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Instructions to Assignment #2
Case Analysis
Required Assignments
Chapter 1 (SM) – Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
Chapter 2 (SM) – The External Environment: Opportunities, threats, Industry Competition, and Competitor Analysis.
Please read Chapters 1 and 2 in Strategic Management (SM): Concepts and Cases: Competitiveness and Globalization
Instructions
Case learning is a method of applying theory to sound practical real world applications. Each selected case provides a description of a problem situation taken from a specific company. The purpose of each case is to augment the course content with applications that enable the Kent State Learner to apply text materials to a problem and solve that application problem using Learner selected methods and procedures.
There are no exact answers or perfect solutions to case problems. Indeed, each recommended solution and justification can and is usually different comparatively amongst a group of respondents. The solution must fit the case and must be vigorously supported. The strategic profile, situation analysis, SWOT analysis, strategy formulation, and the strategic alternative implementation, are all critical elements in case analysis. There are no short cuts to case presentations but a formalized methodology that enables the case presenter the optimal way to present the case analysis.
Read Case 14, Page C-176, Harley-Davidson: Strategic Competitiveness that Spans Decades
These case studies are designed to give you practical experience in strategic management as it pertains to competitiveness and globalization. The case can be found in the Case Studies section of your textbook. Use the Graduate Case Study Format to complete the case analysis.
In addition to the Case Analysis be sure to answer the following questions given for the case. Your responses must be complete, using terminology and concepts presented in the primary textbook as well as supplementary resources. You must read and follow the Case Submittal Format file found in the course resources area. Please double-space, use 12 point font, with one inch margins. Be sure to cite your resources and provide the references using APA 6th ed. format. format. Remember to reference all work cited or quoted by the text authors. You should be doing this often in your responses.
Using the Graduate Case Study Format found in the attached document review the case using the Graduate Case Study Format to structure a comprehensive analysis, and answer the questions at the end of the case. The case study must consist of seven sections and include Introduction, Analysis, Solution, Justification, Summary, Discussion Questions, and References.
Discussion Questions
1 Outline the threats in Harley-Davidson’s external environmental. Which threats pose the greatest short-term and long-term risks for the company?
2 Identify the company’s core competencies. Given the existing situation, does Harley-Davidson have a competitive advantage that is sustainable?
3 Define Harley-Davidson’s business strategy. Based on your analysis, do you recommend any changes in strategy to address the threats facing the company?
4 Evaluate international conditions and the company’s performance outside of the U.S. What options are available to support Harley-Davidson’s overseas expansion?
Special Requirements
- All in-text citations (directly or not directly quoting the material) must include author’s last name, the year of publication, and page number. Do not make them up because I will check them.
- A complete reference should appear in the reference list at the end of the paper. I will not accept the paper without in-text citation page number.
- Also, remember that you should have 75% of your references published within the last 10 yrs.
- Avoid writing in the first person when writing in APA formatting.
- Avoid writing in passive voice.
- The idea that you cite in the paper must match with the content of the textbook or journal.
- Use journals, textbooks, and websites
Example for an In-text Citation
(Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013, p.456, para.4).
Example for a Reference
Kreitner, R., & Kinicki, A. (2013). Organizational behavior (10th ed.). New York,
NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
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