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• 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
• BUS 402 Week 4 DQ 1 International Markets

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• BUS 402 Week 1 DQ 1 Environmental Changes
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• 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?
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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

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• BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 1 Components of External
  Environment
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• 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.
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• BUS 402 Week 3 DQ 1 Market Positioning Strategies
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• 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
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• 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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• 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). Do you think all the business units
  should have the same strategy, or should they be

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• BUS 402 Week 5 Assignment Final Case Study and
  Strategic Plan (Starbucks)
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• Read the Starbucks Global Quest 2006 Is the
  Best Yet to Come? case provided in the Course
  Materials section of your course shell

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• BUS 402 Week 5 DQ 1 Corporate Social
  Responsibility
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• 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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