Read through the Mystic Monk Coffee case study and table 2 below. Review the items below that relate to the case study.

1. Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? What is his vision for the monastery? What is his vision for Mystic Monk Coffee? What is the mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming?
2. Does it appear that Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision?
3. What is Father Prior's strategy for achieving his vision? What competitive advantage might Mystic Monk Coffee's strategy produce?
4. Is Mystic Monk Coffee's strategy a money-maker? What is MMC's business model? What is your assessment of Mystic Monk Coffee's customer value proposition? What is its profit formula? What are resources that enable it to create and deliver value to customers?
5. Does the strategy qualify as a winning strategy? Why or why not?
6. What recommendations would you make to Father Daniel Mary in terms of crafting and executing strategy for the monastery's coffee operations? Are changed needed in its long-term direction? What about its objectives or strategy? Does it have a strong approach to strategy execution? Explain.

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TABLE 2

1. Go through the case twice, once for a quick overview and once to gain full command of the facts. Then take care to explore the information in every one of the case exhibits.

2. Make a complete list of the problems and issues that the companys management needs to address.

3. Be thorough in your analysis of the companys situation (make a minimum of one to two pages of notes detailing your diagnosis)"

4. Look for opportunities to apply the concepts and analytical tools in the text chaptersall of the cases in the book have very defi nite ties to the material in one or more of the text chapters!!!!

5. Do enough number crunching to discover the story told by the data presented in the case. (To help you comply with this commandment, consult Table 1 in this section to guide your probing of a companys fi nancial condition and fi nancial performance.)

6. Support any and all off-the-cuff opinions with well-reasoned arguments and numerical evidence. Dont stop until you can purge I think and I feel from your assessment and, instead, are able to rely completely on My analysis shows.

7. Prioritize your recommendations and make sure they can be carried out in an acceptable time frame with the available resources.

8. Support each recommendation with persuasive argument and reasons as to why it makes sense and should result in improved company performance.

9. Review your recommended action plan to see if it addresses all of the problems and issues you identifi ed. Any set of recommendations that does not address all of the issues and problems you identifi ed is incomplete and insufficient.

10. Avoid recommending any course of action that could have disastrous consequences if it doesnt work out as planned. Therefore, be as alert to the downside risks of your recommendations as you are to their upside potential and appeal