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• BUS 415 Entire Course UOP Course

• BUS 415 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)

• BUS 415 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)
• BUS 415 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course)
• BUS 415 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
  Ethics Case Paper (UOP Course)
• BUS 415 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)
• BUS 415 Week 2 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course)
• BUS 415 Week 2 Discussion Question 3 (UOP Course)

• Miguel buys a truck in Texas, then moves to
  Washington. A year later, he is driving his truck
  in Oklahoma, and causes an accident by running
  into another car, whose driver is from Florida.
  In what states will the other driver be able to
  sue Miguel? State the reasons for your answer. ?
  Your carefully edited response should be a
  minimum of 350 words and posted to the thread
  titled "Week One Discussion Question Two Thread"
  in the Main forum

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• BUS 415 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course)

• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 2 Assignment Starbucks
  S.W.O.T. Analysis

• 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.

• 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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• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 1 Components of
  External Environment

• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 2 Components of
  Internal Analysis

• 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.

• 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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• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 3 DQ 2 Evaluation Metrics

• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 4 Assignment Traditional
  Training Methods Paper

• BUS 402 Week 3 DQ 2 Evaluation Metrics
• Evaluation Metrics. What metrics might be useful
  for evaluating the effectiveness of a companys
  training program? ROI (Return On Investment in
  learning)? Respond to at least two of your
  classmates postings.

• BUS 402 Week 4 Assignment Traditional Training
  Methods Paper
• Training Methods. In a two to three page paper,
  review and analyze the information on traditional
  training methods. Which do you think tend to be
  the most effective and why? Which do you think
  tend to be most ineffective and why? The paper
  must use APA style as outlined in the approved
  APA style guide

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• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 3 DQ 1 Market Positioning
  Strategies

• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 3 DQ 2 Vertical Integration

• 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

• 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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• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 4 DQ 1 International Markets

• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 4 DQ 2 Multi-business
  Corporations

• 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.

• 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,

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• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 5 DQ 2 Process Reengineering

• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 5 Final Paper

• BUS 402 Week 5 DQ 2 Process Reengineering
• Process Reengineering. How does process
  reengineering impact the field of training?
  Respond to at least two of your classmates
  postings

• BUS 402 Week 5 Final Paper
• Focus of the Final Paper
• Students may choose a final paper topic of their
  choice, or one from any one of the
  topics/questions listed below
• 1. Discuss how employee training needs to evolve
  due to immigration and related cultural changes.
• 2. In what ways has technology impacted the
  way(s) we train employees?
• 3. How might employee training differ from one
  country to another on a global basis?

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• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 5 Assignment Final Case
  Study and Strategic Plan (Starbucks)

• ASHFORD BUS 402 Week 5 DQ 1 Corporate Social
  Responsibility

• 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.

• 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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