Group Presentation: Strategy Research. Using the comprehensive strategic framework. Using at least one factor from each of the three strategic consideration (see figure below), please try to explain the major reasons for the general market success or failure of a well-known firm as they responded to a SPECIFIC major opportunity or threat in a foreign country (anytime over the last five years). Please include your definition or understanding of what the factors mean. The presentation should be at least 12 slides. Upload to Ilearn after presentation. Presentation outline: I. Describe the initial Situation: background, situation: success or failure II. Describe or define the strategic factors and why they were chosen by your group. III. Explain how the factors affected the firm’s behavior and performance IV. Your Analysis of the outcome: could the firm have done better or worse.--(Chen) V. Which Strategic perspective best explained the behaviors & outcomes and why. ****Use the strategic analysis framework below to guide you. Comprehensive Strategic Analysis Framework Resource - Based Considerations *focus on internal capabilities , re sources & relationships as well of the company V) Value outweighs costs R) Rarity of capabilities I.) Imitability of capabilities O) Organization of activities Industry - Based Considerations Inter - firm Rivalry Entry Barriers Bargaining Power of Suppl iers Bargaining Power of Buyers Substitute Products/Services Impact of Networks & Alliances (5 Forces Analysis & Networks) Institution - Based Considerations Formal institutional constraints such as laws & regulations. Informal institutional constraints su ch as cultural values, & social pressures (norms). Formal & informal International Market Agreements The Success or Failure of Firms or Sectors Assignment 1 Project Proposal This project is being undertaken in order to simplify the personnel and deployment management system within an agency. This application will house all agency employees as well as their training data and work title information. The unique part of this application is the Voluntary Responder Component. This component will be comprised of employees that apply for specific positions, complete required position specific training and possess the clearances to immediately respond to an incident. The application process for volunteers occurs before an incident to ensure that the agency has response capability before an unforeseen emergency takes place. The application also ensures that all employees get an opportunity to serve on an emergency response incident. By having all of this information in the same database makes it easier for dispatch employees to put together the appropriate teams to respond to emergency situations. At the current time dispatch employees does not have a database that gives them access to all of the needed information to successfully deploy responders in support of emerge ...

1. Group Presentation: Strategy Research. Using the
comprehensive strategic framework.
Using at least one factor from each of the three strategic
consideration (see figure below), please try to explain the major
reasons for the general market success or failure of a well-
known firm as they responded to a SPECIFIC major opportunity
or threat in a foreign country (anytime over the last five years).
Please include your definition or understanding of what the
factors mean. The presentation should be at least 12 slides.
Upload to Ilearn after presentation.
Presentation outline:
I. Describe the initial Situation: background, situation: success
or failure
II. Describe or define the strategic factors and why they were
chosen by your group.
III. Explain how the factors affected the firm’s behavior and
performance
IV. Your Analysis of the outcome: could the firm have done
better or worse.--(Chen)
V. Which Strategic perspective best explained the behaviors &
outcomes and why.
****Use the strategic analysis framework below to guide you.
Comprehensive Strategic Analysis Framework
Resource
-
Based Considerations

2. *focus on
internal
capabilities
,
re
sources
& relationships as well
of the company
V)
Value outweighs costs
R)
Rarity of capabilities
I.)
Imitability of capabilities
O)
Organization of activities
Industry
-
Based Considerations
Inter
-
firm Rivalry

3. Entry Barriers
Bargaining Power of Suppl
iers
Bargaining Power of Buyers
Substitute Products/Services
Impact of Networks & Alliances
(5 Forces Analysis & Networks)
Institution
-
Based Considerations
Formal
institutional constraints
such as laws & regulations.
Informal
institutional constraints
su
ch as cultural values, &
social pressures (norms).
Formal & informal International
Market Agreements
The Success

4. or Failure of
Firms or
Sectors
Assignment 1
Project Proposal
This project is being undertaken in order to simplify the
personnel and deployment management system within an
agency. This application will house all agency employees as
well as their training data and work title information. The
unique part of this application is the Voluntary Responder
Component. This component will be comprised of employees
that apply for specific positions, complete required position
specific training and possess the clearances to immediately
respond to an incident. The application process for volunteers
occurs before an incident to ensure that the agency has response
capability before an unforeseen emergency takes place. The
application also ensures that all employees get an opportunity to
serve on an emergency response incident. By having all of this
information in the same database makes it easier for dispatch
employees to put together the appropriate teams to respond to
emergency situations. At the current time dispatch employees
does not have a database that gives them access to all of the
needed information to successfully deploy responders in support
of emergency situations. Dispatchers have to go through several
different database and processes to gather the needed
information in order to put the right teams together for
deployments. The selection method that was used to select the
project was the scoring model. This method was chosen because
it allowed us to look at all of the relevant criteria and prioritize
them based upon the needs of the agency. We were able to
compare this project with two other similar project and score
them. By using the scoring methods it was easier for us to take
a look at the overall priorities of the project one by one which

5. was the most important factor at the time. This project had the
highest score which made it the project that we would go with.
The objectives of the project are: Modernize the current
management and training database by changing to the Salesforce
Platform. Develop a volunteer application that will house all
positions certification and give employees the ability to apply
to specific position announcements. Reduce the amount of time
it takes for dispatchers to deploy employees to an incident.
Project Objective
Modernize the current management and training database to the
Salesforce platform with in
12 months timeframe at a cost not to exceed $1,000,000.
Deliverables
· New application on Salesforce Platform live by March 17,
2018.
· Volunteer application added in the live form by March 17,
2018.
· Training given provided to all users before March 17, 2018
which will include end user manuals.
Milestones
1. New system design – June 18, 2017
2. Design of key components – July 19, 2017
3. Identification and configure all key components – October
22, 2017
4. Develop management reports – November 21, 2017

6. 5. Design of ne administrative roles – November 30, 2017
6. Finalize development - December 30, 2017
7. Training session begin – January 15, 2018
8. Create User Profiles – January 16, 2018
9. Upload all users – January 18, 2018
10. Final changes to training environment – January 24, 2018
11. Fix any problem and prepare for rollout – February 28, 2018
12. New system rollout – March 10, 2018
13. Project Closeout – March 18, 2018
Technical Requirements
1. 10 configured laptops with network access.
2. Licenses for the Salesforce platform
3. Training environment for development
4. Access to the current system
Limits and Exclusions
1. Only items to be included in the new programs are the ones
that was initially outlined.
2. Maintenance is only provided for 1 year after the expiration
of the project.
3. During the maintenance period only work to be performed is
work that is detailed in the maintenance contract.
4. Additional requirements outside of the maintenance contract

7. will require a new contract.
5. The agency is responsible for providing the licenses.
6. The agency is responsible for uploading any additional items
not included in original contract.
Customer Review
Agency Director, Dispatchers Supervisor, and Dispatchers