Unit Learning Outcomes

ULO 1: Evaluate the basic concept of organizational strategy. (CLO 1, 2, 5 & 6) ULO 2: Examine organizational learning as a strategic process. (CLO 1 &5) ULO 3: Evaluate the phenomenon of globalization along with the opportunities and challenges it poses to organizations. (CLO 1, 4 & 5)Case Study 6

Strategy Read the case 15.1 Burberry: Pairing Tradition with Innovation in your text. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/04/the-eternal-return-of-buzzfeed/390270/ The Eternal Return of Buzzfeed. This resource relates to Learning Objective 15.1. Read more on page 386. Answer the case questions

1. what insights did you agin about how organizational strategy can influence knowledge acquisition?

2. How could knowledge accusations methods reinforce an organization strategy?

3. What external environment factors could make a knowledge acquisition process more or less effective for a given strategy type?

4. What internal environmental factors could make a knowledge acquisition process more or less effective a given strategic type?

5. what were the most surprising points that you learned from the exercise?