1. Strategic Management and Business Policy

Question 1:

If you were the CEO of an online clothing retailer, how much emphasis would you place on environmental scanning? What major threats do you think this industry could face?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Question 2:

In today’s economic environment, which of the five steps in the strategic planning process do you think is the most important? Give an example of an industry where this would be the most important step. Do you think that a different industry might place more emphasis on another step in the strategic planning process? Why?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary. 

Question 3:

Discuss how you could apply the concepts learned in this course to your current or future career. Name at least one strategic management model discussed this term that you would use, and explain why you selected this model. How might you incorporate information from this model to positively impact your career success?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary. 

Question 4:

Think about your job or a previous job you held. Did your managers value feedback from employees? How would you change the change the feedback process to place more emphasis on employee feedback, and therefore, garner more buy-in from employees?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Question 5:

Think about your job or a previous job you held. Did your managers value feedback from employees? How would you change the change the feedback process to place more emphasis on employee feedback, and therefore, garner more buy-in from employees?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.