Solution Manual For Crafting & Executing Strategy The Quest for Competitive Advantage Concepts and Cases, 23rd Edition Arthur Thompson, Margaret Peteraf, John Gamble and A. Strickland Section 1-6

Solution Manual For Crafting & Executing Strategy The Quest for Competitive Advantage Concepts and Cases, 23rd Edition Arthur Thompson, Margaret Peteraf, John Gamble and A. Strickland Section 1-6

Instructor Resources, Chapter Features, and Case Overview

Solution Manual For Crafting & Executing Strategy The Quest for Competitive Advantage Concepts and Cases, 23rd Edition Arthur Thompson, Margaret Peteraf, John Gamble and A. Strickland Section 1-6

INSTRUCTOR RESOURCES

We strived to achieve four goals in preparing this package of Instructor Resources for the 23rd

Edition:

• To equip you with all the resources and pedagogical tools you‘ll need to design and

deliver a course that is on the cutting-edge and solidly in the mainstream of what students need to know about crafting and executing winning strategies.

• To give you wide flexibility in putting together a course syllabus that you are comfortable

with and proud of.

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• To give you a smorgasbord of options to draw from in keeping the nature of student

assignments varied and interesting.

• To help you deliver a course with upbeat tempo that wins enthusiastic applause from

students.We believe the contents of the package will be particularly informative and helpful to faculty members teaching the strategy course for the first time but we have also tried to embellish the content with ideas and suggestions that will prove valuable to experienced faculty looking for ways to refurbish their course offering and/or to keep student assignments varied and interesting.

A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE INSTRUCTOR RESOURCE PACKAGE

The Instructor‘s Manual for Crafting & Executing Strategy contains:

 A quick look at the topical focus of the text‘s 12 chapters (Section 1). The merits of incorporating the use of the Connect ® assignment and assessment platform accompanying the 23rd Edition, into your course requirements. The Connect ® package for the 23rd Edition has been completely revamped and bolstered to support faculty teaching hybrid and online courses. The revised Connect ® package allows adopters to easily integrate auto-graded content into Learning Management System modules to assess student mastery of course competency goals. The 23E Connect ® package offers automatic grading for all chapter quizzes, learning assurance exercises, and exercises for simulation users for 12 chapters of the 23rd Edition. In addition, the Connect ® package includes auto-graded case exercises for 14 of the 27 cases included in the text (Section 1). An overview of the 27 cases in the text, along with a grid profiling the strategic issues that come into play in each case (Section 1 and Section 3). A discussion of the reasons to use a strategy simulation as an integral part of your strategy course. The two web-based strategy simulations—The Business Strategy Game or GLO-BUS—that are companions to this text incorporate the very kinds of strategic thinking, strategic analysis, and strategic decision-making described in the text chapters and connect beautifully to the chapter content. The automated online nature of both simulations entails minimal administrative time and effort on the instructor‘s part. You will be pleasantly shocked (and pleased!!) at the minimal time it will take you to incorporate use of GLO-BUS or The Business Strategy Game and the added degree of student excitement and energy that either of these competition-based strategy simulations brings to the course—see Section 2 for more details. Tips and suggestions for effectively using either GLO-BUS or The Business Strategy Game in your course (covered in both Section 2 and Section 3). Ideas and suggestions on course design and course organization (Section 3 and Section 4). Recommendations for sequencing the case assignments and guidance about how to use the cases effectively (Section 3).

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4  Our recommendations regarding which cases are particularly appropriate for written case assignments and oral team presentations (Section 3). Two sample course syllabi (Section 4). A variety of schedules of activities for face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses: (Section 4)

• Two sample schedules of class activities and assignments for face-to-face courses

offered during a 15-week term;

• Two sample schedules of activities for hybrid courses offered during a 15-week term;
• One sample schedule of class activities for face-to-face courses offered during a 10-

week term;

• One sample schedule of class activities for hybrid courses offered during a 10-week

term;

• One sample schedule of class activities for a 7-week online course; and
• One sample course schedule for face-to-face courses offered in 5-week term.

