Tesla Inc.

by | Jul 25, 2020 | business

  1. On Strategy Implementation – Performance Excellence
    We discussed at length the idea of Six Sigma as a way to create synergy across the organization, to
    increase the probability of mission buy-in as well as the effective alignment of resources, and, most
    fundamentally, the production of near perfect output of product and service. Discuss the following in
    detail:
    a. What is one strength and weakness of this widely subscribed philosophy?
    b. Lastly, pertaining to your CEO company, identify the ONE burning issue that is a prime candidate
    for continuous improvement – that one thing holding the firm back from implementing good strategy
    (remember good strategy clearly defines the obstacles from which we must overcome – bad strategy
    does not)
  2. On Strategic Intent and Strategy Implementation
    a. First, identify your CEO company’s strategic intent, that is, the ambitious stretch targets that go
    beyond corporate vision propelling the firm to win. Pull from the readings to support your response
    b. Second, identify and discuss the important components of your strategy’s implementation – mainly
    the who, what, how:
    i. Who are the central players/managers who will carry out your strategic recommendations?
    ii. What must be done – describe the program that is (or needs to be) in place to carry out your
    strategic recommendations?
    iii. How will everyone work together – what organizational structure will work best and why?
  3. On Evaluation and Control
    Referring to the Balanced Scorecard’s key measurement concepts, illustrate and discuss the following:
    a. Using the traditional model from Kaplan and Norton customize your team company’s BSC model
    by identifying and completing ONE objective you will ‘measure’ for each scorecard component.
    Discuss in detail.
    b. Additionally, provide a basic, yet customized, illustrative model of your BSC to complement your
    response.
  4. On the Journey –
    a. And, lastly, why does strategy matter? Be specific and brilliant.
    i. Consider including the key ‘take-aways’ from the course from the readings, lectures,
    discussions, team work, etc.
    1

Sample Solution

Sample solution

Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.


This question has been answered

God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies, 4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

This question has been answered.

Get Answer