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Week Five Reflection Paper 
Overview:
After reviewing this week’s materials, write and submit a Reflection Paper, on the following quote, and how it relates to Starbucks’ success. In your paper, take a position on how the quote either relates or does not relate to Starbucks. Your paper should be based on your new, and previous, knowledge and experience; incorporating, where applicable, the Conceptual Inventory terms we’ve explored to date 

The quote for this week is: 
“The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.” 
― John Christopher, When the Tripods Came 

Criteria: 
You can agree or disagree, but I expect you to support/defend your position based on your personal experiences, prior learning, and new found knowledge; especially from classes such as organizational behavior, management, and marketing. The paper should also actively demonstrate concepts you’ve learned from this course thus far. 
This paper should be 3-5 pages long, double-spaced, and in APA format. 

Readings/Resources: 

Conceptual Inventory: 
These are the terms to address in this week’s activities: 
-Strategic Alliances 
-Strategic Partnerships 
-Merger 
-Acquisition 
-Vertical Integration 
-Outsourcing 

View:
Watch the following videos for an overview of this week’s topics: 
Davidson, G., & Wachtell, E. (Producers), & . (1993). Episode: 103; part: 03 - taking the lead - setting the stage: Planning process, the. [Video/DVD] Pasadena: INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications. 

CUW: https://search-proquest-com.cuw.ezproxy.switchinc.org/docview/1438891284/video/715C48EDD1484B40PQ/1?accountid=10249 

Read: 
Read/review Chapter 9 of the following ebook: Mastering Strategic Management: http://open.lib.umn.edu/strategicmanagement/