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STR 581 Entire Course All Capstone Finals

• 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

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STR 581 Entire Course

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• 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

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STR 581 Week 1 DQ 1

• 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

• 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

• 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.

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STR 581 Week 1 Knowledge Check

• 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?

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STR 581 Week 2 Capstone Final Examination Part 1

• 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?          

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STR 581 Week 2 DQ 1

• 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

• 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

• 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. 

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STR 581 Week 2 Knowledge Check

• 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.

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STR 581 Week 2 Learning Team Activity (Innovation
Strategy)

• 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.

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STR 581 Week 3 DQ 1

• Through your research, select two of the
  strategic plan options that could apply to Kudler
  Fine Foods. What are the strengths and weaknesses
  of each option? How does each of the two choices
  fit with the organization?

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STR 581 Week 3 DQ 2

• When facing a choice between strategic plans of
  similar value, how would you determine which
  strategic plan to incorporate?

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STR 581 Week 3 Individual Assignment External and
Internal Environmental Analysis

• 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 
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STR 581 Week 3 Knowledge Check

• 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.

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STR 581 Week 3 Learning Team Peer Evaluation

• Share drafts 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. 

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STR 581 Week 4 Capstone Final Examination Part 2

• 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.)          

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STR 581 Week 4 DQ 1

• Recall how you determined if you created value
  and sustained competitive advantage for Kudler
  Fine Foods. While implementing this strategy,
  what factors would you monitor and evaluate to
  determine if you were successful? Why would
  monitoring and evaluating these factors be
  important?

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STR 581 Week 4 DQ 2

• Which of the following considerations are most
  often neglected when implementing a strategy
  structural, leadership, or cultural? Defend your
  position.

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STR 581 Week 4 Individual Assignment Strategic
Choice and Evaluation

• 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.

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STR 581 Week 4 Knowledge Check

• 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?

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STR 581 Week 4 Learning Team Peer Evaluation

• 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 DQ 1

• Although objectives, functional tactics, and
  action items are included in many implementation
  plans, why do some organizations have a difficult
  time reflecting the plan they create?

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STR 581 Week 5 DQ 2

• What problems have you faced when creating your
  implementation plan?  In your experience, where
  do risk management plans fall short?

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STR 581 Week 5 Individual Assignment
Implementation, Strategic Controls, and
Contingency Plans

• Write a draft of no more than 1,800 words of the
  strategic plan for your organization, including
  the following 
• Implementation plan 
• Objectives
• Functional tactics
• Action items

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STR 581 Week 5 Knowledge Check

• 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.

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STR 581 Week 5 Learning Team Peer Evaluation

• 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 Capstone Final Examination Part 3

• 1. A company that attempts to lead its industry
  in price and convenience by pursuing a focus on
  lean and efficient operations is pursuing what
  strategy?  
• 2. One of the ways to change the course of a
  brand is to modify the product. Under product
  modification, ________ adds size, weight,
  materials, supplements, and accessories that
  expand the products performance, versatility,
  safety, or convenience.         

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STR 581 Week 6 Individual Assignment Strategic
Plan and Presentation

• Resource Implementation, Strategic Controls, and
  Contingency Plans assignment with facilitator
  feedbackComplete a strategic plan for your
  organization of no more than 3,500 words.

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STR 581 Week 6 Learning Team Project Selection

• 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

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