You will submit the last portion of your draft business development plan for Fastenal, covering the specific opportunity assessment along with the trends and discussion on sustainability. This plan will be based on the results of Milestones One and Two (I’ve attached these two papers) in that it will consider that past forces of market change and the current capabilities and limitations of the company. This plan will align the companys efforts to exploiting intrapreneurial opportunities as well as entrepreneurial opportunities, depending on the companys capabilities. The plan should reflect consideration of potential future impacts on these plans such as changes in the economy, market position, technology innovation, or sociopolitical factors.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
A. Entrepreneurial Opportunities: Develop a list of entrepreneurial opportunities outside the confines of Fastenal. Each opportunity in your list should have supporting rationale based on your market domain evaluation and PEST analysis (attached PEST analysis).
B. Entrepreneurial Assessment: Select one entrepreneurial opportunity from your list to assess. How viable is the opportunity? Your response should be
supported with evidence from your market domain evaluation and PEST analysis.
C. Trends: Evaluate key trends affecting the global business environment of your selected market domain. These could be geographic, political, or societal
trends, or they could be trends specific to your market domain.
D. Impact on Opportunities: Determine how these trends will impact the development of your selected intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial opportunities.
E. Impact on Sustainability: Determine how these trends will affect the sustainability of your selected company. Which trends could be used to improve
sustainable business operations?
All applicants go through a series of tests that check their level of English and knowledge of formatting styles. The applicant is also required to present a sample of writing to the Evaluation Department. If you wish to find out more about the procedure, check out the whole process.