-And stay within the memo form of business writing Learning Outcome:  Identify the appropriate research design methods and techniques to address the business problem. Building off of the Presenting the Problem and Annotated Bibliography assignments in week 2, you will work to provide more details about your project making sure there is alignment with your research question. This assignment is meant to serve as a touch point to ensure your project is moving in the right direction, so intervention can be taken if needed. Staying with the memo form of business writing (use theParts of a Memo guide to help you with writing and formatting), you will address these areas within your paper:  • What roadblocks stand in your way to obtain the data needed, and where will you get the appropriate data to test your research question? • What statistical test will you use to test your hypothesis with a solid defense/justification of why that is the most appropriate test. Note: Depending on your project, you may need to use a different test than what has been covered in the course.

The company that you are working for is considering buying another smaller firm. However, there is some business analysis needed for your company to make its final decision about purchasing. You will be working on creating the Business Strategy and Management Plan.Create a document in Word and keep in mind that the final Business Strategy and Management Plan template should contain the following elements:Title pageCourse number and nameProject nameYour nameDateTable of contentsAuto-generatedUp-to-dateMaximum of 3 levels deepSection headingsAs a preview, each section will contain the following subsections:Qualitative Evaluation of the Industry’s Strategic Position (Week 1 IP)Choose an aspect of the information technology (IT) industry. Use Porter’s five forces to make a qualitative evaluation of the industry’s strategic position. Be sure to explain each of the five forces as well as explain how they relate to your chosen industry.Remember to include the following elements (Porter’s five forces):Threat of new entrants: Are new entrants being attracted to the market, and are there barriers to entry in the industry?Threat of substitute products or services: Are there other products that could be alternatives to offerings in the chosen industry?Bargaining power of customers: What degree of bargaining power do the buyers have in terms of putting the industry under pressure to provide more products or less cost?Bargaining power of suppliers: What is the importance of raw materials, components, labor, and services that are required for the industry, and are there substitutes for those inputs? Discuss the possibility of switching suppliers, if necessary.Intensity of competitive rivalry: Does the industry have a sustainable competitive advantage?Strategic Information Systems Assessment (Week 2 IP)Analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for the case study organization that are related to its present information systems environment.Assess the forces that are presently governing competition for the case study organization.Using Wiseman’s framework of strategy development, define the strategic thrusts (and related advantages) that the case study organization should use to build a business case for implementing an information systems management plan.For Week 1 IP section, use the attached Unit 1 DB 2 file for reference, must be 4-5 pages. For Week 2 IP section, must be 4-5 pages. APA Format for everything.