...BUS 499 – Business Administration Capstone (Prerequisite: To be taken as last or next to last course) COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is the capstone course for the Bachelor of Business Administration program. It examines the processes by which organizations formulate strategy, implement policy, and evaluate outcomes in the highly competitive and dynamic global environment. The ethical implications of strategic choices are a central concern of this course. Analytic, integrative, and decision-making skills will be exercised through the use of case analysis and decision making. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Required Resources Hitt, M. A., Ireland, R. D., & Hoskisson, R. E. (2011). Strategic management: Competitiveness and globalization, concepts and cases: 2011 custom edition (9th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning. Supplemental Resources Angwin, D., Paroutis, S., & Mitson, S. (2009). Connecting up strategy: Are senior strategy directors a missing link? California Management Review, 51(3), 74-94. Derfus, P. J., Maggitti, P. G., Grimm, C. M., & Smith, K. G. (2008). The red queen effect: Competitive actions and firm performance. Academy of Management Journal, 51(1), 61-80. Franken, A., Ewards, C., & Lambert, R. (2009). Executing strategic change: Understanding the critical management elements that lead to success. California Management Review, 51(3), 49-73. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Identify the vision, mission, and stakeholders...
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...Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness 1 Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Cherise Bacon Dr. Williams BUS 499 - Business Administration Capstone April 16, 2014 Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness 2 Coca Cola declares that their company serves as the standard against which we weigh our actions and decisions. * To refresh the world * To inspire moments of optimism and happiness * To increase value and make a difference Coca Cola vision serves as the framework for our roadmap and guides every aspect of their business by describing what the need to accomplish in order to continue achieving sustainable, quality growth. People: Be a great place to work where people are inspired to be the best they can be. Portfolio: Bring to the world a portfolio of quality beverage brands the antipate and satisfy people’s desires and needs. Partners: Nurture a winning network of customers and suppliers together to create mutual, enduring value. Planet: Be a responsible citizen that makes a difference by helping build and support sustainable communities. Profit: Maximize long-term return to share owners while being mindful of their overall responsibilities. Productivity: Be highly effective, lean and fast organization. (By Coca-Cola company). Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness...
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...Assignment #1 LaTonia A. Roberson Business Administration Capstone-BUS 499 Professor Eliopoulos July 11, 2011 Assignment# 1: Case 11: “Great Lakes: Great Decisions” 1. Perform an analysis of the Social/Demographic, Technological, Economic, Environmental/Geographic, and Political/Legal/Governmental segments to understand the general environment facing Great Lakes. Describe how Great Lakes will be affected by each of these external factors. Social/Demographic Segment-Ellie Shannon, the Division Manager for Great Lakes Chemical Corporation had a concern for what option was to offer regarding the continued use of lead based additives in developing countries. Even though it was not illegal to do so, Ms. Shannon considered the potential effects this decision would have on Great Lakes to compete in global markets and if it would impact the company positively or negatively as a corporate citizen. Technological Segment-Great Lakes was a company that always sought to keep up with technology and ways to make its product better. During the 1950s they focused on petroleum production and from there moved into the bromine and chemical business. Great Lakes developed chemical products for applications such as water treatments, specialty household cleaners, flame retardants, polymer stabilizers, fire suppressants, and performance chemicals. Great Lakes took on the production of lead additives and that is where they made the majority of their wealth. Economic Segment-Great...
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...Danielle Fikes BUS 499 March 10, 2011 Assignment 5 1. Describe how successful the business has been at recognizing and satisfying stakeholder interests. The sisters of Harry McNeely and Don McNeely were stock holders and their interests were being completely ignored. Whether you are family or not, if an individual is a stock owner, their voice is to be heard considering they own part of the company that is bringing in income. According to definition, a stockholder is, "one who owns shares of stock in a corporation or mutual fund," (stockholder, 2011). Family or not, there are still legalities that must be honored in this case. It seems that the brothers clearly violated their sisters rights as stockholder. It took unecessary time and heartache in order for the sisters to get anything in the end. This is a situation that could have and should have been resolved very early on. When the compnay was split into two different companies, they did not discuss the issue with the stakeholders. The two brothers just decided to do it themselves and basically figured life would continue on as normal. This is bad business. Stakeholders have a huge say so when it comes to what happens to a business. It is unfair to have people invest money into something and then not be able to say anything when it comes to changes. References stockholder. (2011). Retrieved March 12, 2011, from http://www.investorwords.com/4735/ stockholder.html 2. Describe the mechanisms...
