1. Executive Summary 2. Milestones 3. Organization and Industry Analysis  Industry Analysis: Porter’s five forces  Distinctive Competencies of the firm  Resources and Capabilities  Organization Structure 4. Current Challenges: What are some of the current challenges with the company? Are they related to products, processes, services, mergers, industry etc. 5. Recommendations: How do you Propose the problems be solved? What are your future directions?

CategoriesFinal paper (Final Paper (overall length pages Excluding References, TOC) Presentation SlideDelivery and Questions answers 1. Executive Summary Overall Summary (5 Points) 1page 2 Slides on the overall agenda and summary of the Presentation (5 points) How you deliver it (5 points) 2. Milestones (10 points) 5-10 pages on major milestones 2-4 slides on major milestones (5 points) How you deliver it (5 points) 3. Organization Industry Analysis Distinctive competencies. Org Structure  Industry Analysis: Porter’s five forces  Distinctive Competencies of the firm  Value Chain Activities  Resources and Capabilities  Organization Structure 5-10 pages (15 Points) 2-4 slides (10 points) How you deliver it (10 points)

CategoriesFinal paper (Final Paper (overall length pages Excluding References, TOC) Presentation SlideDelivery and Questions answers 1.Current Challenges  What are some of the current challenges with the company? Are they related to products, processes, services, mergers, industry etc (10 points) 5-10 pages 2-4 slides on Current Challenges (5 points) How you deliver it (5 points) 1.Looking ahead Future Directions Recommendations (10 Points) 5-10 pages 2-4 Slides Reco (5 points) How you deliver it (5points) 1.Organization/ references/ Cover Sheet/ TOC/ FILE NAME 10 points. Reference must follow AMR standard. See: m/uploads/8/4/9/1/ /amrstyleguide.pdf m/uploads/8/4/9/1/ /amrstyleguide.pdf N/A

 Cite when you use the Internet, the cases and everything.  References at the end. Should follow AMR standard. dfttp://mqm385.weebly.com/uploads/8/4/9/1/ /amrstyleguide.p df  If you take a figure, a table from a source, cite it.  All figures and tables must be named and numbered.  Due date: Check Schedule in the Syllabus, 5:00PM Central.  Don’t be late.

 Full names of members and the course number on cover page  Relevant title (not Pepsico project or Denmark)  Page number on every page  Table of Contents in the beginning

 Read carefully for typos, sentence construction problems etc.  Some comparison with close industry rivals  Every group member to check before final submission  Bind or properly staple

 General recommendations […the company should keep on doing what it is currently doing …the company should do what it can do best …the business model should be changed … the company should increase innovation or efficiency …the company should expand overseas]  Use of may be in recommendations  Illegible printing

 Take Questions from Audience  Don’t read from notes  Each member must be present

 Slides should reflect the content of the project report  Slides should appear in proper sequence  Use charts / tables to reduce # of slides  Choose appropriate color scheme and Font  Slides should not be busy (i.e. contain excess information)

 Decide beforehand who is going to say what  Divide time accordingly  Each members should know his/her part well  Know your slides well  Don’t spend too much time on one topic (e.g., company history)  Include charts / tables / video as necessary  Rehearse at least one time

 Introduce yourselves  Show that you are enthused  Do not just read from the hand-held cards / console monitor  Don’t turn back too many times to see the slides  Maintain eye-contact with the audience

 Speak with confidence  No chewing gums  Don’t lean on the console  Thank the audience  Answer questions with confidence

 If you want to Swap a slot, you need to talk to the other group, before talking to me.  If you want to use a free slot, please feel free to contact me.

 As a respect to your colleagues, I urge all of you to be present during the presentation even if your group is not presenting.

 50 points are reserved for peer Evaluations. Check Schedule in the Syllabus for Due date. Need Hard Copy 4/9/1/ /peer_evaluation.docx 4/9/1/ /peer_evaluation.docx