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FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT<br>www.str581genius.com<br>1. A(n) ________ market share of exactly 100 percent means that a company is tied for the market lead. A rise in relative market share means the company is gaining on its leading competitor. • potential • relative • served • overall 2. The typical risks of a cost leadership strategy include___________. • loss of customer loyalty • excessive differentiation to the point where the customer base is too small • the inability to balance high differentiation and low price • production and distribution processes becoming obsolete 3. The likelihood of entry of new competitors is affected by and ___________. • the power of existing suppliers; buyers • the profitability of the industry; the market share of its leading firm • barriers to entry; expected retaliation of current industry organizations

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  1. str 581 genius Invent Yourself/str581genius.com FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com

  2. STR 581 Capstone Final Exam Part 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com 1. A(n) ________ market share of exactly 100 percent means that a company is tied for the market lead. A rise in relative market share means the company is gaining on its leading competitor. • potential • relative • served • overall 2. The typical risks of a cost leadership strategy include___________. • loss of customer loyalty • excessive differentiation to the point where the customer base is too small • the inability to balance high differentiation and low price • production and distribution processes becoming obsolete 3. The likelihood of entry of new competitors is affected by and ___________. • the power of

  3. STR 581 Entire Course + All Capstone Finals FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com STR 581 Week 1 Individual CAREER CONNECTION Values and Strategy Paper (2 Papers) STR 581 Week 1 Individual Assignment Ethics Reflection Paper STR 581 Week 1 DQ 1 STR 581 Week 1 DQ 2 STR 581 Week 1 Knowledge Check STR 581 Week 2 Learning Team Activity (Innovation Strategy) STR 581 Week 2 Individual Assignment Research Proposal STR 581 Week 2 Capstone Final Examination Part 1 STR 581 Week 2 DQ 1 STR 581 Week 2 DQ 2 STR 581 Week 2 Knowledge Check STR 581 Week 3 Individual Assignment External and Internal Environmental Analysis STR 581 Week 3 Individual Assignment Min

  4. STR 581 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com STR 581 Week 1 Individual CAREER CONNECTION Values and Strategy Paper (2 Papers) STR 581 Week 1 Individual Assignment Ethics Reflection Paper STR 581 Week 1 DQ 1 STR 581 Week 1 DQ 2 STR 581 Week 1 Knowledge Check STR 581 Week 2 Learning Team Activity (Innovation Strategy) STR 581 Week 2 Individual Assignment Research Proposal STR 581 Week 2 DQ 1 STR 581 Week 2 DQ 2 STR 581 Week 2 Knowledge Check STR 581 Week 3 Individual Assignment External and Internal Environmental Analysis STR 581 Week 3 Individual Assignment Mini Strategy (Gap Inc) STR 581 Week 3

  5. STR 581 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com What are the major components of a strategic management process? Which of these components is the most difficult for managers to perform? Explain your answer.

  6. STR 581 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Where have you seen organizational mission, vision, and values statements that were misleading? How did that affect the organization?

  7. STR 581 Week 1 Individual Assignment Ethics Reflection Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Individual Assignment: Ethics Reflection Paper •    Resources: Ethics Awareness Inventory and Ethical Choices in the Workplace assessments •    Use the Ethics Awareness Inventory and Ethical Choices in the Workplace assessments to revisit your personal and professional values. •    Write a paper of no more than 1,050-words in which you do the following:  o    Explain the role of ethics and social responsibility in developing a strategic plan, considering stakeholder needs.

  8. STR 581 Week 1 Individual CAREER CONNECTION Values and Strategy Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Use an organization where you work or one in which you are familiar. Examine the process of strategic management. Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you address the following: • Identify the major components of the strategic management process. • Discuss how these components work together to create value for the organization. • Evaluate the company's mission statement, vision statement, motivation strategy, innovation strategy, and people strategy. If the organization does not have one or more of these, how does that affect the organization and its people? • Explain the role

  9. STR 581 Week 1 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com 1.      For the past 28 years, ABC, Inc. has made a significant investment of time, money, and other resources to increase the literacy rate in adult Americans. This represents which of these principles of successful collaborative social initiatives? 2.      According to stakeholder theory, in a survey of over 2000 directors from over 290 U.S. companies, which of these stakeholders was perceived to be least important? 3.      Which law revised and strengthened auditing and account standards? 4.      Which of these is true about Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002?

