Strategic Planning

Discussion Questions and Activities

Discussion Questions

  1. Explain how a marketing objective differs from a marketing strategy. How are they related?
  2. Explain how an organization like McDonald's can use licensing to create value for the brand.
  3. How has PepsiCo employed a product development strategy?
  4. Discuss how conducting a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis helps a firm (or an individual) develop its strategic plan.
  5. Describe the value propositions the social networking sites YouTube and Facebook offer Web users.