W9A4

The Organization’s Response to Change

Overview

Case 10: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Disrupting the Fast‐food Business, you will advise the CEO on how best to position the organization to be responsive to change in order to take advantage of the strategies you have recommended.

Instructions

Write a 6–8-page paper in which you:

1. Give your opinion as to whether your      chosen company’s industry is maturing or declining, based on its evolution      history. Justify your answer.
2. Use Porter’s National Diamond to      evaluate the relative main advantages and disadvantages of vertical      integration versus outsourcing for the company. Support your response.
3. Use the Boston Consulting Group’s      growth-share matrix to evaluate the company’s strategic position as of      2013. 
4. Suggest one approach for the CEO to      adopt in order to implement the strategies that you recommended in Project      Deliverable 3. Include the main changes in decision-making style, main changes      in planning structure, and measures of success in your recommendation.      Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Use at least three quality      references. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as      academic resources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Propose leadership changes in      decision-making and planning structure to successfully implement      recommended strategic initiatives.