Reflect on this scripture, and consider the question, “What is your strategy to make yourself into a tool upon which GOD can build a competitive advantage?”

THIS IS A TWO-TIER DISCUSSION AND SHOULD BE TREATED INDEPENDENTLY ACCORDING TO THEIR PECULIAR SPECIFICATIONS. Discussion Board 3-1: Faith Integration (1 page) It has been said that strategy is nothing more than preparing an organization today to be successful tomorrow. What are you doing today to prepare yourself to be successful tomorrow in Christ? God has set the stage for us to succeed, as shown in the following Scripture: “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Reflect on this scripture, and consider the question, “What is your strategy to make yourself into a tool upon which GOD can build a competitive advantage?” (Ephesians 2:10, NIV)

Your initial post must include at least one (1) passage of scripture, properly cited according to current APA style guidelines. Your initial post must also include at least one (1) scholarly source (book or peer-reviewed journal article), properly cited and listed according to current APA style guidelines. Give a suitable caption for the discussion. References must be at least three including assigned texts/readings Assigned Readings Strategic Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach Chapter 7: Implementing Strategies: Management, Operations, and Human Resource Issues Chapter 8: Implementing Strategies: Marketing, Finance/Accounting, R&D, and MIS Issues Strategic Planning: An Interactive Process for Leaders Step Five: Answer the Questions: Develop Strategies Step Six: Get Specific: Write Out the Action Steps Required Textbooks David, F. R., & David, F. R. (2017).

Strategic management: A competitive advantage approach (16th ed.). Pearson. (ISBN: 9780134167848) Ebener, D.R., & Smith, F.L. (2015). Strategic planning: An interactive process for leaders. Paulist Press. (ISBN: 9780809149209) Discussion Board 3-2: Academic Content (2 pages) Purpose No organization or individual can escape change. The thought of change, however, raises anxieties because people fear economic loss, inconvenience, uncertainty, and a break in normal social patterns. Almost any change in structure, technology, persons, or strategies has the potential to disrupt comfortable interaction patterns. For this reason, people typically resist change. The strategic management process itself can impose major changes on individuals and processes. Reorienting an organization to get people to think and act strategically, for example, is not an easy turnaround.

This exercise gives you practice managing resistance to change under many different situations. Instructions In Step Six, Ebner and Smith (2015) discuss how strategic planning can expose both task and relationship conflict. Additionally, they describe factors that can make people more likely to resist change. For each scenario below, describe the specific things you would do to overcome the obstacles to change utilizing the 3-point process advocated by Ebner and Smith. Specifically, you should provide a rationale for your approach, along with a description of the process you would use. 1. You are the Chief Executive Officer and majority shareholder for a company that owns a private hospital in a small rural town. Your hospital has 6 Vice Presidents and 100 non-management employees. A large metropolitan healthcare system makes an excellent financial offer to acquire your hospital. The acquiring healthcare system does not assure you or your hospital’s Vice Presidents of a job after the acquisition.

You want to accept the offer because it is a premium price, and you could get a job elsewhere if needed. A conflict has arisen between the Vice Presidents with half of them wanting to accept the acquisition offer, while the other half are opposed. 2. You are the Administrator of a medium-sized Christian school system that has raised $1 million to devote to capital improvement expenses this year. Your two facility managers (one at the elementary school and the other at the high school) are at odds on how the funds should be used and both believe their facility/operation needs the money the most. Neither manager could use half the money for the particular improvements needed. Explain how you would solve a conflict between the two managers. Your initial post must include at least three (3) scholarly sources (book or peer-reviewed journal article), properly cited and listed according to current APA style guidelines.

For this specific discussion forum, high-quality internet sources are allowed, but must likewise be properly cited and listed according to current APA style guidelines. Give a suitable caption for the discussion References must be at five including the assigned readings Assigned Readings Strategic Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach Chapter 7: Implementing Strategies: Management, Operations, and Human Resource Issues Chapter 8: Implementing Strategies: Marketing, Finance/Accounting, R&D, and MIS Issues Strategic Planning: An Interactive Process for Leaders Step Five: Answer the Questions: Develop Strategies Step Six: Get Specific: Write Out the Action Steps Required Textbooks David, F. R., & David, F. R. (2017). Strategic management: A competitive advantage approach (16th ed.). Pearson. (ISBN: 9780134167848) Ebener, D.R., & Smith, F.L. (2015). Strategic planning: An interactive process for leaders. Paulist Press. (ISBN: 9780809149209)

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