For this assignment, use headings and subheadings to help organize the key points of your 4-6 page business analysis and include the following: Analyze the corporate strategy of the selected firm, including product, geographical, and vertical scope in whi

The firm For this assignment is Ford Motors 

For this assignment, use headings and subheadings to help organize the key points of your 4-6 page business analysis and include the following:

  • Analyze the corporate strategy of the selected firm, including product, geographical, and vertical scope in which it operates. Has the firm expanded from its initial product line or field of operation? Does the firm own vertically related activities along the value chain for its products?
  • Analyze the firm’s overall corporate structure and key management systems. Does the firm employ any of the following three elements of corporate strategy: diversification, vertical integration, or globalization? Are global alliances an overall part of the corporate strategy?
  • Analyze the strategic fit between the business and corporate strategies of the selected firm.

For this assignment, you are to write a 4–6 page business analysis to the vice president of corporate strategy at the company’s headquarters that describes key elements of the corporate strategy of the firm you selected. Include key findings for the firm’s level of diversification (product scope), geographical and vertical scope, and the overall fit with the business strategy or strategies identified in Unit 1 of the course.  

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

  • Competency 1 – Apply strategic theories, models and tools to distinguish an organization’s strategy.
    • Analyze the corporate strategy of the selected firm, including product, geographical, and vertical scope in which it operates.
  • Competency 5 – Analyze the strategic fit of an organization’s structure and business systems.
    • Analyze the firm’s overall corporate structure and key management systems.
  • Competency 6 – Evaluate an organization’s strategic fit with the external industry environment.
    • Analyze the strategic fit between the business and corporate strategies of the selected firm.
  • Competency 7 – Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.
    • Write coherently to support a central idea (in appropriate APA format) with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.

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