MBA 599 – Strategic Management Case Project
This capstone course requires each student to construct a detailed and well-thought-out analysis of a
business employing all the relevant strategic analysis tools studied in the course. This project will take the
full term to complete. It is our sincere hope that you will find this project to be the most rewarding effort in
your educational career.
Project Overview
This course is designed to help you develop strategic skills that can be used in management. The
process of strategic planning is an iterative cycle of research and analysis, ending with a series of choices
about what will be attempted and how it will be approached. The most tangible output is the strategic
planning document. The most important output is the increased understanding that the participants
acquire. Accordingly, the assessment of the final project will be heavily dependent on the quality of the
strategic thinking inside that polished report. Students that focus on the expeditious completion of the
steps may find that they have shortchanged the important and time-consuming exploration and thinking
that is necessary to create a quality strategic case. Since not all tools can tell the planner which factors
and alternatives are important to consider, the planner should pull in as much diverse information and
perspectives as possible. Additionally, you should put yourselves in the competitor’s shoes and consider
how the “game” will play out. Your homework and subsequent improvements are intended to become a
primary basis for the exploration and questioning that drives your strategic understanding and creative
ideas. In addition, it is important to test your strategic thinking and your use of analytical tools in
preparation for your final project.
Tips for Selecting an Organization
As you select an organization for your class project, it is important that you select one that is interesting,
possibly useful to you in your career, industry, or interests, and allows you to explore strategic challenges
in a meaningful way. If you select the industry in which you currently work, you must address two critical
issues: (1) integrating and clearly citing existing information. (You will need to delineate work you’ve
contributed as opposed to pre-existing information), and (2) succinctly presenting existing information
while adding new insight, analysis, and plans that substantially add to strategy development,
implementation, and/or assessment of the organization. An organization or industry you are interested in
should give you better access to information although you need to pay careful attention to the points
made above.
Do not underestimate the degree to which you will need to be an expert in the selected industry and
related areas. It is impossible to create a strategy without understanding the terms, technologies, market
changes, and so forth in great depth. A.
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Unit 1: Module 1 - Overview of LASAs
Overview of LASAs
The strategy audit is a comprehensive analysis of the company’s business strategy and operating performance, and culminates in a series of recommendations for improving your company’s performance based on the findings and conclusions of your analysis. It involves assessing the actual direction of a business and comparing that course to the direction required to succeed in a changing environment. A company's actual direction is the sum of what it does and does not do, how well the organization is internally aligned to support the strategy, and how viable the strategy is when compared to external market, competitor, and financial realities. These two categories—the internal assessment and the external or environmental assessment—make up the major elements of a strategy audit.
Throughout this capstone course, you will work on a strategy audit for a selected organization. This will provide a summative learning experience that allows you to demonstrate your understanding of most of the MBA program learning outcomes and concepts in the various courses within the program. You will write this report as though you are a consultant to your selected company and are addressing the executive officers of this company. In each module, you will collect and analyze data in producing your report, but your final product will be condensed and focus on presenting your analysis findings and conclusions. You will submit two parts of a course project related to the strategy audit. You will submit these two parts in Modules 3 and 5.
Here is a list of tasks you will complete for your course project.
M1: Assignment 3—Market Position Analysis: You will assess the product portfolio of your selected organization by analyzing its value proposition, market position, and competitive advantage. You will identify the business unit of your company and the product(s) and service(s) you will focus on in this report. To gain a better understanding of these factors you will conduct at least one interview with a mid-level or senior manager.
M2: Assignment 2—External Environmental Scan: You will conduct a comprehensive external environment scan of your business unit along with a five forces analysis. Your analysis will incorporate any key customer-related factors and trends. You will use this information for a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis in Module 4.
M3: Assignment 2—LASA 1: Preliminary Strategy Audit: This is where you submit the first part of your course project assignment. You will develop a preliminary strategy audit, in which you will include an analysis of the company’s value proposition, market position, competitive advantage, and an external environmental scan/five forces analysis. You will also identify the 5–7 most important strategic issues facing the organization or business unit and include a preliminary set of recommended tactics for improving your company’s strategic align ...
Unit 1 Module 1 - Overview of LASAsOverview of LASAsT.docxwillcoxjanay
Unit 1: Module 1 - Overview of LASAs
Overview of LASAs
The strategy audit is a comprehensive analysis of the company’s business strategy and operating performance, and culminates in a series of recommendations for improving your company’s performance based on the findings and conclusions of your analysis. It involves assessing the actual direction of a business and comparing that course to the direction required to succeed in a changing environment. A company's actual direction is the sum of what it does and does not do, how well the organization is internally aligned to support the strategy, and how viable the strategy is when compared to external market, competitor, and financial realities. These two categories—the internal assessment and the external or environmental assessment—make up the major elements of a strategy audit.
Throughout this capstone course, you will work on a strategy audit for a selected organization. This will provide a summative learning experience that allows you to demonstrate your understanding of most of the MBA program learning outcomes and concepts in the various courses within the program. You will write this report as though you are a consultant to your selected company and are addressing the executive officers of this company. In each module, you will collect and analyze data in producing your report, but your final product will be condensed and focus on presenting your analysis findings and conclusions. You will submit two parts of a course project related to the strategy audit. You will submit these two parts in Modules 3 and 5.
Here is a list of tasks you will complete for your course project.
M1: Assignment 3—Market Position Analysis: You will assess the product portfolio of your selected organization by analyzing its value proposition, market position, and competitive advantage. You will identify the business unit of your company and the product(s) and service(s) you will focus on in this report. To gain a better understanding of these factors you will conduct at least one interview with a mid-level or senior manager.
M2: Assignment 2—External Environmental Scan: You will conduct a comprehensive external environment scan of your business unit along with a five forces analysis. Your analysis will incorporate any key customer-related factors and trends. You will use this information for a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis in Module 4.
M3: Assignment 2—LASA 1: Preliminary Strategy Audit: This is where you submit the first part of your course project assignment. You will develop a preliminary strategy audit, in which you will include an analysis of the company’s value proposition, market position, competitive advantage, and an external environmental scan/five forces analysis. You will also identify the 5–7 most important strategic issues facing the organization or business unit and include a preliminary set of recommended tactics for improving your company’s strategic align ...
1 BUS B899F Assignment 1 Date due 28 November 2019.docxjeremylockett77
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BUS B899F Assignment 1
Date due: 28 November 2019 (Thursday) 5 December 2019
Weighting: 5% of the total marks for this course
Length: You are advised to write no more than 3,000 words for this assignment.
Important note:
a. As a mechanism to maintain academic integrity, students are required to
submit both hard and soft copies of their assignments as below:
i. Submission of soft copy
Students should upload the Originality Report, which is downloaded after
processing by the Turnitin, to the OLE of the course by 6:00 pm on the
submission due date. The Originality Report uploaded to the OLE should
be in pdf format, contains the content of the student’s assignment, the
results of an originality check with highlight of matching text. The user
guide of Turnitin is available on the OLE for reference.
Students should upload a soft copy of the assignment to the OLE of the
course by 5:00 pm on the submission due date. Files uploaded to the OLE
should be prepared in Microsoft Word. Please refer to the quick start
guide for submission of assignments to Turnitin.
ii. Submission of hard copy
Students should put a hard copy of the Turnitin Originality Report, in the
collection box on 8/F in Block A or 7/F in Block B by 6:00 pm on the
assignment due date.
iii. 10% of the marks awarded to the assignment will be deducted for each
day it is overdue until both hard and soft copies are submitted the soft
copy is submitted.
Students are allowed to upload their work in Turnitin once per
assignment. Please don’t upload the work to Turnitin in the last minutes
as it takes time to generate the Originality Report. Students must ensure
that the content of both the hard and soft copy are identical. In case of
discrepancies between the two copies, only the hard copies of your
assignment with the Turnitin Originality Report will be graded and
returned.
b. Please include a word count at the end of your assignment. Please note that
the tutor is given the discretion to deduct marks for exceeding the word limit
2
or to disregard the content after the word limit is reached.
3
Tasks: (100 marks)
Before you write this assignment, please consider some issues relating to
business ideas, including formulating a business idea; exploring and clarifying
the possible problems associated with the idea; and evaluating the idea.
This assignment should include business proposal sections 2-4 (see the appendix
for details):
1. Introduction, including the reader to your business idea and preview of
content of the proposal; (20 marks)
2. Company overview, including company profile/proposed organization, and
the mission, vision and goals of the business; (30 marks)
3. Proposed business, including purposes and values of the business, proposed
product/service, target customer, core competences for achieving the
business goals etc. (50 marks)
Points of Ad ...
Assignment 1 Models for Competitive DynamicsDue Week 2 and wort.docxfelicitytaft14745
Assignment 1: Models for Competitive Dynamics
Due Week 2 and worth 105 points
Competition has, since the 90s, led to wider gaps between industry leaders and laggards. There are more “winner-take-all” environments and greater churns among industry sector rivals. We have witnessed sharp increases in quality and quantity of IT (Information Technology) investments. We’ve seen striking competitive dynamics, particularly in sectors that spend the most on IT. Some of the competitive dynamics models include the Destroy Your Business (DYB) strategy, the Grow Your Business (GYB) strategy, the Information Systems (IS) and strategic advantage, and the social business strategy.
Write a four to five page paper in which you:
1. Compare and contrast the DYB and GYB strategies in terms of the ability to sustain a business in the marketplace over the long term, to be competitive against rivals, and profitability.
2. Examine the “cannibalization” strategy and determine if it is or is not a better strategy compared to the DYB strategy for growth, competitiveness, and market leadership. Provide two business examples.
3. Determine whether or not changes in business strategy should entail reassessment of IS. Provide three reasons to support your position.
4. Examine how firms can use social IT in alignment with organizational strategy and IS strategy. Consider collaborative capabilities; and what, how, and who should use social IT for a social business strategy.
5. Use at three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Demonstrate an understanding of the integration of enterprise systems with inter-organizational partners.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in enterprise architecture.
· Write clearly and concisely about enterprise architecture topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.
Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan Assignment
The ability to think strategically and make choices based on solid analysis and evaluation, in order to capitalize on achieving optimal results when applying limited resources of the firm, are at the core of this strategic initiative plan. Stra.
MBA 705 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Overview AbramMartino96
MBA 705 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
For the capstone assessment, you will create a business implementation plan and audiovisual presentation for the product, service, or idea you have been
developing throughout your MBA coursework. You will be assessed through two artifacts. The first will be a business implementation plan, detailing the concept
and proposed implementation for potential investors or senior managers. The second artifact will be an audiovisual presentation designed to pitch the concept
(including implementation) to the same audience.
To effectively respond to the demands of a rapidly evolving business environment, today’s business managers need to possess a solid grounding in the theory,
best practices, and approaches that drive internal decision-making as well as the various external factors that can impact business choices. Perhaps no function
encompasses as many of these critical skills as ushering a new business idea, product, or service from initial conception to implementation. Throughout your
MBA coursework, you have been working to develop a business concept (product, service, or idea), considering the different elements that impact decision
making and creating a business plan for moving the concept forward successfully. As the final step in your journey toward your Master of Business Administration
degree, your capstone will bring all that work to the doorstep of implementation through the creation of a business implementation plan and an audiovisual
presentation designed to present the idea to potential investors or senior managers. You will integrate the knowledge and skills you have developed in previous
coursework and over the duration of the term with the goal of having a “ready to launch” project that you can present to an employer or potential financial
backer moving forward.
The capstone project is composed of two components. The first is a business implementation plan detailing your concept and its proposed implementation for
potential investors or senior managers. This plan should show potential supporters that you have done your homework and assure them that you have covered
all the details necessary to ensure that their money and/or time will be well invested. The second component, an audiovisual presentation (such as a webcam
recording or PowerPoint presentation with audio), will allow you to design and practice your “pitch.” In it, you will briefly present the key features of your
concept (including implementation) with an eye toward convincing busy business executives and potential investors to support your idea. Because many MBA
programs end with the creation of a business plan, your ability to take the next step in planning for implementation will give you an important advantage both in
gaining support for your project and in showcasing your ability to think through all phases of a project.
Evaluation of Capstone
This capstone will be assessed somewhat ...
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Overview
For the capstone assessment, you will create a business implementation plan and audiovisual presentation for the product, service, or idea you have been
developing throughout your MBA coursework. You will be assessed through two artifacts. The first will be a business implementation plan, detailing the concept
and proposed implementation for potential investors or senior managers. The second artifact will be an audiovisual presentation designed to pitch the concept
(including implementation) to the same audience.
To effectively respond to the demands of a rapidly evolving business environment, today’s business managers need to possess a solid grounding in the theory,
best practices, and approaches that drive internal decision-making as well as the various external factors that can impact business choices. Perhaps no function
encompasses as many of these critical skills as ushering a new business idea, product, or service from initial conception to implementation. Throughout your
MBA coursework, you have been working to develop a business concept (product, service, or idea), considering the different elements that impact decision
making and creating a business plan for moving the concept forward successfully. As the final step in your journey toward your Master of Business Administration
degree, your capstone will bring all that work to the doorstep of implementation through the creation of a business implementation plan and an audiovisual
presentation designed to present the idea to potential investors or senior managers. You will integrate the knowledge and skills you have developed in previous
coursework and over the duration of the term with the goal of having a “ready to launch” project that you can present to an employer or potential financial
backer moving forward.
The capstone project is composed of two components. The first is a business implementation plan detailing your concept and its proposed implementation for
potential investors or senior managers. This plan should show potential supporters that you have done your homework and assure them that you have covered
all the details necessary to ensure that their money and/or time will be well invested. The second component, an audiovisual presentation (such as a webcam
recording or PowerPoint presentation with audio), will allow you to design and practice your “pitch.” In it, you will briefly present the key features of your
concept (including implementation) with an eye toward convincing busy business executives and potential investors to support your idea. Because many MBA
programs end with the creation of a business plan, your ability to take the next step in planning for implementation will give you an important advantage both in
gaining support for your project and in showcasing your ability to think through all phases of a project.
Evaluation of Capstone
This capstone will be assessed somewhat .
Unit 1 Module 1 - Overview of LASAsOverview of LASAsT.docxmarilucorr
Unit 1: Module 1 - Overview of LASAs
Overview of LASAs
The strategy audit is a comprehensive analysis of the company’s business strategy and operating performance, and culminates in a series of recommendations for improving your company’s performance based on the findings and conclusions of your analysis. It involves assessing the actual direction of a business and comparing that course to the direction required to succeed in a changing environment. A company's actual direction is the sum of what it does and does not do, how well the organization is internally aligned to support the strategy, and how viable the strategy is when compared to external market, competitor, and financial realities. These two categories—the internal assessment and the external or environmental assessment—make up the major elements of a strategy audit.
Throughout this capstone course, you will work on a strategy audit for a selected organization. This will provide a summative learning experience that allows you to demonstrate your understanding of most of the MBA program learning outcomes and concepts in the various courses within the program. You will write this report as though you are a consultant to your selected company and are addressing the executive officers of this company. In each module, you will collect and analyze data in producing your report, but your final product will be condensed and focus on presenting your analysis findings and conclusions. You will submit two parts of a course project related to the strategy audit. You will submit these two parts in Modules 3 and 5.
Here is a list of tasks you will complete for your course project.
M1: Assignment 3—Market Position Analysis: You will assess the product portfolio of your selected organization by analyzing its value proposition, market position, and competitive advantage. You will identify the business unit of your company and the product(s) and service(s) you will focus on in this report. To gain a better understanding of these factors you will conduct at least one interview with a mid-level or senior manager.
M2: Assignment 2—External Environmental Scan: You will conduct a comprehensive external environment scan of your business unit along with a five forces analysis. Your analysis will incorporate any key customer-related factors and trends. You will use this information for a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis in Module 4.
M3: Assignment 2—LASA 1: Preliminary Strategy Audit: This is where you submit the first part of your course project assignment. You will develop a preliminary strategy audit, in which you will include an analysis of the company’s value proposition, market position, competitive advantage, and an external environmental scan/five forces analysis. You will also identify the 5–7 most important strategic issues facing the organization or business unit and include a preliminary set of recommended tactics for improving your company’s strategic align ...
Unit 1 Module 1 - Overview of LASAsOverview of LASAsT.docxwillcoxjanay
Unit 1: Module 1 - Overview of LASAs
Overview of LASAs
The strategy audit is a comprehensive analysis of the company’s business strategy and operating performance, and culminates in a series of recommendations for improving your company’s performance based on the findings and conclusions of your analysis. It involves assessing the actual direction of a business and comparing that course to the direction required to succeed in a changing environment. A company's actual direction is the sum of what it does and does not do, how well the organization is internally aligned to support the strategy, and how viable the strategy is when compared to external market, competitor, and financial realities. These two categories—the internal assessment and the external or environmental assessment—make up the major elements of a strategy audit.
