Paper Homework
Scenario
Suppose that you have been recently hired to be the general manager of a healthy-cookies company. The company has been losing money during the last 2 years. The company has been facing financial problems. However, the healthy cookies (products) your company produces taste delicious and have been well received by consumers (according to consumer surveys).
Task
Given this scenario, in 4 to 5 pages paper, please answer the following questions:
1) What type of data and information would you gather and evaluate to better understand the company's recent performance?
2) What are 3 strategic management tools (for example Balanced Scorecard) you would use to analyze factors influencing the company? (Describe how you would use each tool, and what you hope to learn from using each of these tools).
3) What would you analyze within the organization?
4) What would you analyze outside of the organization?
5) How would you analyze the company's value proposition and positioning?
6) What are some strategic recommendations you would provide so as to improve the company's performance?
Format your homework 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 homework, 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.