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Homework: Strategic Thinking Research Paper
Consider a topic in the areas of strategic thinking, decision-making, or sustainable innovation that appeals to you, possibly even as a potential dissertation topic. The final homework will be to create an annotated outline of a potential research project (about 3 pages), that includes a fully written literature review (at least 7 pages). Thus, the total project will include about 10 to 11 pages.
Grounding your topic in a real-world issue or problem will help you find a researchable niche. Pick from the below list, but make the topic YOURs by including a particular firm, industry, or population to create an original topic idea. Choose any one topic from the list below:
Question 1. Competitive advantage, sustainable competitive advantage, competitive disadvantage, and competitive parity [in a named, specific firm, population, or industry].
Question 2. Relationship between stakeholder strategy and sustainable competitive advantage [in a named, specific firm, population, or industry].
Question 3. Stakeholder impact analysis [in a named, specific firm, population, or industry].
Question 4. Analysis, Formulation, Implementation (AFI) Strategy Framework used as a competitive advantage [in a named, specific firm, population, or industry].
Question 5. Role of strategic leaders and what they do [in a named, specific firm, population, or industry].
Question 6. The roles of corporate, business, and functional managers in strategy formulation and Implementation [in a named, specific firm, population, or industry].