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1. Identify the deliberate elements of Microsoft's strategy. Identify the emergent elements of Microsoft's strategy. Identify the abandoned elements of Microsoft's strategy.

2. What do you perceive to be Microsoft's strategic mistakes? What do you perceive to be Microsoft's strategic successes?

3. What role, if any, do you think groupthink (a group of individuals' embarking on a course of action without first questioning underlying assumptions) played in Microsoft's initial policy decisions? How could groupthink have been mitigated in this scenario?

4. Why do you think Microsoft altered its strategy? On what specific key factor do you believe the company primarily based its decision to enact a strategic pivot?

5. Under what circumstances should a company enact a strategic pivot? Identify a real-world company that enacted a strategic pivot. Analyze your selected example using the formula D + E - A = R.

6. What impact did Microsoft's policy reversals have on the Xbox One's market performance? How did they harm the company and/or the brand? How did they help the company and/or the brand?

7. What do you believe would have happened had Microsoft launched the Xbox One with all of the company's initial plans intact?

8. Do you believe that Microsoft should revisit the approach that the company originally planned to adopt? Could such a plan be feasible in the future? Why or why not?

9. What lessons should a student of strategic management take away from the situation? What lessons do you believe Microsoft's strategic leaders learned from the situation? What lessons do you believe Microsoft's strategic leaders should have learned from the situation?

10. What learned principles do you believe Microsoft should apply as it prepares for the 2020 launch of its next console, the Xbox Series X? Recommend to Microsoft at least five (5) distinct strategies that will lead to the Xbox division's achieving and maintaining success for the next five to ten years.