Business Capstone Discussions

Res

pond to each week discussions with

at

least 250 words per week.

Week 1:

Identify an organization that could benefit from the application of the I/O Model of Above

-

Average Returns

. Follow the five steps to justify your answer. Do not use Apple or Walmart in

this exercise, nor should the organiza

tion you select be the same as another post

.

"Strategic

Competitiveness"

Please

respond

to

the

following:

·

D

etermine

which

of

the

two

primary

drivers

of

the

competitive

landscape

is

more

influential.

Explain

your

rationale.

·

Expl

ain

which

model

(I

/

O

model

or

resource

-

based

model)

you

believe

will

best

help

a

firm

in

the

industry

you

researched

earn

above

-

average

returns.

Week 4:

Use the internet

to research a company with which you regularly do business or are a regular customer.

Focus

on how that company relates to their customers.

Use the internet

to

research Apple’s strategy for

competing against other technology companies

.

"Business

-

Level Strategy"

Please respond to the following:

·

From

the

week 1

e

-

Activity, assess your satisfaction with the company you researched and

make recommendations about how that company could modify its business

-

level strategy to

both increase your overall level of satisfaction and to attract new customers. Provid

e specific

examples to support your response.

·

Analyze the five business

-

level strategies

to determine which strategy the company you

researched most likely applies. Determine how your experience with that company might

change if it s

witched to one of the other four strategies (your choice). Explain your rationale.

Week 5:

"Diversification"

Please respond to the following:

·

From the e

-

Activity, suggest one way the company you researched could increase its level

of value

-

creating diversification. Provide specific examples to support your response.

·

Building on the topic above, determine how diversified the company you research

could

become before it created a negative impact on the company’s bottom line. Explain your

rationale.

Respond to each week discussions with at least 250 words per week.

Week 1:

Identify an organization that could benefit from the application of the I/O Model of Above-

Average Returns. Follow the five steps to justify your answer. Do not use Apple or Walmart in

this exercise, nor should the organization you select be the same as another post.

"Strategic Competitiveness" Please respond to the following:

 Determine which of the two primary drivers of the competitive landscape is more influential.

Explain your rationale.

 Explain which model (I / O model or resource-based model) you believe will best help a firm in

the industry you researched earn above-average returns.

Week 4:

Use the internet to research a company with which you regularly do business or are a regular customer.

Focus on how that company relates to their customers. Use the internet to research Apple’s strategy for

competing against other technology companies.

"Business-Level Strategy" Please respond to the following:

 From the week 1 e-Activity, assess your satisfaction with the company you researched and

make recommendations about how that company could modify its business-level strategy to

both increase your overall level of satisfaction and to attract new customers. Provide specific

examples to support your response.

 Analyze the five business-level strategies to determine which strategy the company you

researched most likely applies. Determine how your experience with that company might

change if it switched to one of the other four strategies (your choice). Explain your rationale.

Week 5:

"Diversification" Please respond to the following:

 From the e-Activity, suggest one way the company you researched could increase its level

of value-creating diversification. Provide specific examples to support your response.

 Building on the topic above, determine how diversified the company you research could

become before it created a negative impact on the company’s bottom line. Explain your

rationale.