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...| Unit 2: Lab 1: Managing Files | | Week 2 Assignments | | Unit 2: Lab 1: Managing Files | | Week 2 Assignments | NT1430 / Bowser Linux networking September 25, 2013 By: Cuneo, Thomas NT1430 / Bowser Linux networking September 25, 2013 By: Cuneo, Thomas Unit 2: Lab 1: Managing Files CH 6, Lab 1: Managing Files 1. [Denise@localhost ~]$ mkdir Unit2 2. [Denise@localhost ~]$ cd Unit2 [Denise@localhost Unit2]$ mkdir memos reports 3. [Denise@localhost Unit2]$ cd [Denise@localhost ~]$ touch memo.one [Denise@localhost ~]$ touch memo.two [Denise@localhost ~]$ touch memo.three [Denise@localhost ~]$ touch report.jan report.feb report.mar 4. [Denise@localhost ~]$ cp memo.one Unit2/memos 5. [Denise@localhost ~]$ cp memo.two Unit2/memos/memo.2 6. [Denise@localhost ~]$ mv memo.three Unit2/memos ((I removed the forward slash & it worked. Not sure if it is correct or not, but I am going to continue anyway…..)) [Denise@localhost ~]$ mv memo.three/Unit2/memos mv: missing destination file operand after `memo.three/Unit2/memos' Try `mv --help' for more information. [Denise@localhost ~]$ mv memo.three /Unit2/memos mv: cannot move `memo.three' to `/Unit2/memos': No such file or directory [Denise@localhost ~]$ mv memo.three/Unit2/memos mv: missing destination file operand after `memo.three/Unit2/memos' Try `mv --help' for more information. [Denise@localhost ~]$ mv memo.three/Unit2/memos.3 mv: missing destination file operand after `memo.three/Unit2/memos...
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...Assignment 4: A Horror Show at the Cinemaplex Jeffrey Evans BUS 499 Prof. Michael Petty 05/26/2012 Abstract If the motion picture industry’s performance in 2007 were a feature presentation, the marquee would read “Massive Box Office: Smashing Records the Sequel!” At $9.63 billion, box office revenue set another record in 2007, a full 5 percent above the record set in 2006’s.1 An astonishing 1.4 billion tickets were sold in 2007. But beyond the headlines, the industry is a study in contradictions: the number of theaters is declining, but the number of screens is at an all time high revenues are up, but attendance is largely flat – that 1.4 billion tickets is little improved from 1997 when 1.35 billion tickets were sold and a fraction of the 4 billion sold in 1946. Then the average person attended 28 films a year, today it is 6.2 the U.S. population is increasing, but the size of the market in the core demographic group is growing more slowly Americans spend more time than ever on entertainment – 3,500 hours annually – but only 12 are spent at the movies.3 The average person spends as much time watching TV every 3 days. Movies remain as popular as ever, but opportunities for viewing outside the theater have greatly increased. While motion picture studios increased revenues through product licensing, DVD sales, and international expansion, the exhibitors – movie theaters – have seen their business decline. Movies are more available than ever, but fewer are venturing to...
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...Capstone, Assignment 4 XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX BUS 499 Capstone XXXXXXXXXXXX. Company Background Mergers and acquisitions are as old as business itself. In 2014 mergers and acquisitions are happening at an alarming rate. In May, 2014, Apple announced it would acquire Beats Electronics for $3 billion dollars. Apple is an international corporation co-founded by the late pioneer Steve Jobs. Apple’s current CEO is Tim Cook. He has previously worked for its competitors, Compaq and IBM. Apple has insisted on improving the way their suppliers treat their employees around the globe. The company recently posted the following to their website: We’ve strengthened our programs to help suppliers protect student interns and other at-risk workers. We’re continuing our efforts to end excessive work hours. In 2013, our suppliers achieved an average of 95 percent compliance with our maximum 60-hour workweek. We’re driving responsible sourcing of minerals, and we’ve publicly released a list of smelters and refiners in our supply chain to promote transparency (Corporate Responsibility, 2014). The Beats Electronics acquisition brings an electronic company that specializes in headphones and speaker technology. Beats Audio is the technology behind the brand. The brains behind the brain of Beats is Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young, AKA Dr. Dre. The acquisition may prove to be a natural transition for the company. Beats Electronics have had their products included automobiles and computers...
