{"id":32480,"date":"2023-08-24T23:03:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T23:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/discussion-thread-strategy-development-strategy-decisions-and-decision-models\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T23:03:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T23:03:10","slug":"discussion-thread-strategy-development-strategy-decisions-and-decision-models","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/discussion-thread-strategy-development-strategy-decisions-and-decision-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Thread: Strategy Development, Strategy Decisions, and Decision Models"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--color-6); color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--color-6); color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Discussion Thread: Strategy Development, Strategy Decisions, and Decision Models&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Developing strategy begins with thinking strategically and knowing what the key decisions<br \/>\nare. The decision models that you employ will directly impact the quality of the decisions<br \/>\nyou make so understanding them is critical.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For your main thread, perform the following:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: var(--color-6); color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Discuss the process of developing business strategy. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: var(--color-6); color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Discuss the key decisions necessary for making strategy choices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: var(--color-6); color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Discuss your current decision model(s) and how they impact your decision process.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: var(--color-6); color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">&nbsp;Develop an Annotated Bibliography for the references used in your discussion.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Support all of your factual assertions with citations.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>This week&#8217;s reading material:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: var(--color-1); background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Gamble, Peteraf, &amp; Thompson: Essentials of Strategic Management (Chap. 1)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: var(--color-1); background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Rumelt: Good Strategy\/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters (Chap. 16-17)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: var(--color-1); background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Krogerus &amp; Tsch\u00e4ppeler: The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking (pp. 5-174)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: var(--color-1); background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Keller: Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God&#8217;s Work (Chap. 1-3)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Thread must contain the following:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimum of 500 words in the body.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Minimum of 2 sources from the literature in addition to course texts.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Current APA format must be used.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Use the following outline:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Process: Business Strategy Development \u2013 What is the process in no less than 200 words&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Strategic Thinking: Key Decisions \u2013 What are the necessary for making<br \/>\nstrategy choices and why are they important in no less than 150 words&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Decision Model &#8211; What are my decision models and how do they aid \/ hinder<br \/>\nthis process in no less than 150 words&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Conclusion&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Support your factual assertions with citations.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Include an Annotated Bibliography, in current APA format, of the 2 additional Sources:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimum of 250 words in each annotation&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Use the following outline:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Summary of Key Points&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Evaluation of the Quality of the Publication&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Evaluation of the Quality of the Author(s)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Where this fits into the discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS&nbsp; Discussion Thread: Strategy Development, Strategy Decisions, and Decision Models&nbsp; Developing strategy begins with thinking strategically and knowing what the key decisions are. 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