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STR 581 Capstone Final Exam Part 3 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com 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 the demand for
the product the profitability of the competitors
4. In general, compared with firms which compete
in only one market, among firms which face one
another in multiple markets there is__________.
similar competitive rivalry more competitive
rivalry less competitive rivalry no
competitive rivalry 5. The three parts of the
external environment which affect a firm's
strategic actions are__________. economic,
political, and legal industry, business, and
product local, national, and global general,
industry, and competitor 6. The proper matching
of what a firm can do with what a firm might do
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STR 581 Entire Course All Capstone Finals FOR
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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
Mini Strategy (Gap Inc) STR 581 Week 3 Individual
Assignment Mini Strategy (Southwest Airlines) STR
581 Week 3 Learning Team Peer Evaluation STR 581
Week 3 Knowledge Check STR 581 Week 3 DQ 1 STR
581 Week 3 DQ 2 STR 581 Week 4 Individual
Assignment Strategic Choice and Evaluation STR
581 Week 4 Learning Team Peer Evaluation STR 581
Week 4 Knowledge Check
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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 Individual Assignment
Mini Strategy (Southwest Airlines) STR 581 Week 3
Learning Team Peer Evaluation
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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.  
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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?  
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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. o    Explain
how your ethical perspective has evolved
throughout the program.    Format your paper
according to APA standards. Provide at least
three cited references from your textbooks or
peer-reviewed journal articles.
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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 of ethics and
corporate social responsibility in strategic
planning. How does this direct their strategy?
How does the organization's vison and mission
align with your own values and vision? If you are
currently working for the organization, how does
your role influence this and vice versa? Format
your paper according to APA guidelines. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment as
a Microsoft Word document.
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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?   5.      A
major consequence of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 has been the     6.      The most critical
quality of ethical decision making is  
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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?           5. Which of the following is
an element that addresses elimination of waste
under lean production?            6. The Civil
Rights Act of 1991 offered what for victims of
unintentional discrimination?     7. Active
listening requires           8. Which of the
following is ISO 14000 primarily concerned
with?           9. Training that results in
______ is costly because of the cost of training
(which proved to be useless) and the cost of
hampered performance.    10. As a university
student, your institutions social principles and
practices reflect on you, as a stakeholder, in
the organization. Therefore, it is your right to
question how these practices should be evaluated
in relation to the social issues
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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?
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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.
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STR 581 Week 2 Individual Assignment Research
Proposal FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.c
om 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.
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STR 581 Week 2 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.str581genius.com 1. A firms 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 7. This term refers to descriptive
characteristics that can be used to differentiate
groups of present or potential customers.Bottom
of Form 8. This information is used to explain or
predict some aspect of customer behavior with
regard to a product or service. Information such
as usage rate, benefits sought, and brand loyalty
can provide significant aid in the design of ore
accurate and profitable strategies.
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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 Most recent or former employer Place of
business patronized over a period of time and
that members are familiar with Format your paper
consistent with APA guidelines. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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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  Analyzes the structure of the
organization and how this affects organizational
performance  Format your paper consistent with
APA guidelines.Click the Assignment Files tab
to submit your assignment.
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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 organization. Report recent financial
results including annual revenues, annual after
tax earnings, and year end stock prices. Obtain
results for the last 5 years. Perform
competitor benchmarking. Develop strategic
recommendations that are designed to realize
growth. Create a profile of the current CEO
including the following o Background and
accomplishments o Education and educational
experiences o Length of time in the current
position o Major career accomplishments o
Leadership and management styles o Vision for the
company o Innovative accomplishments Format your
presentation according to APA guidelines. Click
the Assignment Files tab to submit your
assignment.
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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 years. Perform
competitor benchmarking. Develop strategic
recommendations that are designed to realize
growth. Create a profile of the current CEO
including the following o Background and
accomplishments o Education and educational
experiences o Length of time in the current
position o Major career accomplishments o
Leadership and management styles o Vision for the
company o Innovative accomplishments Format your
presentation according to APA guidelines. Click
the Assignment Files tab to submit your
assignment.
