Create a 12- to 14-slide presentation, complete with speaker notes for Caterpillar Inc.'s leadership team, in which you summarize your key findings, propose recommendations, and provide rationale for your recommendations.

Address the following topics and prompts in your presentation:

Topic: Caterpillar Inc.'s Vision

#1 Summarize your evaluation of the alignment between what Caterpillar Inc. is currently doing and their mission, vision, or values statement.

Instructor suggestions: Compare what CAT is doing now vs. one of the three statements

#2 Recommend any changes you would make to Caterpillar Inc.'s mission, vision, or values statements to improve organizational goals.

Instructor suggestions: Explain why and the projected impact on performance.

Topic: Caterpillar Inc.'s Competitive Advantages and Disadvantages

#3 Summarize your analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of Caterpillar Inc.'s competitive advantages and disadvantages.

#4 Recommend operational changes to improve Caterpillar Inc.'s competitive advantages and business performance.

Instructor suggestions: Explain why and the projected impact on performance.

objectives

#5 Propose a plan to measure and monitor the effectiveness of your recommended operational changes in Caterpillar Inc.'s competitive advantages to achieve organizational goals.

Instructor suggestions: Propose a plan to a) measure the effectiveness of your proposed

operational changes listed in #4 in CAT's competitive advantages (how you will measure-metrics, trends, etc.),

and b) how will you monitor the recommended operational change? How will you know you are on

target or off target? Timeline

Topic: Caterpillar's Global Strategy

#6 Summarize your assessment of Caterpillar Inc.'s global strategy.

#7 Recommend operational changes to improve Caterpillar Inc.'s global strategy and business performance.

Instructor suggestions: comments: Recommend and explain why and the projected impact on

performance.

#8 Propose a plan to measure and monitor the effectiveness of your recommended operational changes to Caterpillar Inc.'s global strategy to achieve organizational goals.

Instructor suggestions: Propose a plan to a) measure the effectiveness of your above proposed

operational changes to CAT's global strategy (how you will measure-metrics, trends, etc.), and b) how

will you monitor the recommended operational change? How will you know you are on target or off

target? Timelines?