Discussion Post #1: What are the challenges faced by any company when competing

Discussion Post #1:
What are the challenges faced by any company when competing globally?
Discussion Post #2:
Based on the book end of competitive advantage, what does transient advantage means for you, personally?
Week 1 Assignments (September 4-10)
#1 Discussion Board Topic, Facing Conflicts
Reading from Harvard Business: Read Don’t Avoid Conflicts Manage Them from the Harvard Business Publishing course pack. The link to the course pack is included in the course syllabus. This reading will be essential to responding to your initial discussion board topic post this week.
Few (if any) of us relish the possibility of addressing a pending conflict. The first assigned reading. Don’t Avoid Conflict – Manage Them, claims that avoiding conflict usually means these unmet needs will get in the way of what needs to be done and direct energy away from tasks. Review the five tips on page 4. Relate one of the tips to an actual workplace experience and tell your classmates how a conflict was effectively addressed.
Week 1 Assignments (September 11-17)
#2 Discussion Board Post: Bringing Out the Best Through Conflict
Reading from Harvard Business: This week’s required reading is Note on Conflict Management from the Harvard Business Publishing course pack.
The author suggests that the topic of conflict management is slippery because people cannot be easily directed and controlled, so theories on effective processes are constantly evolving. Based on Note on Conflict Management, the concept of differentiation is critical to gaining knowledge about your organization’s true strengths and weaknesses. Select one of the four links on page 8 (culture, authority, customer satisfaction, and management control) and suggest improvements that can be made to your workplace (prior or current). Support your ideas with documentation from the article.