Throughout this capstone course, you will work on a strategy audit for a selected organization. This will provide a summative learning experience that allows you to demonstrate your understanding of most of the MBA program learning outcomes and concepts in the various courses within the program. You will write this report as though you are a consultant to your selected company and are addressing the executive officers of this company. In each module, you will collect and analyze data in producing your report, but your final product will be condensed and focus on presenting your analysis findings and conclusions. You will submit two parts of a course project related to the strategy audit. You will submit these two parts in Modules 3 and 5.
Here is a list of tasks you will complete for your course project.
M1: Assignment 3—Market Position Analysis: You will assess the product portfolio of your selected organization by analyzing its value proposition, market position, and competitive advantage. You will identify the business unit of your company and the product(s) and service(s) you will focus on in this report. To gain a better understanding of these factors you will conduct at least one interview with a mid-level or senior manager.
M2: Assignment 2—External Environmental Scan: You will conduct a comprehensive external environment scan of your business unit along with a five forces analysis. Your analysis will incorporate any key customer-related factors and trends. You will use this information for a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis in Module 4.
M3: Assignment 2—LASA 1: Preliminary Strategy Audit: This is where you submit the first part of your course project assignment. You will develop a preliminary strategy audit, in which you will include an analysis of the company’s value proposition, market position, competitive advantage, and an external environmental scan/five forces analysis. You will also identify the 5–7 most important strategic issues facing the organization or business unit and include a preliminary set of recommended tactics for improving your company’s strategic align ...
1 BUS B899F Assignment 1 Date due 28 November 2019.docxjeremylockett77
1
BUS B899F Assignment 1
Date due: 28 November 2019 (Thursday) 5 December 2019
Weighting: 5% of the total marks for this course
Length: You are advised to write no more than 3,000 words for this assignment.
Important note:
a. As a mechanism to maintain academic integrity, students are required to
submit both hard and soft copies of their assignments as below:
i. Submission of soft copy
Students should upload the Originality Report, which is downloaded after
processing by the Turnitin, to the OLE of the course by 6:00 pm on the
submission due date. The Originality Report uploaded to the OLE should
be in pdf format, contains the content of the student’s assignment, the
results of an originality check with highlight of matching text. The user
guide of Turnitin is available on the OLE for reference.
Students should upload a soft copy of the assignment to the OLE of the
course by 5:00 pm on the submission due date. Files uploaded to the OLE
should be prepared in Microsoft Word. Please refer to the quick start
guide for submission of assignments to Turnitin.
ii. Submission of hard copy
Students should put a hard copy of the Turnitin Originality Report, in the
collection box on 8/F in Block A or 7/F in Block B by 6:00 pm on the
assignment due date.
iii. 10% of the marks awarded to the assignment will be deducted for each
day it is overdue until both hard and soft copies are submitted the soft
copy is submitted.
Students are allowed to upload their work in Turnitin once per
assignment. Please don’t upload the work to Turnitin in the last minutes
as it takes time to generate the Originality Report. Students must ensure
that the content of both the hard and soft copy are identical. In case of
discrepancies between the two copies, only the hard copies of your
assignment with the Turnitin Originality Report will be graded and
returned.
b. Please include a word count at the end of your assignment. Please note that
the tutor is given the discretion to deduct marks for exceeding the word limit
2
or to disregard the content after the word limit is reached.
3
Tasks: (100 marks)
Before you write this assignment, please consider some issues relating to
business ideas, including formulating a business idea; exploring and clarifying
the possible problems associated with the idea; and evaluating the idea.
This assignment should include business proposal sections 2-4 (see the appendix
for details):
1. Introduction, including the reader to your business idea and preview of
content of the proposal; (20 marks)
2. Company overview, including company profile/proposed organization, and
the mission, vision and goals of the business; (30 marks)
3. Proposed business, including purposes and values of the business, proposed
product/service, target customer, core competences for achieving the
business goals etc. (50 marks)
Points of Ad ...
Assignment 1 Models for Competitive DynamicsDue Week 2 and wort.docxfelicitytaft14745
Assignment 1: Models for Competitive Dynamics
Due Week 2 and worth 105 points
Competition has, since the 90s, led to wider gaps between industry leaders and laggards. There are more “winner-take-all” environments and greater churns among industry sector rivals. We have witnessed sharp increases in quality and quantity of IT (Information Technology) investments. We’ve seen striking competitive dynamics, particularly in sectors that spend the most on IT. Some of the competitive dynamics models include the Destroy Your Business (DYB) strategy, the Grow Your Business (GYB) strategy, the Information Systems (IS) and strategic advantage, and the social business strategy.
Write a four to five page paper in which you:
1. Compare and contrast the DYB and GYB strategies in terms of the ability to sustain a business in the marketplace over the long term, to be competitive against rivals, and profitability.
2. Examine the “cannibalization” strategy and determine if it is or is not a better strategy compared to the DYB strategy for growth, competitiveness, and market leadership. Provide two business examples.
3. Determine whether or not changes in business strategy should entail reassessment of IS. Provide three reasons to support your position.
4. Examine how firms can use social IT in alignment with organizational strategy and IS strategy. Consider collaborative capabilities; and what, how, and who should use social IT for a social business strategy.
5. Use at three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Demonstrate an understanding of the integration of enterprise systems with inter-organizational partners.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in enterprise architecture.
· Write clearly and concisely about enterprise architecture topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.
Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan Assignment
The ability to think strategically and make choices based on solid analysis and evaluation, in order to capitalize on achieving optimal results when applying limited resources of the firm, are at the core of this strategic initiative plan. Stra.
MBA 705 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Overview AbramMartino96
MBA 705 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
For the capstone assessment, you will create a business implementation plan and audiovisual presentation for the product, service, or idea you have been
developing throughout your MBA coursework. You will be assessed through two artifacts. The first will be a business implementation plan, detailing the concept
and proposed implementation for potential investors or senior managers. The second artifact will be an audiovisual presentation designed to pitch the concept
(including implementation) to the same audience.
To effectively respond to the demands of a rapidly evolving business environment, today’s business managers need to possess a solid grounding in the theory,
best practices, and approaches that drive internal decision-making as well as the various external factors that can impact business choices. Perhaps no function
encompasses as many of these critical skills as ushering a new business idea, product, or service from initial conception to implementation. Throughout your
MBA coursework, you have been working to develop a business concept (product, service, or idea), considering the different elements that impact decision
making and creating a business plan for moving the concept forward successfully. As the final step in your journey toward your Master of Business Administration
degree, your capstone will bring all that work to the doorstep of implementation through the creation of a business implementation plan and an audiovisual
presentation designed to present the idea to potential investors or senior managers. You will integrate the knowledge and skills you have developed in previous
coursework and over the duration of the term with the goal of having a “ready to launch” project that you can present to an employer or potential financial
backer moving forward.
The capstone project is composed of two components. The first is a business implementation plan detailing your concept and its proposed implementation for
potential investors or senior managers. This plan should show potential supporters that you have done your homework and assure them that you have covered
all the details necessary to ensure that their money and/or time will be well invested. The second component, an audiovisual presentation (such as a webcam
recording or PowerPoint presentation with audio), will allow you to design and practice your “pitch.” In it, you will briefly present the key features of your
concept (including implementation) with an eye toward convincing busy business executives and potential investors to support your idea. Because many MBA
programs end with the creation of a business plan, your ability to take the next step in planning for implementation will give you an important advantage both in
gaining support for your project and in showcasing your ability to think through all phases of a project.
Evaluation of Capstone
This capstone will be assessed somewhat ...
Dear student, Warm Greetings of the Day!!! We are a qualified team of consultants and writers who provide support and assistance to students with their Assignments, Essays and Dissertation. If you are having difficulties writing your work, finding it stressful in completing your work or have no time to complete your work yourself, then look no further. We have assisted many students with their projects. Our aim is to help and support students when they need it the most. We oversee your work to be completed from start to end. We specialize in a number of subject areas including, Business, Accounting, Economic, Nursing, Health and Social Care, Criminology, Sociology, English, Law, IT, History, Religious Studies, Social Sciences, Biology, Physic, Chemistry, Psychology and many more. Our consultants are highly qualified in providing the highest quality of work to students. Each work will be unique and not copied like others. You can count on us as we are committed to assist you in producing work of the highest quality. Waiting for your quick response and want to start healthy long term relationship with you. Regards http://www.cheapassignmenthelp.com/ http://www.cheapassignmenthelp.co.uk/
MBA 705 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Overview .docxalfredacavx97
MBA 705 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
For the capstone assessment, you will create a business implementation plan and audiovisual presentation for the product, service, or idea you have been
developing throughout your MBA coursework. You will be assessed through two artifacts. The first will be a business implementation plan, detailing the concept
and proposed implementation for potential investors or senior managers. The second artifact will be an audiovisual presentation designed to pitch the concept
(including implementation) to the same audience.
To effectively respond to the demands of a rapidly evolving business environment, today’s business managers need to possess a solid grounding in the theory,
best practices, and approaches that drive internal decision-making as well as the various external factors that can impact business choices. Perhaps no function
encompasses as many of these critical skills as ushering a new business idea, product, or service from initial conception to implementation. Throughout your
MBA coursework, you have been working to develop a business concept (product, service, or idea), considering the different elements that impact decision
making and creating a business plan for moving the concept forward successfully. As the final step in your journey toward your Master of Business Administration
degree, your capstone will bring all that work to the doorstep of implementation through the creation of a business implementation plan and an audiovisual
presentation designed to present the idea to potential investors or senior managers. You will integrate the knowledge and skills you have developed in previous
coursework and over the duration of the term with the goal of having a “ready to launch” project that you can present to an employer or potential financial
backer moving forward.
The capstone project is composed of two components. The first is a business implementation plan detailing your concept and its proposed implementation for
potential investors or senior managers. This plan should show potential supporters that you have done your homework and assure them that you have covered
all the details necessary to ensure that their money and/or time will be well invested. The second component, an audiovisual presentation (such as a webcam
recording or PowerPoint presentation with audio), will allow you to design and practice your “pitch.” In it, you will briefly present the key features of your
concept (including implementation) with an eye toward convincing busy business executives and potential investors to support your idea. Because many MBA
programs end with the creation of a business plan, your ability to take the next step in planning for implementation will give you an important advantage both in
gaining support for your project and in showcasing your ability to think through all phases of a project.
Evaluation of Capstone
This capstone will be assessed somewhat .
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You might find that using analysis tools to analyze internal
and external environments is an effective way of analyzing the
chosen capstone organization. If you need to learn more
about these types of analysis tools, check out the resources
below.
Internal Analysis Tools
• tutor2u. (2016). PESTLE (PEST) analysis
explained [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=sP2sDw5waEU
• SmartDraw. (n.d.). SWOT analysis. https://
www.smartdraw.com/swot-analysis/
• SWOT Framework.
External Analysis Tools
• Applying VRIO and PESTLE.
• PESTLE Analysis. (n.d.). What is PESTLE analysis? A
tool for business analysis. http://pestleanalysis.com/what-
is-pestle-analysis/
• Study.com. (n.d.). What is PESTLE analysis? Definition
and examples. https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-
is-pestle-analysis-definition-examples.html
• Management & Finance1 TU Delft. (2016). The five
competitive forces that shape strategy [Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYF2_FBCvXw
Use these resources as you see appropriate:
• Research Guide – MBA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2sDw5waEU
https://www.smartdraw.com/swot-analysis/
http://media.capella.edu/CourseMedia/MBA5006/GuidedPath/SWOTFramework/wrapper.asp
http://media.capella.edu/CourseMedia/MBA5006/GuidedPath/ApplyVRIOandPESTLE/wrapper.asp
http://pestleanalysis.com/what-is-pestle-analysis/
http://pestleanalysis.com/what-is-pestle-analysis/
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-pestle-analysis-definition-examples.html
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-pestle-analysis-definition-examples.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYF2_FBCvXw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYF2_FBCvXw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYF2_FBCvXw
https://capellauniversity.libguides.com/MBA
• This research guide was custom created to help
MBA learners. If you are feeling a bit lost on where
to start, this would be a good starting point.
• James, N. (2007). Writing at work: How to write clearly,
effectively and professionally. Crows Nest, Australia:
Allen & Unwin.
• Use this as a general writing handbook. For
example, there are chapters on tone, grammar,
punctuation, style, et cetera.
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MBA Capstone Project Description
MBA Capstone Project Description
Throughout your MBA program, you have worked to develop as a business professional and
prepare to meet future challenges as a business leader. Your program culminates in the
capstone project, which forms the primary focus of MBA-FPX5910, the final course you will take
in the program. The capstone project is intended to provide you the opportunity to demonstrate
your MBA program outcomes by:
• Planning and executing .
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Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan Assignment
The ability to think strategically and make choices based on solid analysis and evaluation, in order to capitalize on achieving optimal results when applying limited resources of the firm, are at the core of this strategic initiative plan. Strategic initiatives act as the vehicle to accomplish strategic goals. Strategic initiatives translate vision into reality. The strategic management process enables organizations to achieve objectives through three stages: strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation.
For this assignment, create a market entry plan (entrepreneurial), a market expansion plan for an existing organization, or a mergers and acquisitions plan that seeks to increase your organization’s competitive advantage. Your strategic plan should aim to innovate. Throughout the development of your strategic plan consider your organization’s responsibility in the greater social good from a Christian perspective and how your plan address ethics, cooperate social responsibly and sustainability. Globalization brings both benefits and challenges in the business sphere. Be sure to consider how globalization impacts your strategic plan and address any international considerations if needed. Your strategic plan will be completed throughout the course in Topic 1, Topic 3, Topic 4, Topic 5, Topic 6, Topic 7, and Topic 8. Be sure to address instructor feedback when possible.
Part 1: Overview (Topic 1)
Imagine you need to present your initial pitch for your Strategic Initiative Plan. Create a 5-8 slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that seeks to get permission from key stakeholders.
In your presentation, address the following:
1. Identify the type (market entry, market expansion, merger, and acquisition) of Strategic Plan that you will be creating.
2. Provide the vision, mission, and values of the organization.
3. How do organization values drive the culture?
4. What is the culture you intend to build, or exists, today?
5. What is your competitive advantage?
Provide three to five sources in your presentation.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
Part 2: External and Internal Assessment (Topic 3)
An environmental scan seeks to ensure your original pitch is viable (Part 1: Overview). External and internal assessment tools are utilized your to ensure strategic initiative is viable. You may find after completing your environmental scan your strategic initiative idea will chang.
Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan Assignment
The ability to think strategically and make choices based on solid analysis and evaluation, in order to capitalize on achieving optimal results when applying limited resources of the firm, are at the core of this strategic initiative plan. Strategic initiatives act as the vehicle to accomplish strategic goals. Strategic initiatives translate vision into reality. The strategic management process enables organizations to achieve objectives through three stages: strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation.
For this assignment, create a market entry plan (entrepreneurial), a market expansion plan for an existing organization, or a mergers and acquisitions plan that seeks to increase your organization’s competitive advantage. Your strategic plan should aim to innovate. Throughout the development of your strategic plan consider your organization’s responsibility in the greater social good from a Christian perspective and how your plan address ethics, cooperate social responsibly and sustainability. Globalization brings both benefits and challenges in the business sphere. Be sure to consider how globalization impacts your strategic plan and address any international considerations if needed. Your strategic plan will be completed throughout the course in Topic 1, Topic 3, Topic 4, Topic 5, Topic 6, Topic 7, and Topic 8. Be sure to address instructor feedback when possible.
Part 1: Overview (Topic 1)
Imagine you need to present your initial pitch for your Strategic Initiative Plan. Create a 5-8 slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that seeks to get permission from key stakeholders.
In your presentation, address the following:
1. Identify the type (market entry, market expansion, merger, and acquisition) of Strategic Plan that you will be creating.
2. Provide the vision, mission, and values of the organization.
3. How do organization values drive the culture?
4. What is the culture you intend to build, or exists, today?
5. What is your competitive advantage?
Provide three to five sources in your presentation.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
Part 2: External and Internal Assessment (Topic 3)
An environmental scan seeks to ensure your original pitch is viable (Part 1: Overview). External and internal assessment tools are utilized your to ensure strategic initiative is viable. You may find after completing your environmental scan your strategic initiative idea will chang.
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ECO 500 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
The final project for this course is the creation of an economic analysis recommendation paper.
This course is an integral part of your journey toward a better understanding of the economy and of how the business you work for fits into it. The manager who
excels at his or her job is able to make the connection between general theory and specific application. Your final project provides you with the opportunity to
practice and develop these skills. In this course, you will learn about economic principles—supply and demand, production and costs, market structures—and see
how they apply to real-world situations. You will also learn about economic forecasting and tools used in strategic decision making. Being able to see the big
picture and having the skills of economic analysis will help you become more effective as a manager. Although there are several general principles that hold in
most organizations, such as trade-offs in the use of resources and customer budget constraints, the circumstances in which these principles apply are unique.
In this project, you will take on the role of an economic analyst at a company. An executive at the company has asked you to research an issue that affects your
organization and recommend a solution. Choose from one of the case studies listed below and research a given issue that affects the organization, determine the
issue’s relationship to economics, and report on your analysis and recommendation. This assessment requires you to understand the big-picture context of a
question, narrow down to a specific statement or set of statements to research, and present your findings.
