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BUS 475 Apply Week 1 Degree of Alignment advanced
organizer (Apple) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.bus475genius.com The assessments in this
course give you the opportunity to design a
project plan. Throughout the 5 weeks, you will
choose an organization, create a project, write
project metrics, and develop a plan that includes
a contingency plan. You may use the course
textbook and outside resources for all
assessments. This week you will choose your
organization and learn about its corporate
values.
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BUS 475 Apply Week 2 SWOT Analysis (Apple) FOR
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the organization you selected for the Week 1
assignment, review its corporate website and at
least 2 other sources of information on the
organization, including information on market
trends. Complete a SWOT analysis from a global
perspective, if applicable, using the SWOT
analysis worksheet. Complete a 2- to 3-page
summary of your findings addressing the questions
in the Analysis section of the worksheet .
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g the organization you selected for the Week 1
assignment, review its corporate website and at
least 2 other sources of information on the
organization, including information on market
trends. Complete a SWOT analysis from a global
perspective, if applicable, using the SWOT
analysis worksheet. Complete a 2- to 3-page
summary of your findings addressing the questions
in the Analysis section of the worksheet .
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BUS 475 Apply Week 3 Project Metrics (Apple)
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that youve identified the organizations SWOT,
you need to determine the project and its
objectives and metrics. This project should be
based on an unmet opportunity for the
organization, or to minimize a potential threat.
What does the organization need to do to advance
its goals and/or expand its competitive
advantage?
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BUS 475 Apply Week 3 Project Metrics (Disney)
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that youve identified the organizations SWOT,
you need to determine the project and its
objectives and metrics. This project should be
based on an unmet opportunity for the
organization, or to minimize a potential threat.
What does the organization need to do to advance
its goals and/or expand its competitive
advantage? How will you measure their progress?
Complete the following
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BUS 475 Apply Week 4 Project Plan (Apple) FOR
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project plan is based on research and
organizational goals. Use the provided Project
Plan template to create a project plan that
outlines the operational steps needed to meet
each project objective determined in Wk 3
Apply Project Metrics. Use the textbook and
other available resources to fill in the
appropriate content. Summarize the
justification for your project plan. Cite all
sources following APA guidelines. Submit your
assignment.
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BUS 475 Apply Week 5 Contingency Plan and
Executive Presentation (Apple) FOR MORE
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outline the intended course of events however,
things dont always happen as intended.
Organizations need to consider risks and develop
a contingency plan. This plan is typically
presented to management. Add the following 2
columns to the project plan table you created in
Wk 4 Apply Project Plan Potential Risk
Factors Contingency Plans Based on your prior
research, determine potential risk factors for
not meeting each of the project objectives.
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BUS 475 Apply Week 5 Contingency Plan and
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Week 5 Contingency Plan and Executive
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BUS 475 Apply Week 5 Contingency Plan and
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Week 5 Contingency Plan and Executive
Presentation (Wendy's)
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BUS 475 Apply Week 5 Executive Presentation
(Disney) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.bus475genius.com Project plans outline the
intended course of events however, things dont
always happen as intended. Organizations need to
consider risks and develop a contingency plan.
This plan is typically presented to management.
Based on your prior research, determine potential
risk factors for not meeting each of the project
objectives.
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BUS 475 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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of Alignment advanced organizer (Apple) BUS 475
Week 1 Discussion Mission and Vision Statements
BUS 475 Week 1 Practice Strategic Leadership
BUS 475 Apply Week 2 SWOT Analysis (Apple) BUS
475 Apply Week 2 SWOT Analysis (Disney) BUS 475
Week 2 Practice Internal and External
Considerations BUS 475 Week 2 Discussion
Internal and External Considerations BUS 475
Apply Week 3 Project Metrics (Apple)
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BUS 475 Week 1 Chapter 1 Practice what is
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Practice what is strategy 1. Greener Grocers
provides goods that are similar to competitors
goods at a comparable price. Greener Grocers
cannot lower prices more without facing financial
difficulties. What is another way Greener Grocers
could gain a competitive advantage? It could
provide goods or services that its consumers
would value more highly than competitors
offerings. 2. The element of a firms strategy
that summarizes the ultimate goals of the firm is
known as the vision.
