STRATEGY EXECUTION
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Analysis of the Strategy Execution and Strategic Risk Assessment of (Company Name)
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Action Plan for the Research
Please complete your research for one of the following companies (UPS, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Harley-Davidson, Southwest Airlines, Abbott, Marriott International) based on public information and address the questions in the Individual Company Q&A WORD template and use this deck to develop your PPT voiceover presentation.
Performance Profile of the Company (Corporate Purpose, HOLT metrics, Valens metrics)
Strategy of the Company
Strategic Risks of the Company
Strategic Risk Profile of the Company
Strategic Risks on the LEGO PAPA model
Balanced Scorecard Profile of the Company
Key Takeaways from your research
Deliverable: Please develop a voiceover PPT of your research using the slides in this template and post it on the D2L submission folder by August 10 at 12noon
Your PPT voiceover should be less than 10 minutes.
You can use your Individual Company Q&A WORD paper as your narrative for your PPT voiceover presentation. So it is recommended to complete the Individual Company Q&A WORD paper first and then use it to develop your PPT voiceover presentation.
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1a. Corporate Purpose
Based on your research, please develop a statement of “Corporate Purpose” for the company.
You can quote how the company describes its corporate purpose as a start and then discuss it or further develop it.
Also, please use the following in helping you develop a statement of corporate purpose: “An effective statement of corporate purpose should answer the two-part question: 1. Why does the company deserve the commitment and support of its stakeholders, and 2. what unchanging principles guide management’s actions?” -Bartley Madden Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (2017)
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1b. Describe the Performance Profile of the Company based on HOLT charts (insert HOLT charts)
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1c.Describe the Performance Profile of the Company based on Valens Charts (insert Valens charts)
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Apply the Strategic Risk Assessment Process to the Company
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2a. Describe the Overall Strategy of the Company
1 Slide
Based on your reading of the book DRIVEN: Business Strategy, Human Actions and the Creation of Wealth and viewing the videos on Return Driven Strategy summarize the strategy of the organization as a first step for identifying the strategic risks faced by the company.
Which Tenets of Return Driven Strategy did the company excel?
Which Tenets did they miss or were not able to execute?
What recent events have created barriers for the company in executing its strategy?
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3a. Describe the Strategic Risks of the Company
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Based on your readings in the course please develop a list of the top strategic risks faced by the company
Note: To assess strategic risk. use the Strategic Risk Management framework and diagnostics in the Strategic Risk Management Primer (see chapter 4 for diagnostics)
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3b. Develop a High-Level Description of Strategic Risks (example)
| KEY STRATEGIC RISK | Description of Risk |
| Customer Risk | |
| Market Risk | |
| Innovation Risk | |
| Operations Risk | |
| Brand Risk | |
| Partnering Risk | |
| Supply Chain Risk | |
| Genuine Assets at Risk |
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| Strategic Risk | Description of Risk | Likelihood | Impact | Velocity | Readiness | Priority |
| Operations Risk | Supply Chain Disruptions; Product Liability Events | Low | High | Fast | 1 | |
| Reputation Risk | Damage to reputation caused by company actions and/or partner actions | Medium | High | Fast | 2 | |
| Innovation Risk | Non-traditional competition & failing to fulfill changing customer needs | Medium | High | Slow | 3 | |
| Customer Risk | Undiversified US customer base | Medium | High | Moderate | 4 | |
| Sustainability Risk | Lack of green and eco-friendly products | Low | High | Moderate | 5 |
4. Develop a Strategic Risk Profile of the Company (example)
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5. Map the Strategic Risks on the LEGO PAPA Model
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Based on your reading of the article, “Strategic Risk Management at the LEGO Group” Strategic Finance (2012), please map the Risks of the company on the PAPA Model
Park
Adapt
Prepare
Act
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6. Develop a Balanced Scorecard Profile of the Company
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Based on your reading of The Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Maps: A Primer for Management Teams please describe the performance measures you think would be most useful for the company in the four perspectives of the Balanced Scorecard
Financial Metrics
Customer Metrics
Internal Process Metrics
Learning (Innovation) & Growth Metrics
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7. Summary and Conclusions
What are the key take-ways or "lessons learned" and conclusions or opinions from your research about the company.
As a potential investor, would you invest in this company today?
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Analysis of the Strategy and Strategic Risk
of (Company Name)
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Your Name:
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