[Solved] Strategic Management and Business Policy Week One Learning Plan and Readings In this first week together, we will discuss some of the common terms and basic concepts of the Strategic Management Model

The introduction document is attached. This along with the rest of the three weeks’ work makes a complete project, so please, when you chose a topic/firm, YOU WILL NOT BE CHANGING it along the way. 

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Strategic Management and Business Policy
Thomas L Wheelen; J. David Hung
Week One Learning Plan and Readings

Weekly Introduction
Introduction
In this first week together, we will discuss some of the common terms and basic concepts of strategic management. The Strategic Management Model will be introduced and developed for the remainder of the course. We will examine how corporations are governed through their boards. The unit finishes up with a discussion of the two primary viewpoints regarding the social responsibilities of management.
Also in this unit, we take on one of the most important and often overlooked, aspects of strategic management: environmental scanning. Our purpose is to determine both what opportunities and threats lurk in the marketplace and what strengths and weaknesses exist within our firm.
Environmental scanning is our first step in the Strategic Management Model. We will use both the Internal and External Factor Analysis Summary (IFAS and EFAS) matrices to clarify and outline our findings and conclusions. This week we will focus on EFAS.
Selection of One Case for All Assignments (EFAS, IFAS, SWOT, and SA)
Over the course of this term, you will be developing a Strategic Audit on ONE of the following case studies:
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