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Starbucks in 2018:  Striving for Operational Excellence and Innovation Agility Analysis and Evaluation

• This is the most difficult part of the assignment because analysis is hard work. Students should offer analysis and evidence (hard facts) to back up their conclusions. Try to inject balance into the analysis and avoid emotional rhetoric. Since the papers must be written in third person point of view, phrases such as "I think," "I feel," "I believe", or similar phrases, must not be used. This section should include discussion of two, or at most three, alternative methods of addressing the issue which have been developed through the application of concepts and principles from the assigned readings. Students may conduct outside research on these concepts and principles, but such research should come only from trusted, academically reliable sources (Investopedia, MindTools, etc. do not qualify).

CASE ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS

The following steps should be helpful to you in preparing your case analysis:

1. Identify the relevant problem(s), stating assumptions if appropriate. The emphasis at this stage is on getting an overview of the issues involved. Students often get bogged down in recounting details, many of which may be irrelevant, rather than identifying the issues.
2. Identify or select the most important problem(s). For example, "The problem in this case is a poor fit between the organization and its environment". It is important to identify the real problem and not just one or more symptoms.
3. Analyze the problem and its causes in terms of the theories and concepts discussed in the assigned readings.
4. Identify and weigh alternative actions to solve the problem or improve the situation.
5. Select the best alternative and explain why it was chosen.
6. State how and when the recommended action should be implemented.

 The written analysis should be formatted into three major sections as follows:

• Statement of the Problem - In this opening section, you should clearly and succinctly state the problem(s) you believe need(s) to be addressed or solved. This section should be a few sentences. or a paragraph at most, in length.
• Analysis and Evaluation - This is the most difficult part of the assignment because analysis is hard work. Students should offer analysis and evidence (hard facts) to back up their conclusions. Try to inject balance into the analysis and avoid emotional rhetoric. Since the papers must be written in third person point of view, phrases such as "I think," "I feel," "I believe", or similar phrases, must not be used. This section should include discussion of two, or at most three, alternative methods of addressing the issue which have been developed through the application of concepts and principles from the assigned readings. Students may conduct outside research on these concepts and principles, but such research should come only from trusted, academically reliable sources (Investopedia, MindTools, etc. do not qualify).
• Recommendation - In this section, students will select the best alternative, discuss why it is the best, and how and when it should be implemented.

Attachment:- Starbucks_case.pdf