  10. STR 581 Week 2 Capstone Final Examination Part 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com 1. Because practical considerations make job tryouts for all candidates infeasible, it is necessary to __________ the relative level of job performance for each candidate on the basis of available information. 2. Some studies indicate the best approach for transformational change may have the chief executive officer create an atmosphere for change 3. Which of the following is a desirable strategy for managers aiming to reduce the negative consequences of rumors?          4. A project can be segmented into which of the following?          

  11. STR 581 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com How would you determine if a strategy has created value and sustained competitive advantage for Kudler Fine Foods?

  12. STR 581 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Locate an organization in the news and explain how it is trying to create value and competitive advantage in its sector.

  13. STR 581 Week 2 Individual Assignment Research Proposal • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.str581genius.com • Write a proposal of no more than 750 words, outlining the research approach you will use for your Strategic Plan, due in Week 6. Include the following:  • How you intend to ensure the organization's vision, mission, and people strategies and values statements are aligned with the proposed strategic plan.  • Sources you expect to use to perform an external environmental analysis  • Sources you expect to use to perform an internal environmental analysis • Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

  14. STR 581 Week 2 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com 1. A firm’s external environment is divided into various subcategories that include 2. When managers consider the general availability of credit, the level of disposable income, and the propensity of people to spend, they are considering what factors? 3. This factor considers or provides creative adaptations that can suggest possibilities for new products or for improvements in existing products or in manufacturing and marketing techniques. 4. The quasi-science of anticipating environmental and competitive changes and estimating their importance to an organizations operation refers to 5. This term refers to the relationships among human beings and other living things and the air, soil, and water that supports them. 6. Economies of scale in an industry refers to

  15. STR 581 Week 2 Learning Team Activity (Innovation Strategy) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.str581genius.com • Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words that describes and evaluates an organization's innovation strategy.Use publicly available information, including Securities and Exchanges Commission filings.Choose an organization that is introducing new products or services.Select an organization according to the following criteria based on team member experience:  • Current employer

  16. STR 581 Week 3 Individual Assignment External and Internal Environmental Analysis • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.str581genius.com • Complete the external environmental scan for your organization. Perform an internal competitive environmental scan for your organization.Write a summary of no more than 1,400 words that does the following:  • Identifies and analyzes the most important external environmental factor in the remote, industry, and external operating environments  • Identifies and analyzes the most important internal strengths and weaknesses of your organization: include an assessment of the organization's resources • Assesses the organization's competitive position and possibilities 

  17. STR 581 Week 3 Individual Assignment Mini Strategy (Gap Inc) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for a Mini-Strategy using the Mini-Strategy Outline. Include the following in your outline: • Evaluate the organization's vision statement. • Discuss the organization's current goals and objectives. • Assess the organization's current status. o Leadership o Board members o Structure o Number of employees • Conduct a basic SWOT analysis including the implications of the environment on a global

  18. STR 581 Week 3 Individual Assignment Mini Strategy (Southwest Airlines) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for a Mini-Strategy using the Mini-Strategy Outline. Include the following in your outline: • Evaluate the organization's vision statement. • Discuss the organization's current goals and objectives. • Assess the organization's current status. o Leadership o Board members o Structure o Number of employees • Conduct a basic SWOT analysis including the implications of the environment on a global organization. • Report recent financial results including annual revenues, annual after tax earnings, and year end stock prices. Obtain results for the last 5

  19. STR 581 Week 3 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com 1.The structure of a simple organization 2.This structure is one in which a set of relatively autonomous units are governed by a central corporate office but where each operation has its own functional specialists who provide products or services that are different from those of other operations. 3.This type of organizational structure combines the advantages of functional specialization with the advantages of product-project specialization. 4.Twenty-first-century corporations reflect 5.Today, global means

  20. STR 581 Week 3 Learning Team Peer Evaluation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Share drafts of the External and Internal Environmental Analysis assignment with all team members.Provide feedback to be incorporated into each member's paper.Write a synopsis of no more than 350 words summarizing the team's discussion. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

  21. STR 581 Week 4 Capstone Final Examination Part 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com 1. Internal reports that review the actual impact of decisions are prepared by:           2. Horizontal analysis is also known as:          3. Which of the following is an advantage of corporations relative to partnerships and sole proprietorships?    4. Serox stock was selling for $20 two years ago. The stock sold for $25 one year ago, and it is currently selling for $28.  Serox pays a $1.10 dividend per year.  What was the rate of return for owning Serox in the most recent year? (Round to the nearest percent.)           5. External financing needed: Jockey Company has total assets worth $4,417,665. At year-end it will have net income of $2,771,342 and pay out 60 percent as dividends. If the firm wants no external financing, what is the growth rate it can support?          

