This week, you will begin your analysis of a specific organization so that you may develop a sustainability strategy. You will apply value chain analysis and analyze the impact of a value chain on business strategy. You will also begin creating a proposal to develop sustainable solutions for an organization of your choice as part of the Sustainable Solutions Paper (SSP) you will complete throughout the course.
Discussion 1
To prepare, select a company with which you are very familiar or for which you can easily obtain information. You may wish to use the organization you are thinking of proposing for the Sustainable Solutions Paper (SSP), which you will complete throughout the course. This would allow you to repurpose information from the Discussion for a portion of your SSP. If you wish to take advantage of this opportunity, please review the SSP template located in this week’s Learning Resources to ensure the organization you choose for this Discussion also satisfies the SSP requirements. Review this week’s Learning Resources, particularly Exhibit 1 in Porter and Millar’s article “How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage.” You can use this chart to guide your value chain analysis for this post.
Post a 3–4 paragraph response. (1) Briefly describe the organization you selected and the industry in which it is located. (2) Explain the concept of value chain and its impact on business strategy.(3) Next, explain how technology impacts a value chain. (4) Apply Value Chain Analysis to identify strengths and weaknesses in areas of the value chain for the organization you selected. (5) Describe the linkages (relationships) between the areas, and explain the strategic significance of the organization’s value chain in terms of the larger value system.
Extend the conversation by identifying implications for practice or research, as well as for your own research agenda, where appropriate. Be sure to integrate one or two new related and engaging questions that will extend the discussion about your post in constructive ways. Try to think of a question(s) that will engage your peers in critical analysis and thinking about your organization, which may provide insight for your use as you continue preparing your sections of the major Weeks 4 and 7 Sustainable Solutions Paper (SSP) due in this course.
Sustainable Solutions Paper—Identifying a Potential Organization The activities presented here will serve to guide you toward the organization of your choice that you will evaluate for your Sustainable Solutions Paper (SSP).
Your response must include APA citations and adhere to APA 6th edition style. No Plagiarism Citations must be included within the body of the discussion question, all assignments must include peer review or scholarly references (please refrain from using references beyond 5 years). Where there is no DOI’s assigned, the URL must be included. All assignments must the written with active voice (points will be deducted if a discussion is written in passive voce) .Please list the subheading in answering each question
