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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 All Assignments and DQs (4 Set for each
  Assignment)
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• BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 1 Strategic
  Competitiveness

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 1 Strategic
  Competitiveness
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• BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 1
• "Strategic Competitiveness" Please respond to the
  following
• From the first e-Activity, determine which of
  the two primary drivers

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• BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 2 Managements
  Responsibility
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• BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 2
• "Managements Responsibility" Please respond to
  the following

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• BUS 499 Week 1-11 All DQs
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• BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 1 Strategic
  Competitiveness
• BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 2 Managements
  Responsibility

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 2 Assignment 1 Strategic Management
  and Strategic Competitiveness (Apple INC)
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• Assignment 1 Strategic Management and Strategic
  Competitiveness
• Due Week 2 and worth 300 points

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 2 Assignment 1 Strategic Management
  and Strategic Competitiveness (Dell Incorporated)
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• Assignment 1 Strategic Management and Strategic
  Competitiveness
• Due Week 2 and worth 300 points

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 2 Assignment 1 Strategic Management
  and Strategic Competitiveness (Ruby Tuesday)
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• Assignment 1 Strategic Management and Strategic
  Competitiveness
• Due Week 2 and worth 300 points
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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 1 Union Pacific
  Corporation
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• BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 1
• "Union Pacific Corporation" Please respond to the
  following

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• BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 2 Five Forces of
  Competition Model
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• BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 2
• "Five Forces of Competition Model" Please respond
  to the following

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• BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 1 Strong Brands
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• BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 1
• "Strong Brands" Please respond to the following
• Several companies use their brand as a
  competitive advantage. Given

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• BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 2 Internal Environment
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• BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 2
• "Internal Environment" Please respond to the
  following

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• BUS 499 Week 4 Assignment 2 External and Internal
  Environments (Apple Inc)
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• Assignment 2 External and Internal Environments 
• Due Week 4 and worth 350 points

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 4 Assignment 2 External and Internal
  Environments (GW Pharmaceuticals)
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• Assignment 2 External and Internal Environments 
• Due Week 4 and worth 350 points

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 4 Assignment 2 External and Internal
  Environments (Verizon Communications)
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• Assignment 2 External and Internal Environments 
• Due Week 4 and worth 350 points

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• BUS 499 Week 4 Discussion 1 Business-Level
  Strategy
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• BUS 499 Week 4 Discussion 1
• "Business-Level Strategy" Please respond to the
  following
• From the first e-Activity, assess your
  satisfaction with the company

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 4 Discussion 2 Apple, Inc Keeping
  the I in Innovation
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• BUS 499 Week 4 Discussion 2
• "Apple, Inc Keeping the I in Innovation
  Please respond to the following

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• BUS 499 Week 5 Discussion 1 Diversification
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• BUS 499 Week 5 Discussion 1
• "Diversification" Please respond to the following

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• BUS 499 Week 5 Discussion 2 Victory Motorcycles
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• BUS 499 Week 5 Discussion 2
• "Victory Motorcycles" Please respond to the
  following

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 6 Assignment 3 Business-Level and
  Corporate-Level Strategies (Amazon)
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• Assignment 3 Business-Level and Corporate-Level
  Strategies 
• Due Week 6 and worth 300 points

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 6 Assignment 3 Business-Level and
  Corporate-Level Strategies (Ford)
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• Assignment 3 Business-Level and Corporate-Level
  Strategies 
• Due Week 6 and worth 300 points
• Choose an industry you have not yet written about
  in this course, and

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 6 Assignment 3 Business-Level and
  Corporate-Level Strategies (Ikea)
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• Assignment 3 Business-Level and Corporate-Level
  Strategies 
• Due Week 6 and worth 300 points

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 6 Assignment 3 Business-Level and
  Corporate-Level Strategies (Toyota Corporation)
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• Assignment 3 Business-Level and Corporate-Level
  Strategies 
• Due Week 6 and worth 300 points

