Assignment: Strategy and Performance Management at DSM
Read the case study titled "Strategy and Performance Management at DSM" located in the XanEdu case pack (Note: You must buy an access code from the Strayer Bookstore in each week the cases are used. Click here for instructions for XanEdu).
1. Using the stages from the performance management process, suggest the key processes that DSM needs to provide within its system in order to successfully link its key success factors (KSF). (Note: See Exhibit 4.) Provide a rationale for your suggestions.
2. Select three (3) drivers, and examine the central manner in which DSM management has aligned its business strategies to performance measurement.
3. Critique or defend DSM's competitive advantage by using three (3) of the six (6) assessment points from the textbook. Justify your response.
4. Use two (2) external sources to support your responses. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.