QUESTION $1$ : Policy and Strategy

You are a mid level executive of a major management consultancy firm Worxwell$4$U Ltd$,$ who specialise in providing advice and support to the corporate sector in responding to climate change policy and in developing specific industry based strategic approaches to meet these new challenges. You are being considered for promotion and have been selected to research and deliver an important report to be considered by the Board as a basis for the expansion of their consultancy portfolio offer to their clients.

Your remit is to provide the Board with a comprehensive understanding of the issues facing North American legacy auto manufacturers in striving to comply with emerging climate change policy and the strategic issues they face to produce compliant, profitable low carbon emission vehicles, taking into account, where relevant, the threat from overseas manufacturers.

You are at liberty to choose either Ford, GMC or Stellantis as a specific example as the basis for your report or to take a more general approach as appropriate.

Your report should exhibit a good understanding of the changing nature of the policy issues in play with appropriate comment and linkages to how the sector $($company$)$ is responding strategically, applying appropriate theory where appropriate$)$ to deliver profitable vehicles to the market place.

You are required to make specific recommendations based on the conclusions in your report.