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BUS 475 Week 1 Chapter 2 Practice Strategic
Leadership managing the strategy Process FOR
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Week 1 Chapter 2 Practice Strategic Leadership
managing the strategy Process 1. The stakeholders
of a firm are 2. Which of the following are aims
of stakeholder strategy? 3. True or false the
strategists job is to focus on shareholders
only. 4. Which of the following is a tool that
managers can use to address the needs of
stakeholders while maintaining a competitive
advantage?
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BUS 475 Week 1 Discussion Mission and Vision
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www.bus475genius.com The mission and vision
statement guide an organizations practices and
operations. What 3 factors do you feel are most
important to consider when producing an
appropriate mission and vision statement for an
organization? Provide an example of a
company/organization whose mission and vision
statement contain the factors you feel are most
important.
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BUS 475 Week 1 Practice Strategic Leadership
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ired information Strategic Leadership
Formulating Strategy Across Levels This activity
focuses on IBM and how it uses corporate
strategy, business strategy, and functional
strategy to build competitive advantage. This
activity is important because it illustrates how
such strategies are created through the strategy
process. The goal of this activity is important
because it illustrates how such strategies are
created through the strategy process. the goal of
this activity is to recognize at which levels of
strategy key members of IBM act on behalf of the
firm
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BUS 475 Week 2 Chapter 3 External Analysis
Industry Structure, Competitive Forces, and
Strategic Groups Assignment FOR MORE CLASSES
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Chapter 3 External Analysis Industry Structure,
Competitive Forces, and Strategic
GroupsAssignment 1. Which of the following help
determine competitive industry structure? (Check
all that apply) 2. Which of the following are
characteristics of a perfectly competitive
industry? (Check all that apply.) 3. Which of the
following are characteristics of a
monopolistically competitive industry? (Check all
that apply.)
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BUS 475 Week 2 Chapter 4 Internal Analysis
Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies
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Internal Analysis Resources, Capabilities, and
Core CompetenciesAssignment 1. The organizational
and managerial skills necessary to orchestrate a
diverse set of resources and deploy them
strategically are called --------------. 2.
--------------- are the distinct and fine-grained
business processes that enable firms to add
incremental value by transforming inputs into
goods and services. 3. What should a firm do in
order to be organized to capture value? (Check
all that apply.)
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BUS 475 Week 2 Chapter 10 Global Strategy
Competing Around the World Assignment FOR MORE
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2 Chapter 10 Global Strategy Competing Around the
World Assignment 1. A company should only expand
abroad if 2. Benicio's Burritos is a leader in
the Mexican fast-food category in the United
States. It decides to expand internationally,
starting in Japan. Benicio's Burritos fails
within a year, learning later that Mexican food
is uncommon in Japan and that the flavor profiles
are not compatible with Japanese palates. The
failure of Benicio's Burritos can be attributed
to which of the following? 3. Which of the
following risks do companies face when expanding
internationally?
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BUS 475 Week 2 Discussion Internal and External
Considerations FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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successful, its leaders must be fully aware of
their environment. What are the primary internal
and external organizational considerations for
the development of a global strategic plan? In
your opinion, which 3 considerations have the
most impact and why? Share your response in a
minimum of 175 words.
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BUS 475 Week 2 Practice Internal and External
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Inside the Firm of Honda Corp. The strategic
actions managers take link firm resources and
capabilities. For example, investments in RD
labs (managerial actions) are one mechanism that
links the resource (engineers) with the firm
capability (product innovation). This activity is
important because when multiple resources and
capabilities are aligned on a single goal, the
firm may have a core competency. For instance,
Canons ability in optics originates not just in
the capability of its design engineers, but also
in its precision in manufacturing.
