CASE STUDY: FORD ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW INSTRUCTIONS Develop appropriate business strategies, policies and solutions for Ford that will create sustainable competitive advantage for the company. The Case $12$ reading $$Ford: An Auto Company in Transition$$ can be found in the case section of your text and should serve as a starting point for your analysis. The strategic management process enables organizations to achieve competitive advantage through three stages: strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation. Your strategic plan should progress through all of these phases, resulting in recommendations that establish the firm in the market with a competitive advantage they can maintain going forward. Assume you are creating a pitch to present to Ford leadership. You will need to analyze its external$/$internal environment and propose strategies, policies and$/$or solutions based on those findings that will create a sustainable competitive advantage for the company. Highlight the rationale for your explanation and support your answer. The completed case must include the following components: $$ Executive Summary: This is a summary of your entire case study, not a summary of Ford present day. One should be able to read the executive summary section and understand the main points of the paper. $$ Current State of the Organization: Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Current Objectives, Current Strategies $$ Internal & External Analysis: SWOT, Porter$$s $5$ forces. Your SWOT should contain at least $5$ points under each header $($e$.$g$.5$ strengths, $5$ weaknesses, $5$ threats, $5$opportunities$)$ and include supporting citations to substantiate your points. Your Porter$$s $5$ forces analysis should include a clear rating of each force $($e$.$g$.$ high, medium, low$)$ and include supporting citations to justify your evaluation. $$ Competitive advantage: Articulate what competitive advantage is$,$ what the company$$s current competitive advantages are, and provide at least three real$-$world examples of competitor competitive analysis $($e$.$g$.$ Chevrolet, GMC$,$ Toyota$).$ Include applicable academic theory and examples of industry best practice. Be sure to include research$-$ supported rationale. $$ Evaluation and Recommendations: Strategies, policies and$/$or solutions for implementation that will create a sustainable competitive advantage for the company based on the results of your analysis. A TOWS is recommended here as a way to formulate strategy, but a formal TOWS is not required. $$Sustainable$$ references the ability for a company to succeed over a significant duration of time, not efforts to become more environmentally sustainable. It is key to include a discussion of how your recommendations support long term competitive advantage for the company. $$ Evaluation of recommendations: How will success be tracked or determined for the recommendations provided? Quantitative and qualitative metrics should be included. Generic examples of qualitative measures could be brand credibility, brand trust, or brand awareness. Generic examples of quantitative measures could be revenue generated, social media followers, and sales numbers. $$ Incorporate Biblical integration discussion into your paper; Biblical discussion should tie to the themes presented in the paper and include at least $2$ scripture references. $$ The length of the paper should be $7$ pages minimum; content can exceed $7$ pages at discretion of the student. Title page and references page do not count towards the $7-$page minimum. APA format and at least $3$ scholarly references should be used, with ample citations throughout your paper to support your work.