Each student will perform an individual organizational analysis of a company of his/her choosing. If you choose to focus your paper on a specific division or geographic region of the firm, please make sure to emphasize this. However, it might be easier to find information on the general company rather than on specific sub units of the company.

Instructions for Individual Organizational Analysis Paper

Each student will perform an individual organizational analysis of a company of his/her choosing. If you choose to focus your paper on a specific division or geographic region of the firm, please make sure to emphasize this. However, it might be easier to find information on the general company rather than on specific sub units of the company.

Section 1 covers: Mission, Vision, Values; Industry; Competitive Forces Model; Industry Life-cycle analysis; Macro-environment forces

Section 2 covers: Resources; Capabilities; Value Creation; Value Chain; Competitive Advantage; Durability of Competitive Advantage; Sustainability of Competitive Advantage; Functional Level Strategies

Section 3 covers: Market segmentation; Generic Business-level strategies; Business-Level Strategy and the Industry Environment (growth industry, mature industry, declining industry); Technology

Section 4 covers: The Global and National Environment; Global Expansion; Global Strategy; Corporate-Level Strategy (Horizontal integration, vertical integration, and strategic outsourcing); Diversification

Section 5 covers: Stakeholder Impact Analysis; Profitability and Profit Growth; Principal-Agent Relationships; Balanced Scorecard Approach; Ethical Issues

These 5 sections must address the concepts shown above and how they apply to your individual topic organization. Byron Ramirez © 2018 The final paper should include a maximum 1-page introduction and a maximum 2-page history/company background. The rest of the paper should be comprised of the sections you will have written over the course of the semester. However, your final paper will add a new section (Section 6) that presents your suggested strategic recommendations, and your final conclusions. Your conclusions should be the result of your analysis, and your recommendations should be directions and actions that the firm should take based on your analysis. You should show how all the analysis you performed led you to your recommendations. Note that the emphasis of your final paper should be on the proposed actions, the thought processes behind them, and the expected impacts of these actions. You are highly encouraged to include charts, graphs, and tables that will help illustrate many of your points / arguments. The paper should be at least 20 pages long (Not including cover page and bibliography, graphs and tables), double spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins all around.