Reflections for Course Application Activity Context This discussion measures your progress in mastering the following course objectives: • Identify and analyze complex management problems • Diagnose the conditions of an organization • Perceive environmental trends • Identify an appropriate strategy • Describe specific company skills • Identify and analyze potential strategic alternatives • Make an appropriate strategic recommendation • Analyze the political, technological and social environment of an organization • Implement a strategic plan Activity Instruction – Due: NLT 11:59 PM EST, Monday, September 7, 2015 This discussion provides you an opportunity to reflect on your course experience and to look ahead at the path in front of you.  Complete the following tasks: • Review Sections II and III in the Course Syllabus with particular emphasis on the Course Objectives listed in Sections II AND section III. Sections II Course Description: Businesses and other organizations compete in a multifaceted and increasingly international environment of social, political, economic and legal entities and forces. MBA-700 Strategic Management is concerned with developing in the student the "general management point of view".  This means focusing the student on the job of the general manager in formulating and implementing short and long-run corporate strategy in a global marketplace, and in seeing the  cross functional impact of  any  situation, problem, proposal or decision and the key short and long-term implications for the  total  enterprise facing increased global competition. This course applies tools and skills learned in other required courses to define, analyze and resolve complex strategic problems faced by general managers in the global marketplace.  It develops students’ cross-functional perspective, considering the total enterprise in making and implementing both short and long-term decisions about organizational mission and values, objectives, markets, approaches to competition, and organizational culture, structures and systems.  This course prepares students to think and act strategically in the face of increasing global competition from Europe, Japan, the Pacific Rim, China, South America, Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The overall objective of Global Strategy is  immediate  on-the-job usefulness.  Few of you will be general managers on graduation.  All  of you will work for general managers (or your managers will).  If you understand the general management viewpoint, you can see instructions flowing downward in your manager's perspective.  Similarly, you can demonstrate comprehensive understanding in your own work and suggestions for improvement.  section  III Course Objectives: Using cases drawn from actual business situations, by the end of the semester the student will be able to: 1. Identify and analyze  complex top management problems in both the classroom cases and the current events of today's business world; 2. Diagnos.

1. Reflections for Course Application
Activity Context
This discussion measures your progress in mastering the
following course objectives:
• Identify and analyze complex management problems
• Diagnose the conditions of an organization
• Perceive environmental trends
• Identify an appropriate strategy
• Describe specific company skills
• Identify and analyze potential strategic alternatives
• Make an appropriate strategic recommendation
• Analyze the political, technological and social environment of
an organization
• Implement a strategic plan
Activity Instruction – Due: NLT 11:59 PM EST, Monday,
September 7, 2015
This discussion provides you an opportunity to reflect on your
course experience and to look ahead at the path in front of you.
Complete the following tasks:
• Review Sections II and III in the Course Syllabus with
particular emphasis on the Course Objectives listed in Sections
II AND section III.
Sections II
Course Description:
Businesses and other organizations compete in a multifaceted
and increasingly international environment of social, political,
economic and legal entities and forces. MBA-700 Strategic
Management is concerned with developing in the student the
"general management point of view". This means focusing the
student on the job of the general manager in formulating and
implementing short and long-run corporate strategy in a global
marketplace, and in seeing the
cross functional

2. impact of
any
situation, problem, proposal or decision and the key short and
long-term implications for the
total
enterprise facing increased global competition.
This course applies tools and skills learned in other required
courses to define, analyze and resolve complex strategic
problems faced by general managers in the global marketplace.
It develops students’ cross-functional perspective, considering
the total enterprise in making and implementing both short and
long-term decisions about organizational mission and values,
objectives, markets, approaches to competition, and
organizational culture, structures and systems. This course
prepares students to think and act strategically in the face of
increasing global competition from Europe, Japan, the Pacific
Rim, China, South America, Canada, Mexico, and the United
States.
The overall objective of Global Strategy is
immediate
on-the-job usefulness. Few of you will be general managers on
graduation.
All
of you will work for general managers (or your managers
will). If you understand the general management viewpoint,
you can see instructions flowing downward in your manager's
perspective. Similarly, you can demonstrate comprehensive
understanding in your own work and suggestions for
improvement.
section
III
Course Objectives:
Using cases drawn from actual business situations, by the end of
the semester the student will be able to:

3. 1.
Identify and analyze
complex top management problems in both the classroom cases
and the current events of today's business world;
2.
Diagnose
the overall condition of an organization, with emphasis on its
financial situation;
3.
Perceive and analyze evolving
environmental trends
, with an emphasis on seeking new opportunities for the
organization, and perceiving new threats against it;
4.
Identify a strategy
and its components. This refers to the strategy of an enterprise
over time and involves examining the role of the general
manager in the strategic process;
5.
Describe those
specific company skills
that give the organization advantages over the competition and
weaknesses, which hamper its competitive position;
6.
Identify and analyze potential strategic
alternatives
;
7.
Make strategic decisions
in an
atmosphere of uncertainty and risk
and
justifying these decisions
by means of highly focused, substantive analysis;
8.
Analyze the

4. changing political, technological and social environment
as it impacts on the strategic process. This includes
recognition of and respect for individual and group values.
Awareness of ethical issues and the international environment
are stressed; and
9.
Develop detailed policies and plans, and implement
these plans accurately and precisely, and then
communicate these plans both orally and in writing
. Effective managers must have the capacity to work with and
through other people; accurate and precise communications are
the under-pinning of this capability.
•
Create a post of between 300-500 words in which you explain
how you currently intend to apply the Course Objectives in your
future career plans. Consider the following points in your post:
•
Goals:
What are your personal and professional goals in pursuing an
MBA?
•
Learning Plan:
What is your area of concentration for your MBA, and why did
you choose that area?
(
concentration:
social media marketing)
•
Time of Coursework:
Did you work on your MBA full-time or part-time, and why?
(
F
ull-time
)
•

5. Type of Coursework:
How did the course assignments help you in making your future
career plans?
• Reassess your learning style, writing skills and study skills to
understand your current competency in the course objectives
and to identify ways you have improved. You may want to
reference the various assignments from the course to help
evaluate your improved skills.
• Describe your greatest personal, professional, and academic
challenges in completing your MBA.
• Describe additional strategies you will use to overcome the
challenges you identified, in order to succeed in your future
career plans. Identify resources that can help support your
success.
As you work to answer these questions, be sure to:
• Include APA citations as needed when using outside evidence.
• Post early in the week so that others can respond to your ideas