You may encounter additional companies\case studies within your ECO 500 Case Study CoursePack. However, please disregard them and ONLY focus on the
following:
- American Airlines
- Microsoft Corporation
- Heinz Corporation
The project is divided into three milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final
submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three, Five, and Seven. The final product will be submitted in Module Nine.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Apply economic theory to real-world problems facing organizations for identifying relationships and root causes
Recommend appropriate economic solutions to business problems for promoting organizational goals
Translate economic principles and findings effectively to diverse professional audiences for promoting informed decision making
Determine how the industry market structure and the U.S. economic system influence strategic business decision making
Analyze economic data through application of mathematical and statistical concepts for informing economic decision making
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Prompt
In your paper, you will take on the role of ...
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ECON 1010 – Macroeconomics 1
Policy Brief Project (40 marks)
1. Overview
We have developed the analytical tools that economists use when discussing policy options
and have discussed its likely impacts on the economy in theory.
In this assignment you take the role of the policy advisors, employed by government
departments or big corporations (your clients are therefore the government and its ministers
and big corporate organisations) to apply those skills and expertise knowledge accumulated
in this course so far.
As an expert’s role in the government /corporation decision making process, your task has
the following two objectives:
Analysis: Experts are responsible for analysing the economic scenario (depicting the likely
impact of the policy on the economy), using the specialised knowledge and the technical
expertise in the discipline.
Communication skills: Experts must communicate their finding and recommendations
effectively to the decision-makers in government – ministers, senior public servants – and
executives of corporations as an independent/third party observer.
This assignment is designed to help you develop the skills of critically interpreting and
analysing macroeconomic data and effectively communicating your findings to the targeted
audience.
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There will be three parts to this assignment:
Part A: Diagnostics (macroeconomics data collection and interpretations)
Task: You apply knowledge to the macroeconomics data and present a diagnostic
analysis of the economy. Make important observations and assess the current
situation of the economy; finally, identify if economy is ‘stable’ or showing
any signs of ‘economic downturn’ or any other problem.
Part B: Policy brief report
Task: Based on your ‘Diagnostics’ in Part A, you suggest the ‘Policy
Recommendations’. These recommendations must be backed by proper
justification and rationale. As the last step, communicate everything
(diagnostics, policy recommendations, justification/rationale) effectively to
your client in the form of a policy brief. Policy briefs aim to be practical and
well-researched to make it useful and worthwhile for your clientele.
Part C: Micro-credential (Information Literacy)
Task: You are required to complete the micro-credential (Information Literacy)
which will help enhance your skills in searching for, organising and
interpreting information.
1. Submission
In principle, you need to form a group with a size of TWO(2) students. All group
members must be enrolled in the same tutorials (a strict requirement).
In the case that you would like to form a group with a student from a different tutorial or you
like to submit as the individual work, you will need to seek approval from the course
co.
What is A Business Proposal?
Unlike a business plan, which is written to run your company and raise capital, a business proposal is an unsolicited or solicited bid for business. There are two types of business proposal that can help you gain more business to grow your company.
Types of proposals
There are mainly three types of proposal:-
1:-Business proposal
2:-Technical proposal
3:-Research proposal
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PSY 616: Final Project Guidelines and Grading Guide
Overview
The final project for this course will be a detailed consulting case study and action plan report for a real-world organization. You will choose an organization,
identify and define at least one organizational problem, create a strategy to address the problem(s), and develop a prediction of possible outcomes. You will
engage in the three major components of consulting: measurement, assessment, and application. You will present this information and analyses initially in
presentation format (e.g., PowerPoint) as formative milestones supporting the development of the final product. The final product will be a 20- to 30-page
written report and will include the three presentations as an appendix. The final product represents an authentic demonstration of competency because it entails
application of organizational consulting concepts and tools that a professional organizational consultant would use in a real-world situation. The processes and
activities include the organization analysis, problem diagnosis, development of a strategy to address the problem, and a final report prepared in a professional
style suitable for presentation to a client organization. The project is supported by four milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the
course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules One, Three, Six, and Nine. The final submission
is in Module Ten.
Outcomes
This assessment will assess your mastery with respect to the following course outcomes:
Diagnose the various causes that can prevent an organization from meeting employee needs and achieving organizational goals
Develop strategies to address organizational problems that integrate psychological theories and proven consulting methods
Predict the possible effects of implementing a consulting strategy on the psychological well-being of others
Design performance and training initiatives that apply best practices for successful organizational consultation
Prompt
For your final project, you will develop a thoroughly researched report that closely mirrors authentic consultation work. In the report, you will apply the theories
and concepts from the course.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
1) Diagnosis
a) Organization selection: Provide a concise overview of a selected organization.
b) Measurements: Identify appropriate organizational consulting measurements. What organizational consulting methods might you use to assess
possible organizational problems?
c) Assessments: Interpret the potential results of each consulting measurement with specific examples of data and information.
d) Tactics: What is your rationale for your suggested tactics for the organizational consulting diagnosis?
e) Problem causes: Detail how to identify internal and/or external causes of the problem ...
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Example of Company Profile CONFIDENTIAL
Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce Business and Investment Mission to Thailand and Myanmar, Nov 17 to Nov 27, 2011
Business and Investment Mission to Thailand and Myanmar
COMPANY NAME / ADDRESS
Muster AG
Zeughausstrasse 19
3380 Wangen an der Aare
Telephone: + 41 (0) 32 613 20 73
Facsimile: + 41 (0) 32 613 20 80
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact Person:
Mr. Fritz Muster
CEO / General Manager:
Mr. Heiri Muster
COMPANY BACKGROUND
Year Established: 1984
Regional presence: in Switzerland, England
and USA
ISO 9002 and TS 16949 certified
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
Supplier of precision turned parts to the
automotive-, medical-, communication-
and automation-industry.
Supplier of subassemblies to various
industries, such as domestic appliances,
house technology etc.
NATURE OF BUSINESS
NEIDA AG supply precision turned parts and
subassemblies. We have an extensive know-
how of manufacturing performances in metal,
especially turning and milling.
MAJOR PRODUCTS/SERVICES
Precision turned parts and Subassemblies
NEIDA choose the best manufacturing
method and machines available.
NEIDA then selects the most effective
location/subcontractors to achieve good
quality at the lowest cost.
NEIDA then monitor and control the order
throughout the entire production to achieve
the best product quality as required by our
customer.
COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENT SOUGHT
Close cooperation with Manufacturers in
Thailand to develop business opportunities in
the field of turned parts and subassemblies.
MAIN PURPOSE OF MEETING
PARTICULARLY WITH THAI COMPANIES
Know how transfer?
Looking for a distributor?
Joint Venture Partner?
COMPANY TARGETS
Manufacturing the most applicable parts
in Thailand for the European Market,
especially for the automotive industry.
COMPANY PROFILE
Sales Turnover: US$ 12’000’000
Registered Capital in USD: 100’000
Number of Employees: 20
Facilities:
large range of manufacturing equipment
at the location of our chosen and approved
subcontractors and at our own premises.
Major customers:
TRW, MAHLE, ABB, PARKER, HILTI etc.
Geographical Markets:
Central Europe, England and Asia
Export Markets (Countries):
Central Europe and USA
TYPE OF BUSINESS COOPERATION
NEIDA AG want to place new orders with
reliable and competitive manufacturers
BUSINESS INTEREST IN
NEIDA AG is interested to find competitive
manufacturers in order to increase sales in
Europe.
FORM OF INVESTMENT
NEIDA AG will invest into Know-How-
Transfer and into special technical
equipment to accomplish the specific
orders.
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Unit 7: Business Strategy
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Credit value: 15 ...
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100% original, rubric, word count and required readings must be included
This is 3 assignments in one. The final is all the assignments from M1A2- M5A2
The assignments are highlighted in yellow and the rubics are in red and attached for M3A2 and M5A2
Assignment 2: LASA 1—Preliminary Strategy Audit
The end result of this course is developing a strategy audit. In this module, you will outline and draft a preliminary framework for your final product. This provides you with the opportunity to get feedback before a final submission.
In
Module 1
, you reviewed the instructions for the capstone strategy audit assignment and grading rubric due in
Module 5
. By now, you have completed the following steps:
Identified the organization for your report
Interviewed at least one key mid-level or senior-level manager
Created a market position analysis
Conducted an external environmental scan in preparation of your final report and presentation
In this assignment, you will generate a preliminary strategy audit in preparation for your final course project.
Prepare a report that includes the following:
In preparation for your course project, prepare the preliminary strategy audit using the tools and framework you have focused on so far including the following:
Analysis of the company value proposition, market position, and competitive advantage
External environmental scan/five forces analysis
Identify the most important (5–7) strategic issues facing the organization or business unit.
You may modify the strategic issues in your final report based on the additional analysis you will conduct in the next module as well as the feedback you receive on this paper from your instructor.
Keep in mind that it is important to look at the strategic issue(s) from more than just one perspective in the business unit or company—speak to or research the issue from more than one angle to offer a 360-degree approach that does not cause more problems or issues.
Strategic issues arise from a mismatch between internal capabilities and external trends such that important opportunities are not being pursued or significant external threats are not being addressed under the current strategy.
Include a preliminary set of recommended tactics for improving your company’s strategic alignment and operating performance.
You may modify these recommendations in your final report based on the additional analysis you will conduct in the next module as well as the feedback you receive on this paper from your instructor.
Keep in mind that recommendations can include, but are not limited to, tactics in marketing, branding, alliances, mergers and acquisitions, integration, product development, diversification or divestiture, and globalization. If you recommend your company to go global, you must include a supply chain analysis and an analysis of your firm’s global capabilities.
Write your report as though you are a consultant to your company and are addressing the executive officers of this comp.
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What did you do best in your undergraduate studies? Have you ever had an interdisciplinary
learning experience? If so, what impressed or interested you?
2
What knowledge and skills have you learned by participating in a class, such as an undergraduate
class, that is relevant to the major you are applying for? What do you think will help you succeed
in applying for the major? Please make a summary from the aspects of professional knowledge,
research methods, skills tools, etc.
Course 1
TitleFoundation of Finance (90/100)
Content of the course and your learning focus
Why are you impressed
Your Achievements
Course 2
TitleInvestment Analysis (86/100)
Content of the course and your learning focus
Why are you impressed
Your Achievements
Course3
TitleFinancial Decision Making (92/100)
Content of the course and your learning focus
Why are you impressed
Your Achievements
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Please list any project activities you have participated in; certain experimental research projects;
or some kind of academic competition; (what research experience do you have related to the
major you are aiming to apply for? And can this experience prove your learning and research
ability to the university? Did you encounter any academic difficulties in your research, how did
you overcome them, or how did you conduct your research? Please mainly describe what you
have done and achieved. Please highlight the professionalism and depth of the activity, please
note that what you have done reflects the quality characteristics of your study target major)
Academic Programs 1
Situation: Project name, purpose, specific academic fields: AIA GROUP LIMITED (HONG
KONG STUDY TOUR) 2019.07-2019.08
Task: Academic key points and what you need to accomplish
Participated in the planning and promotion of insurance products in AIA Group Limited, and
cooperated with team members to design product recommendation advertisements, which won
the second place Participated in a business case analysis competition at the University of Hong
Kong: Why Samsung is successful. Analyzedthe industry competitiveness of the company by
means of SWOT and Porter's Five Forces Model within three hoursParticipated in writing
analysis reports on the development of Samsung products, marketing strategies and enterprise
competitiveness; made PowerPoint independently and participated in presentation of the results
Action: The obstacles you encounter, your academic understanding and practical operation
Result: Your results
Thinking & Reflection: What kind of progress, new ideas and reflections you have generated
throughout the process:
Academic Programs 2
Situation: Project name, purpose, specific academic fields:
Task: Academic key points and what you need to accomplish
Action: The obstacles you encounter, your academic understanding and practical operation
Result: Your results
Thinking & Reflection: What kind of progress, new ideas and reflections you have generated
throughout the process:
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What has helped you most in your ac.
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Management Information System Practice
Orientations about the Final Project
Introduction
The present project is a practice exercise where students will apply the concepts studied
in class analyzing an organization or firm, in this case the organization will be the firm
where each student works or Polytechnic University (Orlando-Miami Campuses) if the
student does not work.
Objective
Propose a new system or improve and existent system of an organization applying the
knowledge learned in the different courses of Business Administration Program.
Reference
C. V. Brown, D. W. DeHayes et al. Managing Information Technology, Seventh Edition,
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2012.
Students are encouraged to add their own reading list as appropriate.
Development
The development of the project requires the following analysis:
1. Current structure and behavioral view of the organization.
2. The structural characteristics cover a clear dividing of labor (managers and staff),
hierarchy, explicit rules and procedures, impartial judgments, technical
qualifications for positions, and maximum organizational efficiency.
3. Classify what type of organizational structure is It, and it differences respect other
types of organizations similar to. Unique characteristics of this organization
respect to other high educational center such as organizational type,
environments, goals, power, constituencies, function, leadership, tasks,
technology, and business process. It principal strengths and weakness.
4. Current information technology and current information systems. How these
resources are used (or not).
5. Experiences of other competitors which use information systems. How these ISs
could affect the organization.
6. Analysis of Information systems more implemented in this type of organizations
and which the team will recommend and why?
7. Develop a proposal redesigned the organization with information systems. The
role of a network and Internet in this proposal.
8. Information systems security and control.
9. Assessing the cost of the proposal.
10. Writing of the final project in MS Word. Parts of report: (Title, author and
professor, Index, Introduction, Goals, Development, Conclusion and
Recommendations, and References, Some diagrams and pictures could be
included. These must have numbers and titles.
11. PowerPoint presentation.
Deadline
The project will have six phases or cuts, which end with a report.
First phase (09/23/2013 - 09/29/2013): In this phase, the student must specify what will
be the organization or firm selected. It could be the organization where each student
works or any other selected by him. You can select a division, a department, a section of
a production process, etc.
Note: It is a six-week course, so you should analyze, design, complete, and write the final
report and PowerPoint presentation in six weeks in order to obtain the c ...
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MAT308
Chapter 10 Test (75 Points)
Show You Work!
(1) The mean number of hours of sleep for adults in the population of the U.S. is 6.8. A researcher believes that the mean number of hours that college students get per night is significantly different from adults in the population. The mean number of hours of sleep in a sample of 25 college students is 7.1 hours. The standard deviation of this sample is 0.87. Does the data provide support for the researcher's prediction? α level: 0.05
(15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(2) Is the percentage of Creamery customers who prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla less than 80%? In a sample of 50 customers 60% preferred chocolate over vanilla. α level: 0.05 (15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(3) A manufacturer finds that baseballs dropped 24 ft. onto a concrete surface are supposed to bounce an average of 93 in. The manufacturer of the balls has moved to a new facility, and there is concern that the balls are different. One hundred balls were sampled and it was found that the average of the bounce height was 92.232 with a standard deviation of 1.56. . α level: 0.05 (15 Points)
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The ability to think strategically and make choices based on solid analysis and evaluation, in order to capitalize on achieving optimal results when applying limited resources of the firm, are at the core of this strategic initiative plan. Strategic initiatives act as the vehicle to accomplish strategic goals. Strategic initiatives translate vision into reality. The strategic management process enables organizations to achieve objectives through three stages: strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation.
For this assignment, create a market entry plan (entrepreneurial), a market expansion plan for an existing organization, or a mergers and acquisitions plan that seeks to increase your organization’s competitive advantage. Your strategic plan should aim to innovate. Throughout the development of your strategic plan consider your organization’s responsibility in the greater social good from a Christian perspective and how your plan address ethics, cooperate social responsibly and sustainability. Globalization brings both benefits and challenges in the business sphere. Be sure to consider how globalization impacts your strategic plan and address any international considerations if needed. Your strategic plan will be completed throughout the course in Topic 1, Topic 3, Topic 4, Topic 5, Topic 6, Topic 7, and Topic 8. Be sure to address instructor feedback when possible.
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Imagine you need to present your initial pitch for your Strategic Initiative Plan. Create a 5-8 slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that seeks to get permission from key stakeholders.
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3. How do organization values drive the culture?
4. What is the culture you intend to build, or exists, today?
5. What is your competitive advantage?
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5. What is your competitive advantage?
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Overview
The final project for this course is the creation of an economic analysis recommendation paper.
This course is an integral part of your journey toward a better understanding of the economy and of how the business you work for fits into it. The manager who
excels at his or her job is able to make the connection between general theory and specific application. Your final project provides you with the opportunity to
practice and develop these skills. In this course, you will learn about economic principles—supply and demand, production and costs, market structures—and see
how they apply to real-world situations. You will also learn about economic forecasting and tools used in strategic decision making. Being able to see the big
picture and having the skills of economic analysis will help you become more effective as a manager. Although there are several general principles that hold in
most organizations, such as trade-offs in the use of resources and customer budget constraints, the circumstances in which these principles apply are unique.