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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.Tw
enty-first-century corporations reflect 5.Today,
global means 6.This type of organization or
structure is one that identifies a set of
business capabilities central to
high-profitability operations and then builds a
virtual organization around those
capabilities. 7.These are arrangements between
two or more companies in which they both
contribute capabilities, resources, or expertise
to a joint undertaking, usually with an identity
of its own, with each firm giving up overall
control in return for the potential to
participate in and benefit from the
relationship. 8. This is an organization
structure most notable for its lack of structure
wherein knowledge and getting it to the right
place quickly is the key reason for the
organization. 9. One of the limitations of the
SWOT analysis is that it can be
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STR 581 Week 3 Learning Team Peer Evaluation FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.str581genius.com Share draf
ts 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.
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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?           6. An unrealistic
budget is more likely to result when it 7. Which
of the following financial statements is
concerned with the company at a point in
time?           
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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
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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
Porters 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 companys 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 6.Which of the
following is a value discipline? 7.Companies that
pursue this value discipline strive to produce a
continuous stream of state-of-the-art products
and services. 8.Which of the grand strategies is
typically lowest in risk? 9.The grand strategy in
which the firm directs its resources to the
profitable growth of a single product, in a
single market and with a single technology is
termed 10.What is it called when current products
are marketed, often with only cosmetic changes,
to customers in related market areas? 11.The
acquisition of one or more businesses operating
at the same stage of the production-marketing
chain is an example of 12.If a textile producer
acquires a shirt manufacturer, this is called
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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.
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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 Functi
onal tactics Action items Milestones and a
deadline Tasks and task ownership Resource
allocation  Any required organizational change
management strategies that would enhance
successful implementation  Key success factors,
budget, and forecasted financials, including a
break-even chart  Risk management plan, including
contingency plans for identified risks  Format
your plan consistent with APA guidelines.Click t
he Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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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 benchmarking.
Develop strategic recommendations to the board of
directors including rationale. o Evaluate the
potential generic strategies being considered. o
Assess the potential value disciplines being
considered for the organization. o Evaluate the
potential grand strategies for the organization.
o Assess potential global strategies for the
organization. Create a profile of the current
CEO including the following o Background and
accomplishments o Education and educational
experiences o Length of time in the current
position o Major career accomplishments o
Leadership and management styles o Vision for the
company o Innovative accomplishments Format your
presentation according to APA guidelines. Click
the Assignment Files tab to submit your
assignment as a Microsoft Word document.
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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 considered. o
Assess the potential value disciplines being
considered for the organization. o Evaluate the
potential grand strategies for the organization.
o Assess potential global strategies for the
organization. Create a profile of the current
CEO including the following o Background and
accomplishments o Education and educational
experiences o Length of time in the current
position o Major career accomplishments o
Leadership and management styles o Vision for the
company o Innovative accomplishments Format your
presentation according to APA guidelines. Click
the Assignment Files tab to submit your
assignment as a Microsoft Word document.
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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 6.This idea factor
involves following demographic and other broad
trends and trying to develop ideas that may be
relevant and useful. 7.While these may under
perform established products in mainstream
markets, they often offer features or
capabilities appreciated by some fringe customer
group. 8.These are also referred to as
crowdsourcing or open innovation. 9.Short-term
objectives are usually 10.Short-term objectives
assist strategy implementation by identifying
measurable outcomes of action plans or functional
activities, which can make feedback, correction,
and evaluation
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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.
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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  Company background, organizational
mission, vision, and value statements  Note. For
a start-up, you should focus on the backgrounds
and accomplishments of key anticipated management
personnel. The goal is to convince the investor
that these individuals are trustworthy and
successful.  Environmental scan  Review of Week 4
strategies and a recommendation for the best
strategy for your organization  Implementation
plan including contingency plans for identified
risks  Prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint presentati
on of no more than 10 slides with
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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  Comparative analysis of the top 2
strategic plans Selection of one of the strategic
plans Justification for the team's
selection Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment.  
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