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...The Walt Disney Company Assignment 1: Assignment 1: Strategic Management And Strategic Competitiveness Professor: BUS 499: Business Administration Capstone April 20th, 2014 The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company started in October 16, 1926. It was at the time known as The Disney Brothers Studio. It was established by Roy and Walt Disney. The company rapidly began to expand and introduced the world to Mickey and Minnie Mouse. They are the image of the Disney Company. During the 1940’s Disney issued its first stock, this made it growth as a company. The Disney Company expanded to the world of television and written entertainment with the opening of a theme park. Disneyland was opened on July 17, 1955. Walt dream was to open different theme parks in a big area. He chose Florida because of the nice weather; the inexpensive land; and the interstate 4. Unfortunate, Walt Disney, died on December 15, 1966. Despite the loss of Walt, Disney Company continued to grow. And in October of 1971, Walt Disney World Resort opened in Orlando, Florida. (Disney History) Globalization and technology changes have impacted The Walt Disney Company in positive way. According to Strategic Management, “globalization is the increasing economic interdependence among countries and their organizations as reflected in the flow of goods and services, financial capital and knowledge across country borders.” ( Hitt, Ireland & Hoskisson, 2013). Globalization also increases the amount...
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...ALLIED AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Personalized. Flexible. Dedicated. Online Programs – Individual Support – Open Enrollment – Ease of Transfer Credits UNIVERSITY CATALOG 2013 Seventh Edition 22952 Alcalde Drive, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Phone: (888) 384-0849 ∼ Fax: (949) 707-2978 7:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. (Monday – Friday) Email: info@allied.edu Website: www.allied.edu KEY STAFF AND FACULTY Charlotte Hislop, Ph.D. Candidate, President/CEO Bonny Nickle, Ed.D., Provost Eric Sharkey, M.Ed., Director of Education Bill Luton, Ph.D., Director of Assessment and Dean of Business Carlo Tannoury, Ph.D. Candidate, Dean of Computer Information Systems Patricia Drown, Ph.D., Dean of Criminal Justice and General Studies C.J. Bishop, M.B.A., Institutional Research Frank Vazquez, Operations Director Parrish Nicholls, J.D., Director of Compliance Lindsay Oglesby, Admissions Director Abby Dolan, B.A., Registrar Sasha Heard, M.B.A., Student Services Manager Barbara Jobin, B.S.B.A., Career Center Manager Hugo Aguilar, B.A., Chief Financial Officer Richard Madrigal, B.A., Financial Aid Officer As a prospective student at Allied American University, you are encouraged to review this catalog prior to signing an enrollment agreement. You are also encouraged to review the student performance fact sheet which must be provided to you prior to signing an enrollment agreement. This catalog is not a contract between the student, AAU, or any party or parties. Reasonable effort was made at the time this document...
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...Business Administration Capstone – BUS Affiliation Here 499 Assignment 1 Great Lakes Great Decisions Strayer University April 15, 2012 Abstract The Great Lakes Great Decision case is about the social responsibility a company leader would have to face, based on her decision on joining one of the top lead addictive producers Octel & Associates. It narrows down to two questions. Does the company end production of the lead addictive, since there have been added pressure from the environmentalist? Or do she continue for the benefit of the company’s profits and earning? Although originally a gas and oil exploration company, Great Lakes has had it changes throughout the years, since being founded in the early 1930s. Today, there are they are a top lead addictive producer, ever since the purchase of the company Octel in 1997, which in fact never sat well with US environmentalist. The Case 1.) Perform an analysis of the social / demographic, technological, economic, environmental / geographic, and political / legal / governmental segments to understand the general environment facing Great Lakes. Describe how Great Lakes will be affected by each of these external factors. The Analysis of the Social/demographic- The primary consumers of the products produced by Great Lakes—especially lead additives—comes from developing/third world countries. Although the case study does not specifically comment on the demographics of these countries or the social status of their people, it is presumed...
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...with our flexible, year-round full-time schedule of classes. If you really want to attend a school where your needs (your real needs) come first, consider Sullivan University. I believe we can help you exceed your expectations. Since words cannot fully describe the atmosphere at Sullivan University, please accept my personal invitation to visit and experience our campus for yourself. Sincerely, Glenn D. Sullivan President MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 1 Table of Contents Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sullivan University Success Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4...