In this project, you will take on the role of an economic analyst at a company. An executive at the company has asked you to research an issue that affects your
organization and recommend a solution. Choose from one of the case studies listed below and research a given issue that affects the organization, determine the
issue’s relationship to economics, and report on your analysis and recommendation. This assessment requires you to understand the big-picture context of a
question, narrow down to a specific statement or set of statements to research, and present your findings.
You may encounter additional companies\case studies within your ECO 500 Case Study CoursePack. However, please disregard them and ONLY focus on the
following:
- American Airlines
- Microsoft Corporation
- Heinz Corporation
The project is divided into three milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final
submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three, Five, and Seven. The final product will be submitted in Module Nine.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Apply economic theory to real-world problems facing organizations for identifying relationships and root causes
Recommend appropriate economic solutions to business problems for promoting organizational goals
Translate economic principles and findings effectively to diverse professional audiences for promoting informed decision making
Determine how the industry market structure and the U.S. economic system influence strategic business decision making
Analyze economic data through application of mathematical and statistical concepts for informing economic decision making
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Prompt
In your paper, you will take on the role of ...
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ECON 1010 – Macroeconomics 1
Policy Brief Project (40 marks)
1. Overview
We have developed the analytical tools that economists use when discussing policy options
and have discussed its likely impacts on the economy in theory.
In this assignment you take the role of the policy advisors, employed by government
departments or big corporations (your clients are therefore the government and its ministers
and big corporate organisations) to apply those skills and expertise knowledge accumulated
in this course so far.
As an expert’s role in the government /corporation decision making process, your task has
the following two objectives:
Analysis: Experts are responsible for analysing the economic scenario (depicting the likely
impact of the policy on the economy), using the specialised knowledge and the technical
expertise in the discipline.
Communication skills: Experts must communicate their finding and recommendations
effectively to the decision-makers in government – ministers, senior public servants – and
executives of corporations as an independent/third party observer.
This assignment is designed to help you develop the skills of critically interpreting and
analysing macroeconomic data and effectively communicating your findings to the targeted
audience.
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There will be three parts to this assignment:
Part A: Diagnostics (macroeconomics data collection and interpretations)
Task: You apply knowledge to the macroeconomics data and present a diagnostic
analysis of the economy. Make important observations and assess the current
situation of the economy; finally, identify if economy is ‘stable’ or showing
any signs of ‘economic downturn’ or any other problem.
Part B: Policy brief report
Task: Based on your ‘Diagnostics’ in Part A, you suggest the ‘Policy
Recommendations’. These recommendations must be backed by proper
justification and rationale. As the last step, communicate everything
(diagnostics, policy recommendations, justification/rationale) effectively to
your client in the form of a policy brief. Policy briefs aim to be practical and
well-researched to make it useful and worthwhile for your clientele.
Part C: Micro-credential (Information Literacy)
Task: You are required to complete the micro-credential (Information Literacy)
which will help enhance your skills in searching for, organising and
interpreting information.
1. Submission
In principle, you need to form a group with a size of TWO(2) students. All group
members must be enrolled in the same tutorials (a strict requirement).
In the case that you would like to form a group with a student from a different tutorial or you
like to submit as the individual work, you will need to seek approval from the course
co.
What is A Business Proposal?
Unlike a business plan, which is written to run your company and raise capital, a business proposal is an unsolicited or solicited bid for business. There are two types of business proposal that can help you gain more business to grow your company.
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Overview
The final project for this course will be a detailed consulting case study and action plan report for a real-world organization. You will choose an organization,
identify and define at least one organizational problem, create a strategy to address the problem(s), and develop a prediction of possible outcomes. You will
engage in the three major components of consulting: measurement, assessment, and application. You will present this information and analyses initially in
presentation format (e.g., PowerPoint) as formative milestones supporting the development of the final product. The final product will be a 20- to 30-page
written report and will include the three presentations as an appendix. The final product represents an authentic demonstration of competency because it entails
application of organizational consulting concepts and tools that a professional organizational consultant would use in a real-world situation. The processes and
activities include the organization analysis, problem diagnosis, development of a strategy to address the problem, and a final report prepared in a professional
style suitable for presentation to a client organization. The project is supported by four milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the
course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules One, Three, Six, and Nine. The final submission
is in Module Ten.
Outcomes
This assessment will assess your mastery with respect to the following course outcomes:
Diagnose the various causes that can prevent an organization from meeting employee needs and achieving organizational goals
Develop strategies to address organizational problems that integrate psychological theories and proven consulting methods
Predict the possible effects of implementing a consulting strategy on the psychological well-being of others
Design performance and training initiatives that apply best practices for successful organizational consultation
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and concepts from the course.
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b) Measurements: Identify appropriate organizational consulting measurements. What organizational consulting methods might you use to assess
possible organizational problems?
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d) Tactics: What is your rationale for your suggested tactics for the organizational consulting diagnosis?
e) Problem causes: Detail how to identify internal and/or external causes of the problem ...
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Example of Company Profile CONFIDENTIAL
Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce Business and Investment Mission to Thailand and Myanmar, Nov 17 to Nov 27, 2011
Business and Investment Mission to Thailand and Myanmar
COMPANY NAME / ADDRESS
Muster AG
Zeughausstrasse 19
3380 Wangen an der Aare
Telephone: + 41 (0) 32 613 20 73
Facsimile: + 41 (0) 32 613 20 80
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact Person:
Mr. Fritz Muster
CEO / General Manager:
Mr. Heiri Muster
COMPANY BACKGROUND
Year Established: 1984
Regional presence: in Switzerland, England
and USA
ISO 9002 and TS 16949 certified
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
Supplier of precision turned parts to the
automotive-, medical-, communication-
and automation-industry.
Supplier of subassemblies to various
industries, such as domestic appliances,
house technology etc.
NATURE OF BUSINESS
NEIDA AG supply precision turned parts and
subassemblies. We have an extensive know-
how of manufacturing performances in metal,
especially turning and milling.
MAJOR PRODUCTS/SERVICES
Precision turned parts and Subassemblies
NEIDA choose the best manufacturing
method and machines available.
NEIDA then selects the most effective
location/subcontractors to achieve good
quality at the lowest cost.
NEIDA then monitor and control the order
throughout the entire production to achieve
the best product quality as required by our
customer.
COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENT SOUGHT
Close cooperation with Manufacturers in
Thailand to develop business opportunities in
the field of turned parts and subassemblies.
MAIN PURPOSE OF MEETING
PARTICULARLY WITH THAI COMPANIES
Know how transfer?
Looking for a distributor?
Joint Venture Partner?
COMPANY TARGETS
Manufacturing the most applicable parts
in Thailand for the European Market,
especially for the automotive industry.
COMPANY PROFILE
Sales Turnover: US$ 12’000’000
Registered Capital in USD: 100’000
Number of Employees: 20
Facilities:
large range of manufacturing equipment
at the location of our chosen and approved
subcontractors and at our own premises.
Major customers:
TRW, MAHLE, ABB, PARKER, HILTI etc.
Geographical Markets:
Central Europe, England and Asia
Export Markets (Countries):
Central Europe and USA
TYPE OF BUSINESS COOPERATION
NEIDA AG want to place new orders with
reliable and competitive manufacturers
BUSINESS INTEREST IN
NEIDA AG is interested to find competitive
manufacturers in order to increase sales in
Europe.
FORM OF INVESTMENT
NEIDA AG will invest into Know-How-
Transfer and into special technical
equipment to accomplish the specific
orders.
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The end result of this course is developing a strategy audit. In this module, you will outline and draft a preliminary framework for your final product. This provides you with the opportunity to get feedback before a final submission.
In
Module 1
, you reviewed the instructions for the capstone strategy audit assignment and grading rubric due in
Module 5
. By now, you have completed the following steps:
Identified the organization for your report
Interviewed at least one key mid-level or senior-level manager
Created a market position analysis
Conducted an external environmental scan in preparation of your final report and presentation
In this assignment, you will generate a preliminary strategy audit in preparation for your final course project.
Prepare a report that includes the following:
In preparation for your course project, prepare the preliminary strategy audit using the tools and framework you have focused on so far including the following:
Analysis of the company value proposition, market position, and competitive advantage
External environmental scan/five forces analysis
Identify the most important (5–7) strategic issues facing the organization or business unit.
You may modify the strategic issues in your final report based on the additional analysis you will conduct in the next module as well as the feedback you receive on this paper from your instructor.
Keep in mind that it is important to look at the strategic issue(s) from more than just one perspective in the business unit or company—speak to or research the issue from more than one angle to offer a 360-degree approach that does not cause more problems or issues.
Strategic issues arise from a mismatch between internal capabilities and external trends such that important opportunities are not being pursued or significant external threats are not being addressed under the current strategy.
Include a preliminary set of recommended tactics for improving your company’s strategic alignment and operating performance.
You may modify these recommendations in your final report based on the additional analysis you will conduct in the next module as well as the feedback you receive on this paper from your instructor.
Keep in mind that recommendations can include, but are not limited to, tactics in marketing, branding, alliances, mergers and acquisitions, integration, product development, diversification or divestiture, and globalization. If you recommend your company to go global, you must include a supply chain analysis and an analysis of your firm’s global capabilities.
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class, that is relevant to the major you are applying for? What do you think will help you succeed
in applying for the major? Please make a summary from the aspects of professional knowledge,
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Your Achievements
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Your Achievements
Course3
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you overcome them, or how did you conduct your research? Please mainly describe what you
have done and achieved. Please highlight the professionalism and depth of the activity, please
note that what you have done reflects the quality characteristics of your study target major)
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KONG STUDY TOUR) 2019.07-2019.08
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Participated in the planning and promotion of insurance products in AIA Group Limited, and
cooperated with team members to design product recommendation advertisements, which won
the second place Participated in a business case analysis competition at the University of Hong
Kong: Why Samsung is successful. Analyzedthe industry competitiveness of the company by
means of SWOT and Porter's Five Forces Model within three hoursParticipated in writing
analysis reports on the development of Samsung products, marketing strategies and enterprise
competitiveness; made PowerPoint independently and participated in presentation of the results
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Result: Your results
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throughout the process:
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Situation: Project name, purpose, specific academic fields:
Task: Academic key points and what you need to accomplish
Action: The obstacles you encounter, your academic understanding and practical operation
Result: Your results
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throughout the process:
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What has helped you most in your ac.
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Introduction
The present project is a practice exercise where students will apply the concepts studied
in class analyzing an organization or firm, in this case the organization will be the firm
where each student works or Polytechnic University (Orlando-Miami Campuses) if the
student does not work.
Objective
Propose a new system or improve and existent system of an organization applying the
knowledge learned in the different courses of Business Administration Program.
Reference
C. V. Brown, D. W. DeHayes et al. Managing Information Technology, Seventh Edition,
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2012.
Students are encouraged to add their own reading list as appropriate.
Development
The development of the project requires the following analysis:
1. Current structure and behavioral view of the organization.
2. The structural characteristics cover a clear dividing of labor (managers and staff),
hierarchy, explicit rules and procedures, impartial judgments, technical
qualifications for positions, and maximum organizational efficiency.
3. Classify what type of organizational structure is It, and it differences respect other
types of organizations similar to. Unique characteristics of this organization
respect to other high educational center such as organizational type,
environments, goals, power, constituencies, function, leadership, tasks,
technology, and business process. It principal strengths and weakness.
4. Current information technology and current information systems. How these
resources are used (or not).
5. Experiences of other competitors which use information systems. How these ISs
could affect the organization.
6. Analysis of Information systems more implemented in this type of organizations
and which the team will recommend and why?
7. Develop a proposal redesigned the organization with information systems. The
role of a network and Internet in this proposal.
8. Information systems security and control.
9. Assessing the cost of the proposal.
10. Writing of the final project in MS Word. Parts of report: (Title, author and
professor, Index, Introduction, Goals, Development, Conclusion and
Recommendations, and References, Some diagrams and pictures could be
included. These must have numbers and titles.
11. PowerPoint presentation.
Deadline
The project will have six phases or cuts, which end with a report.
First phase (09/23/2013 - 09/29/2013): In this phase, the student must specify what will
be the organization or firm selected. It could be the organization where each student
works or any other selected by him. You can select a division, a department, a section of
a production process, etc.
Note: It is a six-week course, so you should analyze, design, complete, and write the final
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Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(2) Is the percentage of Creamery customers who prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla less than 80%? In a sample of 50 customers 60% preferred chocolate over vanilla. α level: 0.05 (15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(3) A manufacturer finds that baseballs dropped 24 ft. onto a concrete surface are supposed to bounce an average of 93 in. The manufacturer of the balls has moved to a new facility, and there is concern that the balls are different. One hundred balls were sampled and it was found that the average of the bounce height was 92.232 with a standard deviation of 1.56. . α level: 0.05 (15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(4) The mean Verbal SAT score for the population of all first students at Radford is 520. The standard deviation of scores in this population is 95. An investigator believes that the mean Verbal SAT of first year psychology majors is significantly different from the mean score of population. The mean of a sample of 36 first year psychology majors is 540. Please test the investigator's prediction using an alpha level of 0.05. (15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(5) First graders in the state of Virginia get an average score of 20 on a reading test (higher score reflect higher levels of performance). A teacher is using a new method to teach reading. She predicts that by the end of the first grade, students getting her new method will have significantly higher scores on reading than those in the population. The mean of the 25 students in her class is 23.2 and the standard deviation of the students in the class is 4.7. Use an alpha level of 0.05. (15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
Two Part assignment requiring articulate, professionally written content, that is non repetitive? Plagiarism sensitive. Please use MLA format and must cite all resources and references.
Part One - Following the works Cited listed below of scholarly articles regarding The play “The Homecoming”, by Harold Pinter create10 pages of competent, utilizing those listed or others of schol.
Masters level forum Compare and contrast what President Woodrow .docxtienboileau
Masters level forum
Compare and contrast what President Woodrow Wilson and Frank Goodnow said about politics and public administration. Discuss and critique their writings and analyze the politics-administration dichotomy, whether the dichotomy is real or ideal, and how they impacted public administration today.
3 citations
500 word minimum
lesson attached
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Martin Wolf MARCH 24 2020 The coronavirus seeks only t.docxtienboileau
Martin Wolf MARCH 24 2020
The coronavirus seeks only to replicate. We seek to halt that replication. Unlike the virus, humans make
choices. This pandemic will pass into history. But the way in which it passes will shape the world it leaves
behind. It is the first such pandemic for a century. And it comes to a world that — unlike in 1918, when
the Spanish flu hit — has been at peace and enjoys unprecedented wealth. We should be able to
manage it well. If we do not do so, this will be a turning point for the worse. Making the right decisions
requires that we understand the options and their moral implications. We now confront two
fundamental sets of choices: within our countries and across borders. In high-income countries, the
biggest choice is how aggressively to halt transmission of the virus. But we also need to decide who will
bear the costs of that choice and how. Some continue to argue that it is wrong to force the economy
into a depression to suppress transmission of the virus. This, they suggest, will cause unnecessary
disruption. If, instead, the virus is left to spread relatively freely, we can achieve “herd immunity”,
sustain the economy and still focus resources on the vulnerable. Yet it is not clear that the economy
would fare better under this relatively laissez faire “mitigation” policy than under one of determined
“suppression”. Long before government-imposed lockdowns, many people stopped travelling or going
to restaurants, cinemas or shops. Decisive action to suppress the virus and follow up with testing and
tracking of new infections could well end the inevitable economic slump even sooner than otherwise.
What seems quite certain is the global health system would fare much better under suppression than
mitigation. Under the latter, argues the Imperial College Covid-19 Response Team, the health systems of
the UK and US would be overwhelmed: large numbers of predominantly old people would be left to die
untreated. It was presumably to prevent this from happening across China that the government
suppressed the virus so fiercely in Hubei. Could a health calamity that is unacceptable in China be
acceptable in the UK or US? Yet the critics are also right: it will be impossible to close large parts of our
economies for very long. If suppression is to be tried, it must be successful quickly and resurgence of the
virus must be throttled. Meanwhile, central banks and governments must seek to keep as much of the
economy going as possible, preserve as much productive capacity intact as possible and ensure that the
people, above all the vulnerable, are generously protected in whatever way a country finds practical.
The solidarity between countries needs to be as strong as within them. The financial instability and
looming recession (probably depression) we see coming will inflict huge harm on emerging and
developing countries. The IMF states that investors have already removed $83.
Mass movementChoose oneA. happens only when the slope .docxtienboileau
Mass movement
Choose one:
A. happens only when the slope of a hill gets steeper than the angle of repose.
B. can't happen underwater because the buoyancy force of water is too great.
C. is a gravity-driven downslope movement of natural materials.
D. is more likely to happen under dry conditions than under wet conditions.
Which of the following processes most logically explains the different tilts of gravestones in a hillside cemetery?
Choose one:
A. slump
B. creep
C. mudflow
D. liquefaction
Avalanches
Choose one:
A. are slow mass-movement events.
B. never happen twice in the same place; therefore, the pathway an avalanche creates is a safe place to build.
C. always contain snow and/or ice.
D. can be triggered by explosions, people, or even just new snow.
Solifluction
Choose one:
A. is a kind of creep that is found in high-elevation regions or in the Arctic on slopes that are underlain by permafrost.
