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MBA 603 SPRING 2021: ASSIGNMENT FIVE

Assignment Five comprises three questions on the Rockville Tooling and Manufacturing (RTM) Case and two questions about conducting a situation analysis from Chapter Four. Read the case and Chapter Four thoroughly, then complete this worksheet by answering the below five questions. Each question is worth two points for a total of 10 points.

Please pdf this assignment sheet and upload to Blackboard by the beginning of class on Monday, March 8.

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1. Is the Hydro-Hammer a success or failure? Yes No

In 50 words or less, briefly explain why or why not:

2. Does RTM’s current business/marketing strategies make sense? Yes No

In 10 words or less, identify the greatest strength or weakness of RTM’s current business/marketing strategies.

3. What do you recommend RTM do:

Kill the Hydro-Hammer product line Revise current strategies Stay the course

In 50 words or less, provide a rationale for your answer.

4. Referring to Chapter Four, list four types of analyses that could be conducted as a part of a situation analysis (just list, no need to define).

5. Referring to the Book, list the five forces comprising Porter’s Five Forces Model (just list, no need to define).

HONOR CODE PLEDGE: By submitting this assignment, you acknowledge that you neither knowingly gave nor received any inappropriate assistance in academic work, thus affirming your personal commitment to honor and academic integrity.

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