1. Strategic ManagementSession 191 Assignment for session 19 T: Policies due electronically in a Word document 60 minutes before class from CEO. Page 63 in BPG manual. Submit policies (i.e., standing decisions) for safety stock R&D, Training Advertising sales salaries and commissions pricing, and market positioning. In Class--Use your Marter Y3Q1 file to setup decisions for year 3, quarters 1 through 4.

2. Strategic ManagementSession 192 Planning Year 3 decisions You can now Save Reports for Y2Q4 to your company folder— the problems have been fixed. Develop your decisions for D1 through D4 in the Marter workbook. Likely you will see in D2, D3, or D4 the need to change D1. When satisfied with your decision set for D1 through D4, enter your decisions for D1 into the BPG program and save your results.

3. Strategic ManagementSession 193 Cautions and Tips Companies 2, 3, 5, and 6: For the Marter to correctly update all its worksheets, the decision forms on D1, D2, D3, and D4 place your home area in row 1 of the Marter decision form. This is different from the row order in the BPG decision form, so be careful when you transfer your decision to the BPG. Be sure to read the manual on how you can expect the BPG to respond to changes in items such as advertising, R&D, training, etc. Carefully attend to the notes in magenta at the lower left of D1. If you complete D1 through D4, the PRFORMA worksheet in Marter can be used to assess the need for additional lines beyond the D1 to D4 time frame.

4. Strategic ManagementSession 194 Did you know? No companies have reserved a board of director's presentation time slot. Reservations of time slots (within your world's times) is on a first-come-first- served basis. StrategyElements submissions were only received from the following companies: w1 companies: 1, 2, 5 w2 companies: 1, 2, 3 w3 companies: 4, 5, 6 Teams scores through the StrategyElements task are posted for those team authorizing the posting.