Articulate the difference between keeping an activity in-house and outsourcing it.

What is value chain analysis? What does the firm gain by successfully using this tool? What is outsourcing? Why do firms outsource?

This unit introduced three organizational levels for strategic consideration: Corporate, Business and Functional Strategies. What issues might be considered at each of the three levels?

What are the three primary characteristics that define a network as one that is effective in addition to being productive? Could you please provide an explanation of the idea of "one" using your own words?

would a more mechanistic or more organic organization be appropriate for H-P? why?

List the keyways that an organization competes and explain each with a real-world example.

To better understand the operations manager position, you need to experience it and make the types of decisions an operations manager would make. For your Unit 3 project, your challenge was to develop your own idea for a business. For your Unit 5 Project, your challenge is to use the information from your Unit 3 Project to develop a SWOT analysis on each major section of your hypothetical organisations operations and logistics; especially focusing on its ability to respond to disruptions. Based on these disruptions and your SWOT analysis, you must present recommendations for proactively sustaining your organisations competitive advantage. To prepare for this assignment: Reflect on your hypothetical organisations ability to respond to your researched disruptions. Identify methods for establishing traceability/visibility throughout the supply chain network of your hypothetical organisation. Reflect on ways to maintain a competitive advantage. To complete this assignment: Conduct a SWOT…

Make a list of the main systems categories the organization uses, and provide a brief explanation of each.

Describe. The tools or platforms which an organizations use to leverage , optimize and enhance cross-functional collaboration among their teams and employees?

Rather to outsourcing the development of a new system, why shouldn't Petrie's staff do it themselves?