Case Study: Ford Assignment
Develop appropriate business strategies, policies and solutions for Ford that will create sustainable competitive advantage for the company. Case 34: Ford: An Auto Company in Transition can be found in the case section of your text and should serve as a starting point for your analysis.
The strategic management process enables organizations to achieve competitive advantage through three stages: strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation. Your strategic plan should progress through all of these phases, resulting in recommendations that establish the firm in the market with a competitive advantage they can maintain going forward.
Assume you are creating a pitch to present to Ford leadership. You will need to analyze its external/internal environment and propose strategies, policies and/or solutions based on those findings that will create a sustainable competitive advantage for the company.be sure to articulate what competitive advantage is and provide at least three real world examples. Include applicable academic theory and examples of industry best practice. Highlight the rationale for your explanation and support your answer with at least three scholarly resources and APA formatting.