Research

Throughout this course, you will work in a CLC group on a strategic case analysis project. This project consists of different parts you will complete each week that build on each other.
Go to the Strategy Club website and review the sample “Strategic Plan for Sanderson Farms” (2020) and “Juniper Networks” (2020) under the student resources section. This sample strategic plan is an example of what your completed strategic case analysis should look like at the end of the course.

Follow the directions and steps listed below to complete the assignment deliverable. These steps are provided to assist you in delivering appropriately complete work.

Part I: Financial Ratio Analysis
Perform a Financial Ratio Analysis on your CLC groups company (Chick-Fil-A). Complete the following:

• Step 1: Using the resources listed in Table 4-8 in Chapter 4 of Strategic Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach, Concepts, and Cases research and find as many financial ratios as possible for your CLC groups company. Be sure to record your sources.
• Step 2: Open your Strategic-Planning Template. Click on the Ratios tab at the bottom of the template.
• Step 3: Use the pertinent data on your company to complete the Historical Ratios Table in your Strategic-Planning Template.
• Step 4: Prepare a report (500 words) detailing the information you have researched as well as discussing the implications of what the findings mean regarding strategy creation.

Only complete STEP 4.