Task: External forces and trends considerations:
o Legal and regulatory
o Global
o Economic
o Technological
o Innovation
o Social
o Environmental
o Competitive analysis
· Internal forces and trends considerations:
o Strategy
o Structures
o Processes and systems
o Resources
o Goals
o Strategic capabilities
o Culture
o Technologies
o Innovations
o Intellectual property
o Leadership
Analyze at least seven of the forces and trends from the list above. Your analysis must include the following:
· Include economic as well as legal and regulatory forces and trends.
· Critique how well the organization adapts to change.
· Analyze the supply chain operations of the organization.
· Identify issues and/or opportunities:
o Identify the major issues and/or opportunities that the company faces based on your analysis above.
o Generate a hypothesis surrounding each issue and research questions to use for conducting analysis.
o Identify the circumstances surrounding each issue; classify the circumstances; attribute the importance of each classification; and test the accuracy of the importance for each classification.
My topic is:
A "Soda Shop" that sells specialty soda and old fashion soda will bring back emotions of days gone by and give customers an experience not available anywhere else. The specialty soda will be bought from local and national independent brewers who only use the finest ingredients. There will be soda that is sugar free and chemical free, old fashion soda made from pure sugar like was available in the1095's and 1960's and soda flavors that you remember from your childhood.