Part I. – Applying the Fruit Guys Business Strategy

Watch the video titled “Fruit Guys ─ Strategy,”* also located in the Learn section of Week 3 of your Blackboard course. Identify two or three (2-3) businesses that could use the five (5) questions the Fruit Guys used to determine effectiveness. Provide a rationale for your answer. Reply to at least one (1) of your classmate’s posts.

Part II. – Considering the Impact of Competition on HRM Within a Real Business

Pick an organization that you are familiar with and do a competitive environmental scan for it. Then answer and discuss the following questions:

• How does the competitive environment for the company affect the organization’s HR function?
• Which strategy would be best suited to address the effects discussed?