B. is the proper term for alternate expanding and contracting of swelling clays.
C. means that the level of the water table fluctuates with precipitation.
D. is a faster-than-usual kind of slump in wetlands.
Identify the true statement.
Choose one:
A. The angle of repose is the steepest angle at which unconsolidated sediments can sit without slipping downhill.
B. The head scarp of a slump is found at the base of the slump block.
C. Lahars are mudflows that have been triggered by earthquake shaking.
D. Slow movement of unconsolidated material downslope is called a turbidity current.
Which of the following is a suitable method of managing snow avalanches?
Choose one:
A. increasing the slope's load by planting vegetation on the cornice of mountain slopes
B. expansive water drainage systems
C. targeted, controlled explosions
D. allowing skiers to use only avalanche chutes (regions where avalanches will not occur)
Identify the true statement.
Choose one:
A. Weathering does not affect the stability of a slope.
B. Vegetation is heavy, and therefore deforesting an area can help keep slopes stable.
C. Forest fires followed by heavy rains are likely to result in severe mud and debris flows.
D. Saturating a slope with water tends to hold unconsolidated grains together and thus helps stabilize slopes.
Consider the following eight phrases:
1. careful inventory and mapping to determine dangers
2. weathering of minerals to produce clay
3. controlled blasting of unstable slopes
4. controlled water drainage
5. retaining walls along highway embankments
6. spraying shotcrete on road cuts
7. removing support at the toe of the slope
8. adding weight at the top of the slope
Which of these are factors that lead to mass movement?
Choose one:
A. choices 3 and 8 only
B. choices 2, 7, and 8
C. choices 1, 2, and 4
D. choices 2, 4, 7, and 8
Watch the
Submarine Slide
portion of the
Slides
topic of the animation. How can a submarine slide at the edge of a continental shelf create a tsunami?
Choose .
Marys one year old daughter is due to be given the Measles, Mum.docxtienboileau
Mary's one year old daughter is due to be given the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine during her next visit to the doctor. Mary is upset and concerned because one of her friend's sons became ill after a similar vaccination. She has also heard rumors that MMR vaccine causes rubella. Mary was also told that her daughter will need to be vaccinated before Mary returns to work. Mary is not alone. Many parents face this issue. Therefore, it is important for Mary and all such parents to make decisions that are best for their children, based on facts and not emotions. Place yourself in the role of a health care worker, submit to the discussion area your plan to validate the importance of vaccination by addressing the following questions:
Why are vaccinations necessary components of the healthcare programs?
Are there reasons for people not being vaccinated despite of such elaborate healthcare programs? Explain.
What are the consequences of people not being vaccinated?
What is the impact of religious, cultural, legal, and ethical issues that parents need to consider before vaccination?
What type of information will help the parents make an informed decision about vaccinating their children?
As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Your initial posting should be addressed at 150-300 words. Be sure to cite your sources using APA format.
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Masaccio, Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1426-27.docxtienboileau
Masaccio, Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1426-27
Often credited with being the first painting employing scientific, single-point perspective—discovered by Brunelleschi only a few years earlier—looks like actual space that recedes—at center of fresco we see Holy Trinity—body of Christ, dove, and God the Father—head of dove looks down at Christ—incredible rendering of human body—pulled, tortured, affected by gravity—what happens to muscles of body—evokes sympathy (hollow of abdomen), bleeding—deep faithfulnessscientific observation—on left Mary points towards Christ, holds out hand (way to salvation)—on right St. John—donors on lower level—at bottom exposed tomb—inscription reads ‘As I am now, so you shall be. As you are now, so once was I.’—memento mori—imminence of death—reminder of death, prepare now for salvation—eternal life in Heaven—innovation of new perspective—specific viewpoint for viewer—architecture based on ancient Greek and Roman architecture—Masaccio shows off—not simple tile floor—modeling to show dimension, sculptural relief—proportional accuracy of the bodies—culture of trade in Florence—buy/sell, fractions, space volumes, analytic and rational culture
Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, c. 1500
Investigation of the
Ferguson Police Department
United States Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
March 4, 2015
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. REPORT SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 1
II. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................. 6
III. FERGUSON LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED ON
GENERATING REVENUE ............................................................................................... 9
IV. FERGUSON LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES VIOLATE THE LAW AND
UNDERMINE COMMUNITY TRUST, ESPECIALLY AMONG AFRICAN
AMERICANS .................................................................................................................... 15
A. Ferguson’s Police Practices ............................................................................................ 15
1. FPD Engages in a Pattern of Unconstitutional Stops and Arrests in Violation
of the Fourth Amendment ..................................................................................... 16
2. FPD Engages in a Pattern of First Amendment Violations .................................. 24
3. FPD Engages in a Pattern of Excessive Force in Violation of the Fourth
Amendment ........................................................................................................... 28
B. Ferguson’s Municipal Court Practices ........................................................................... 42
1. Court Practices Impose Substantial and Unnecessary Barriers to the
Challenge or Resolution of Municipal Code Violations .......................
Matthew Shepard Was Killed Due To His Sexual Orientation. Defend, Ch.docxtienboileau
Matthew Shepard Was Killed Due To His Sexual Orientation. Defend, Challenge, Or Qualify This Statement
qualify his death
thesis statement There is substantial evidence to support that Matt Shepard's death was because of his sexual orientation. However, there is also a growing body of evidence that suggest Matt's death was because of drug dealing and drug uses
have two supporting evidence paragraphy a nd site the source
Turn-it –in the report and checkyour work and make sure it will be Grammarly approved.
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MBA 665 Final Project Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric .docxtienboileau
MBA 665 Final Project Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: The final project for this course is the creation of an impact of governmental action on a business paper. For Milestone Three you will submit the
Analysis section of your final project, which is Section II of the critical elements. Your analysis should include answers to all the questions in the Analysis section
on business environment, sustainability, internal resources, communication, company image, response, impact, and external resources.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Analysis: After submitting your overview, your boss is having second thoughts about bringing Jack Harris and his firm, Crisis Consulting, on board. Before
he makes his final decision he has asked you to provide him with a thorough analysis of the situation faced by your business. He asks you to prepare a
memorandum to him (the CEO) analyzing the situation that your business faces as well as the resources that are available to it. Address the following:
A. Business Environment: Based on your analysis of the governmental action or political challenge, what will be the impact of the governmental
action or political challenge on the business’s financial situation and operations? Does the action represent an opportunity or a threat?
B. Sustainability: Based on your analysis of the governmental action or political challenge, how will the governmental action or political challenge
impact the sustainability of the business?
C. Internal Resources: Evaluate the internal resources of the company, including the business project teams that are available to respond to the
opportunity or threat. In other words, is the business adequately organized to address the opportunity or threat?
D. Communication: How has information about the situation been communicated to various stakeholders? For example, have any public hearings
been held? Have the radio, newspapers, or social media been used?
E. Company Image: Assess how the situation has affected the company’s public image. Has the impact been primarily positive or negative? If the
impact has been primarily negative, what are the positive aspects in addition to the negative aspects? If the impact has been primarily positive,
what are the negative aspects in addition to the positive aspects?
F. Response: What are the potential courses of action to respond to the situation in the current macroeconomic and business environment? In
other words, what is the range of options for the business in this situation?
G. Impact: How will these courses of action impact the business? Make sure to consider both short- and long-term impacts, including operational,
financial, and ethical implications.
H. External Resources: Evaluate the roles and functions of third parties or external resources in the situation. Consider questions such as these in
your response: How will lobbyists be involved in the situation? .
max 200 words due in 2 hoursSummarize the article by parap.docxtienboileau
max 200 words
due in 2 hours
Summarize the article by paraphrasing the major points in it. Begin with the central idea and give an overview. Then describe the supporting points. As well, capture the development of the supporting points and show how the writer supports them. Be objective and avoid evaluative and judgmental statements in this section. (200 words maximum)
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MBA 640 Final Project Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric .docxtienboileau
MBA 640 Final Project Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: The final project for this course is the creation of an external capital funding proposal.
Most businesses face a landscape of uncertainty and a never-ending stream of risks and opportunities. Managers must continually project the likely financial
impact of decisions, make recommendations, act on those decisions, determine how to pay for them, and evaluate the costs and effectiveness of what has been
done. Many decisions are short-term, routine, and operational. Others are longer-term investment decisions that require substantial new resources, such as
developing new services, expanding into new geographic markets, or undertaking business combinations or spin-offs. Each requires managers to forecast, plan,
and make decisions based on a thorough understanding of both internal and external factors that can affect a company’s financial success.
For the summative assessment in this course, you will bring your finance and economics knowledge to bear by preparing an external capital funding proposal for
a major international investment at a publicly traded corporation. In order to secure the support of potential financial backers, your proposal will need to lay out
what the proposed investment opportunity is, how it fits within the company’s broader mission and goals, its financial impact, and the amount being requested
and why (including alternative funding mechanisms considered). In addition, it will also need to include information on the organization’s context, risk factors,
and microeconomic assumptions that could affect the success of the investment.
Prompt: Submit a paper that addresses critical element IV, Risks, of the final project. Discuss any risks that might affect the success of the project and how you
have planned for those contingencies.
Note: The risks (and opportunities) you identify should demonstrate your understanding of the company you selected, the industry, the investment project you
are proposing, and your project’s country and timing. Your estimates of financial impacts will be only preliminary; you will most likely revise them in your final
submission at the end of Module Nine.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
Section IV Risks:
1. Internal. What are the company’s most significant internal risks and opportunities related to the project? How might they affect your financial estimates
and how will you address them? Support your response with specific examples.
2. External. How will you address significant qualitative risks outside the company that might affect project success? Give specific examples. For example,
how might culture or politics in the target country affect the proposed investment’s financial success? Natural disasters? How have you planned for
these risks?
3. Microeconomic. Assess the microeconomic factors that might affect decisions about the proposed investment. .
Mary and Elmer’s fifth child, Melvin, was born 6 weeks prematurely a.docxtienboileau
Mary and Elmer’s fifth child, Melvin, was born 6 weeks prematurely and is 1-month old. Sarah, age 13, Martin, age 12, and Wayne, age 8, attend the Amish elementary school located 1 mile from their home. Lucille, age 4, is staying with Mary’s sister and her family for a week because baby Melvin has been having respiratory problems, and their physician told the family he will need to be hospitalized if he does not get better within 2 days.
Choose two or three areas of prenatal care that you would want to discuss with Mary, and then write brief notes about what you know and/or need to learn about Amish values to discuss perinatal care in a way that is culturally congruent.
Discuss three Amish values, beliefs, or practices to consider when preparing to do prenatal education classes with Amish patients.
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.
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Maryland Technology Consultants is a fictitious company create.docxtienboileau
Maryland Technology Consultants is a fictitious company created for the IFSM 300 Case Study.
MTC Case Study 11/23/2019 Ver. 1 1
Maryland Technology Consultants, Inc.
Maryland Technology Consultants (MTC) is a successful Information Technology consulting firm
that utilizes proven IT and management methodologies to achieve measurable results for its
customers. Its customer base includes small to mid-tier businesses, non-profit organizations
and governmental agencies at the local, state and federal levels. MTC feels strongly that its
success is dependent on the combination of the talent of its IT consultants in the areas of,
Business Process Consulting, IT Consulting and IT Outsourcing Consulting and their ability to
deliver truly extraordinary results to their clients.
Corporate Profile
Corporate Name: Maryland Technology Consultants, Inc.
Founded: May 2008
Headquarters: Baltimore, Maryland
Satellite Locations: Herndon, Virginia; Bethesda, Maryland
Number of Employees: 450
Total Annual Gross Revenue: $95,000,000
President and
Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Samuel Johnson
Business Areas
MTC provides consulting services in the following areas:
• Business Process Consulting - Business process redesign, process improvement, and best
practices
• IT Consulting - IT strategy, analysis, planning, system development, implementation, and
network support
• IT Outsourcing Consulting – Requirements analysis; vendor evaluation, due diligence,
selection and performance management; Service Level Agreements
Business Strategy
MTC's business strategy is to provide extraordinary consulting services and recommendations
to its customers by employing highly skilled consultants and staying abreast of new business
concepts and technology and/or developing new business concepts and best practices of its
own.
Maryland Technology Consultants is a fictitious company created for the IFSM 300 Case Study.
MTC Case Study 11/23/2019 Ver. 1 2
Excerpt from the MTC Strategic Business Plan
While the complete strategic plan touches on many areas, below is an excerpt from MTC’s
latest Strategic Business Plan that identifies a few of MTC's Goals.
Goal 1: Increase MTC Business Development by winning new contracts in the areas of IT
consulting.
Goal 2: Build a cadre of consultants internationally to provide remote research and analysis
support to MTC’s onsite teams in the U. S.
Goal 3: Continue to increase MTC’s ability to quickly provide high quality consultants to
awarded contracts to best serve the clients’ needs.
Goal 4: Increase MTC’s competitive advantage in the IT consulting marketplace by increasing its
reputation for having IT consultants who are highly skilled in leading edge technologies and
innovative solutions for its clients.
Current Business Environment
MTC provides consultants on-site to work with its cli.
Martha Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human BeingsFOR THE THEORY CRI.docxtienboileau
Martha Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings
FOR THE THEORY CRITIQUE of Martha Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings
SUGGESTION: Get article/s which are CRITIQUES of the THEORY ASSIGNED TO YOU
CRITERIA
UNITS OF ANALYSIS
CRITIQUE ARTICLE NO. 1
(Author of Critique)
CRITIQUE ARTICLE NO. 2
(Author of Critique)
MY VIEWPOINT
(3.1) Relationship between
structure and function
(3.1.1) Clarity
(3.1.2) Consistency
(3.1.3) Simplicity / Complexity
(3.1.4) Tautology / Teleology
(3.2) Diagram of Theory
(3.2.1) Visual and Graphic Presentation
(3.2.2) Logical Representation
(3.2.3) Clarity
(3.3) Circle of Contagiousness
(3.3.1) Graphical origin of theory and geographical spread
(3.3.2) Influence of theorist versus theory
(4) Usefulness
(4.1) Practice
(4.1.1) Direction
(4.1.2) Applicability
(4.1.3) Generalizability
(4.1.4) Cost Effectiveness
(4.1.5) Relevance
(4.2) Research
(4.2.1) Consistency
(4.2.2) Testability
(4.2.3)
Predictability
(4.3) Education
(4.3.1) Philosophical Statement
(4.3.2) Objectives
(4.3.3) Concepts
(4.4) Administration
(4.4.1) Structure of Care
(4.4.2) Organization of Care
(4.4.3) Guidelines for Patient Care
(4.4.4) Patient Classification System
(5) External Components of Theory
(5.1) Personal Values
(5.1.1) Theorist implicit/explicit values
(5.2) Congruence with other professional values
(5.2.1) Comlementarity
(5.2.2) Esoterism
(5.2.3)
Competition
(5.3) Congruence with social values
(5.3.1) Beliefs
(5.3.2) Values
(5.3.3) Customs
(5.4) Social Significance
ISM 645 Mission, Vision, and Time Horizon Statement (MVTH)
Worksheet
The following information is provided to assist you in writing the Mission, Vision, and Time Horizon
Statements.
Writing the Mission Statement – Comparisons
The mission statement describes the purpose of the organization and the reason the business or business
unit exists. You will be creating an IT mission statement for the Acme Company. Review the article,
“Mission Statements.” Then, based on what you have learned, evaluate the mission statements of the
following service companies:
• Microsoft®
“At Microsoft, our mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the
world realize their full potential.”
• Apple®
“Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork
and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes
online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App
store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.”
In your evaluation, consider the positive aspects as well as the shortfalls of the statements. Do your own
additional research on these companies and consider whether the company’s strategic approach aligns
with its mission statement.
Writing the Vision Statement – Comparisons
The vision statement describes the business o.
Materials for Your Works Cited PagesNOTE When you are writing.docxtienboileau
Materials for Your Works Cited Pages
NOTE:
When you are writing your papers for this class, you will notice that some of the versions of the primary texts that I have posted do not have any publication information. This is because I like to present the works to you in a consistent Word format. However, when you write your papers, you will be required to provide a works cited page in proper MLA format. So below you will find pre-made entries that you can cut and paste into the works cited page at the end of your papers. Of course, for any additional material you use, you will have to create the citations yourself.
If you are writing about Dante:
Alighieri, Dante.
The Inferno. Dante On Line
. Societa Dantesca Italiana, n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.
If you are writing about Antigone:
Johnston, Ian, trans.
Sophocles’
Antigone.
442 B.C. n.p. Johnstonia Web. May 2005. Web. 9
May 2016.
If you are writing about The Code of Hammurabi:
"Ancient History Sourcebook: Code of Hammurabi, C. 1780 BCE." Internet History Sourcebooks. n.p., n.d. Web. 16 May 2016.
If you are writing about: Deuteronomy:
Deuteronomy.
New International Version
. Bible Gateway. Web. 5 May 2016.
If you are writing about “The Lottery”:
Jackson, Shirley. “The Lottery.”
