Domino’s Pizza-Strategic Management-CLASS # 1 Week 9 Discussion 1

“Domino’s Pizza” Please respond to the following:

• Determine whether the current organizational structure at Domino’s is a good match for its corporate strategies. Explain your rationale.
• Evaluate alternative structures to determine which one would be most appropriate for Domino’s to consider and discuss likely benefits Domino’s would realize from adopting that structure. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Week 9 Discussion 2

“Strategic Leadership” Please respond to the following:

• Compare and contrast strategic controls and financial controls. Provide specific examples of how each may be used to best serve a corporation.
• As a strategic leader, determine if you would feel ethically responsible for developing your firm’s human capital and state why. Discuss whether or not you believe your position is consistent with the majority or minority of today’s strategic leaders.

Class remember that using the four criteria of sustainability, the firm’s strategy/ structure match is an advantage when that match is valuable, rare, imperfectly imitable, and non-substitutable.

CLASS # 2

Week 9 Discussion 1

“Compensating Executives” Please respond to the following:

• Analyze the components of executive compensation packages to determine which three components are the most essential to attracting exceptional talent. Provide your rationale.
• From the first e-Activity, determine if current practices surrounding executive compensation should be changed. Provide either specific examples of what changes you believe are necessary, or a rationale for maintaining the status quo.

Week 9 Discussion 2

“Compensating the Flexible Workforce” Please respond to the following:

• Create an argument either for or against the practice of using contingent or flexible workers.
• From the second e-Activity, determine how the company you researched could best leverage a contingent and / or flexible workforce. Provide specific examples to support your response.

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