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BUS 475 All Assignments (New Syllabus) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     BUS
475 Assignment Week 1 Mission, Vision, and You
(New Syllabus) (Under Armour)    BUS 475
Assignment Week 2 Apply Internal and External
Environmental Analysis (Hoosier Media Inc)   BUS
475 Assignment Week 3 Apply Balanced Scorecard
Template (New Syllabus)
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BUS 475 Apply Week 1 Degree of Alignment advanced
organizer (Apple) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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.
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BUS 475 Apply Week 2 SWOT Analysis (Apple) For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com    
Using 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.  
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BUS 475 Apply Week 2 SWOT Analysis (Disney) For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com    
Using 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.
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BUS 475 Apply Week 3 Project Metrics (Apple)
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m     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 to
advance its goals and/or expand its competitive
advantage? How will you measure their progress?
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BUS 475 Apply Week 3 Project Metrics (Disney)
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m     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 to
advance its goals and/or expand its competitive
advantage? How will you measure their progress?
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BUS 475 Apply Week 3 Project Metrics (Walmart)
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m     BUS 475 Apply Week 3 Project Metrics
(Walmart)    
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BUS 475 Apply Week 3 Project Metrics (Wendys)
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m     BUS 475 Apply Week 3 Project Metrics
(Wendys)
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BUS 475 Apply Week 4 Project Plan (Apple) For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com    
A 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.
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BUS 475 Apply Week 5 Contingency Plan and
Executive Presentation (Apple) For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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.   Add the following 2
columns to the project plan table you created in
Wk 4 Apply Project Plan Potential Risk Factors
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BUS 475 Apply Week 5 Contingency Plan and
Executive Presentation (Walmart) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     BUS
475 Apply 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
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   BUS
475 Apply Week 5 Contingency Plan and Executive
Presentation (Wendy's)
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BUS 475 Apply Week 5 Executive Presentation
(Disney) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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.    
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BUS 475 Assignment Week 1 Mission, Vision, and
You (New Syllabus) (Under Armour) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com       Se
lect a company and identify its mission, vision,
and values. Address the following in 525 to 700
words Evaluate whether the company's actions
seem to align with their vision and mission
statements. Examine how the mission and vision of
the organization might affect or guide employees
in the company.
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BUS 475 Assignment Week 1 Mission, Vision, and
You (New Syllabus) (Walmart) For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com       Select a
company and identify its mission, vision, and
values. Address the following in 525 to 700
words Evaluate whether the company's actions
seem to align with their vision and mission
statements.
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BUS 475 Assignment Week 2 Apply Internal and
External Environmental Analysis (Hoosier Media
Inc) (2 Papers) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com       You work for a
consulting firm whose primary objective is to
help businesses improve their strategic
operations. Your firm recently was hired by a
newspaper company named Hoosier Media Inc. The
client's print newspaper circulation and
subscriptions have declined, resulting in 30
lower revenues over the last five years.
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BUS 475 Assignment Week 3 Apply Balanced
Scorecard Template (New Syllabus) (2 Papers)
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m       Develop three strategic objectives for
each of the four balanced scorecard areas using
the Balanced Scorecard Template.  Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.  
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BUS 475 Assignment Week 4 Apply Implementation
and Communication Plan Case Study (Hoosier Media
Inc) (2 Papers) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     Consider the
following information relative to your consulting
engagement for Hoosier Media, Inc. Marketing Curre
ntly Hoosier Media utilizes traditional media
vehicles for marketing. This includes print
advertising to solicit new and renewal newspaper
subscriptions. Other marketing tactics currently
used include regional television and radio
advertising spots.
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BUS 475 Assignment Week 5 Apply Strategic Plan
Evaluation (Hoosier Media Inc) (2 PPT) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     Refe
r back to the Week 2 company, Hoosier Media, Inc.
Your consulting firm is now ready to present
suggestions regarding the strategic plan of
Hoosier Media, Inc.  In a 10- to 20-slide
presentation with speaker notes, address the
following which will be presented to the Director
of Marketing The best possible options for
evaluating a strategic plan
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BUS 475 Capstone Final Exam Part 1 and 2 (New,
2020) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     BUS 475 Capstone
Final Examination Part 1 (New, 2018)   BUS 475
Capstone Final Examination Part 2 (New, 2018)  
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BUS 475 Capstone Final Examination Part 1 (New,
2020) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     BUS 475 Capstone
Final Examination Part 1    From the following
information calculate the net increase in
cash.   88,780 18,620 13,220 23,380
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BUS 475 Capstone Final Examination Part 2 (New,
2020) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     BUS 475 Capstone
Final Examination Part 2    A company declared a
cash dividend of 8560 on December 5 2015. The
company made a cash dividend payment on January
8, 2016. What is the cumulative effect of the
declaration and payment of the cash dividend on
the companys financial statements?
