01 Jan This discussion helps

dq 1

Activity Context

This discussion helps you to develop the skills to mater the following course competencies:

Analyze the strategic elements of organizations and their external environment applying theories and models of strategy.
Create a comprehensive organizational strategy assessment.
Activity Instructions

This discussion will help you further your knowledge of strategic development by:

Analyzing strategic issues.
Formulating and proposing strategic changes for the project firm.
“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

Activity Context

This discussion helps you to develop the skills to mater the following course competencies:

Create a comprehensive organizational strategy assessment.
Activity Instructions

This discussion will help you further your knowledge of strategic development by:

Formulating and proposing strategies based on changing strategic elements of the firm.
Review your Strategic Frame Assessment from Unit 1 and compare your initial finding about the corporate strategy that frames your project firm’s strategy. Recalling the distinction between corporate and business strategies, apply the key concepts for analyzing the scope of the firm. What corporate strategies should be considered to enhance the performance of your project firm?