Effective Decision-Making in the Age of Cloud Computing
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Assignment 7: Plan the Future for Your Companies
Assignment 7: Summary:
Throughout this semester, your Virtual-Team has researched the decisions, activities, and performance of the companies you selected. You have completed a “retrospective” research review. For Assignment 7, your Team is asked to place themselves in the “CEO Role” of your 2-Primary Companies (and their Competitors) to make proposals that “look ahead/plan ahead."
Review your Virtual-Team's Executive Summaries for Assignments 1 through 6. Be sure to re-check the good and bad company decisions you listed in Assignment 6. For the current assignment, propose and justify a new product or service for your 2-Primary Companies (and their Competitors).
Assignment 7: Instructions:
| 1. | Review all Executive Summaries, particularly the good and bad company decisions you wrote about for Assignment 6. |
| 2. | If you need additional information about company decisions, or wish to review articles on new product or service planning, go to BSP/BSC for additional research. See planning words at right. |
| 3. | Propose a new product or service you believe your 2-Primary companies (and their Competitors) should develop and bring to the marketplace. |
| 4. | Write an Executive Summary. List the product or service you propose for your 2-Primary companies (and their Competitors). Justify your decision-making. Why has your Virtual-Team selected this specific product or service? When your Virtual-Team completes the main portion of your Executive Summary, be sure to add a Cultural Addendum to the Executive Summary (100 words in length) explaining how the Assignment 7 Topic might be impacted by cultural norms in their particular Country. |
Assignment 7: Performance Goals
| Reviews, categorizes past Executive Summaries: | Categorizes company decisions into "good" and "bad" decisions. |
| Develops proposals for company future plans: | Proposes new product lines or services for company to bring to market. |
| Composes an Executive Summary: | Briefly explains how decision about new product line or services was reached. |
| Reviews Visio file: | Reviews the Visio file that diagrams decision-making process used by Team. |
Planning Words
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Advertising |
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Brainstorming |
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Competition |
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Consumer Research |
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Decision Making |
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Entrepreneurship |
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Forecasting |
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Green Products |
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Innovation Management |
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Market Positioning |
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Market Potential |
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Marketing Strategy |
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New Products |
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Planning |
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Product Design |
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Product Launches |
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Product Management |
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Retailers |
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Service Industries |
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Service Planning |
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Strategic Planning |
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Supply Chain |
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Technology Adoption |