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Diana Gioia. 6th ed. New York: Harper Collins, 1995. 298-300. Print.
If you are writing about “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”:
Le, Guin U. K. “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.”
The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Short Stories
. New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Print.
If you are writing about the Trial of Susanna Martin:
Mather, Cotton.
The Wonders of the Invisible World
. 1693. London: John Russell Smith, 1862.
Project Gutenberg
. Web. 9 May 2016.
If you are writing about
12 Angry Men
:
12 Angry Men
. Dir. Sidney Lumet. Perf. Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb. MGM Entertainment, 2001.
Berkeley College Digital Campus
. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.
If you are writing about “A Jury of Her Peers”:
Glaspell, Susan. "A Jury of Her Peers."
A Jury of Her Peers
. Provincetown: n.p., 1916. 1-16.
Interactives
. Literature. Web. 21 Mar. 2017.
If you are writing about “In a Grove”:
Akutagawa, Ryunosuke. "In a Grove." 1922.
Feedbooks
. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.
If you are writing about “The Lynching of Jube Benson”:
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. “The Lynching of Jube Benson.”
The Heart of Happy Hollow
. 1904.
Lit2Go.
N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.
If you are writing about “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”:
Doyle, Arthur Conan. “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire.” 1924.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Canon
. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.
If you are writing about “They Can Only Hang You Once”:
Hammett, Dashiell. “They Can Only Hang You Once.” 1932.
E-Reading Club
. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.
If you are writing about “An Unbelievable Story of Rape”:
Miller, T. Christian and Armstrong, Ken. “An Unbelievable Story of Rape”
P.
MasubenPrivate equity firm can be very helpful for a company’s g.docxtienboileau
Masuben
Private equity firm can be very helpful for a company’s growth as its money helps in various restructuring of the company as large amounts of funding are invested in the company . It could be very helpful in developing companies' growth from grass root level. As optimum money is invested the production of goods will be more and retailers will get the product on time. Also as money is invested in advancement of technology the cost of production can be low so the retailers could make some more profit and manufacturers can make the product much quicker. As private equity holders are more concerned about their money they are actively involved in business to maximise the value. As the funding is major the return on investment will be huge which can be very helpful for manufacturers and retailers.(Piloto Sincerre, B., Sampaio, J., Famá, R., & Flores, E. S. 2019)
As every coin has two sides, sometimes private equity has its own downside. The biggest threat is to manufacturers as it can lose its ownership. As with private equity, more money is involved in business which leads to loss of a larger share of the business as private equity firms always take the larger majority stake of the business. As a private equity holder becomes actively involved in business, sometimes they overpower the management decision like hiring, business strategy, business decisions and other valuable management responsibilities. The main mission of equity holders is to generate revenue on their investment which might lead to unethical activities as larger money is involved. Also as production is increased there might be more pressure on retailers to sell the item as supply of goods will be more and demand is low.(BACON, N., WRIGHT, M., MEULEMAN, M., & SCHOLES, L. 2012) As larger money is involved the business can grow rapidly across the countries so to conclude private equity can help in growing business more.
2. Maheshwari
Private equity refers to capital that is not traded publicly. The acquisition of public manufacturing and retail firms, therefore, refers to privatization. Part of the entire firm is purchased by a high net worth individual or firm that aims at controlling it. This mostly involves buying the shares of the firm. This is mostly done by institutional investors such as pension funds and equity private firms (Chen, et al., 2020). This kind of acquisition has several effects on the firm. Some of these effects are outlined below.
a)
Huge amounts of funding
The process of private equity acquisition provides firms with a lot of capital that can transform their operations if properly budgeted for and utilized.
b)
Investor Involvement
As a result of the huge amounts of money invested by the institutional investors into the firms, they are actively involved in the operations of the firm to ensure maximization of value as opposed to other options of funding which allow for limited involvement by the lenders.
c)
Higher Retu.
MATH 114Discussion Board Forum 2 PromptPlease also pay close a.docxtienboileau
MATH 114
Discussion Board Forum 2 Prompt
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Topic – Causes of Death in 1980 and 2016
According to the 1980 Census, the United States population was approximately 226,540,000 in 1980. It grew to approximately 323,120,000 at the beginning of 2016. Using Census data for 1980 and estimates derived from mortality data for 2016, we arrive at the population estimates given in the table below:
Year
Total Population
Ages 15–24
Ages 25–44
Ages 45–64
1980
226,540,000
42,475,000
62,707,000
44,497,000
2016
323,120,000
43,500,000
85,150,000
84,300,000
The National Center for Health Statistics published a document entitled “Health, United States, 2015: With Special Feature on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities” that includes a table listing the leading causes of death in 1980 by age bracket. The CDC further produced a National Vital Statistics Reports that provided similar information for the year 2016. Under the Project Instructions link in Blackboard, you’ll find Discussion Board Forum 2: Data, a spreadsheet showing the leading causes of death in both 1980 and 2016 for these 3 age categories. Each of the first 3 questions has both a computational part and a discussion part. To get full credit for each of the discussion parts, please cite a reference to support your claims. This should not be an excessively difficult task: you can easily find information online for most of the illnesses or other causes listed in the report. All you need to do is provide the website you used (though other resources are also permitted if you prefer to use one of those).
1. Assuming that the population numbers in the above table are relatively accurate, use the Discussion Board Forum 2: Data spreadsheet to compute the deaths per 1000 people for each age group in both 1980 and 2016. Deaths per 1000 people is computed using the formula Deaths per 1000 = (# of deaths) / (total population) Do not round your answer to the nearest whole number, provide at least 2 decimal places (but no more than 4). Give these 6 values (e.g. deaths per 1000 people for ages 15–24 in 1980) and then cite a reference to discuss what might account for the changes between the deaths per 1000 in 1 of these 3 age categories between 1980 and 2016. Your discussion should be at least 40 words.
2. Besides the changes in the overall death rate in the past 3 decades, the leading causes of death vary somewhat between 1980 and 2016. Choose 1 of the 3 age ranges and select 1 cause of death from the Discussion Board Forum 2: Data spreadsheet that strikes you as noteworthy and that appears in both the 1980 and 2016 lists. For the cause of death that you selected, compute the number of deaths per 1000 in both 1980 and 2016 for your chosen age group. Do not round your answer to the nearest whole number,.
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Geology.com (
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Rock pictures available in in the Google folder “Pictures for Rocks Lab”
Part 1 - Igneous Rocks
1. The texture of igneous rock is typically described as phaneritic, aphanitic, glassy, or vesicular. Briefly
describe
what each of these textures means, and how it relates to the
rate of cooling
to form the rock.
Texture
Description
Rate of Cooling
Phaneritic
Aphanitic
Glassy
Vesicular
2. Using the website and your lecture notes, state the texture for each of the following rocks.
Rock
Texture
Gabbro
Rhyolite
Obsidian
Andesite
Pumice
Granite
Basalt
Diorite
3. The composition of igneous rock is typically described as felsic, intermediate, mafic, or ultramafic. The composition of the igneous rock is determined by the minerals that are in the magma or lava that forms the rock. State the type of color that is found in igneous rocks of each type of composition. (Choose from
light, dark, dark greenish, and in between light and dark.
)
Composition
Color
Felsic
Intermediate
Mafic
Ultramafic
4. Using the website and your notes, state the composition (felsic, intermediate, mafic, ultramafic) for each of the following rocks.
Rock
Composition
Gabbro
Rhyolite
Obsidian
Andesite
Pumice
Granite
Basalt
Diorite
5. Complete the following table to identify the pictures of igneous rocks.
Texture:
phaneritic, aphanitic, glassy, or vesicular
Composition:
felsic, intermediate, mafic, or ultramafic
Igneous Rock Name:
Basalt, granite, etc.
Number
Texture
Composition
Igneous Rock Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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Part 2 - Sedimentary Rocks
1. Sedimentary rocks are classified by the materials that most directly make up the rock. Briefly describe the three basic types of composition for sedimentary rocks.
Composition
Description
Clastic
Chemical
Organic
2. Using the website and your lecture notes, state the composition of each of the following types of rocks.
Rock
Composition
Sandstone
Coquina
Shale
Bituminous coal
Limestone
Conglomerate
3. Carbonate minerals, such as calcite (CaCO3) will undergo a chemical reaction with HCl to create CO2, which is a gas at room temperature. Therefore, when HCl is applied to these minerals, they will bubble or fizz. Considering which carbonates we have discussed, and which sedimentary rocks are made of these minerals, complete the chart below with which rocks you would expect to produce bubbles when you apply HCl.
Rock
Produce bubbling when HCl is applied?
Sandstone
Coquina
Shale
Bituminous coal
Limestone
Conglomerate
4. Complete the following table to identify the pictures of sedimentary rocks.
Composition:
clastic, chemical, or organic
Mineral Composition
(
for chemical sedimentary rocks only!
): state dominante mineral present
Reaction with HCl:
if reaction with HCl is expected, based on chemical composition
Sedimentary Rock Name:
sandstone, bituminous coal, e.
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Human Resource Information Management Model based on
Blockchain Technology
Xin Wang
School of Traffic and Transportation Management
Dalian Maritime University
Dalian, P. R. China
Libo Feng*, Hui Zhang
Digital Society & Blockchain Laboratory,
School of Computer Science and Engineering,
Beihang University
Beijing, P. R. China
Chan Lyu,
Assistant Professor, School of Business,
Macau University of Science and Technology
Macau, P. R. China
Li Wang Yue You
School of Economics and Management
Beihang University
Beijing, P. R. China
Abstract
The authenticity of human resource
information has become an important factor that
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information. This model aims to solve the lack of
discrimination of the authenticity of human
resource information, and to provide authentic and
effective decision support information to the
human resource management of an organization.
The operation method, such as Bitcoin, is used to
certify the human resource documentations, as
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documentation. Furthermore, human resource
information is recorded in an accounting book
based on BC technology; thus, modifying and
validating may be difficult in the entire net work.
Consensus mechanism, smart contract, accounting,
and payment functions of BC can provide the basic
support for human resource information
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protection mechanism can be achieved to achieve
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MBA 599 – Strategic Management Case Project This capsto.docx
1. MBA 599 – Strategic Management Case Project
This capstone course requires each student to construct a
detailed and well-thought-out analysis of a
business employing all the relevant strategic analysis tools
studied in the course. This project will take the
full term to complete. It is our sincere hope that you will find
this project to be the most rewarding effort in
your educational career.
Project Overview
This course is designed to help you develop strategic skills that
can be used in management. The
process of strategic planning is an iterative cycle of research
and analysis, ending with a series of choices
about what will be attempted and how it will be approached.
The most tangible output is the strategic
planning document. The most important output is the increased
understanding that the participants
acquire. Accordingly, the assessment of the final project will be
heavily dependent on the quality of the
2. strategic thinking inside that polished report. Students that
focus on the expeditious completion of the
steps may find that they have shortchanged the important and
time-consuming exploration and thinking
that is necessary to create a quality strategic case. Since not all
tools can tell the planner which factors
and alternatives are important to consider, the planner should
pull in as much diverse information and
perspectives as possible. Additionally, you should put
yourselves in the competitor’s shoes and consider
how the “game” will play out. Your homework and subsequent
improvements are intended to become a
primary basis for the exploration and questioning that drives
your strategic understanding and creative
ideas. In addition, it is important to test your strategic thinking
and your use of analytical tools in
preparation for your final project.
Tips for Selecting an Organization
As you select an organization for your class project, it is
important that you select one that is interesting,
possibly useful to you in your career, industry, or interests, and
allows you to explore strategic challenges
in a meaningful way. If you select the industry in which you
3. currently work, you must address two critical
issues: (1) integrating and clearly citing existing information.
(You will need to delineate work you’ve
contributed as opposed to pre-existing information), and (2)
succinctly presenting existing information
while adding new insight, analysis, and plans that substantially
add to strategy development,
implementation, and/or assessment of the organization. An
organization or industry you are interested in
should give you better access to information although you need
to pay careful attention to the points
made above.
Do not underestimate the degree to which you will need to be an
expert in the selected industry and
related areas. It is impossible to create a strategy without
understanding the terms, technologies, market
changes, and so forth in great depth. As soon as you select a
topic, you should establish (or monitor)
news feeds from several major sources of business news to keep
abreast of actions in your industry.
Public companies are preferred for these plans as SEC filings
and investment analyses are available
4. through research. Some of the firm’s main competitors will
likely be public so that you can research them
as well. Large, diversified, companies can be difficult for
purposes of this course (unless their
diversification is relatively narrow, and largely in one
“solutions space”). Large organizations (e.g. GE)
may file consolidated reports, and you may not have access to
dis-aggregated information on the division
that you are analyzing. Additionally, it’s better to select a
company/industry under “duress” or at least
struggling. The reason is its very difficult to add new strategic
ideas for a company that is doing well.
You may select any form of organization including profit, non-
profit, and government organizations.
However, please take into consideration that within these
various organizations, the strategic thinking can
be quite different and some can pose challenges for the planner.
Most organizations have some type of
customer base and opportunities for improvement. Charitable
organizations compete against other
nonprofits for time and money. Educational organizations
compete for students. Regulated utilities
compete for customers among themselves (e.g., gas versus
electric) and in conjunction with governments
5. to attract new industry. Units of governmental entities may be
the most difficult, but even those
organizations have customers who can choose to live in a
different locality or elect government officials
willing to change the status quo. If you are undecided, medium
or small-size competitive, profit-oriented
organizations may provide the best platform for applying course
concepts.
Project Deliverables
Phase 1 – Modules 1-3 (Outline for Strategic Management Case)
• Introduction of the company (limit to a maximum of three
single-spaced pages).
o Description of the firm and its products
o Company history (brief history, critical events, competitors,
leadership), including strategic
elements of its history
o Vision and mission statement o Assessment of mission and
vision
• External assessment o EFE and CPM with strategic
6. implications
o Analysis of competitive position, opportunities, and threats
• Internal assessment o IFE with strategic implications o
Financial ratio analysis with key
conclusions and implications for strategic choice o Overall
analysis of internal capabilities
and implications for your strategic decisions
Module 1: Select company and secure instructor approval. Once
approved, create plan outline, insert
current mission and vision.
Module 2: Complete an EFE and CPM for your company
(including analysis and conclusions) and insert
in your working draft which you will hold until you submit
Phase 1 during Module 3. .
Module 3: Complete an IFE and calculate financial ratios
(including analysis and conclusions) for your
company and insert in your plan to submit at the end of Module
3.
Submit all of Phase 1 to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59
PM EST/EST of Module 3. (This
7. Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.)
Phase 2 – Modules 4-6 (includes revisions to Phase 1 based on
the instructor's feedback)
Internal assessment (continued from Phase 1—include IFE and
financial ratios) o
Current strategy (brief description of the firm’s current
strategies), including current
use of technology
o SWOT matrix with strategic implications for the company o
BCG matrix with strategic
implications for the company o Space or other matrices with
strategic implications for
the company o Possible strategic alternatives
o Evaluation of current organizational structure
o Recommendation changes (if needed) to the structure, culture
(including values), processes,
rewards, or technology
Module 4: Integrate instructor feedback from Phase 1.
Module 5: Develop SWOT, BCG, SPACE, and IE matrices with
strategic implications for the company.
8. Module 6: Develop alternative strategies for your company
with strengths and weaknesses of each.
Submit all of Phase 2 to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59
PM EST/EST of Module 6. (This
Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.)
Phase 3 – Modules 7-8 (includes revisions to Phase 2 based on
the instructor's feedback)
Strategic analysis, choices, impact, and measurement o
Product-positioning map
o Evaluation of strategies and objectives to achieve most
favorable market position o
Description of how you would implement your strategies o
Milestones (steps for
each major initiative with their timelines
o Specific results you want to achieve including market,
financial, and product or service goals
o Financial projection (minimum three years) o Presentation
with audio – see below
9. o Executive summary – see below
Presentation with audio
The final submission for your project includes developing a
PowerPoint presentation with
embedded audio files. Each slide must contain an audio file in
which you offer insight to the
material in the slide and key points the professor should take
away from the visual
information in the PowerPoint. You should minimize repeating
points made in the slide other
than emphasizing important components. To put this simply,
please do not read the slides
verbatim but make sure to add value to what is presented on the
slide to improve the
understanding of your work. The presentation with audio is a
significant component of the
final submission, so please makes sure to offer your best work,
speak clearly, emphasize the
strategic implications of your work, and engage the viewer.
Executive summary (compiled with concise and critical
elements from the detailed work)
10. While done as a last step, this goes in front of the report, after
the index. A final and
allencompassing analysis is presented, along with the
recommendations that you would
make to the firm’s board of directors. This includes identifying
what you recommend, and
briefly outlining alternatives considered, key implementation
steps, and the impact of the
implementation on the company’s performance and competitive
position.
Module 7: Develop a product-positioning map with strategic
implications for the company.
Conduct final evaluation of alternative strategies and detailed
description of selected strategy.
Module 8: Develop detailed implementation and assessment
plan.
Complete financial projections.
Create presentation with audio.
Complete the executive summary and insert into the plan.
