Management Homework Help

Read the PowerPoint side to get an understanding of what is required to do.

Each response to the open answer questions in this segment should be capped at a half-page response.

Company – Target

Position – Sales Associate

Question 1

First, briefly describe this organization to me (name, what they do, your position there).

Second, pretend your boss calls you into her office and says: “I hear you’ve been taking a strategy class at school. I have some things that have been bugging me and I wonder if you might be able to help. I feel like we just don’t understand our industry very well and we always seem to be behind our competition. 

–       What can we do to get a better handle on understanding our competitive environment? 

–       How do we even know if this a good market to be in?” Please write down how you would respond as if you are speaking directly to your boss. Include the tools that are available to help answer her question, why those tools are used, and what information those tools will give her. Make sure to answer the question in the context of the organization you described in the first step.

Question 2

While still sitting in front of your boss, she continues: “Okay, I can see we have a lot of work to do to understand our industry.”

She goes on to say: “I’m concerned about our ability to compete in such a competitive environment! How can we figure out if we even have the ability to gain/keep a competitive advantage over our competition?” Please write down your actual response to her and make sure to include what tools might be useful to your boss, how they work, and what she can expect to learn from those tools.

Question 3

Your boss loves your input! She gets out of her chair and starts pacing back and forth behind her desk, exclaiming: “This is so exciting! I’m starting to see a plan here!”

She continues: “What about expanding/growing more internationally? 

–       What does your class say about how we know whether it’s right to do more internationally? 

–       How do we analyze and decide where to go international?” Please write down your response to her. Remember to answer in the context of your organization.