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BUS 402Innovative Educator BUS 402 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.bus402.com BUS 402 Week 1 DQ 1 Environmental Changes BUS 402 Week 1 DQ 2 Vision and Mission BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 1 Components of External Environment BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 2 Components of Internal Analysis BUS 402 Week 2 Assignment Starbucks S.W.O.T. Analysis
BUS 402Innovative Educator BUS 402 Week 1 DQ 1 Environmental Changes For more course tutorials visit www.bus402.com Week 1 DQ 1 Environmental Changes. . Provide an example of an industry or company that has changed its strategy over time as environmental factors such as technology, competition, and consumer preferences have changed. Explain the changes in environment and in the industry’s or company’s evolving strategy. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ posts.
BUS 402Innovative Educator BUS 402 Week 1 DQ 2 Vision and Mission For more course tutorials visit www.bus402.com Vision and Mission. Share the vision and mission statement of your firm (or one with which you are familiar). How is that vision and mission statement communicated to employees and the public? What is the role of the vision and mission statement in driving the activities of the firm?
BUS 402Innovative Educator BUS 402 Week 2 Assignment Starbucks S.W.O.T. Analysis For more course tutorials visit www.bus402.com S.W.O.T. Analysis. Watch the video, How to Perform a S.W.O.T. Analysis, and then conduct an S.W.O.T. analysis using the Starbucks’ Global Quest 2006: Is the Best Yet to Come? case provided in the Course Materials section of your course shell.
BUS 402Innovative Educator BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 1 Components of External Environment For more course tutorials visit www.bus402.com Week 2 DQ1 Components of External Environment. What are the two most relevant externalities from Exhibit 2.6 for a firm with which you are familiar? Have these externalities made the industry in which the firm operates more, or less, attractive to you as consumer? Explain your rationale. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ posts.
BUS 402Innovative Educator BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 2 Components of Internal Analysis For more course tutorials visit www.bus402.com Components of Internal Analysis. Using “The Seven-S Framework” from pages 58-59 to examine a firm with which you are familiar and address how the firm stacks up in respect to the “qualities of excellence” list on page 59. Does alignment with this list help explain why the firm is currently successful or unsuccessful (use any metric you think is appropriate to judge success)? Respond to at least two other students' posts.
BUS 402Innovative Educator BUS 402 Week 3 DQ 1 Market Positioning Strategies For more course tutorials visit www.bus402.com Week 3DQ 1 Market Positioning Strategies. Chapter 4 addresses timing and positioning (or market niche) strategies. Using Exhibits 4.8 and 4.9 to assess a firm of your choice. What generic strategy is this firm employing? Are they using a combination approach? What are the advantages/disadvantages of consciously using a generic strategy?
BUS 402Innovative Educator BUS 402 Week 3 DQ 2 Vertical Integration For more course tutorials visit www.bus402.com Vertical Integration. Is your company vertically integrated? If so, is it fully, or partially, integrated? If not, would such a move yield potentially high competitive rewards? Explain your rationale. You can also use a past firm or one with which you are familiar. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ posts
BUS 402Innovative Educator BUS 402 Week 4 DQ 1 International Markets For more course tutorials visit www.bus402.com Week 4DQ 1 International Markets. What issues are likely to arise in a developing country when a global giant like Coca-Cola begins operations there? What kinds of advantages does such an expansion bring to the globalizing organization? Support your thoughts with research. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ posts.
BUS 402Innovative Educator BUS 402 Week 4 DQ 2 Multi-business Corporations For more course tutorials visit www.bus402.com Multi-business Corporations. Consider how a large diversified organization sets strategy. PepsiCo, for example, has beverages (Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Tropicana, Aquafina, Dole and tea and coffee through partnerships with Lipton and Starbucks) and food companies (Frito Lay, Quaker, Sabritas, Gamesa, and Latin Americas Foods).
BUS 402Innovative Educator BUS 402 Week 5 Assignment Final Case Study and Strategic Plan (Starbucks) For more course tutorials visit www.bus402.com Focus of the Final Paper Read the Starbucks’ Global Quest 2006: Is the Best Yet to Come? case provided in the Course Materials section of your course shell. From the perspective of an executive with the firm, prepare a ten- to twelve- page, three-year strategic management proposal to Starbuck’s managing board of directors.
BUS 402Innovative Educator BUS 402 Week 5 DQ 1 Corporate Social Responsibility For more course tutorials visit www.bus402.com Week 5DQ 1 Corporate Social Responsibility. Think of companies that are concerned not only with the bottom line, but also with being good corporate citizens. Share examples and the reasons why you think these companies practice social responsibility. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ posts.