Work #1:
Company strategies cannot be executed well without a number of support systems to carry on business operations.
Using the NEC Danforth Library resources, search for recent (five years) article that discusses how a company has used real-time information systems to aid the cause of effective strategy execution. Explain their use of the information and how it relates to our coursework from this week. Based on our readings (Thompson text and other material) from this week, what one enhancement or addition would you recommend the company make and why?
NOTE: Make sure you choose a company that has not been selected by one of your classmates.
Your initial response to the discussion question should be 250-300 words. You must have at least our course text and one non-course scholarly/peer reviewed source in your initial posting. Sources require in-text citations and must be incorporated into the body of the post in addition to a full APA citation at the end of the post.
Work #2:
A company’s strategic priorities must drive how capital allocations are made and the size of each unit’s operating budget.
Using the NEC Danforth’s library resources search for recent (most recent five years) articles that discusses how a company has revised its pattern of resource allocation and divisional budgets to support new strategic initiatives. How do the revisions fit within the context of the material we have covered in our coursework (Thompson text and other material) from this week?
Submission Details:
Your analysis should be between 1000 to 1500 words.
Incorporate a minimum of at least our course text and one non-course scholarly/peer reviewed source in your paper. All written assignments must include a coverage page, introductory and concluding paragraphs, reference page, be double-spaced and proper in-text citations using APA guidelines.
Note: Please refer Thompson text which I provided to you previously and find attached ppt may be useful.