Complete all editing, verification, and citing of all sources, and
insert graphs and illustrations.
11. Submit all of Phase 3 to Chalk and Wire no later than Thursday
11:59 PM EST/EST using the link in
the Module 8 folder. Students that do not submit the assignment
to Chalk and Wire will receive a
zero. This is a key program assessment; the results are used to
ensure students are meeting program
goals. Video and PDF instructions can be found on the course
home page. PDF instructions are also
located in the Start Here folder. (Chalk and Wire is linked to
turnitin).
Project Submission
Please do not jeopardize completing your MBA! Before you
begin, read the plagiarism policy in the
syllabus and catalogue. There is zero tolerance for plagiarism in
this course. Any case of plagiarism will
be taken seriously. All assignments will be submitted to
Turnitin and be subject to additional validation by
the professor. Work from prior classes cannot be used in this
course without prior, written permission
from the professor.
Project Evaluation
12. All sections of the plan are evaluated based on:
1. Correctness and completeness: models/matrices used in the
case are reasonably sound/accurate
and thorough.
2. Strategic analysis and conclusions: points made are insightful
and clear with relative importance
distinguished (not just a “rehash” of the facts).
3. Logical sequence and continuity of writing: the reader can
seamlessly move from paragraph to
paragraph or section without losing his or her train of thought.
4. Grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure are at the
graduate level.
5. External sources: the ability to integrate and interpret
external sources of information. As a
capstone class, the external research is extensive, relevant, and
informative to the company’s
direction, its competition, industry, and choices.
6. Language: the effective use of standard business terms
especially those emphasized in the David
text and prior business courses.
See the full grading rubric in the Start Here folder.
13. Tips for Completing the Project
You should expect to build up a large mass of analyses before
you can put together a coherent case. In
the end, a great case will always look “simple” relative to the
countless hours going down many different
paths in order to build understanding. The volume of material
generated can distract from the creative
part of the process. The following suggestions are designed to
serve as a reminder for things not
identified distinctly in the assignments, the syllabus, or the
textbook Plan preparation guidelines.
1. Company and industry background
Use your own judgment to determine the amount of background
to include. Over-detailed
company history is usually irrelevant and rarely improves the
report. On the other hand, a history
of strategic moves and competitive reactions might be very
illustrative. Decide what to include
based on whether that information is important to understanding
the future environment and
strategic choices. Market share, financial strength, brand image,
and the like are always relevant
14. strategically.
2. Address uncertainty
In your strategic analysis, make sure to state any assumptions
related to your business. If you
believe there is going to be high risk, describe contingency
plans or alternate scenarios.
3. Discuss the things that create organizational culture and
behavior necessary to support
the strategy
a. What operational and motivational processes create the
culture (acting your way into a new
way of thinking, identity orientation, incentives, etc.)?
b. What organizational structure fits the mission/vision, the
operational approach, and the need
for adaptability or stability?
c. Make sure to delineate your ethics standards including values
the company lives by.
4. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and internal/external (IE)
matrices
Some of you may think that the BCG and IE matrices are not
15. relevant to your project since your
organization only reports one business segment. First, these
exhibits are important to think
through and are required even if they only have one product
line. Second, there are often more
segments in any organization than meets the eye. The reason to
break up the business into
component parts is to shed some light on the strategic
positioning and future potential. Ask
yourself, are there segments that behave differently (different
customers, competitors, growth
rates, success factors, etc.)? You can be sure that Wal-Mart is
looking at grocery, clothing,
pharmacy, electronics, toys, garden, and automotive all
separately, and possibly even separating
seasonal items. For purposes of this class, approximations can
be used whenever necessary to
separate a subunit. Pushing the analysis down to a more detailed
level forces you to recognize
what you know and what you do not know. I am more concerned
with strategic thinking than with
availability of detailed data. You can put estimated numbers in
your plans as long as a note is
16. added explaining the basis, reasoning, and level of uncertainty.
5. Implementation
Your implementation strategy must show how it is aligned with
your strategic objectives. The
strategic-level implementation questions are mainly resource-
related (where the money/people
come from) and timing issues (when are initiatives expected to
happen). In addition, if there is
something specific mentioned in the analysis (e.g., a trend, a
weakness, concerns about the
competitive response) that affects implementation, then you
need to include the relevant part of
the implementation approach mentioned as part of the strategy.
If there is not anything notable in
these kinds of areas, then specific content is not required in the
report.
6. Overall assessment of the strategy
As you prepare your strategies, it will be helpful to review
Rumelt’s four criteria: a.
Consistency
i. Strategy should not present inconsistent goals and policies.
17. ii. All of the pieces of your overall strategic approach should be
aligned.
b. Consonance
i. Strategy should examine sets of trends.
c. Feasibility
d. Advantage
i. Strategy should include creation or maintenance of
competitive advantage.
7. Sources
Follow APA style guide to write the case. Cite within the body
of your case and include a
reference list. This is particularly true for any source data that
will come from financial reports and
corporate websites.
Project Grading
Eighty percent (80%) of the course grade will be determined
based on the Strategic Management Case
as distributed below:
1. Phase 1: Proposal and initial analysis (20% of course grade)
18. 2. Phase 2: Substantive draft (20% of course grade)
3. Phase 3: Final Case (40% of course grade)
Example Outline and Structure for the Strategic Plan (Headings)
The outline below is an example and should be modified to
adapt to your company. The primary headings
are good ways to organize your work into logical sections (e.g.,
internal analysis, external analysis, etc.).
Cover Page
Index
Executive Overview
Introduction of the Company
Description of the firm
Company history
Vision and mission statement
Strategic elements of the history
19. Overall assessment
External Assessment
EFE and CPM
Analysis of competitive position, opportunities, and threats
Internal Assessment
Financial ratio analysis
IFE
Analysis of internal capabilities and implications for your
strategic decisions to follow
Current strategy, including current use of technology
Possible alternatives
SWOT matrix
BCG matrix
Space or other matrices
Description of core values you would use to create the desired
culture
Evaluation of current organizational structure
Recommendation changes (if needed) to the structure,
processes, rewards, or technology
20. Strategic Analysis, Choices, Impact, and Measurement
Product-positioning map
Evaluation of strategies and objectives to achieve most
favorable market position
Description of how you would implement your strategies
Milestones (steps for each major initiative with their timelines
Specific results you want to achieve including market, financial,
and product or service goals, and
how and when they will be measured Financial projection
(minimum three years)
Presentation with audio
The Obesity Epidemic
Abstract
This paper will discuss the problem of obesity, the date this
problem has started, various reasons caused the problem of
obesity and the result of the findings. This work will go in-
depth into the studies, researches, and most importantly
solutions. We should all work together as a team, the
government, the society, you and me to fight this phenomenon.
It is very serious, and it affects your heart and leads finally to
death. Being lazy, depending on cars, eating fast food is the
21. main reason for obesity so you need to keep yourself away and
practice your body regularly. will discuss if strategies such as
taxing sugar drinks and food will reduce obesity if the
government should raise the price of certain liquids that people
drink because of the weight they gain from them. Second, I will
go through the problem of childhood obesity which is a very sad
problem that spread on our society greatly. As a solution, I
thought about the Suitable administration of obesity in children
and that is likely to reduce the difficulties in childhood obesity
and that by increasing physical education courses in schools in
order to help restrain the current problem of childhood obesity.
The third problem that happened to face our society especially
in Saudi Arabia is the high price of the gyms' memberships.
People have enough excuses to not go to the gym so the
companies should encourage them to be more active by giving
them more discounts and reduce the price of the gyms'
memberships.
Introduction
There is a piece of surprising information mentioned by
TIME magazine, said: " The global obesity epidemic continues,
and a new report shows that about two billion people worldwide
are overweight or obese. That's about 30% of the world's
population (Sifferlin, 2017). This is significant as obesity and
poor fitness lead to a decrease in life longevity, and it is
;therefore, important for individuals and governments to work
together to solve this issue and to improve their citizens' diet
and fitness.
WPT James said: "the recognition of obesity as a disease
was in theory established in 1948 by WHO’s (World Health
Organization) taking on the International Classification of
Diseases" (2008). However, this organization (WHO) started its
first consulting on Obesity in Geneva from 3 to 5 June 1997
(WHO, 2000). From this point they began their journey of
preventing and managing the global epidemic.
The obesity phenomenon is the country's most serious health
22. issue. Most people are affected by it. You walk across the street
and see half of the people are overweight. No matter where you
are or where you look. This problem is internationally and
everywhere. I have seen people suffer from this problem of
different ages. All the world talks about it. It is really a serious
problem, and we should be careful about its effects on our
health, our future, and our lives. There are some solutions that
can fix this problem if they combined together with the efforts
of the government and individuals to fight this phenomenon.
Obesity and poor fitness decline life longevity. Consumption of
ready food and dependence on the car causes an advance in
obesity and a cutdown in the fitness level of the adult
population. Overweight people are more exposed to serious
illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes, which leads to
death (Wilson, 2014).
It is acknowledged that formal exercise can lower the risk
of heart disease and stroke, which means that the people who
don’t practice regularly and have poor fitness levels are at a
greater risk of surviving these problems. Since obesity is
common and the government wants to help to reduce its effects
on society, the government decides to raise the price of certain
liquids that people drink because of the weight they gain from
them. Also, they decide to double the tax of some of the drinks
and food.
Childhood obesity is one of the most leading causes of
concern in today's world. This leading phenomenon is caused by
many reasons like the ingestion of lots of fast foods, and people
are enjoying a lazy life without doing anything, and that what
causes obesity. Suitable administration of obesity in children is
likely to reduce the difficulties in childhood obesity. So,
schools must have some kind of physical education courses to
help reduce the problem of childhood obesity. Also, I suggest
reducing the price of gyms' memberships would be a great idea
to encourage people to join. Therefore, the most effective
solutions I prefer to start with are raising the price of sugar
liquids and food, adding physical education courses, and
23. reducing the price gyms.
References
James, W. P. T. (2008). WHO recognition of the global obesity
epidemic. International Journal of Obesity, 32(S7). doi:
10.1038/ijo.2008.247
Sifferlin, A. (2017, June 12). Obesity: 30% of People in the
World Are Obese or Overweight. Retrieved from
https://time.com/4813075/obesity-overweight-weight-loss/
WHO. (2000). Obesity, preventing and managing the global
epidemic: report of a Who Consultation. Geneva.
Wilson, C. (2014) Diseases Connected to Obesity. Medical
Journal. 55 (5). Pp23-56
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Thank you to the following companies
that graciously provided the substance of the Cohesion Cases
over a 30-year span of 16 editions of this book.
1st edition, 1987: Ponderosa
2nd edition, 1989: Ponderosa
3rd edition, 1991: Hershey Company
4th edition, 1993: Hershey Company
5th edition, 1995: Hershey Company
6th edition, 1997: Hershey Company
7th edition, 1999: Hershey Company
8th edition, 2001: America Online (AOL)
9th edition, 2003: American Airlines
10th edition, 2005: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.
11th edition, 2007: Google Inc.
12th edition, 2009: The Walt Disney Company
13th edition, 2011: Apple, Inc.
14th edition, 2013: McDonald’s Corporation
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31. Brief Contents
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxxi
About the Authors xxxiii
Part 1 Overview of Strategic Management 2
Chapter 1 The Nature of Strategic Management 3
The Cohesion Case: The heRsheY CoMPanY, 2015 (hsY) 26
Part 2 Strategy Formulation 38
Chapter 2 The Business Vision and Mission 39
Chapter 3 The External Assessment 59
Chapter 4 The Internal Assessment 89
Chapter 5 Strategies in Action 129
Chapter 6 Strategy Analysis and Choice 167
Part 3 Strategy Implementation 204
Chapter 7 Implementing Strategies: Management, Operations,
and Human Resource Issues 205
Chapter 8 Implementing Strategies: Marketing,
Finance/Accounting, R&D, and MIS Issues 243
Part 4 Strategy Evaluation 278
Chapter 9 Strategy Review, Evaluation, and Control 279
Part 5 Key Strategic-Management topics 304
Chapter 10 Business Ethics, Social Responsibility, and
Environmental Sustainability 305
Chapter 11 Global and International Issues 329
32. Part 6 Strategic-Management Case analysis 356
How to Prepare and Present a Case Analysis 357
Glossary 627
Name Index 637
Subject Index 643
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Contents
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxxi
About the Authors xxxiii
Part 1 Overview of Strategic
Management 2
Chapter 1 the Nature of Strategic
Management 3
exeMPlaRY CoMPanY showCased: aPPle, inC. 4
what is strategic Management? 4
What Is a Cohesion Case? 5 • Defining Strategic Management 5
stages of strategic Management 5
33. integrating intuition and analysis 6
Adapting to Change 7
Key Terms in strategic Management 8
Competitive Advantage 8 • Strategists 8
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 1-1: when aRe Chief
sTRaTegY offiCeRs (Csos) hiRed/aPPoinTed? 9
Vision and Mission Statements 10 • External Opportunities
and Threats 10 • Internal Strengths and Weaknesses 11 •
Long-Term Objectives 12 • Strategies 12 • Annual
Objectives 12 • Policies 13
The strategic-Management Model 14
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 1-2: whaT aCTiviTY is
Most IMportant In the strategIc-ManageMent
PRoCess? 15
Benefits of engaging in strategic Management 15
Financial Benefits 16 • Nonfinancial Benefits 17
why some firms do no strategic Planning 17
Pitfalls in strategic Planning 18
Comparing Business and Military strategy 18
iMPliCaTions foR sTRaTegisTs 20
iMPliCaTions foR sTudenTs 21
Chapter summary 21
Key Terms and Concepts 22
Issues for Review and Discussion 22
Mini-Case on The KRogeR CoMPanY: whaT aMeRiCan
CoMPanY does The BesT JoB of sTRaTegiC
Planning? 24
Current Readings 25
34. Endnotes 25`
The Cohesion Case: The heRsheY CoMPanY, 2015 26
assuRanCe of leaRning exeRCises 35
Assurance of Learning Exercise 1A: Compare Business Strategy
with
Military Strategy 35
Assurance of Learning Exercise 1B: Gather Strategy
Information
for the Hershey Company 35
Assurance of Learning Exercise 1C: Update the Hershey
Cohesion
Case 36
Assurance of Learning Exercise 1D: Strategic Planning for Your
University 36
Assurance of Learning Exercise 1E: Strategic Planning at a
Local
Company 37
Assurance of Learning Exercise 1F: Get Familiar with the
Strategy
Club Website
Assurance of Learning Exercise 1G: Game Plans vs. Strategic
Plans:
Teams vs. Companies
Part 2 Strategy Formulation 38
Chapter 2 the Business Vision and Mission 39
exeMPlaRY CoMPanY showCased: h&R BloCK 40
vision statements: what do we want to Become? 40
Vision Statement Analysis 41
Mission statements: what is our Business? 42
The Process of developing vision and Mission
statements 43
35. The importance (Benefits) of vision and Mission
statements 44
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 2-1: The Mission sTaTeMenT/
fiRM PeRfoRManCe linKage 44