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BUS 475 Entire Course For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   BUS 475 Apply Week 1
Degree 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 course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     BUS 475 Week 1
Chapter 1 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?  
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BUS 475 Week 1 Chapter 2 Practice Strategic
Leadership managing the strategy Process For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com    
BUS 475 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.  
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BUS 475 Week 1 Discussion Mission and Vision
Statements For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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 DQ 1 For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     What is strategic
management? What are the roles of mission and
vision statements in strategic management? Can an
organization have a successful strategic plan
without effective mission and vision statements?
Why or why not?
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BUS 475 Week 1 DQ 2 For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     Select a small
business that you may want to start. What is
strategic management and planning? Why would a
strategic plan be important to the success of
this business? How are the four functions of
management relative to creating and implementing
a strategic plan?
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BUS 475 Week 1 knowledge Check For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   1. Reaching
a valid decision is based on the evaluation of
arguments. If we know that a valid argument has
true premises, then a decision based on the
argument______________.
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BUS 475 Week 1 Practice Strategic Leadership
For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.co
m     Required 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.
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BUS 475 Week 2 Chapter 3 External Analysis
Industry Structure, Competitive Forces, and
Strategic Groups Assignment For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     BUS 475
Week 2 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)  
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BUS 475 Week 2 Chapter 4 Internal Analysis
Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies
Assignment For more course tutorials
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Chapter 4 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 --------------.  
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BUS 475 Week 2 Chapter 10 Global Strategy
Competing Around the World Assignment For more
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475 Week 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.
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BUS 475 Week 2 Discussion Internal and External
Considerations For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     For an organization
to be 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 DQ 1 For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     What is a SWOTT
analysis? What is its purpose in strategic
planning? Must you conduct a SWOTT analysis to
have an effective strategic plan? Why or why not?
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BUS 475 Week 2 DQ 2 For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     What are the key
planning factors for competitive success? Provide
an example of an organization that has achieved
competitive success through planning. Provide an
example of an organization that has failed to
achieve competitive success as the result of
failed planning.
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BUS 475 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business
Model and Strategic Plan Part I Conceptualizing
a New Product or Service Division of an Existing
Business (2 Papers) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     This tutorial
contains 2 Papers   Business Model and Strategic
Planning Outline as a guide to complete sections
of your capstone project each week. A final paper
is due in Week 5. Cite your resources. 
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BUS 475 Week 2 Knowledge Check For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     1.
Compared with other approaches to business, the
marketing concept is distinct in that it   2. A
company provides its advertising agency with a
statement about a new product to use in designing
an advertising campaign, and this statement
includes a description of the target market, the
product type, the primary benefits of using the
product, and how this product is different from,
and better than, competitive products. What type
of statement is this? 
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BUS 475 Week 2 Practice Internal and External
Considerations For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     Internal Analysis
Looking 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).
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BUS 475 Week 2 Team Assignment Value Alignment
(StarBucks) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     Discuss with your
Learning Team an existing organization with which
you are familiar that is different than the one
you used for the Conceptualizing a Business paper.
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BUS 475 Week 3 Discussion Market Trends For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com    
An 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 DQ 1 For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   What are strategic
objectives? What is the purpose of strategic
objectives? What makes an effective strategic
objective? What are examples of strategic
objectives for you organization or one with which
you are familiar?
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BUS 475 Week 3 DQ 2 For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     What is the
difference among strategic, long-term, and
short-term objectives? What is the relationship
between objectives and goals? What are examples
of this relationship?
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BUS 475 Week 3 Individual Assignment Business
Model and Strategic Plan Part II SWOTT Analysis
Paper (2 Papers) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com    This tutorial
contains 2 Papers   Conduct an internal and
external environmental analysis, and a supply
chain analysis for your proposed new division and
its business model. Create a SWOTT table
summarizing your findings. Your environmental
analysis should consider, at a minimum, the
following factors. For each factor, identify the
one primary strength, weakness, opportunity,
threat, and trend, and include it in your table.
