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BUS 475 Apply Week 1 Degree of Alignment advanced
organizer (Apple) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bus475nerd.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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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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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)
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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 (Walmart)
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BUS 475 Apply Week 3 Project Metrics (Wendys)
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BUS 475 Apply Week 4 Project Plan (Apple) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus475nerd.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. Use the textbook and other
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BUS 475 Apply Week 5 Contingency Plan and
Executive Presentation (Apple) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bus475nerd.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
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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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Week 5 Contingency Plan and Executive
Presentation (Wendy's)
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om 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 Week 1 Chapter 1 Practice what is
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om 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? 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.bus475nerd
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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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d 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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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
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BUS 475 Week 2 Chapter 4 Internal Analysis
Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies
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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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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
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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 Practice Internal and External
Considerations FOR MORE CLASSES
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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
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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
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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
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BUS 475 Week 4 chapter 7 Business Strategy
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Platforms
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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 4 chapter 8 Corporate Strategy
Vertical Integration and Diversification
Assignment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus475nerd
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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
-------------,
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BUS 475 Week 4 chapter 12 Section 3, Business
Ethics Assignment FOR MORE CLASSES
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12 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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m 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
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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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