 A Test Bank for the 12 chapters that consists of 900+ questions (Section 5). A set of Lecture Notes for each of the 12 chapters (Section 6). A comprehensive teaching note for each of the 27 cases in Crafting & Executing Strategy (Section 7).In addition to the Instructor‘s Manual, the support package for adopters also includes several important features that should be of interest.PowerPoint Slides To facilitate delivery preparation of your lectures and to serve as chapter outlines, you‘ll have access to comprehensive PowerPoint presentations for each of the 12 chapters that the authors have developed for their own classes. The collection includes 500+ professional-looking slides displaying core concepts, analytical procedures, key points, and all the figures in the text chapters.Accompanying Case Videos All cases have accompanying video segments that can be shown in conjunction with the case discussions. These videos can be sourced via links to YouTube postings, postings in the Connect ® Instructor Library for the 23rd Edition.Test Bank The test bank contains over 900 multiple-choice questions and short-answer/essay questions. It has been tagged with AACSB and Bloom‘s Taxonomy criteria. All of the test bank questions are also accessible via Test Builder. Test Builder, available within Connect ® , is a cloud-based tool that enables the instructor to format tests that can be printed or administered within a learning management system (LMS). Test Builder offers a modern, streamlined interface for easy content configuration that matches course needs, without requiring a download. Test Builder provides a secure interface for better protection of content and allows for just-in-time updates to flow directly into assessments.What to Expect in the 23rd Edition

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5 The distinguishing mark of the 23rd Edition is its enriched and enlivened presentation of the material in each of the 12 chapters, providing an as up-to-date and engrossing discussion of the core concepts and analytical tools as you will find anywhere. As with each of our new editions, there is an accompanying lineup of exciting new cases that bring the content to life and are sure to provoke interesting classroom discussions, deepening students‘ understanding of the material in the process.While this 23rd Edition retains the 12-chapter structure of the prior edition, every chapter— indeed every paragraph and every line—has been reexamined, refined, and refreshed. New content has been added to keep the material in line with the latest developments in the theory and practice of strategic management. In other areas, coverage has been trimmed to keep the book at a more manageable size. Scores of new examples have been added, along with new Illustration Capsules, to enrich understanding of the content and to provide students with a ringside view of strategy in action. The result is a text that cuts straight to the chase in terms of what students really need to know and gives instructors a leg up on teaching that material effectively. It remains, as always, solidly mainstream and balanced, mirroring both the penetrating insight of academic thought and the pragmatism of real-world strategic management.A standout feature of this text has always been the tight linkage between the content of the chapters and the cases. The lineup of cases that accompany the 23rd Edition is outstanding in this respect—a truly appealing mix of strategically relevant and thoughtfully crafted cases, certain to engage students and sharpen their skills in applying the concepts and tools of strategic analysis. Many involve high-profile companies that the students will immediately recognize and relate to; all are framed around key strategic issues and serve to add depth and context to the topical content of the chapters. We are confident you will be impressed with how well these cases work in the classroom and the amount of student interest they will spark.Organization, Content, and Features of the Text Chapters Our objective in undertaking a major revision of this text was to ensure that its content was current, with respect to both scholarship and managerial practice, and presented in as clear and compelling a fashion as possible. We established five criteria for meeting this objective, namely

that the final product must:

 Explain core concepts in language that students can grasp and provide first-rate examples of their relevance and use by actual companies. Thoroughly describe the tools of strategic analysis, how they are used, and where they fit into the managerial process of crafting and executing strategy. Incorporate the latest developments in the theory and practice of strategic management in every chapter to keep the content solidly in the mainstream of contemporary strategic thinking. Focus squarely on what every student needs to know about crafting, implementing, and executing business strategies in today‘s market environments. Provide an attractive set of contemporary cases that involve headline strategic issues and