Preparation
Review the organization and the industry before applying the strategic models below to your selected firm. You will need to use at least five current scholarly or professional resources for this assessment. Follow these steps:
1. Complete a PEST analysis for the selected firm. Be sure that this is based on research of the organization, not conjecture or opinion.
2. Complete Porter's Five Forces Model for the selected firm. Pay particular attention to the relationships of elements from both models.
Requirements
Using the results from both PEST and Porter's Five Forces models, write a 4-6-page executive briefing report for organizational leadership. An Executive Briefing Report template is attached. As noted above, support your report with at least five academic resources. Your report should include the following:
· Title with introduction.
· An explanation of key findings from PEST analysis.
· An explanation of key findings from Five Forces analysis.
· A summary of key findings/results for both models.
· Recommendations for leadership as a result of your external analysis.
· Reference page.
Title page and reference page(s) are NOT included in the overall page count.
Use clear headings and subheadings to organize the key points of your report.