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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
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BUS 475 Apply Week 2 SWOT Analysis (Disney) 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
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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
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BUS 475 Apply Week 3 Project Metrics (Disney)
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus475genius.com Now
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
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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
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BUS 475 Apply Week 5 Contingency Plan and
Executive Presentation (Apple) 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.
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BUS 475 Apply Week 5 Contingency Plan and
Executive Presentation (Walmart) FOR MORE
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Week 5 Contingency Plan and Executive
Presentation (Walmart)
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BUS 475 Apply Week 5 Contingency Plan and
Executive Presentation (Wendy's) FOR MORE
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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
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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
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BUS 475 Week 1 Chapter 1 Practice what is
strategy FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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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
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BUS 475 Week 1 Discussion Mission and Vision
Statements FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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?
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BUS 475 Week 1 Practice Strategic Leadership
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red 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
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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
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BUS 475 Week 2 Chapter 4 Internal Analysis
Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies
Assignment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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.
--------------
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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
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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
Considerations FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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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
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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
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BUS 475 Week 4 chapter 8 Corporate Strategy
Vertical Integration and Diversification
Assignment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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.
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BUS 475 Week 4 chapter 12 Section 3, Business
Ethics Assignment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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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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orm 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
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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
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BUS 475 Week 5 Chapter 12 Corporate Governance
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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
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BUS 475 Week 5 Discussion Evaluating Strategic
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om After a strategic plan has been implemented it
needs to be monitored to ensure progress is being
made towards its goals and objectives Conduct a
search for evaluating strategic plans. Review
articles or websites for information on
evaluating an organizations strategic plan.  
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