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 6 Discussion 1 Executive Pay
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• BUS 499 Week 6 Discussion 1
• "Executive Pay" Please respond to the following

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• BUS 499 Week 6 Discussion 2 Dr Pepper Snapple
  Group 2011
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• BUS 499 Week 6 Discussion 2
• "Dr Pepper Snapple Group 2011 Fighting to
  Prosper in a Highly

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• BUS 499 Week 7 Discussion 1 International
  Opportunities
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• Week 7 Discussion 1 
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• Determine why, given the advantages of
  international diversification, some firms choose
  not to expand internationally. Provide specific

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 7 Discussion 2 Cooperative Strategy
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• Week 7 Discussion 2 From an ethical perspective,
  determine how much information a firm is obliged
  to tell a potential strategic alliance partner
  about what it expects to learn from the
  cooperative arrangement. Explain your rationale.

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 8 Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition,
  and International Strategies (Lithonia Lighting)
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• Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition, and
  International Strategies
• Due Week 8 and worth 300 points

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 8 Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition,
  and International Strategies (McDonalds)
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• Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition, and
  International Strategies
• Due Week 8 and worth 300 points

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 8 Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition,
  and International Strategies (Under Armour)
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• Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition, and
  International Strategies
• Due Week 8 and worth 300 points
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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 8 Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition,
  and International Strategies (Whole Foods Market
  Inc. and the Energizer Holdings Inc.)
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• Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition, and
  International Strategies
• Due Week 8 and worth 300 points
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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 8 Discussion 1 Corporate Governance
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• Week 8 Discussion 1 
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• Analyze the three internal governance mechanisms
  (ownership

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• BUS 499 Week 8 Discussion 2 Finding the Best Buy
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• Week 8 Discussion 2
•  Corporate governance has become a hot issue in
  the U.S. over the past two decades.

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 9 Discussion 1 Domino's Pizza
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• Week 9 Discussion 1 
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• Determine whether the current organizational
  structure at Dominos is a good match for its
  corporate strategies. Explain your rationale. 
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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 9 Discussion 2 Strategic Leadership
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• Week 9 Discussion 2 Compare and contrast
  strategic controls and financial controls.
  Provide specific examples of how each may be used
  to best serve a corporation. 

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 10 Assignment 5 Capstone (Coca -
  Cola)
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• Assignment 5 Capstone
• Due Week 10 and worth 400 points
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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 10 Assignment 5 Capstone (FedEx
  Corporation)
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• Assignment 5 Capstone
• Due Week 10 and worth 400 points
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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 10 Assignment 5 Capstone (Samsung)
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• Assignment 5 Capstone
• Due Week 10 and worth 400 points
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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 10 Assignment 5 Capstone (Victorias
  Secret)
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• Assignment 5 Capstone
• Due Week 10 and worth 400 points

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 10 Assignment 5 Capstone (Walmart)
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• Assignment 5 Capstone
• Due Week 10 and worth 400 points
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• Select a publicly traded corporation for which
  you would like to work or are currently working.

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BUS 499 Focus Dreams/newtonhelp

• BUS 499 Week 10 Discussion 1 Strategic
  Entrepreneurship
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• Week 10 Discussion 1 
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• From the e-Activity, evaluate the lessons learned
  in this chapter to determine which single lesson
  would be most beneficial to the

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• BUS 499 Week 10 Discussion 2 Innovation Applied
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•  Discussion 2 
• Analyze the different approaches to innovation
  discussed in this chapter to determine which
  approach you think would be the greatest value to
  the greatest number of organizations. Explain
  your rationale.

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• BUS 499 Week 11 Discussion 1 Summation
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• Week 11 Discussion 1 
• Create a metaphor or analogy that captures the
  essence of the major lessons learned in the BBA
  program (e.g., business administration is like .
  . .).

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•  BUS 499 Week 11 Discussion 2 Looking Ahead
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• Week 11 Discussion 2 Discuss how you will use the
  lessons learned in your BBA program to be more
  productive in your current (or

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