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WEEK 1. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CURRENTLY LATE
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IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!! ASSIGNMENT IS DUE OCT 27.
Discussions
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Discussion
link in the left navigation.
Strategic Management Process
In a constantly and rapidly changing environment, developing
and implementing a competent strategic plan is central to
organization stability and viability. Describe a strategic
management process that can be utilized by a multinational
organization to gain a competitive advantage over others in
their industry and explain the importance of each stage. Please
respond to at least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and
debating the key points of their posting.
Challenges of Multinationals
Compare and contrast the challenges for managing a broad
geographic scope of operations with complex integration needs
– typical of a multinational organization – with an organization
operating within one country. Please respond to at least two
fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key
points of their posting.
Assignment
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Assignment

Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasing integration of national and
regional markets and economies and the domination of the
world economy by massive multinational firms. It has affected
nearly every organization, and industry, in the competitive
marketplace today.
In a two to three page research paper in APA style, detail the
following in relation to the changing nature of global
competitiveness:
·
Define and explain the concept of globalization.
·
Compare and contrast the growth of globalization over the past
thirty years, in general, and then specifically for one industry of
your choice. For instance, you may present the growth of
imports and exports over the past thirty years, and then detail
the impact globalization has had on United States toy
manufacturers.
·
Finally, evaluate how globalization has altered the competitive
landscape. In particular, elaborate on how a globalized
marketplace affects the profitability and productivity of an
organization and an industry.
Note that some of the information related to this project may
not be readily available in course materials, requiring you to
research contemporary management trends in the public sector.
At least two outside scholarly resources are required, including
a minimum of one from the Ashford Online Library.
Carefully review the
Grading Rubric
for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

WEEK 2. DISCUSSION DUE OCT 29 AND ASSIGNMENT IS
DUE NOV 2!!!!!!!!!!!
Discussions
Discussion
Globalization and Risk
One goal of a multinational organization is to build, protect
and exploit its unique resources to establish a competitive
advantage. A similarly important goal of a multinational
organization is to diversify the organization’s financial risk
portfolio. Discuss how globalization allows organizations to
diversify their financial/business risks and amortize their fixed
costs and resource investments throughout the organization.
Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings,
advancing and debating the key points of their posting.
Political and Legal Differences
Evaluate how differences in political and legal systems create
vast misunderstandings and tremendous opportunities in the
international marketplace; then propose how an organization
can overcome these misunderstandings and take advantage of
these opportunities. Please respond to at least two fellow
students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of
their posting.
Assignment
Assignment
Comparative Advantage
International economics is dominated by the idea of
comparative advantage – that different endowments and

activities in different countries make them relatively more or
less efficient at different economic activities. In other words,
countries (and organizations) should specialize in the economic
activities where they have a competitive edge against the
competition.
In a two to three page research paper in APA style, elaborate on
the concept of comparative advantage and how this concept is
the determining factor in the long-term stability of a country
and profitability of an organization. In particular, research and
determine the following:
·
Define and explain the concept of comparative advantage.
·
Select any country that interests you. Then, determine one
product or service where the country has a comparative
advantage and one where they have a comparative
disadvantage. Discuss the factors within the country that
created this comparative advantage, and also the factors that
contributed to their comparative disadvantage.
·
Finally, where the country has a comparative advantage, detail
the strategy the country should adapt to maintain this advantage
for the next five years. Importantly, comparative advantages
fade rapidly and countries (and organizations) should constantly
strive to maintain and expand their existing comparative
advantages.

Grading Rubric
for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignmen
WEEK 3. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS DUE NOV 5 AND
ASSIGNMENT IS DUE 9 NOV!!!!!
Discussions
Discussion
Enhancing Competitiveness
Describe how globalization can lead to the integration of
strategic demands for worldwide efficiency, local market
responsiveness, and the spread of world-class technology across
all national markets. How can these factors enhance
competitiveness throughout the global marketplace? Please
Transforming Thinking
Global strategy making involves a major shift in focus from
analytic, reactive and past-focused thinking to creative,
proactive and future-oriented thinking. Identify a current global
strategy that is reactive and past-focused and then reconstruct
that strategy to one that is creative, proactive and future-
oriented. Your post should illustrate how an organization can
transform its thinking from reactive and past-focused to one that
is proactive and future-oriented. Please respond to at least two
fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key
points of their posting.
Assignment
Assignment

Foreign Markets
Once a strategic focus is decided, the selection of the means of
transferring a company’s competitive advantage becomes an
essential choice – does a multinational company use licensing,
exports, wholly-owned subsidiaries, joint venture, direct
investment, partnership, or alliance to enter new markets? Or,
could it be a mix of all these?
In a two to three page research paper in APA style, compare and
contrast when it would be advantageous, and disadvantageous,
to enter a foreign market under the methods listed above
(licenses, exports, etc.). Be sure to:
·
Define and explain each method.
·
Detail when it would be advantageous, and disadvantageous, to
utilize each of the methods.
·
Offer an example of a multinational company who utilizes each
method and explain if you believe it is the most or least
appropriate method to utilize for that company given their
product or service.
Grading Rubric
for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
WEEK 4.

