citations in all your postings.

Week 5 Learning Activity 2

Requirement 1:

Use the alternative strategies as identified in Learning Activity 1 of W5 as the focal points for quantitative analysis

Requirement 2:

Complete all the necessary computations by using the analytic tool QSPM matrix to review the strategic alternatives as identified this week in Learning Activity # 1 to identify just ONE strategy to move forward.

In other words, create your own QSPM and show all the appropriate math within that QSPM, so that you can compare and contrast the weighted scores for the whole pool of the alternative strategies, and identify that optimal strategy based on the computed outcomes of this quantitative analysis

Requirement 3:

Provide a detailed explanation of the ONE strategy identified by using this QSPM tool, and explain with at least 3 underlying reasons why that quantitatively optimal strategy is critical to the organization’s future success.

Support the rationale of each of your explanations.

Requirement 4:

Use the appropriate APA formatted scholarly reference source and corresponding in-text citations in all your postings.