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What are the four major external threats facing Chipotle Mexican Grill and the four major opportunities? Realizing the importance of quantification in stating key factors, how could your factors be quantified? Identify specific estimates (numbers) for your factors.

SWOT, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats. 1. Produce a new business idea. 2. Conduct a SWOT analysis for the new business idea developed 3. Identify a minimum of 5 items for each component in the SWOT analysis.

How any organization might use SWOT analysis to identify new online services/ products?

How would you describe the SMART principle?

what is porters 5 competitive force model? what is swot analysis?

Conduct a SWOT Analysis for Henry Ford Health that includes:  Introduction/ Overview  Analysis of organization using Porters five forces Internal strengths  Internal weaknesses  Opportunities from external trends or competition  Threats from external trends and competitive environment  External factors impacting decisions  Possible future scenarios Recommendations for changes in culture, leadership,  and or structure  Summary / conclusion

Q1)What is the difference between Gordon method and Brainstorming?What are the important factors that an Entrepreneur should keep in mind when conducting business activities across national boundaries?

DONUT DAY AT THE OFFICE Part 5 Derek: We need someone we can trust who can divide up the donuts. One set of rules and what we've done in the past can't always be applied here. If we had an impartial judge or two in the mix, someone who doesn't like donuts perhaps, they could take into account all of the changing factors impacting our donut sphere and make up rules that will bring glazed-happiness to all who they think need it. End Part 5     Legal realism school of thought.   Irrational forces perspective.   Sociological school of thought.   Critical legal studies school of thought.

conduct a Swot analysis on the company and please give atleast 4 examples of each component of the SWOT Analysis

i am not understanding like what he is asking like 3 seprate goals or all in one

As a consultant to Karen, how would you recommend she address the four (4) issuesidentified in part 1 (1) at BLC. These solutions must be specific and realistic. You mustindicate why you have chosen these recommendations. Your recommendations mustbe backed up by strong evidence (course readings, discussions, outside research).

Which among the following is one of the advantages of the McKinsey 7S model 1 It is considered a long-term modelWith the changing nature of businesses, it remains to be seen how the model will adapt. 2 It seems to rely on internal factors and processes and may be disadvantageous in situations where external circumstances influence an organization. 3 It is considered a longstanding theory, with numerous organizations adopting the model over time.

2) (Strategic Analysis - Strategic Choice - Design and Implement Strategic Change Plan): What kind of integration is this? a) Integrated Revolution on Effectiveness b) Integrated Strategic Change c) Integrated Decision Making

Investigate how Mondelez would have used the SWOT analysis to implement the humaning strategy.

Enabling Assessment 13: Key Strategic Leadership Actions As discussed in this module, there are several actions that characterize effective strategic leadership. In this exercise, you will use these actions to evaluate two top-level managers who are widely known and who have served as the CEO and/or chairman of his firm for a long period of time. The length of time these individuals have served their firms allows you to find a wealth of information about their actions as strategic leaders as well as the results of those actions. You can consult each firm's Web site as well as search engines to find the information and materials you will need to complete this exercise. In the chart below, provide an example of each strategic leadership action for each of the two individuals. (Note: You are not being asked to provide an example of the "exploiting and maintaining core competencies" action. The reason for this is that this action is internal to the firm, meaning that it would be difficult…

The XYZ's board initiated the strategic plan in 1998 in response to the challenges that were anticipated over the next 10 years. What ensued was a collaborative effort involving the board, management, staff, outside consultants, and external stakeholders. A core team of representatives from all levels of the agency was used to oversee the process. In addition to the core team, a number of other teams were formed to assist with the effort.Conversations between team leaders and team members to achieve goal alignment is sometimes called: * O Stretch goals SMART Smart conversation O Management by Objectives

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Step nine (9) of strategic management process, according to Scarborough et al is establishingmeasures and controls. State three (3) key performance indicators of any organization of yourchoice. Give context to justify your choices.

