Week 1 Task: Creating a Business Development Strategy for the East Region:

The goal of this task is to develop a comprehensive business development strategy for an imaginary company targeting the East Region. Your strategy should consider market trends, competitor analysis, and potential opportunities in the region. The strategy should include: 1) Market Analysis: Identify and analyze the target market, its size, and growth trends. 2) Competitor Analysis: Analyze major competitors, their strengths, weaknesses, and strategies. 3) Opportunities: Identify potential opportunities based on your market and competitor analysis. 4) Strategy: Develop a detailed strategy to capitalize on the identified opportunities. The strategy should include proposed products/services, pricing, promotion, and distribution strategies. Deliverables: A DOC file containing the comprehensive business development strategy. Evaluation Criteria: The strategy's comprehensiveness, feasibility, understanding of market dynamics, and creativity.

Week 2 Task: Pitching the Business Development Strategy to Stakeholders:

This task aims to prepare you for pitching your business development strategy created in Week 1 to stakeholders. You will need to prepare a convincing pitch that captures the key points of your strategy. The pitch should include: 1) Overview: A brief overview of the strategy. 2) Key Points: Detailed explanation of the key points of the strategy. 3) Benefits: Explanation of the benefits and potential returns from implementing the strategy. 4) Conclusion: A closing statement summarizing the pitch. Deliverables: A DOC file containing the full text of your pitch. Evaluation Criteria: The pitch's clarity, persuasiveness, understanding of the strategy, and presentation skills.

Week 3 Task: Implementing the Business Development Strategy:

The aim of this task is to develop a detailed implementation plan for the business development strategy created in Week 1. The plan should include: 1) Action Plan: Detailed steps to be taken to implement the strategy. 2) Timeline: A proposed timeline for the implementation. 3) Resources: Identification and allocation of necessary resources. 4) Risk Management: Identification of potential risks and mitigation strategies. Deliverables: A DOC file containing the comprehensive implementation plan. Evaluation Criteria: The plan's comprehensiveness, feasibility, understanding of strategy, and risk management.

Week 4 Task: Monitoring and Evaluating the Business Development Strategy:

This task is intended to prepare you for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of a business development strategy. You should develop a monitoring and evaluation plan that includes: 1) Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Identify KPIs to track the strategy's progress and effectiveness. 2) Monitoring Plan: Develop a plan to regularly monitor these KPIs. 3) Evaluation Plan: Propose how to evaluate the strategy's effectiveness based on the KPIs. 4) Review and Adjustment: Suggest how to review and adjust the strategy based on the evaluation. Deliverables: A DOC file containing the monitoring and evaluation plan. Evaluation Criteria: The plan's comprehensiveness, feasibility, understanding of strategy, and use of KPIs.

Week 5 Task: Reflecting on the Business Development Strategy:

The goal of this task is to reflect on the business development strategy and the process of creating, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating it. Reflect on: 1) Lessons Learned: Identify key lessons learned throughout the process. 2) Challenges: Discuss the challenges faced and how you overcame them. 3) Improvements: Suggest improvements to the strategy and its implementation. 4) Personal Growth: Reflect on your personal growth and skills developed during this process. Deliverables: A DOC file containing the reflection. Evaluation Criteria: The depth of reflection, understanding of the strategy, and personal growth insights.