Assignment
1. In this assignment, in your initial post, you are expected to look at the company described in the case from the perspective of four concepts presented in the week's reading. This means you must be quite familiar with the concepts, including the parts of the concepts. These may be highlighted below the concept as it is presented in the text or they might be in a figure or table. Briefly present your answers to the questions, including some of the evidence you see in the case to back up your judgment. The deadline for posting your initial post is Wednesday night, midnight.
2. There are two additional elements of this assignment. On Thursday and Friday, read the initial posts of the others in the class, both those who answered the same set of questions and those who answered other sets. Then...
1. Choose one initial post from within your assigned group. Write a response to each of these initial posts. Your response should include the following: a critique of how the poster used the concepts to discuss the case. What did they do well and where could they have improved? What else did you see in the case using these concepts? Your response posts should be a well-thought out paragraph. Avoid a superficial sentence or two.
2. Choose one initial post from a different group. Write a response, just like above!
3. The final part of this assignment is a follow-up post. Choose one of the responses to your initial post. In what ways did you agree and disagree with the critique of your use of the concepts? Comment on any additional observations made to you by the responder. What additional thoughts do you have about the company's approach to strategy now that you have had this additional time to think about it?
Points will be earned based on the effective use of course concepts to enrich your contributions -- see the attached rubric linked below. In replies, simply saying "nice post" is not enough. Think about how you can apply the content from the course to have a better understanding of the class. Since these weekly discussions are a critical part of the course and may be entered at any time (asynchronously) on the specific below are the questions to be answered first. i will post part 2 when i see the next thread.
1. What evidence do you see that Amazon utilized the dimensions of strategic decisions?
2. What evidence do you see that Amazon was guided by its mission statement?
3. Who are Amazon's stakeholders and in what ways does the company respond to their needs?
4. What are examples of its remote environments that Amazon considered and what action did they take in response to these environments?
5. In what ways has Amazon taken action to globalize their operation?
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 includes 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.