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Week 5 Required Reading and Supplementary Materials - MGMT 670 9042 Strategic Management Capstone (2188)

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Required Readings:

From the UMUC library: (Note: You must search for these articles in the UMUC library. In the case of video links in the UMUC library, exact directions are given on how to find the video.)

Porter's Five-Forces model. (2009). In Encyclopedia of management (6th Ed., pp. 714-717).

From Other websites:

Evaluating the industry. (2012). In Mastering strategic management. Washington, DC: Saylor Academy. Retrieved from https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_mastering-strategic-management/s07-03-evaluating-the-industry.html

The impact of external and internal factors on strategy. (2016, 31 May). In Boundless Management. Retrieved from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/strategic-management/

Mapping strategic groups. (2012). In Mastering strategic management. Washington, DC: Saylor Academy. Retrieved from https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_mastering-strategic-management/s07-04-mapping-strategic-groups.html

The PESTEL and SCP frameworks. (2016, 26 May). In Boundless management. Retrieved from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/external-inputs-to-strategy/

The relationship between an organization and its environment. (2012). In Mastering strategic management. Washington, DC: Saylor Academy. Retrieved from https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_mastering-strategic-management/s07-01-the-relationship-between-an- or.html

Strategic group mapping. (2010, October 5). MBA lectures. Retrieved from http://mba-lectures.com/management/strategic- management/1000/strategic-group-mapping.html

Supplementary Materials:

From the UMUC library: (Note: You must search for these articles in the UMUC library. In the case of video links in the UMUC library, exact directions are given on how to find the video.)

Anand, B. N. (2006). Crafting business strategy and environmental scanning [Video]. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series.

Follow these steps to find this video:

Go to http://sites.umuc.edu/library/index.cfm

Type in the entire name of the article: "Crafting business strategy and environmental scanning," into the search box and click on "search."

Click on "multimedia" in the upper left hand corner of the webpage (under "Ask a Librarian.)

Type in the entire name of the article: "Crafting business strategy and environmental scanning," in the box at the top of the page to the left of the word, "Search."

Make sure only "Business Videos" and "Find all my search term" are the only boxes that are checked. Uncheck both "Image Collection" and "Apply equivalent

subjects"

Click on "Search" at the bottom right hand corner of the webpage. It is a small word in a box. The next page shows the article. Click on the article.

Dahab, S. (2008). Five forces. In S. R. Clegg & J. R. Bailey (Eds.), International encyclopedia of organization studies (Vol. 4, pp. 508- 509). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd. doi: 10.4135/9781412956246.n178.

Grundy, T. (2006). Rethinking and reinventing Michael Porter's five forces model. Strategic Change, 15(5), 213-229. doi:10.1002/jsc.764.

Harper, G. M. (2013). Porter's Five Forces. Salem Press encyclopedia.

Porter, M. E. (2008). The five competitive forces that shape strategy. Harvard Business Review, 86(1), 78-93.

From Other websites:

Arline, K. (2015, February 18). Porter's Five Forces: Analyzing the competition. Business News Daily. Retrieved from http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5446-porters-five-forces.html#sthash.td8NsV4u.dpuf

Evaluating the general environment. (2012). In Mastering strategic management. Washington, DC: Saylor Academy. Retrieved from https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_mastering-strategic-management/s07-02-evaluating-the-general-environ.html

MindTools. (n.d.). Porter’s five forces: assessing the balance of power in a business situation. Retrieved from https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_08.htm

Mullerbeck, E. (2015). SWOT and PESTEL. New York: UNICEF. Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/knowledge- exchange/files/SWOT_and_PESTEL_production.pdf

Porter, M. (2015). Michael Porter on competitive strategy. [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu-cFbTsY8U

Rachapila, T., & Jansirisak, S. (2013). Using Porter’s Five Forces model for analysing the competitive environment of Thailand’s sweet corn industry. International Journal of Business and Social Research, 3(3). Retrieved from http://thejournalofbusiness.org/index.php/site/article/view/67 (case study)

Strategic group mapping: a mechanism for understanding the other players that operate in your field. (2016). Business Survival Toolkit. Retrieved from http://business-survival-toolkit.co.uk/stage-three/strategy-and-planning/strategic-group-mapping

SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats: tools. (2016). Community toolbox. Retrieved from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/swot-analysis/tools