DISCUSSION QUESTION DUE NOV 12 AND EXAM DUE
NOV 16
Discussions
Discussion
Factors Affecting Operations
There are a number of factors that affect the expansion of a
multinational firm, including macroeconomic, political,
regulatory, cultural, and social. Choose one multinational
organization and determine how the factors are similar, and
dissimilar, between their host country and one other country in
which they operate. Discuss how these factors would affect the
management of their operations in a foreign country. Please
Structure
Organizations are structured to take advantage of their inherent
strengths and also to minimize their inherent weaknesses. For
example, an organization may outsource its purchasing
functions if they can be accomplished more effectively and
efficiently by a private vendor. Evaluate how an organization is
structured differently when it operates solely within one country
versus one that operates in multiple countries. In particular,
discuss the best fit of the multinational firm to its worldwide
industry environment and the changing role of central
headquarters as an organization expands into other countries.
Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings,
advancing and debating the key points of their posting.
Program Comprehensive Exam
Program Comprehensive Exam

Complete the comprehensive exam, which will take
approximately two hours and will be graded based on your
score. The full instructions for the exam are posted in the
classroom.
WEEK 5. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS DUE NOV 19 FINAL
PAPER DUE NOV 23
Discussions
Discussion
Outsourcing
The conventional wisdom of monolithic expansion, ownership
of all strategic resources, and carefully controlled market entry
appears outdated. However, it may not be advantageous to
outsource every product or service produced in a country.
Detail and elaborate on the criteria or factors an organization
should consider prior to outsourcing aspects of the product or
service they produce. Please respond to at least two fellow
students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of
their posting.
Globally Right Source
Pressures to provide improved products at lower costs are an
important factor prompting offshore outsourcing. Explain the
concept of “globally right source” and detail how a firm can
“globally right source” their value-adding activities to
maximize their global competitive position. Please respond to at
least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the
key points of their posting.
Final Paper

Final Paper
Focus of the Final Paper
The globalization, or internationalization, of the marketplace
has become one of the defining events of our time. The
pressure to produce a good or service while controlling costs
and maintaining quality has profoundly affected the
manufacture, distribution, and sale of a good or service.
In your final project, assume you are a high-level manager of a
company that produces a good or service solely in the United
States. You strongly believe there is a profitable market for
your company’s good or service beyond the United States and
have requested the board of director consider broadening
production and distribution into foreign countries. This would
transform your organization into a multinational company.
The board has requested that you develop a strategic plan that
creates, exploits, and sustains the company’s resources and
capabilities within the globally competitive international
marketplace. The strategic plan should be designed to offer a
systematic, step-by-step method to bring understanding to what
often seems a chaotic situation and to offer a reasoned approach
to deciding on a path to sustained advantage.
The course textbook provides an outline of a detailed strategic
plan applicable to a multinational company. You may utilize
this approach or may create/modify a strategic plan that better
addresses your particular need or requirement. At a minimum,
though, your strategic plan should address the following:
·
First, the mission and goal of your organization. The mission
should detail the product or service that you want to produce
and distribute internationally. Feel free to choose any product
or service that you desire (lawn mower, kite, pesticide, clothing,
etc.). You will use that product or service throughout your

strategic plan.
·
Second, perform an environmental analysis. This important step
of a strategic plan requires the identification of the resources or
capabilities of the firm as well as the external competitive and
contextual environment of the firm. Your plan should briefly
provide the scale and impact of globalization both within your
industry and the economic landscape.
·
Third, determine your organization’s international competitive
advantage. In other words, what your organization would do
better than any other competitor in the marketplace. In general,
a competitive advantage occurs when an organization can
provide increased value to its customers whether through low
prices or through improved products. They, therefore, can
attain or surpass their competitors in the marketplace.
·
Fourth, propose the preferred method to enter the international
marketplace. Alternatives may include licenses, alliances,
wholly-owned subsidiaries, joint ventures, and partnerships.
Explain your rationale.
·
Fifth, execute/implement the strategic plan. This step typically
includes the control, coordination and communication needed to
implement the strategy, along with a brief discussion on any
contingency plans if the goals and objectives are not obtained in
a reasonable timeframe. Remember that a good plan makes a
solid base for the organization’s strategy, but offers flexibility
in execution to allow non-viable plans to be dropped and
emerging opportunities pursued.

At least five outside scholarly resources are required, including
a minimum of two from the Ashford Online Library.
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
1.
Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and
formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford
Writing Center.
2.
Must include a title page with the following:
a. Title of paper
b. Student’s name
c. Course name and number
d. Instructor’s name
e. Date submitted
3.
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct
thesis statement.
4.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6.
Must use at least five scholarly sources, including a minimum
of two from the Ashford Online Library.
7.

Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center.
8.
Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to
APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
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for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignmen

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