Maria Smith has a successful career in Marketing having lead numerous successfulmarketing initiatives at Zion’s operations in Oregon, USA. The majority of her initiativesresulted in improvements in the Company’s bottom line. Maria was known for her vision,humility and excellent relationship with staff. Maria led a team of ten (10) persons inOregon.As a result of her success Maria was offered an attractive opportunity to lead a team atZion’s New Zealand operation. The change would allow Ms. Smith to utilize hermarketing experience, as well as earn an attractive remuneration. Maria considered thechange an excellent opportunity, however, it meant a relocation for her family. Her familylived in Oregon for more than a decade. Based on research Maria noted that the marketingstrategies and leadership styles in New Zealand differed from what she traditionallypracticed and she found Hofstede's Six Dimensions of Culture informative. Mariarecognized the importance of being familiar with Goldman’s…

Maria Smith has a successful career in Marketing having lead numerous successfulmarketing initiatives at Zion’s operations in Oregon, USA. The majority of her initiativesresulted in improvements in the Company’s bottom line. Maria was known for her vision,humility and excellent relationship with staff. Maria led a team of ten (10) persons inOregon.As a result of her success Maria was offered an attractive opportunity to lead a team atZion’s New Zealand operation. The change would allow Ms. Smith to utilize hermarketing experience, as well as earn an attractive remuneration. Maria considered thechange an excellent opportunity, however, it meant a relocation for her family. Her familylived in Oregon for more than a decade. Based on research Maria noted that the marketingstrategies and leadership styles in New Zealand differed from what she traditionallypracticed and she found Hofstede's Six Dimensions of Culture informative. Mariarecognized the importance of being familiar with Goldman’s…

Maria Smith has a successful career in Marketing having lead numerous successfulmarketing initiatives at Zion’s operations in Oregon, USA. The majority of her initiativesresulted in improvements in the Company’s bottom line. Maria was known for her vision,humility and excellent relationship with staff. Maria led a team of ten (10) persons inOregon.As a result of her success Maria was offered an attractive opportunity to lead a team atZion’s New Zealand operation. The change would allow Ms. Smith to utilize hermarketing experience, as well as earn an attractive remuneration. Maria considered thechange an excellent opportunity, however, it meant a relocation for her family. Her familylived in Oregon for more than a decade. Based on research Maria noted that the marketingstrategies and leadership styles in New Zealand differed from what she traditionallypracticed and she found Hofstede's Six Dimensions of Culture informative. Mariarecognized the importance of being familiar with Goldman’s…

Based on the BDC Entrepreneur Self-Assessment feedback below identify two areas noted as a personal strength and as to why these areas would be a personal strength. Your motivations 60/76 Need for achievement/success:17/20 The lure of power/control:18/20 Need for challenges / ambition:18/20 Self-sufficiency / freedom:7/16 Your aptitudes 70/80 Perseverance / determination:16/16 Self-confidence/enthusiasm:13/16 Tolerance towards ambiguity/resistance to stress:19/24 Creativity/imagination:22/24 Your attitudes 37/44 A belief in their ability to influence destiny:18/24 Action-oriented:19/20

Develop a swot matrix for MacDonalds. Please answer fast.

Conduct a full description SWOT Analysis for Henry Ford Health that includes:  Introduction/ Overview  Analysis of organization using Porters five forces Internal strengths  Internal weaknesses  Opportunities from external trends or competition  Threats from external trends and competitive environment  External factors impacting decisions  Possible future scenarios Recommendations for changes in culture, leadership,  and or structure  Summary / conclusion

2.2 How any organization might use SWOT analysis to identify new online services/ products?

please advise the management team of PepsiCo on the three most valuable sources and technologies that may assist managers in staying up to date and informed.please include in your discussion the following: • The type of information provided by the source or technology in terms ofcontent, relevance, and time period.• The impact on organizational decision-making. • A relevant example to support your discussion.

Choose one. Select the best statement from below: Integrative thinking creates new options for choice. Design thinking reduces the chance of encountering the Abilene Paradox. Biased thinking produces ‘black swans’. Systems thinking can be described as a garbage can model.

4) What are the best 2-3 ideas of initiatives to move that input metric? 5) how to implement your initiative, success criteria, and if it doesn’t work the most likely reason why (a pre-mortem). Finally, you should predict the effect size of each initiative on the input metric & parent output metric(s) tracing as far up into the P&L or operating metrics as possible. Essentially, if yours were the only new initiatives the company was undertaking, what’s expected financial impact next quarter or year? What guidance are you giving to the public markets?