Mgt401 mgt

Page 1Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 2
Strategic Management (MGT 401)
Due Date: 03/08/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Strategic Management Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT 401 Student’s ID Number:
Semester: Summer CRN:
Academic Year:2023-2024
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade:
Marks Obtained/Out of 15
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
• The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented; marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
• Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
• Late submission will NOT be accepted.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
• All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
• Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
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Learning Outcomes:
Describe the different issues related to environmental scanning, strategy formulation, and strategy
implementation in diversified organizations. CLO-2
Communicate issues, results and recommendations coherently, and effectively regarding appropriate
strategies for different situations. CLO-6
Assignment Question(s):
Select a well-known publicly owned company then write a five-part essay that concentrates on
the following:
1- Briefly introduce your essay then offer a background on your selected company (i.e.
available and public information about the top management of the company/ board of directors,
financial statements, business model, and key competitors). (2 Marks) (Minimum 150 words)
2- Apply the resource-based view of the firm to determine core and distinctive competencies of
your selected company. (3 Marks) (Minimum 150 words)
3- Use the VRIO framework and the value chain to assess the company’s competitive
advantage, and how it can be sustained. (4 Marks) (Minimum 250 words)
4- Discuss how the business model of your selected company could be imitated and assess the
company’s corporate culture, and how it might affect a proposed strategy. (4 Marks) (Minimum
250 words)
5- Discuss the future of this company if it continues on its current path and conclude with a
summary of key ideas of your essay. (2 Marks) (Minimum 150 words)
Important Notes: –
• Avoid Plagiarism
• Support your answers with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the
textbook and scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles etc.
• Use APA style for writing the references.