Assignment Preparation: Activities include completing the article review,
independent student reading, and research.
Review the
article, “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy,”
from Harvard Business Review.
Assignment: The
article “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy,” from Harvard
Business Review, presents a comprehensive view of how five major
competitive forces shape the industry and strategic planning of businesses.
Each force has specific ways that shape competition, which may influence
strategy.
Prepare and present a 5 to 7 slide PowerPoint presentation on the
relationship between IT and a company’s competitive advantage or strategy. Add
an additonal 3 slides for the introduction, conclusion and references.
- Identify and briefly describe five
specific areas where IT represents a risk to a company’s competitive
advantage. - Identify and briefly describe five
specific areas in which IT may support or promote a company’s competitive
advantage. - Select a disadvantage you identified,
and provide a detailed scenario of how it would occur and what steps might
be taken to reduce the risk.
Select an advantage you
identified and provide a detailed scenario of how it could be leveraged to
improve a company’s competitive advantage.


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