In today’s business world, the ability to make a concise, persuasive, and well-written argument is a skill that will serve you well in your professional executive career. In this week's discussion, students are to choose an recent article (within the last 2 weeks) from the Wall Street Journal that is related to Strategic Management topics that we have studied thus far in class.

Your initial discussion response should address the following:

Part 1:

In your own words, summarize the article, including the purpose of the article and the main points that the author is communicating to the reader.

Part 2:

Provide an analysis of the article.  For example:

• explain why you agree or disagree with the author and his/her assertions by supporting your own points with evidence or specifics examples from our class readings
• explain how the article relates to strategic management topics studied in class. Demonstrate your understanding of these connections by using terms and concepts learned in our readings and relate these concepts to real-world examples.