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BUS 475 Week 3 Practice Developing and
Communicating Strategic Objectives For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     Requ
ired 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.
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BUS 475 Week 3 Team Assignment Functional Area
Interrelationships (Kudler Foods) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     Sele
ct one organization of the Virtual Organizations
from the student website.       Write a 1,400- to
2,100-word paper in which you complete the
following            State the primary reasons
for the organizations existence from an analysis
of the mission, vision, values, and goals.
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BUS 475 Week 4 chapter 7 Business Strategy
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Platforms
Assignment For more course tutorials
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chapter 7 Business Strategy Innovation,
Entrepreneurship, and Platforms
Assignment   Taking on an economic risk in order
to innovate is known as --------------------.     
People who pursue entrepreneurship within an
existing company are called------------.
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BUS 475 Week 4 chapter 8 Corporate Strategy
Vertical Integration and Diversification
Assignment For more course tutorials
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chapter 8 Corporate Strategy Vertical Integration
and Diversification Assignment   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 course tutorials
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chapter 12 Section 3, Business EthicsAssignment   
  High profit accounting scandals and the
global financial crisis are example of
-----------------.     True or false Any action
taken by a manager that is within the bounds of
the is, by definition, an ethics action.
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BUS 475 Week 4 Discussion Components and
Considerations of a Strategic Plan For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     Comp
anies use 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 DQ 1 For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     Why is it important
to continuously update the implementation and
communication of a strategic plan?  Who should be
responsible for updating and communicating a
strategic plan?  Why? 
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BUS 475 Week 4 DQ 2 For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com    What things should
be taken into consideration in the creation of a
roadmap for a strategic plan?  What are examples
of external and internal change agents?  What
role do change agents play in the execution of a
road map for a strategic plan?
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BUS 475 Week 4 Individual Business Model and
Strategic Plan Part III Balanced Scorecard and
Communication Plan (2 Papers) For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com    This
tutorial contains 2 Papers Identify key trends,
assumptions, and risks in the context of your
final business model. Develop the strategic
objectives for your new division of the existing
business in a balanced scorecard format in the
context of key trends, assumptions, and risks.The
strategic objectives are measures of attaining
your vision and mission.
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BUS 475 Week 4 Knowledge check For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com    1. A
fast-food restaurant asks customers to evaluate
the drive-thru service as good, average, or poor.
What level of data measurement is this
classification?   2. In order to determine the
average amount spent in November on Amazon.com a
random sample of 144 Amazon accounts were
selected. The sample mean amount spent in
November was 250 with a standard deviation of
25.
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BUS 475 Week 4 Practice Strategy Implementation
For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.co
m     Platform 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 4 Team Assignment Communication Plan
Outline For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   Develop a generic
communications plan and template. This template
will be used to develop a communication plan for
your Final Strategic Plan, due in Week Five.
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BUS 475 Week 5 Chapter 11 Organizational Design
Structure, Culture, and Control Assignment For
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BUS 475 Week 5 Chapter 11 Organizational Design
Structure, Culture, and Control Assignment   What
is the main reason why boards of directors fire
CEOs?  
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BUS 475 Week 5 Chapter 12 Corporate Governance
and Business Ethics Assignment For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     BUS 475
Week 5 Chapter 12 Corporate Governance and
Business Ethics Assignment    An executive can
legally earn a significant profit from stock
options if _______.             The ratio of CEO
to average employee pay in the United States is
about _______ .
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BUS 475 Week 5 Discussion Evaluating Strategic
Plans For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     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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BUS 475 Week 5 DQ 1 For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   Why is itnecessary to
monitor and control strategic plans? Who should
be responsible for monitoring and controlling
strategic plans? Why? What are the pitfalls of
failing to monitor and control strategic plans?
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BUS 475 Week 5 DQ 2 For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   As an employee of an
organization, what role do you play in the
strategic planning process? What role do you play
in the implementation process? What role do you
play in the monitoring and controlling process?
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BUS 475 Week 5 Individual Assignment Final
Business Model and Strategic Plan For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   Business
Model and Strategic Planning Outline Innovation
Business Model, Vision, Mission, Values Supply
and Value Chain SWOTT Analysis Balanced
Scorecard Communication Plan Write a 700- to
1,050-word section for your business model and
strategic plan in which you add your strategies
and tactics to implement and realize your
objectives, measures, and targets.
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