• Our company is Apple
• Your Task for this assignment is to write 4 pages long on a this content “ Current competitive situation analysis: Environment, industry(ies), competition, corporate and business strategy, and competitive position”
I will attach the full report but you are only responsible on for Number 4
The main report
The main goal of the first phase of this integrative group assignment tasks students with developing an organizational profile in which you will be required to explain and assess your organization’s current mission and strategic objectives, its environmental and competitive landscape, and its current structure and formal design. In this phase of the integrative assignment, students are expected to develop the capacity to generate an awareness and understanding of how an organization creates value, how the external environment shapes the organization, how organizations organize to respond to their environments, and finally, how the relationship between the internal and external environments of the organization shape its capacity to survive and succeed. Phase One lays the ground work upon which the second phase of the project report builds.
It is expected that each group’s Phase One report will range between ten and twelve double-spaced pages of text, but will not exceed fifteen pages in total (including all references, appendices, title pages). The general format of the reports will conform to the APA style guide, with specific formatting guidelines provided later in this syllabus. Each group’s Phase One report will be evaluated based on the degree to which:
• The report insight fully, creatively, and thoughtfully integrates relevant course concepts and rigorously applies analytic tools to the examination of the organization that you have chosen to study.
Please consider the originality of your analysis, the relevance of your approach, and the rigour with which you apply your analysis to the organization.
• The report integrates and extends the theories, ideas, and approaches discussed throughout the semester as presented in the text and during lecture sessions.
Please use care in understanding the difference between referencing concepts and applying them.
• The report is professionally written. To what extent would your paper be recognized as a senior undergraduate composition?
In addition to the basics such as spelling and grammar, please consider factors such as the structure and logic of the arguments that you present, and the degree to which the paper is fluidly and consistently written.
Content and Analysis:
• 1)Compelling Introductory and Concluding Positioning, relevant Company History, and Description.
• 2)A comprehensive and meaningful strategic discussion that ties together the nature, means, and dynamics of the organization’s approach to value creation and sustained competitive advantage.
• 3)Current competitive situation analysis: Environment, industry(ies), competition, corporate and business strategy, and competitive position
( you task is writing this part )4 pages or more
• 4)Thorough application of appropriate strategic frameworks in support of core assertions (for example: VRIO/VRINE, 3Cs, SWOT analysis, Value Chain Analysis, Porter’s Five Forces, PESTLE and/or others).
• 5)Examination of the organization’s current structural and culture design: how are the organization’s structure and culture best characterized; is the firm organized to compete by supporting and enhancing value creation; does the organization possess a culture that supports and reinforces its value creation strategy.
• 6)Proposed strategic adaptations: (re)alignments of organizational structure or culture in support of business-level and corporate-level strategies necessary to improve competitive position and/or improve responsiveness to business environment.
• Professionalism: Effective and consistent use of business quality English, including spelling, grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, headings, sections and a logical flow of argumentation. To what degree does your report reflect the qualities of an undergraduate business composition?
• Word processing: cover material (as present), 8.5” x 11” white paper, double-spaced text (appendices can be single-spaced), Times New Roman 12 font, full justification, 1” margins. When in doubt refer to a current APA guideline manual.
• Research sources: a minimum of 12 independent, high quality sources. Related to formatting and research standards, the company, the environment, strategic analysis, the recommended strategic adaptation, contract structure and team processes.
