Part A: Execution of Strategy at Mozilla

1. How would you describe Mozilla's cultural and organizational DNA? What, specifically, about the way Mozilla enacts strategy and executes its business plan provides it with such depth?
2. What do you think are the lessons from Mozilla for other knowledge-based organizations, especially in terms of strategy execution and the involvement of people throughout the organization?
3. In what ways is Mozilla more effective at executing strategy than Google.org (case from Week 1)? Why are they more effective?
4. What are the critical challenges that Debbie Cohen faces as chief of people at Mozilla, specifically in terms of strategy execution and alignment? What should she do to meet these challenges, and why?

General Guidance: Your original discussion post for Part A should be ½ single-spaced page (cut and paste into the Discussion area), excluding references. Refer to the Week 8 Discussion 1 rubric for grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use the rubric to assess your work.

Part B: Getting Everyone to Participate in Strategic Thinking and Execution

Then, based both on the Mozilla case study and your general thoughts from this course, everyone must respond to this question:

1. Explain how the knowledge and effective practice of cross-functional strategic thinking can help individual stakeholders (people at all levels of the organization and others outside the organization) participate more fully in organizational efforts to improve long-term performance and overall stakeholder engagement.

General Guidance: Your original discussion post for Part B should be ½ single-spaced page (cut and paste into the Discussion area), excluding references. Refer to the Week 8 Discussion 1 rubric for grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use the rubric to assess your work.