Assignment: Forming A Strategic Alliance
In this assignment you are to assume the role of a senior executive of a large and highly successful organization in Saudi Arabia. The executive committee has directed you to collaborate with a global organization located in Europe in order to form a strategic alliance in your industry to gain an advantage over your organization's fiercest competitor in the global marketplace.
Using the Saudi Vision 2030 as a backdrop for your analysis, you are to discuss the following:
• Describe the various challenges that you could face by forming the alliance with the global organization located in Europe.
• How might you apply prescriptive or descriptive decision-making methods to accomplish the alliance initiative. Fully justify your reasoning.
• Evaluate the various decision-making methods that you might use to better insure the alliance will be effective against the competition.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.