A Resolution of Divergent Views 45
Characteristics of a Mission statement 46
A Customer Orientation 47
Components of a Mission statement 47
evaluating and writing Mission statements 48
Two Mission Statements Critiqued 49 • Five Mission Statements
Revised 49 • Two Mission Statements Proposed 49
iMPliCaTions foR sTRaTegisTs 51
iMPliCaTions foR sTudenTs 52
Chapter summary 52
Key Terms and Concepts 53
Issues for Review and Discussion 53
assuRanCe of leaRning exeRCises 54
Assurance of Learning Exercise 2A: Develop an Improved
BB&T Mission
Statement 54
Assurance of Learning Exercise 2B: Evaluate Three Mission
Statements 54
Assurance of Learning Exercise 2C: Write a Vision and Mission
Statement
for the Hershey Company 55
Assurance of Learning Exercise 2D: Compare Your College or
University’s
Vision and Mission Statements to That of a Leading
Rival Institution 55
Assurance of Learning Exercise 2E: Conduct Mission Statement
36. Research 55
Mini-Case on walT disneY CoMPanY: whaT is disneY’s
vision foR The fuTuRe and Mission foR The PResenT? 56
Current Readings 56
Endnotes 57
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37
37
Chapter 3 the External assessment 59
exeMPlaRY CoMPanY showCased: ChiPoTle
MexiCan gRill 60
The Purpose and nature of an external audit 61
Key External Forces 61 • The Process of Performing an External
Audit 62 • The Industrial Organization (I/O) View 63
Ten external forces That affect organizations 63
Economic Forces 63 • Social, Cultural, Demographic, and
Natural Environment Forces 65 • Political, Governmental, and
Legal Forces 66 • Technological Forces 68 • Competitive
Forces 69
Porter’s five-forces Model 71
Rivalry among Competing Firms 72 • Potential Entry of New
Competitors 73 • Potential Development of Substitute
Products 73 • Bargaining Power of Suppliers 73
• Bargaining Power of Consumers 74
sources of external information 74
37. forecasting Tools and Techniques 74
Making Assumptions 75 • Business Analytics 76
The external factor evaluation Matrix 77
The Competitive Profile Matrix 78
iMPliCaTions foR sTRaTegisTs 81
iMPliCaTions foR sTudenTs
Chapter summary 82
Key Terms and Concepts 83
Issues for Review and Discussion 83
assuRanCe of leaRning exeRCises 84
Assurance of Learning Exercise 3A: Competitive Intelligence
(CI)
Certification 84
Assurance of Learning Exercise 3B: Develop an EFE Matrix for
Hershey Company 84
Assurance of Learning Exercise 3C: Perform an External
Assessment 85
Assurance of Learning Exercise 3D: Develop an EFE Matrix for
Your
University 85
Assurance of Learning Exercise 3E: Comparing Chipotle
Mexican
Grill to Panera Bread and Moe’s Southwest Grill 85
Assurance of Learning Exercise 3F: Develop a Competitive
Profile
Matrix for Hershey Company 86
Assurance of Learning Exercise 3G: Develop a Competitive
Profile
Matrix for Your University 86
Mini-Case on CoaCh, inC.: whY aRe The ladies
shunning CoaCh? 86
38. Current Readings 87
Endnotes 87
Chapter 4 the Internal assessment 89
exeMPlaRY CoMPanY showCased: neTflix, inC. 90
The nature of an internal audit 90
Key Internal Forces 91 • The Process of Performing an Internal
Audit 92 • The Resource-Based View 93
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 4-1: does RBv TheoRY
deTeRMine diveRsifiCaTion TaRgeTs? 93
integrating strategy and Culture 94
Management 96
Planning 96 • Organizing 97 • Motivating 98
• Staffing 98 • Controlling 99 • Management Audit
Checklist of Questions 99
Marketing 100
Customer Analysis 100 • Selling Products and Services 100
• Product and Service Planning 101 • Pricing 101
• Distribution 102 • Marketing Research 102 • Cost/Benefit
Analysis 102 • Marketing Audit Checklist of Questions 103
finance/accounting 103
Finance/Accounting Functions 103 • Financial Ratios 104
• Breakeven Analysis 107 • Finance/Accounting Audit
Checklist 109
Production/operations 109
Production/Operations Audit Checklist 110
Research and development 111
Internal and External Research and Development 111 • Research
39. and Development Audit 112
Management information systems 112
Managing Voluminous Consumer Data 112
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 4-2: new TRends
in Managing Big daTa 113
Management Information Systems Audit 113
value Chain analysis 113
Benchmarking 114
The internal factor evaluation Matrix 116
iMPliCaTions foR sTRaTegisTs 118
iMPliCaTions foR sTudenTs 120
Chapter summary 121
Key Terms and Concepts 121
Issues for Review and Discussion 122
assuRanCe of leaRning exeRCises 123
Assurance of Learning Exercise 4A: Apply Breakeven Analysis
123
Assurance of Learning Exercise 4B: Compare Netflix with
Redbox 123
Assurance of Learning Exercise 4C: Perform a Financial Ratio
Analysis
for Hershey Company 124
Assurance of Learning Exercise 4D: Construct an IFE Matrix
for Hershey Company 124
Assurance of Learning Exercise 4E: Construct an IFE Matrix
for Your University 124
Assurance of Learning Exercise 4F: Applying Research-Based
View (RBV) Theory 125
Mini-Case on Buffalo wild wings, inC.: whaT do
ouTsTanding ManageMenT, MaRKeTing, and finanCe
40. exeCuTives do TogeTheR? 125
Current Readings 126
Endnotes 126
Chapter 5 Strategies in action 129
exeMPlaRY CoMPanY showCased: signeT
JeweleRs liMiTed 130
long-Term objectives 130
Characteristics and Benefits of Objectives 131 • Financial
versus
Strategic Objectives 131 • Avoid Not Managing by Objectives
132
Types of strategies 132
Levels of Strategies 134
integration strategies 134
Forward Integration 135 • Backward Integration 136 •
Horizontal Integration 137
intensive strategies 138
Market Penetration 138 • Market Development 138
• Product Development 139
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diversification strategies 139
Related Diversification 140 • Unrelated Diversification 140
defensive strategies 141
Retrenchment 141 • Divestiture 142 • Liquidation 143
41. Michael Porter’s five generic strategies 144
Cost Leadership Strategies (Type 1 and Type 2) 145 •
Differentiation Strategies (Type 3) 146 • Focus Strategies
(Type 4 and Type 5) 147
Means for achieving strategies 148
Cooperation among Competitors 148 • Joint Venture
and Partnering 148
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 5-1: aRe inTeRnaTional
allianCes MoRe effeCTive wiTh CoMPeTiToRs oR
nonCoMPeTiToRs? 149
Merger/Acquisition 150 • Private-Equity Acquisitions 151
Tactics to facilitate strategies 152
First Mover Advantages 152 • Outsourcing and Reshoring 152
strategic Management in nonprofit, governmental,
and small firms 154
Educational Institutions 154 • Medical Organizations 155 •
Governmental Agencies and Departments 155 • Small Firms 155
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 5-2: whaT aTTRiBuTes do
gReaT enTRePReneuRs Possess? 156
iMPliCaTions foR sTRaTegisTs 156
iMPliCaTions foR sTudenTs 157
Chapter summary 157
Key Terms and Concepts 158
Issues for Review and Discussion 158
assuRanCe of leaRning exeRCises 159
Assurance of Learning Exercise 5A: Develop Hypothetical
Hershey
Company Strategies 159
42. Assurance of Learning Exercise 5B: Horizontal Integration in
Practice 160
Assurance of Learning Exercise 5C: What Strategies Should
Hershey
Pursue in 2017? 160
Assurance of Learning Exercise 5D: Examine Strategy
Articles 160
Assurance of Learning Exercise 5E: Classify Some Recent
Strategies 161
Assurance of Learning Exercise 5F: How Risky Are Various
Alternative
Strategies? 162
Assurance of Learning Exercise 5G: Develop Alternative
Strategies for
Your University 162
Mini-Case on linKedin CoRPoRaTion: should linKedin
CooPeRaTe wiTh faCeBooK? 163
Current Readings 164
Endnotes 164
Chapter 6 Strategy analysis and Choice 167
exeMPlaRY CoMPanY showCased: sMiTh & wesson
holding CoRPoRaTion 168
The strategy analysis and Choice Process 168
The Process of Generating and Selecting Strategies 168
The strategy-formulation analytical framework 170
The Input Stage 171 • The Matching Stage 171 •
The Decision Stage 171
The swoT Matrix 171
The strategic Position and action evaluation (sPaCe) Matrix 174
The Boston Consulting group (BCg) Matrix 178
The internal-external (ie) Matrix 181
43. aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 6-1: a new ie MaTRix 184
The grand strategy Matrix 185
The decision stage: The Quantitative strategic Planning
Matrix (QsPM) 186
Positive Features and Limitations of the QSPM 189
Cultural aspects of strategy analysis and Choice 190
The Politics of strategy analysis and Choice 190
Boards of directors: governance issues 191
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 6-2: how ManY BoaRd
of diReCToRs MeMBeRs aRe ideal? 193
iMPliCaTions foR sTRaTegisTs 194
iMPliCaTions foR sTudenTs 194
Chapter summary 195
Key Terms and Concepts 196
Issues for Review and Discussion 196
assuRanCe of leaRning exeRCises 198
Assurance of Learning Exercise 6A: Perform a SWOT Analysis
for Hershey Company 198
Assurance of Learning Exercise 6B: Develop a SPACE Matrix
for Hershey 199
Assurance of Learning Exercise 6C: Develop a BCG Matrix for
Hershey 199
Assurance of Learning Exercise 6D: Develop a QSPM for
Hershey 199
Assurance of Learning Exercise 6E: Formulate Individual
Strategies 200
Assurance of Learning Exercise 6F: Develop a BCG Matrix for
Your
University 200
Assurance of Learning Exercise 6G: The Role of Boards of
Directors 200
44. Assurance of Learning Exercise 6H: Locate Companies in a
Grand
Strategy Matrix 201
Mini-Case on The sTaRBuCKs CoRPoRaTion: whaT
sTaRBuCKs sTRaTegies aRe BesT? 201
Current Readings 202
Endnotes 202
Part 3 Strategy Implementation 204
Chapter 7 Implementing Strategies: Management,
Operations, and Human resource
Issues 205
exeMPlaRY CoMPanY showCased: PaPa John’s
inTeRnaTional, inC. 206
Transitioning from formulating to implementing
strategies 206
The need for Clear annual objectives 208
The need for Clear Policies 211
allocate Resources and Manage Conflict 211
Allocate Resources 211 • Manage Conflict 213
Match structure with strategy 213
Types of organizational structure 214
The Functional Structure 214 • The Divisional Structure 215 •
The Strategic Business Unit (SBU) Structure 217 • The Matrix
Structure 218
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45. dos and don’ts in developing organizational Charts 219
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 7-1: whY is The Coo
PosiTion Being deleTed in ManY oRganizaTions? 221
strategic Production/operations issues 222
Restructuring and Reengineering 222 • Manage Resistance to
Change 223 • Decide Where and How to Produce Goods 223
• Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) 224
strategic human Resource issues 225
Linking Performance and Pay to Strategy 225 • Balance Work
Life
and Home Life 227 • Develop a Diverse Workforce 228
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 7-2: how do woMen vs. Men
Ceos PeRfoRM? 229
Use Caution in Hiring a Rival’s Employees 229 • Create a
Strategy-
Supportive Culture 232 • Use Caution in Monitoring
Employees’
Social Media 233 • Develop a Corporate Wellness Program 233
iMPliCaTions foR sTRaTegisTs 235
iMPliCaTions foR sTudenTs 236
Chapter summary 237
Key Terms and Concepts 237
Issues for Review and Discussion 237
assuRanCe of leaRning exeRCises 239
Assurance of Learning Exercise 7A: Critique Corporate
Organizational
Charts 239
Assurance of Learning Exercise 7B: Draw an Organizational
Chart for
Hershey Company Using a Free, Online Template 239
46. Assurance of Learning Exercise 7C: Do Organizations Really
Establish
Objectives? 239
Assurance of Learning Exercise 7D: Understanding Your
University’s
Culture 240
Mini-Case on hilTon woRldwide holdings:
is The new hilTon PoliCY waRRanTed? 240
Current Readings 241
Endnotes 241
Chapter 8 Implementing Strategies: Marketing,
Finance/accounting, r&D, and MIS
Issues 243
exeMPlaRY CoMPanY showCased: fooT
loCKeR, inC. 244
strategic Marketing issues 244
social Media Marketing 245
Market segmentation 247
Product Positioning and Perceptual Mapping 250
Author Commentary 251
strategic finance/accounting issues 253
ePs/eBiT analysis: acquire needed Capital 254
Projected financial statements 258
Projected financial statement analysis for d. R. horton 260
Corporate valuation 262
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 8-1: when should
we oveRPaY To aCQuiRe a fiRM? 264
Corporate Valuation Methods 264
47. iPos, Cash Management, and Corporate Bonds 266
Go Public With An IPO? 266
Keep Cash Offshore if Earned Offshore? 267
Issue Corporate Bonds for What Purpose? 267
strategic Research and development (R&d) issues 267
strategic Management information systems (Mis) issues 269
Mobile Tracking of Employees 270
iMPliCaTions foR sTRaTegisTs 270
iMPliCaTions foR sTudenTs 271
Mobile Apps for Customers 271
Chapter summary 271
Key Terms and Concepts 272
Issues for Review and Discussion 272
assuRanCe of leaRning exeRCises
Assurance of Learning Exercise 8A: Develop a Product-
Positioning
Map for Hershey Company
Assurance of Learning Exercise 8B: Gain Practice Developing
Perceptual Maps 274
Assurance of Learning Exercise 8C: Perform an EPS/EBIT
Analysis
for Hershey Company 274
Assurance of Learning Exercise 8D: Prepare Projected Financial
Statements for Hershey Company
Assurance of Learning Exercise 8E: Determine the Cash Value
of Hershey Company 275
Assurance of Learning Exercise 8F: Develop a Product-
Positioning
Map for Your University 275
Assurance of Learning Exercise 8G: Do Banks Require
Projected
Financial Statements? 27
48. Mini-Case on aliBaBa gRouP holding lTd.: is selling
sToCK oR Bonds BesT To Raise CaPiTal? 276
Current Readings 277
Endnotes 277
Part 4 Strategy Evaluation 278
Chapter 9 Strategy review, Evaluation,
and Control 279
exeMPlaRY CoMPanY showCased: niKe, inC. 280
The strategy-evaluation Process, Criteria,
and Methods 280
The Process of Evaluating Strategies 283
The Three strategy-evaluation activities 284
Reviewing Bases of Strategy 284 • Measuring Organizational
Performance 286 • Taking Corrective Actions 287
The Balanced scorecard 289
Published sources of strategy-evaluation information 291
Characteristics of an effective strategy evaluation system 291
Contingency Planning 292
auditing 293
Twenty-first-Century Challenges in strategic
Management 294
The Art or Science Issue 294 • The Visible or Hidden
Issue 295 • The Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach 296
guidelines for effective strategic Management 296
iMPliCaTions foR sTRaTegisTs 298
iMPliCaTions foR sTudenTs 298
49. Chapter summary 299
Key Terms and Concepts 299
Issues for Review and Discussion 299
assuRanCe of leaRning exeRCises 300
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Assurance of Learning Exercise 9A: Examine 100 Balanced
Scorecards 300
Assurance of Learning Exercise 9B: Prepare a Strategy-
Evaluation Report
for Hershey Company 301
Assurance of Learning Exercise 9C: Evaluate Your University’s
Strategies 301
Mini-Case on TJx CoMPanies, inC.: is seCReT sTRaTegiC
Planning BesT foR TJx? 301
Current Readings 302
Endnotes 302
Part 5 Key Strategic-Management
topics 304
Chapter 10 Business Ethics, Social responsibility,
and Environmental Sustainability 305
50. exeMPlaRY CoMPanY showCased:
ChiCK-fil-a 306
why “good ethics is good Business” 306
Does It Pay to Be Ethical? 307
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 10-1: whaT Can we
leaRn fRoM high-PeRfoRManCe CoMPanies? 308
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 10-2: who is PRone
To Be uneThiCal in a Business? 309
How to Establish an Ethics Culture 309
whistle-Blowing, Bribery, and workplace Romance 310
Whistle-Blowing 310 • Avoid Bribery 311 • Workplace
Romance 312
social Responsibility and Policy 313
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 10-3: does iT PaY To Be
soCiallY ResPonsiBle? 314
Design and Articulate a Social Policy 314 • Social Policies on
Retirement 314
environmental sustainability 315
What Firms Are the Best Stewards? 316 • Sustainability
Reports 317 • The Office of Environmental Affairs 318 •
ISO 14000/14001 Certification 318
wildlife welfare 319
Food Suppliers and Animal Welfare 321
iMPliCaTions foR sTRaTegisTs 321
iMPliCaTions foR sTudenTs 322
Chapter summary 322
Key Terms and Concepts 322
Issues for Review and Discussion 322
51. assuRanCe of leaRning exeRCises 323
Assurance of Learning Exercise 10A: How Does Your
Municipality
Compare to Others on Being Pollution-Safe? 323
Assurance of Learning Exercise 10B: Does Hershey Company or
Mars, Inc.
Win on Sustainability? 324
Assurance of Learning Exercise 10C: The Ethics of Spying on
Competitors 324
Assurance of Learning Exercise 10D: Who Prepares a
Sustainability
Report? 325
Mini-Case on avon PRoduCTs, inC.: would ClaiMs
of eThiCal wRongdoing BY a CoMPanY iMPaCT
YouR BuYing The fiRM’s PRoduCTs? 325
Current Readings 326
Endnotes 326
Chapter 11 Global and International
Issues 329
exeMPlaRY CoMPanY showCased: alCoa, inC. 330
The nature of doing Business globally 330
Multinational Firms 332 • Different Languages
Globally 333 • Labor Unions across Europe 333
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 11-1: how ManY
languages aRe TheRe gloBallY? 333
advantages and disadvantages of doing Business
globally 334
The global Challenge 335
aCadeMiC ReseaRCh CaPsule 11-2: how do fiRMs
52. deCide wheRe To exPand? 336
Tax Rates and Tax inversions 336
Tax Rates 336 • Tax Inversions 338
american versus foreign Business Culture 338
Communication Differences across Countries 340
Business Culture across Countries 341
Mexico’s Business Culture 341 • Japan’s Business Culture 342 •
China’s Business Culture 343 • India’s Business Culture 344
Business Climate across Countries 344
Africa’s Business Climate 345 • China’s Business Climate 346 •
Brazil's Business Climate 347 • Indonesia’s Business Climate
347 •
India’s Business Climate 347 • Japan’s Business Climate 348 •
Mexico’s Business Climate 348 • Vietnam’s Business Climate
349
iMPliCaTions foR sTRaTegisTs 350
iMPliCaTions foR sTudenTs 350
Chapter summary 351
Key Terms …