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BUS 402 HELPS Learn by Doing/bus402helps.com
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BUS 402 HELPS Learn by Doing
  • BUS 402 Entire Course
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  • 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 402 Week 3 DQ 1 Market Positioning Strategies
  • BUS 402 Week 3 DQ 2 Vertical Integration

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  • BUS 402 Week 1 DQ 1 Environmental Changes
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  • Week 1DQ 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 industrys or companys evolving
    strategy. Respond to at least two of your fellow
    students posts.

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  • BUS 402 Week 1 DQ 2 Vision and Mission
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  • 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?
    If there is no vision and/or mission statement,
    discuss possible reasons why it is not clear.
    Respond to at least two of your fellow students
    posts.

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  • BUS 402 Week 2 Assignment Starbucks S.W.O.T.
    Analysis
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  • 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. The analysis should address the
    components of the organizations environment
    (internal strengths and weaknesses, and external
    opportunities and threats), alternatives to
    consider, and your assessment of the quality of
    the decision made by the company and/or your
    recommendation(s) for improvement.

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  • BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 1 Components of External
    Environment
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  • Week 2DQ1
  • 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.

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  • BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 2 Components of Internal
    Analysis
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  • 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.
  • Week 2 Assignment

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  • BUS 402 Week 3 DQ 1 Market Positioning Strategies
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  • 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? Explain your position. Respond
    to at least two of your fellow students posts

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  • BUS 402 Week 3 DQ 2 Vertical Integration
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  • 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.

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  • BUS 402 Week 4 DQ 1 International Markets (Ash
    Course)
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  • 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.

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  • BUS 402 Week 4 DQ 2 Multi-business Corporations
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  • 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).

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  • BUS 402 Week 5 Assignment Final Case Study and
    Strategic Plan (Starbucks)
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  • 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 Starbucks
    managing board of directors. Your proposal must
    be future-oriented and include an economic
    assessment, marketing assessment plan, a
    financial plan, an organizational structure
    recommendation, and supporting rationale.

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  • BUS 402 Week 5 DQ 1 Corporate Social
    Responsibility
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  • 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.

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