{"id":17717,"date":"2023-04-28T08:38:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T08:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/770-6-discussion-thread-effective-execution-design-focus-and-decision-traps\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T08:38:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T08:38:07","slug":"770-6-discussion-thread-effective-execution-design-focus-and-decision-traps","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/770-6-discussion-thread-effective-execution-design-focus-and-decision-traps\/","title":{"rendered":"770\/6 &#8211; Discussion Thread: Effective Execution, Design \/ Focus, and Decision Traps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 0.9rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Once a strategy has been developed, success depends on a solid process for effective execution. It is essential to take the power of strategy design and the power of focus into consideration. Finally, good decision-making relies on avoiding decision traps that can take the company down the wrong path.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 0.9rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For your main thread, perform the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Discuss the process of effectively executing strategy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Discuss the power of design vs. the power of focus. &nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Discuss decision traps to avoid.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Develop an Annotated Bibliography for the references used in your discussion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Support all of your factual assertions with citations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Use the following outline:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.05pt 9.55pt 0.0001pt 6pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Once a strategy has been developed,<br \/>\nsuccess depends on a solid process for effective execution. It is important to<br \/>\ntake the power of strategy design and the power of focus into consideration.<br \/>\nFinally, good decision-making relies on avoiding decision traps that can take<br \/>\nthe company down the wrong path.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.55pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.05pt 0in 0.0001pt 23.95pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Minimum of 500 words in the body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 23.95pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Minimum of 2 sources from the literature<br \/>\nin addition to course texts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 23.95pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Current APA format must be used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 23.95pt; line-height: 13.4pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use<br \/>\nthe following<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>outline:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Introduction<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.05pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Process: Effective Execution of Strategy<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> \u2010 What is the<br \/>\nprocess in no less than 200<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>words<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 10.85pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Strategic<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>Thinking:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>Power<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>of<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>Design<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>vs.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>Power<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>of<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>Focus<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2010<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>What<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>is<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>it<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>and<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>why<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>is<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>it<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>important<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>in<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>no<br \/>\nless than 200<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>words<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Decision Model<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> &#8211; Key Decision Traps to Avoid \u2010 no less<br \/>\nthan 100<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>words<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.05pt 0in 0.0001pt 23.9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.05pt 0in 0.0001pt 23.9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Support your<br \/>\nfactual assertions with<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span>citations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 2.35pt 1pt 0.0001pt 23.95pt; line-height: 26.9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include<br \/>\nan Annotated Bibliography, in current APA format, of the 2 additional Sources:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 2.35pt 1pt 0.0001pt 59.95pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Minimum<br \/>\nof 250 words in each annotation<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.35pt 1pt 0.0001pt 24pt; line-height: 26.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use the following<br \/>\noutline:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.35pt 0in 0.0001pt 45pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Summary of Key Points<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 1pt 0.0001pt 45pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Evaluation of the Quality of the Publication <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 1pt 0.0001pt 45pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Evaluation of the Quality of the Author(s) <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 1pt 0.0001pt 45pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Where this fits into the discussion<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>&nbsp;*Be sure to make the correct citations are correctly formatted. I have included a Sample APA paper for review, a Sample APA template Rubric, and directives.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Book:<\/div>\n<div>Essentials of Strategic Management 7TH 21\n<\/div>\n<div>Author:\tGamble, John\n<\/div>\n<div>ISBN-13:\t978-1-260-78579-1\n<\/div>\n<div>ISBN-10:\t1-260-78579-3\n<\/div>\n<div>Edition\/Copyright:\t7TH 21\n<\/div>\n<div>Publisher:\tMcgraw-Hill Course Content Delivery\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once a strategy has been developed, success depends on a solid process for effective execution. It is essential to take the power of strategy design and the power of focus into consideration. Finally, good decision-making relies on avoiding decision traps that can take the company down the wrong path. 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