{"id":28816,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/sm-a2"},"modified":"2017-08-12T07:22:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T07:22:33","slug":"sm-a2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/sm-a2\/","title":{"rendered":"SM-A2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Note: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>I need <\/b><b>2 pages answer<\/b><b> of the following assignment as per provided instructions below. Must <\/b><b>address all questions properly<\/b><b>. Must include <\/b><b>2-3 credible references<\/b><b> cited in APA. Must provide <\/b><b>100% original<\/b><b> answer.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><b>Assignment:<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In this assignment, you will decide on strategic management plans, a company&#8217;s strategic competitiveness, and the best model for above-average returns.<\/p>\n<p>In current market conditions, companies need to gain and then maintain a competitive edge over their competitors. They do this by employing a compelling and dynamic strategic management process to create a strategy that helps them achieve their goals before one of their competitors does. Discuss the following questions in relation to strategic management:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What factors make up this process?<\/li>\n<li>How important is it to change, and what criteria determine the changes in a strategic management plan?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Discuss the following questions in relation to strategic competitiveness:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How would you describe the twenty-first century competitive landscape and the various challenges it brings to businesses?<\/li>\n<li>Why will a traditional mindset not lead a company to strategic competitiveness and what values must managers adopt to overcome these challenges?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Such companies also measure performance in terms of the degree and the speed of growth. Discuss the following questions in relation to above-average returns:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What are the differences between industrial organization (I\/O) and resource-based models of above-average returns?<\/li>\n<li>Which is a more successful model?<\/li>\n<li>Which model will you use to help shape your strategic management plan and why?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Applying your understanding of strategic management, answer the following questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How can business-level and corporate-level strategies be best used to gain a competitive advantage and earn above-average returns? Explain.<\/li>\n<li>What are the advantages and disadvantages of competitive rivalry?<\/li>\n<li>How can a company use competitive rivalry to its advantage? Provide examples.<\/li>\n<li>Under what conditions would you choose a single or dominant business corporate-level strategy versus a more diversified strategy and why? Discuss.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: I need 2 pages answer of the following assignment as per provided instructions below. Must address all questions properly. Must include 2-3 credible references cited in APA. Must provide 100% original answer. Assignment: In this assignment, you will decide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/sm-a2\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}