Mba 5101 strategic management and business policy wk 6 essay

Unit VI Essay 

For this essay, you may use the same company you have previously used, or select a different company for your analysis on how a company has implemented a corporate strategy or a future policy rollout. Consider a company that has done a strategy development, and is in the implementation phase, or has been through the implementation phase. In your essay, address the following questions. 

· What are the stages of a corporation’s life cycle? How can a corporation’s life cycle be extended? 

· What is strategy implementation? What questions must strategy makers consider to begin the implementation process? 

· What are some of the approaches a company can take to identify and prepare its people for important positions? 

· It is important to assess the strategy-culture compatibility when implementing a new strategy. Do you think that culture follows strategy, or does strategy follow culture? In your response, use the company to illustrate your points. Justify your answer. 

· What is Six Sigma? Why would a company want to implement it?