Now that your team has crafted a Strategic Integration Plan, it’s time to test your solution. To examine your solution’s potential beyond a specific industry, your team will create a research plan that prepares you to test your solution by considering its usefulness beyond the original context you were given.
When you chose your team problem at the beginning of this course, you were provided with a hypothetical organization to use as context for solving the problem. However, not all organizations you will work for in the future will narrowly fit into one organization or industry. Work through the following steps to draft your research plan.
Identify two other industries or types of business likely to be affected by your team’s problem. Support your choices with research (cited in APA format).
What strengths and weaknesses does a broader context provide to your proposed Strategic Integration Plan?
Does context dramatically alter your overall strategy or detailed implementation plan?
Testing the Solution
After you’ve gained an understanding of the broader context, test out your plan by considering the questions below. You will address the questions by problem area of effect. You may also add one to two further questions of your own, based on your team’s work so far.
How can your organization, a large car manufacturing company, implement a strategic plan to virtuously engage with emerging technologies without increasing employee inequity?
Does your plan include detailed instructions, such as how to upskill management, employees, and clients and customers (if appropriate) in technology integration? Does your plan address your organization’s corporate social responsibility? What areas of concern with your emerging technology must be addressed for your solution to be successful?
How can your organization, a major player in healthcare and fitness technology, implement a strategic plan to address privacy concerns?