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For more classes visit<br>www.snaptutorial.com<br><br>BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 1 Strategic Competitiveness<br>BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 2 Management’s Responsibility<br>BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 1 Union Pacific Corporation<br>BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 2 Five Forces of Competition Model<br>BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 1 Strong Brands<br>BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 2 Internal Environment
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BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 1 Strategic Competitiveness BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 2 Management’s Responsibility BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 1 Union Pacific Corporation BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 2 Five Forces of Competition Model BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 1 Strong Brands
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 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 of the competitive landscape is more influential. Explain your rationa
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 2 "Management’s Responsibility" Please respond to the following: •From the second e-Activity, determine the level of responsibility
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 1 Strategic Competitiveness BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 2 Management’s Responsibility BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 1 Union Pacific Corporation BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 2 Five Forces of Competition Model BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 1 Strong Brands
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Due Week 2 and worth 300 points Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Due Week 2 and worth 300 points
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 1 "Union Pacific Corporation" Please respond to the following: •Perform an analysis of the social / demographic, technological, economic, environmental / geographic, and political/legal / gov
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 2 "Five Forces of Competition Model" Please respond to the following: •From the e-Activity, analyze the industry you selected using the Five Forces of Competition Model to determine the impact of each of the five forces.
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 1 "Strong Brands" Please respond to the following: •Several companies use their brand as a competitive advantage. Given your knowledge about the global economy, identify three brands you believe have
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 2 "Internal Environment" Please respond to the following: •From the e-Activity, analyze the internal environment of the company you researched to determine that company’s strengths and weaknesses.
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Assignment 2: External and Internal Environments Due Week 4 and worth 350 points
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Assignment 2: External and Internal Environments Due Week 4 and worth 350 points
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Assignment 2: External and Internal Environments Due Week 4 and worth 350 points
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 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 you researched and make recommendations about how that company could modify its business-level strategy to both increase your overall level of satisfaction and to attract new customers. Provide specific examples to support your response. •Analyze the five business-level strategies
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com BUS 499 Week 4 Discussion 2 "Apple, Inc: Keeping the “I” in Innovation” Please respond to the following: •From the second e-Activity and the case study, determine how market commonality and resource similarity impact Apple’s competitive standing in terms of its main rivals. Provide specific examples to support your response.
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com BUS 499 Week 5 Discussion 1 "Diversification" Please respond to the following: •From the e-Activity, suggest one way the company you researched could increase its level of value-creating diversification. Provide
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com BUS 499 Week 5 Discussion 2 "Victory Motorcycles" Please respond to the following: •From the e-Activity and the case study, evaluate the business-level strategy of Victory Motorcycles to determine whether you believe the strategy
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 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 one publicly traded corporation within that industry. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 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 one publicly traded corporation within that industry. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 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 one publicly traded corporation within that industry. Research th
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com BUS 499 Week 6 Discussion 1 "Executive Pay" Please respond to the following: •Some evidence suggests that there is a direct and positive relationship between a firm’s size and its top-level managers’ compensatio
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com BUS 499 Week 6 Discussion 2 "Dr Pepper Snapple Group 2011: Fighting to Prosper in a Highly Competitive Market" Please respond to the following:
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Week 7 Discussion 1 Determine why, given the advantages of international diversification, some firms choose not to expand internationally. Provide specific examples to support your response.
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 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.
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Assignment 4: Merger, Acquisition, and International Strategies Due Week 8 and worth 300 points
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Assignment 4: Merger, Acquisition, and International Strategies Due Week 8 and worth 300 points
BUS499 Inspiring Innovation--snaptutorial.com For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Assignment 4: Merger, Acquisition, and International Strategies Due Week 8 and worth 300 points Choose two (2) public corporations in an industry with which you are familiar – one (1) that has acquired another company and operates internationally and one (1) that does not have a history of mergers and acquisitions and operates solely within the U.S. Research each company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities a