XYZ Manufactoring Corporation Strategic Management Issue Analysis & Diagnosis: Good strategy requires good input and analysis. It also requires good decision-making. Select an organization and then find a problem that exists within the internal or external environment. In the role of a Strategic Leader, apply Strategic Management principles in order to solve the problem. Begin by appraising and assessing the problem. Then determine how you might use strategy and innovation to come up with a solution. Finally, provide a call to action that guides the organization on how to make it happen. In order for problem to be raised and resolved effectively, the organization must be prepared to deal with the conflicts associated with the problem. Strategic problems that impact the organization become strategic issues within the organization. These issues need to address the ends ("what"); means ("how"); philosophy ("why"); location ("where"); timing ("when"); and who might be helped or hurt by the different ways of resolving the issue ("who").