{"id":7627,"date":"2022-05-09T23:09:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T23:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/?p=7627"},"modified":"2022-05-09T23:09:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T23:09:41","slug":"wk-3-apply-signature-assignment-strategic-management-research-journal-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wk-3-apply-signature-assignment-strategic-management-research-journal-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Wk 3 -Apply: Signature Assignment: Strategic Management Research Journal Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Review the following terms and concepts discussed this week to prepare for this assignment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>organizational structure<\/li><li>organizational culture<\/li><li>inertia<\/li><li>Holacracy<\/li><li>PESTEL model<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Create a Word doc and title it Strategic Management Research Journal Part 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Write a 525- to 700-word response to the following prompts in your journal entry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Assess whether Caterpillar Inc. is using the appropriate measures (i.e., metrics) to verify its strategic effectiveness.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Summarize Caterpillar Inc.\u2019s organizational structure. 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