All discussions must include below guidelines and any textbook references are from Strategic Management : Competitiveness & Globalization, Concepts and Cases Author: Hitt, Michael A.; Ireland, R. Duane; Hoskisson, Robert E.
Publication Date: 2019-05-08
Writing Guidelines:
- Follow the Strayer Writing Standards (SWS)guidelines and SWS Discussion Post Checklist.
- Use the Answer, Cite, Explain (ACE) Method for paragraph writing.
- Ensure grammar and orthographic correctness (Grammarly).
Discussion 1
- Review the Aldi case study on page 169 of your textbook.
- Assess your satisfaction with Aldi and make recommendations about how the company could modify its business-level strategy to increase your overall satisfaction level and attract new customers.
- Provide specific examples to support your response.
- Analyze the five business-level strategies discussed in Chapter 4:
- Determine which strategy most likely applies to Aldi.
- Determine how a shopper’s experience might change if it switched to one of the other four (4) strategies (your choice). Explain your rationale.
Discussion 2
- Evaluate the business-level strategy of either Starbucks or Lockheed Martin to determine whether you believe the strategy is appropriate to offset forces in the industry. Provide specific examples to support your response.
- Make recommendations for improving this strategy and describe any challenges you foresee in executing those recommendations. Provide specific examples to support your response.