  22. STR 581 Week 4 Individual Assignment Strategic Choice and Evaluation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Write a paper of no more than 1,400 words that evaluates alternatives an organization must consider to realize growth.Identify the best value discipline, generic strategy, and grand strategy for your organization.Recommend a strategy or combination of strategies the organization should implement.Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

  23. STR 581 Week 4 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com 1.Firms that enjoy higher profit margins are using which of Michael Porter’s generic strategies? 2.Which of the following companies is a good example of a low-cost leader? 3.Firms that follow this type of generic strategy can sometimes have difficulties succeeding without compromising the key attributes of a company’s products or services. 4.Which of the following is a generic strategy developed by Michael Porter? 5.Striving to create and market unique products for varied customer groups is called

  24. STR 581 Week 4 Learning Team Peer Evaluation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Share drafts of the Strategic Choice and Evaluation paper assignment with all team members.Provide feedback to be incorporated into each member's paper.Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

  25. STR 581 Week 5 Individual Assignment Implementation, Strategic Controls, and Contingency Plans • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.str581genius.com • Write a draft of no more than 1,800 words of the strategic plan for your organization, including the following:  • Implementation plan  • Objectives • Functional tactics • Action items • Milestones and a deadline • Tasks and task ownership • Resource allocation 

  26. STR 581 Week 5 Individual Assignment Mini Strategy (Sony Corp) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for a Mini-Strategy using the Mini-Strategy Outline. Include the following in your outline: • Evaluate the organization's vision statement. • Discuss the organization's current goals and objectives. • Assess the organization's current status: o Leadership o Board members o Structure o Number of employees • Conduct a basic SWOT analysis including the implications of the environment on a global organization. • Report the most recent financial results including annual revenues, annual after tax earnings, and year end stock prices. • Perform competitor

  27. STR 581 Week 5 Individual Assignment Mini Strategy (Under Armour) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for a Mini-Strategy using the Mini-Strategy Outline. Include the following in your outline: • Evaluate the organization's vision statement. • Discuss the organization's current goals and objectives. • Assess the organization's current status: o Leadership o Board members o Structure o Number of employees • Conduct a basic SWOT analysis including the implications of the environment on a global organization. • Report the most recent financial results including annual revenues, annual after tax earnings, and year end stock prices. • Perform competitor benchmarking. • Develop strategic recommendations to the board of directors including rationale. o Evaluate the potential generic strategies being

  28. STR 581 Week 5 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com 1.This is concerned with tracking a strategy as it is being implemented, detecting problems or changes in its underlying premises, and making necessary adjustments. 2.Strategic surveillance must be kept 3.This, called kaizen in Japanese, is the process of relentlessly trying to find ways to improve and enhance a company's products and processes from design through assembly, sales, and service. 4.CCC21 stands for 5.The DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control) process is relevant to

  29. STR 581 Week 5 Learning Team Peer Evaluation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Share drafts of the Implementation, Strategic Controls, and Contingency Plans assignment with all team members.Provide feedback to be incorporated into each member's paper.Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

  30. STR 581 Week 6 Individual Assignment Strategic Plan and Presentation • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.str581genius.com • Resource: Implementation, Strategic Controls, and Contingency Plans assignment with facilitator feedbackComplete a strategic plan for your organization of no more than 3,500 words. • Update your plan to incorporate facilitator feedback from the drafts you submitted in previous weeks. Include the following:  • Table of contents  • Executive summary, with a 2-page maximum 

  31. STR 581 Week 6 Learning Team Project Selection FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Resources: Strategic Plan and Presentation assignment from each team memberReview all team members' Week 6 assignments.Discuss each project's strengths and weaknesses. Write an analysis of at least 750 words including the following: 

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