

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT
3500 words
Students are required to carry out a comprehensive Case Study Analysis with reference to the assessment rubric on page 6 of the Subject Learning Guide.
Students should not limit themselves to the source links on this page, and must include the number references stated in on page 6 of the Subject Learning Guide within the assessment item rubric.
The item should have a report structure and follow the rubric on page 6 of the Subject Learning Guide.
Topic:
This case study investigates the growing world commercial drone industry and competition. Students are required to provide an analysis of this world industry.
PART 1-2000 words
PART 2-1500 WORDS
The report must provide a table of numeric data showing the cost advantages of using drones to transport goods domestically and worldwide. Students should consider aerial drones, shipping drones and ground based vehicular drones and the trend for companies to replace human intelligence with autonomous vehicles. This should be done with careful reference .
sources
https://www.wired.com/2014/09/military-grade-drone-can-printed-anywhere/
http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/technology-driving-innovation/drones/
http://www.expouav.com/news/latest/commercial-drone-industry-2017-q1/
http://fortune.com/tag/drone-industry/
https://www.livescience.com/52701-future-of-drones-uncertain-but-promising.html
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/26/amazon-drones-delivery-beehive-patent
http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/23/technology/amazon-drone-beehives/index.html
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/amazon-prime-air-delivery-drones-history-progress/
http://fortune.com/2017/05/31/amazon-drone-deliveries-patent/
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/31/15717432/amazon-patent-drone-parachute-label-prime-air-delivery
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/amazon-is-dead-serious-about-delivering-your-goodies-by-drone/
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/drones-they-ll-change-the-way-we-live
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