Learning Team Assignment: Building A Competitive Advantage Paper
Purpose of Assignment This Learning Team assignment is designed to help students with the following:
1. Be familiar with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and how it can be used.
2. Recognize how Michael Porter's Value Chain Models (i.e., external and internal) can be used to categorize and assess industries and businesses.
3. Understand how manufacturing and/or service companies can maximize their competitive advantages.
4. Understand how a company's financial and costing strategies can be used to support the maximization of their competitive advantages.
Recommended Resources
• Textbook Chapters 2, 3 and 4
• Course Supplement: External Value Chains - Strategic Design Opportunities
• Appropriate and relevant business and academic Websites Assignment Requirements.
Write a 200 -word paper that includes the following:
4. Appraisal of financial and costing strategies that can be used to support the gaining of desired competitive advantages, identification of the selected company's financial and costing strategies, and an assertion of how well it serves them in their industry.
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.