Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The originality report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
A. Discuss aspects of the company from the provided scenario by doing the following:
1. Describe in detail how each of the following aspects from the scenario affect the company’s decision-making process:
• company culture
• organizational structure
• strategic direction, including mission and vision statements
2. Describe in detail how the company’s culture could affect the market entry strategy.
3. Discuss in detail whether the organizational structure is an advantage or disadvantage to the company and explain why.
B. Discuss the company’s product from the provided scenario by doing the following:
1. Describe specific characteristics of the emerging market that affect the company’s product.
2. Discuss how a product design change would meet the emerging market characteristics identified in part B1. Support this discussion with details from the scenario.
a. Discuss in detail each of the stages of the design thinking process the company would undergo in the design of the product for the emerging market from part B2.
b. Choose three of the following aspects from the scenario, and provide a detailed discussion of their effect on the design thinking process for the product from part B2:
