Competing for the Future

Any organization that is looking to be successful in this highly competive business world must seize the opportunities created by

Is technology a tool or is it an evil and useless thing that shouldn’t be depended on. Some people think technology is a step in the right direction and should be developed and continued, while others think it could be something that will take over and will not help the well-being of humans. While carefully reading the two works, “Inside the home of the Future” by Kelly Greene and “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury, you can distinct the two opposing views that Bradbury and Greene possess on the topic.

Discuss the strategic decisions that firms in this sector may be facing. What future strategies can firms pursue to try to secure their competitive advantage and long term survival?

A variety of students have told me that they’d never be in marching band because it demands a lot of time and dedication. Though I concede that band does require a lot of time, it still is not enough reason to not be in it. Every discourse community is different when it comes to their goals, ideals, and diversity. They require different attributes in order to effectively join them, in other words to “fit in” but certainly they all require commitment and time. Therefore, I encourage everyone to join band, some of your best memories will root from it as well as long lasting friendships that can benefit you in the future. I am personally a part of the band community, especially the marching band side and can prove it through the use of logos, ethos, and pathos.

The current education system is founded on standard based accountability which focuses more on the attainment of common core standards and national assessment than on student learning.. In the report, A Path to the Future: Creating Accountability for Personalized Learning, written by Anne Hyslop and Sara Mead of Bellewether Education Partners for policymakers, Anne Hyslop is a Senior Policy Analyst who produces research, analysis and commentary on educational accountability and improvement, and other issues including the intersection and alignment of state and federal policy, PreK-12. Sara Mead’s background in education is diverse she has served as a researcher, writer, advisor, director, she has worked in the Education Sector, the Progressive

Looking to the future is a scary thing to think about in my opinion, I find myself to be a very relaxed person with a whole lot of personality. Interests of mine vary a lot because I enjoy tons of different things in my free time. In my spare time I love to sing, act, be around people, laugh, problem solving, look into things that happen in the news, and to public speak. My favorite subjects include the following, Math because it makes me put my problem solving skills to the test. Based on all of those things I think I would make an excellent actress.

In this fast paced world that we live in now it is all but impossible to expect any one to wait for anything these days. We through the innovative technological ideas and inventions you can make anything with in minutes what use to take hours. Everyone wants to be a Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) of a major corporation making millions and billions of dollars over night. No one wants to think through how can they take a company that is barley able to keep it’s door open and it’s employees paid to the next level. No one wants to sit down and make up an strategic plan to move a company to the level of excellence to make the millions and billions. Now a days no one has the gumption to go to the board of directors and say that I want to put the whole company at risk for a few years but when we come out we will be at the next level, and oh yeah if we fail the company most likely will not exist no more.

Look at your organizational structure, job descriptions, and performance and compensation systems to ensure they 're in line with your vision.

Have a clear focus on vision and aims. Understand where the organisation/team is and wants to be.

In the article, “The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy,” Michael Porter argues that the five forces are an important element for managers and investors in the business industry. Porter stated that it is important to “understand the competitive forces, and their underlying causes” which many companies will use to determine if they will gain profit or not (Porter 80). Companies determine their profitability of the industry through the level of the force that they face. For instance, when the forces are favorable, most companies will be profitable. Porter gives a detail description of the five forces and explains the importance of each force. The five forces are the threats of new entrants, the power of the buyers, the power of the suppliers, the threats of substitute for products or services, and the rivalry among existing competitors. Porter believes that “a company strategist who understands the competition extends well beyond existing rivals will detect wider competitive threats and be better equipped to address them” (Porter 93). In other words, when strategists understand the different forces it will benefit them to make better decisions and to be ready to face the different challenges between competitors. In the article, Porter’s main goal is to present the importance of the five forces to the audience.

All companies desire to dominate any given market without being outfought or outwitted by rivals. However, the implications of

The challenge is to open my mind and grow from a tactical/operational perspective to that of a much more broad, open minded and all-encompassing perspective, that of a strategic leader. Two mission specific outcomes of my training, experiences and self-assessment that I see in my future are strategic advisor and senior leader at the strategic level. I will describe where I believe I stand now in regards to my goals and the path I have yet to embark upon. I believe I am on course to accomplishing my goals of transforming into a strategic leader who scans the environment’s horizon, assesses the available information and decides how best to use it for the benefit of the organization and its future.

Michael Porter is a renowned economist and professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, author of 18 books and more than 125 articles with topics that range from industry competition to economic development. Porter was born in Michigan and went on to study aerospace and mechanical engineering in Princeton from where he graduated first in his class and with high honors from both the prestigious societies Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi, which he was also elected into. He is known as the “c” and is recognized worldwide for his take on competition and company strategy, many say that his work has redefined the thought process related to competition and economic development. Some of his most influential books include Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors, Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance and Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition On Results.

“Porter’s five forces”: Introduction. “Porter’s five forces” is widely applied in today’s business world. Harvard Professor Michael E. Porter’s first HBR article “How competitive forces shape strategy” was published in 1979. It became revolutionary in the field of strategy. Porter’s subsequent work has brought big changes to the study of competitive strategy for corporations, regions, and nations. With assistance from his colleagues from Harvard Business School, Porter continues to update and extend his classic work, providing practical guidance for

“Globalization and technology have made the world smaller and far more interconnected, so what affects one business sector or one part of the world invariably affects everyone.” (Weiss, 2012 sect. 1.1 Para. 1) In today’s modern world organizational change is inevitable for growth and stability, while leadership comes into an organization with a new plan as to how the organization will or should function. The avoidance of gross changes throughout an organization depends on the leadership’s ability to plan for the purposed change that is necessary to implement growth and expansion. The XYZ, Inc. is a high end retail chain that specializes in luxury items such as watches,