Boston Consulting Group: Analysis
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Directions: There are two parts; valued equally
Part One: BCG - State of the World - There's hope on the horizon, but a coordinated, whole-society response to the pandemic is needed now more than ever.
1) Read - Edition 20: State of the World (December 2020):
2) Page 30 lists and links “Additional perspectives on COVID-19.” Select one between # 1- 13 to review. These are all about 30-40 pages.
3) Summarize in two (2) pages the report of your choice (topics 1-13); be sure to include the title and number of the report you selected to review.
- Highlighting the main aspects of the report. The primary focus is on highlighting the overall theme, key findings, what are the drivers, what are the trends, outlooks, and recommendations to business leaders and/or organizations.
- Provide 1-2 two (2) intext citations (short direct intext citations or paraphrased intext citation) from the report (see APA guidance).
- As you have practiced with completing Assignment 1 Annotated Bibliographies, paraphrase and include the most critical and compelling aspects of what you are reading. Do not cut and copy or rely on long citations to do the work. You must interpret and re-phrase the key points.
- Format: Two pages suggested limit, okay to go slightly over; 1-inch margins; standard fonts such as Times New Roman, Calibri, Arial, etc.); may be single or double spaced – writers discretion.
- Reference the report at the top of page 1 and be sure it is APA style. Also provide the hyperlink to the report on the BCG page so I may access this quickly.
- Grading this section will primarily focus on content inclusion and interpretation, with secondary factors of writing style clarity and formatting.
For more on APA intext citations review the APA style guide page:
Part Two: COVID-19 and the New Leadership Agenda
Now more than ever, business and government have a crucial role to play in protecting people’s health, bolstering the economy, and developing both practical solutions and game-changing innovations.
1) Access the website to short articles specific to COVID-19 and the New Leadership Agenda:
https://www.bcg.com/featured-insights/coronavirus#further
2) Find three (3) short articles of your choosing (based on your interest) to provide a short review.
A sample of short article titles you will find:
• Fashion’s Big Reset
• What 12,000 Employees Have to Say About the Future of Remote Work • Designing Resilience into Global Supply Chains
• How to Price—and Sell—in a Pandemic
• How Marketers Can Win with Gen Z and Millennials Post-COVID-19
• The Global Economy Is Recovering Faster Than Expected
You may also explore and select articles from this collection:
https://www.bcg.com/featured-insights/how-to/advanced-business-insights-collection
It is imperative that you do make sure the articles you are covering center on Current Issues in International Business. Be sure you keep this as your theme.
3) Summarize each of the three (3) short articles you selected
- The primary focus is on highlighting the overall messaging and direction proposed. The length for each is approximately 2 paragraphs.
- As you have practiced with completing Assignment 1 Annotated Bibliographies, Paraphrase and include the most critical and compelling aspects of what you are reading. Do not cut and copy or rely on long citations to do the work. You must interpret and re-phrase the key points. Use your course vocabulary.
- No intext citations necessary, yet if you paraphrase closely (see APA guidance), provide an intext citation.
- Format: Reference the article in APA referencing format at the top of each article review and be sure it is APA style; add the hyperlink to the article so I may access this quickly; 1-inch margins; standard fonts such as Times New Roman, Calibri, Arial, etc.); may be single or double spaced – writers discretion. No final APA reference page necessary.
- Grading this section will primarily focus on content inclusion and interpretation, with secondary factors of writing style clarity and formatting.
When submitting, submit all work (PART 1 & PART 2) as one Word Document. No other attachments
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Assignment 3: Boston Consulting Group
Part One: BCG-State of the World
Corona Virus pandemic has necessitated several measures aimed at protecting populations and averting the further spread of the disease. As different jurisdictions institute specific measures to protect their citizen, recent reports by the Boston Consulting Group indicate that a more concerted effort is required to win the war against COVID-19. In the COVID -19 BCG Perspectives: State of the World (December 2020) report, several aspects of the fight against the disease are discussed. One of the interesting reports is version #18, which focuses on the Future of Cities (October 2020). COVID-19 has resulted in what is now being referred to as the 'New Normal,' which demands that people act in specific predetermined ways to avoid contracting the disease. It is at the backdrop of these developments that the report on the Future of Cities looks at the social and economic factors that are expected to shape the development of cities and urban areas heading into the future.
The report is critical to comment on some of the expected changes influenced by the outbreak of COVID-19. Accordingly, the report emphasizes the outbreak of the virus as a societal crisis that continues to have lasting impacts on urban cities. Though the report's rationale is critical about the change of the cities, it reflects the virus's challenge as community issues affecting society (BCG Group, 2020). Some of the report's main points also focus on the need for unity among community members, reflecting on the already present changes. Additionally, different sections of the report question the nature of community unity, pointing out a rising need to fight the virus while protecting the community.
Health is a critical theme addressed in the report revealing that there are expected changes to influence and shape people’s lives. These issues are also central to affect the performance of individuals and groups at the community level (BCG Group, 2020). Several aspects of the report also try to review the mid-term implication of the current situation while focusing on its long-term implications. However, the report does not provide any lasting solution to the current problem, and it tries to project possible solutions. Some of the proposals for this section include long-term investment options aiming to secure the healthcare system while boosting service delivery (BCG Group, 2020). These alternatives seem to communicate the element of saving the community while improving the quality of life.
Business leaders face challenges to restore normalcy in the corporate world, as pointed in the report. The different challenges presented by COVID-19 reveal the threat in the real world affecting some major development industries. The various business sectors bear the responsibility to navigate through the current crisis. Accordingly, the different progressions' interplay requires some of the key players to focus on changing the different industrial sectors. Notably, the report has a significant emphasis on the main objectives directed towards changing industrial sectors (BCG Group, 2020). Leaders bear the primary responsibility to ensure that they review the current condition affecting some major industries building the economy. In light of these developments, the report is critical to delivering answers to some of the highlighted challenges.
The significant scope covered in the report is centered on some of the transformations expected in some of the main urban cities. Additionally, the report covers a wide area dealing with the healthcare systems, especially for the countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (BCG Group, 2020). Caution is a critical message communicated across the report's platform, which is significant to creating awareness to the general community. The report criticizes Government policies which are the driving factors for every economy.
Part 2 Covid-19 and the New Leadership Agenda
Brimmer, A., Chin, V., Gjaja, M., Hutchinson, R., Kahn, D., Kronfellner, B., & Siegel, P. (2021). It’s Not Too Late to Crush and Contain the Coronavirus. BCG Global. Retrieved 9 April 2021, from /publications/2020/why-its-not-too-late-to-contain-the-virus
Article 1 is critical to comment on the current international business issues, which forms the center to understan...