Coronavirus Adds to Pressure for U.S. Oil Industry Article Review and NSA Airline Discussion

Reflection5 

Episode 4

You are about to play the fourth episode of OneDay. You will continue to play Emma, gathering additional information about how to help North South Airlines discover a new strategy. This episode takes place on a taxi ride between Los Angeles airport and NSA’s Headquarters.

Learning Objectives

The theme of this episode is “Hypothesis Testing and Follow Up” You will be asked to think about the following in a broad way:

• How can I test my hypotheses? • How can I ask appropriate follow up questions? • How can I assess the feasibility of strategic directions? • How can I demonstrate strategic understanding?

In this episode, you will learn about and be measured on your ability to understand the following: • International expansion • Managing Stakeholders • Triple Bottom Line • Implementation • Business vs Corporate Strategy • Business Level Strategy Risks • Tangible vs Intangible Resources • Resources and Capabilities • Outsourcing • Competitive Response • Diversification • Acquisitions

In addition, you will also learn about (and be measured on your learning about) these real-world business skills:

• How to fit available strategies to appropriate actions • How to fit available strategies with what you’ve learned • How to analyze qualitative and quantitative information • How to identify all possible sources of information available • How to have discussions that lead to a positive experience and result in making new contacts • How to investigate and learn new information • How to evaluate reports quickly in order to draw the right conclusions

Episode 5

You are about to play the fifth episode of OneDay. You will continue to play Emma, gathering additional information about how to help North South Airlines discover a new strategy. This episode takes place entirely within NSA Headquarters.

Learning Objectives

The theme of this episode is “Feasibility and Implementation” You will be asked to think about the following in a broad way:

• How can I connect concepts to strategies? • How can I further test my hypothesis? • How can I get more concrete about the “hows” of enacting strategy? • How can I gather and assess potential actions?

In this episode, you will learn about and be measured on your ability to understand all concepts previous introduced in the course.

In addition, you will also learn about (and be measured on your learning about) these real-world business skills:

• How to fit strategic concepts to potential strategies • How to fit available strategies to appropriate actions • How to fit available strategies with what you’ve learned • How to analyze qualitative and quantitative information • How to identify all possible sources of information available • How to have discussions that lead to a positive experience and result in making new contacts • How to investigate and learn new information • How to evaluate reports quickly in order to draw the right conclusions

Consider this an executive summary of your learning so maximum length for this review is 2-3 pages. Your key learnings must relate to leadership theory.

Research Format:

1. Your Name

2. Title and source of article

3. Why you chose article?

4. What is the key strategic message in the article that would make us want to read article as it pertains to leadership?

These article reviews will test your research skills and the ability to integrate this research into course principles for a deeper appreciation of Leadership.