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- 1. Group Presentation: Strategy Research. Using the comprehensive strategic framework. Using at least one factor from each of the three strategic consideration (see figure below), please try to explain the major reasons for the general market success or failure of a well- known firm as they responded to a SPECIFIC major opportunity or threat in a foreign country (anytime over the last five years). Please include your definition or understanding of what the factors mean. The presentation should be at least 12 slides. Upload to Ilearn after presentation. Presentation outline: I. Describe the initial Situation: background, situation: success or failure II. Describe or define the strategic factors and why they were chosen by your group. III. Explain how the factors affected the firm’s behavior and performance IV. Your Analysis of the outcome: could the firm have done better or worse.--(Chen) V. Which Strategic perspective best explained the behaviors & outcomes and why. ****Use the strategic analysis framework below to guide you. Comprehensive Strategic Analysis Framework Resource - Based Considerations
- 2. *focus on internal capabilities , re sources & relationships as well of the company V) Value outweighs costs R) Rarity of capabilities I.) Imitability of capabilities O) Organization of activities Industry - Based Considerations Inter - firm Rivalry
- 3. Entry Barriers Bargaining Power of Suppl iers Bargaining Power of Buyers Substitute Products/Services Impact of Networks & Alliances (5 Forces Analysis & Networks) Institution - Based Considerations Formal institutional constraints such as laws & regulations. Informal institutional constraints su ch as cultural values, & social pressures (norms). Formal & informal International Market Agreements The Success
- 4. or Failure of Firms or Sectors Assignment 1 Project Proposal This project is being undertaken in order to simplify the personnel and deployment management system within an agency. This application will house all agency employees as well as their training data and work title information. The unique part of this application is the Voluntary Responder Component. This component will be comprised of employees that apply for specific positions, complete required position specific training and possess the clearances to immediately respond to an incident. The application process for volunteers occurs before an incident to ensure that the agency has response capability before an unforeseen emergency takes place. The application also ensures that all employees get an opportunity to serve on an emergency response incident. By having all of this information in the same database makes it easier for dispatch employees to put together the appropriate teams to respond to emergency situations. At the current time dispatch employees does not have a database that gives them access to all of the needed information to successfully deploy responders in support of emergency situations. Dispatchers have to go through several different database and processes to gather the needed information in order to put the right teams together for deployments. The selection method that was used to select the project was the scoring model. This method was chosen because it allowed us to look at all of the relevant criteria and prioritize them based upon the needs of the agency. We were able to compare this project with two other similar project and score them. By using the scoring methods it was easier for us to take a look at the overall priorities of the project one by one which
- 5. was the most important factor at the time. This project had the highest score which made it the project that we would go with. The objectives of the project are: Modernize the current management and training database by changing to the Salesforce Platform. Develop a volunteer application that will house all positions certification and give employees the ability to apply to specific position announcements. Reduce the amount of time it takes for dispatchers to deploy employees to an incident. Project Objective Modernize the current management and training database to the Salesforce platform with in 12 months timeframe at a cost not to exceed $1,000,000. Deliverables · New application on Salesforce Platform live by March 17, 2018. · Volunteer application added in the live form by March 17, 2018. · Training given provided to all users before March 17, 2018 which will include end user manuals. Milestones 1. New system design – June 18, 2017 2. Design of key components – July 19, 2017 3. Identification and configure all key components – October 22, 2017 4. Develop management reports – November 21, 2017
- 6. 5. Design of ne administrative roles – November 30, 2017 6. Finalize development - December 30, 2017 7. Training session begin – January 15, 2018 8. Create User Profiles – January 16, 2018 9. Upload all users – January 18, 2018 10. Final changes to training environment – January 24, 2018 11. Fix any problem and prepare for rollout – February 28, 2018 12. New system rollout – March 10, 2018 13. Project Closeout – March 18, 2018 Technical Requirements 1. 10 configured laptops with network access. 2. Licenses for the Salesforce platform 3. Training environment for development 4. Access to the current system Limits and Exclusions 1. Only items to be included in the new programs are the ones that was initially outlined. 2. Maintenance is only provided for 1 year after the expiration of the project. 3. During the maintenance period only work to be performed is work that is detailed in the maintenance contract. 4. Additional requirements outside of the maintenance contract
- 7. will require a new contract. 5. The agency is responsible for providing the licenses. 6. The agency is responsible for uploading any additional items not included in original contract. Customer Review Agency Director, Dispatchers Supervisor, and Dispatchers