Week 5 Discussion The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week based on the course competencies covered. For this assignment, make sure you post your initial

Week 5 Discussion

The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week based on the course competencies covered.

For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use outside sources. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Complete your participation for this assignment by the end of the week.

During this simulation, you have been making tactical and strategic decisions. Keeping these in mind, address the following questions:

What are the differences and similarities between the tactical and strategic decisions you have made?

How often did you need to change your strategic decisions? How often did you change your tactical decisions?

What dangers does a company face if it focuses only on tactical decisions?

Also, review the overall process by which your team worked together over the course of the simulation and answer the following questions:

How did your decision-making process evolve over the sequence of decisions?

Why did you make the changes that you did in the decision-making process, or why did you not change?

Did your decision-making process result in better decisions as the simulation progressed, and why do you think it did or did not?