Choose your company and name it. This could be a law firm, marketing agency, IT company, accounting firm, or human resource /recruiting firm. The firm has been in business for 5-10 years and is past the start-up stage.

Step 2:Researchthe type of firm/industry you have chosen to gain an understanding of the typical corporate structure that these types of firms have.

Step 3: Your presentation should contain the following sections:

• Define the products and services the firm delivers to its clients and define itsfunctional-level department structure.
• Determine andoutlineyour firm's core competencies.Identifypotential strengths and weaknesses.
• Analyzethe value chain of your firm for the purpose of determining where you are able to create value using your resources, capabilities, and core competencies.
• Describewhich functions or activities the firm might be weak in and could be outsourced in order to improve its ability to use its remaining resources to create value.