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BUS 475 Week 3 Discussion Market Trends FOR
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organizations business model depends on the key
trends of the market. These trends vary depending
on the industry. Select an industry. What are the
current trends and assumptions within that
industry? Provide an example of a company that
failed to follow market trends. How did it fail?
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BUS 475 Week 3 Practice Developing and
Communicating Strategic Objectives FOR MORE
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information Economic Value Creation This activity
is important because it reviews the concept of
economic value creation when measuring
competitive advantage. The goal of the activity
is to learn how economic value creation helps a
firm measure competitive advantage. Familiarize
yourself with the text material from economic
value creation before completing this exercise.
Complete the activities that follow.
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BUS 475 Week 4 chapter 7 Business Strategy
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Platforms
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Business Strategy Innovation, Entrepreneurship,
and Platforms Assignment 1. Taking on an economic
risk in order to innovate is known as
--------------------. 2. People who pursue
entrepreneurship within an existing company are
called------------. 3. Which of the following
types of entrepreneurship involves leveraging
innovation for competitive advantage? 4. True or
false Industries often tend to follow a
predictable industry life cycle. 5. Which
characteristics always change as the industry
life cycle progresses? (Check all that apply.)
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BUS 475 Week 4 chapter 8 Corporate Strategy
Vertical Integration and Diversification
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Corporate Strategy Vertical Integration and
Diversification Assignment 1. A firm that is
active in several different countries is pursuing
a(n) ----------------diversification strategy. 2.
To figure out if a firms type of diversification
is -------------, one can ask question about the
degree to which the corporations business units
share core competencies. 3. True or false A
major reason why a firm may choose a related
diversification strategy is to take advantage of
both economies of scale and scope.
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BUS 475 Week 4 chapter 12 Section 3, Business
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Section 3, Business EthicsAssignment 1. High
profit accounting scandals and the global
financial crisis are example of
-----------------. 2. True or false Any action
taken by a manager that is within the bounds of
the is, by definition, an ethics action. 3. Which
of the following have been found to be ethics
normal in business? (Check all that apply.) 4.
When facing an ethics dilemma, a manager should
-------------. (Check all that apply.)
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BUS 475 Week 4 Discussion Components and
Considerations of a Strategic Plan FOR MORE
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strategic plans as a course of action for
success. What do you consider to be the most and
least important factors to consider when
implementing a strategic plan? What ethical
considerations should you include in the
strategic plan? Why?
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BUS 475 Week 4 Practice Strategy Implementation
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form Strategy In the digital age, platforms are
business model innovations that use technology
(such as the internet, cloud computing, etc.) to
connect organizations, resources, information,
and people in an interactive ecosystem where
value-generating transactions can be created and
exchanged. This activity is important because it
highlights how some platform business models have
achieved competitive advantage.
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BUS 475 Week 5 Chapter 11 Organizational Design
Structure, Culture, and Control Assignment FOR
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Week 5 Chapter 11 Organizational Design
Structure, Culture, and Control Assignment 1.
What is the main reason why boards of directors
fire CEOs? 2. A firms unwillingness to alter how
things are currently done is known as 3. Hiroshi
is considering a job offer from a large
pharmaceutical company. At his interview he asks
who his boss would be and how jobs and teams are
assigned. Hiroshi is asking about the companys
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BUS 475 Week 5 Chapter 12 Corporate Governance
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5 Chapter 12 Corporate Governance and Business
Ethics Assignment 1. An executive can legally
earn a significant profit from stock options if
_______. 2. The ratio of CEO to average employee
pay in the United States is about _______ . 3.
Incentivesthat are too high-powered, such as an
outsized bonus, may cause individuals to _______
. 4. If a company is poorly managed, its stock
price may fall low enough for the firm to become
a target for a(n)_________ .
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