The organization’s response to change

From the same case that you have chosen for Deliverables 1 to 3, you will advise the CEO on how best to position the organization to be responsive to change in order to take advantage of the strategies you have recommended.

Instructions

Write a 6–8 page paper in which you:

1. Give your opinion as to whether your chosen company’s industry is maturing or declining, based on its evolution history. Justify your answer.
2. Use Porter’s National Diamond to evaluate the relative main advantages and disadvantages of vertical integration versus outsourcing for the company. Support your response.
3. Use the Boston Consulting Group’s growth-share matrix to evaluate the company’s strategic position as of 2013. 
4. Suggest one approach for the CEO to adopt in order to implement the strategies that you recommended in Project Deliverable 3. Include the main changes in decision-making style, main changes in planning structure, and measures of success in your recommendation. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Use at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Propose leadership changes in decision-making and planning structure to successfully implement recommended strategic initiatives.