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.
Write a four
to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
1.
Assess how globalization and
technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
2.
Apply the industrial organization
model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn
above-average returns.
3.
Assess how the vision statement and
mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
4.
Evaluate how each category of
stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
5.
Use at least two (2) quality
references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not
quality as academic resources.
Your
assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double spaced, using Times
New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and
references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.
·
Include a cover page containing the
title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course
title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific
course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Determine ways in which the vision,
mission, and stakeholders of a firm impact that firm’s overall success.
·
Use technology and information
resources to research issues in business administration.
·
Write clearly and concisely about
business administration using proper writing mechanics.
