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1. How important is being "adept at adapting" for local newspapers executives to prevent their extinction? Suggest one or two strategies to sustain the hard copy business model.

2. PBSC President Parker has solicited your strategic insights to identify (3 - 5) probable opportunities to sustain our Competitive Advantages (C A) over the next several years. Please do so after you have clearly articulated the college's C A in your own words.

3. Keeping in mind the Nature of Strategic Management and Value Chain Analysis videos, explain why the "strategic implementation" phase is the most difficult to engage in?

4. What Value Innovations (3 - 5) do Comic Relief, Cirque du Soleil, and Andre Rieu's symphonies have in common? [Blue Ocean Strategy]

5. Create/update your Personal SWOT projecting out the next 3 - 5 years for your personal and professional lives! Answering ~ what are my Sustainable Competitive Advantages (= Distinctive Competences) that will enhance my well-being and employability? Consider this a work-in-progress for your Vision Statement. Be authentic.

6. What are the most critical components of Internal and External Assessments (SWOT+) in "predicting" the futures of an organization and why? What other sources of insights and intelligence, other than published documents can executives utilize to challenge their decision-making assumptions and affectively engage uncertainty?

Reflect on the most critical questions marketing and competitive research and analysis must answer with actionable intelligence to be "adept at adaptation."

CAPSIM:

7. Reflect on your personal decision-making and determine your most critical core competencies; and what will you advise your team to make decisions to meet your clients' buying criteria? Be succinct in your response for the company's success over the next several rounds.