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...Assignment 2: External and Internal Environments Business 499 Zavier Pyles Professor May January 30th, 2013 Vroom Vroom! This is the welcomed sound that automobile owners and manufacturers like to hear. It is the sound of completion, success, and satisfaction. But what happens when this sound is drowned out by weakened profits, customer dissatisfaction, and industry weakness? In comes the government bailout of the automobile industry. In recent years, 2008-2010, Ford, GM, and Chrysler had to be saved from self-destruction and bankruptcy through government incentives, loans, and emergency funding. In December of 2008 these 3 automakers asked the government for monetary assistance that totaled approximately 34 billion dollars (About, 2013). Ford, GM, and Chrysler asked for these funds to avoid impending job layoffs in the millions and also to avoid further financial trouble for the economy during the recession (About, 2013). All three of the car companies that had to be bailed out were American based and had for years been facing stiff competition from foreign car makers especially Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota. During this time there was quite a bit of finger pointing and blame being placed surrounding the reason for the failure of the American car industry. Was the failure based on external factors such technology, political/legal parties and organizations, or economic issues (Hitt, Ireland, Hoskisson, 2013)? Or was the failure of this industry based...
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... Unemployment Problem and Its Causes Based On 2007 Economics Report of Bangladesh. Prepared for SHAMIM EHSANUL HAQUE Course Instructor BUS: 201 Prepared by SAIMA AFREEN (06304018) HUMAIRA NAZIA (07204013) ZOBAIDA MAHBUB ZEFRY (07304026) A.A.M SHAHRIAR HASAN KHAN (07304038) QUAZI MOFFAKKAR HOSSAIN (073040 Section: 01 Date of submission 4th December, 2008 MEMORANDUM To: Shamim Ehsanul Haque From: Saima Date: December 4th, 2008 Sub: Submission of the report titled Unemployment Problem and Its Causes. In accordance to your advice here is the report on “Unemployment Problem and Its Causes” that we are submitting on 4 December, 2008 which was assigned during the last part of semester Fall 08. To serve our purpose, we have followed standard research methodology to extract our findings. We have applied sophisticated analysis techniques to get consistent and sound output. As per the direction of yours, we have tried our best to highlight our findings through applying our acquired concepts and models. As a BBA student we appreciate having this assignment. We sincerely hope this report will fulfill the requirements for the course of Business Communication. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to work on this assignment. It’s been a real education. If you need any assistance in interpreting this report please call us. Contents: ...
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...OFFICIAL CATALOG This Catalog contains information, policies, procedures, regulations and requirements that were correct at the time of publication and are subject to the terms and conditions of the Enrollment Agreement entered into between the Student and ECPI University. In keeping with the educational mission of the University, the information, policies, procedures, regulations and requirements contained herein are continually being reviewed, changed and updated. Consequently, this document cannot be considered binding. Students are responsible for keeping informed of official policies and meeting all relevant requirements. When required changes to the Catalog occur, they will be communicated through catalog inserts and other means until a revised edition of the Catalog is published. The policies in this Catalog have been approved under the authority of the ECPI University Board of Trustees and, therefore, constitute official University policy. Students should become familiar with the policies in this Catalog. These policies outline both student rights and student responsibilities. The University reserves the right and authority at any time to alter any or all of the statements contained herein, to modify the requirements for admission and graduation, to change or discontinue programs of study, to amend any regulation or policy affecting the student body, to increase tuition and fees, to deny admission, to revoke an offer of admission and to dismiss from the...
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...ANRV296-PS58-19 ARI 17 November 2006 1:33 Annu. Rev. Psychol. 2007.58:479-514. Downloaded from arjournals.annualreviews.org by University Of Maryland on 12/11/06. For personal use only. Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior Michele J. Gelfand,1 Miriam Erez,2 and Zeynep Aycan3 1 Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742; email: mgelfand@psyc.umd.edu 2 Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa, Israel 32000; email: merez@ie.technion.ac.il 3 Department of Psychology, Koc University, Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey 34450; email: zaycan@ku.edu.tr Annu. Rev. Psychol. 2007. 58:479–514 Key Words First published online as a Review in Advance on October 17, 2006 culture, management, organizations, work The Annual Review of Psychology is online at http://psych.annualreviews.org Abstract This article’s doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.58.110405.085559 Copyright c 2007 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved 0066-4308/07/0203-0479$20.00 This article reviews research on cross-cultural organizational behavior (OB). After a brief review of the history of cross-cultural OB, we review research on work motivation, or the factors that energize, direct, and sustain effort across cultures. We next consider the relationship between the individual and the organization, and review research on culture and organizational commitment, psychological contracts, justice, citizenship behavior...
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