Overview

In this assignment, you are to use the same corporation you selected and focused on for the assignments, Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness and External and Internal Environments.

Research the company on its own website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filing & Forms page, the Strayer University’s online databases, the Lexis Advance database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Use the Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies Template [DOCX] to ensure that your assignment meets the requirements.

Requirements
Write a 68 page paper in which you do the following:

Analyze the business-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.

Analyze the corporate-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the corporate-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.

Analyze the competitive environment to determine the corporation’s most significant competitor. Compare their strategies at each level and evaluate which company you think is most likely to be successful in the long term. Justify your choice.

Determine whether your choice from Question 3 in the Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies Template [DOCX] would differ in slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets.

Use at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Analyze the effects of the general environment, competition, threats, opportunities, strengths, and weaknesses relative to a corporation.

Write a 46 page paper in which you do the following: USE THE TEMPLATE TO COMPELTE ASSIGNMENT.

Choose the two segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose.

Assess how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.

Considering the five forces of competition, choose the two that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose.

Evaluate how well the company has addressed these two forces in the recent past.

With the same two forces in mind, predict what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.

Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation.

Give your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Justify your answer.

Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses.

Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your choices.

Determine the companys resources, capabilities, and core competencies.

Choose one 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’s Filings & Forms page, the Strayer University’s online databases, the Lexis Advance database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions. Use the Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Template [DOCX] to ensure that your assignment meets the requirements.

Requirements
Write a 46 page paper in which you address the following:

    Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.

    Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.

    Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.

    Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.

    Use the Strayer University Online Library and to locate and include at least three quality references.

Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is the following:
    Determine the impact of globalization and technology changes, strategic models, vision and mission statements, and stakeholders on a corporation’s success.

Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
***Overview****
Choose one 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’s Filings & Forms page, the Strayer University’s online databases, the Lexis Advance database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

***MUST USE the Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Template [DOCX] to ensure that your assignment meets the requirements OR IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Requirements
Write a 46 page paper in which you address the following:

#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.

Use the Strayer University Online Library and to locate and include at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is the following:

Determine the impact of globalization and technology changes, strategic models, vision and mission statements, and stakeholders on a corporation’s success.

Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
***Overview****
Choose one 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’s Filings & Forms page, the Strayer University’s online databases, the Lexis Advance database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

***MUST USE the Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Template [DOCX] to ensure that your assignment meets the requirements OR IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Requirements
Write a 46 page paper in which you address the following:

#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.

Use the Strayer University Online Library and to locate and include at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is the following:

Determine the impact of globalization and technology changes, strategic models, vision and mission statements, and stakeholders on a corporation’s success.

you did part 1 of the stock assignment already and now what we have to do is part 2.  I have attached part 1 that you did already so please add part 2 to it which is an additional 4 pages.  please use the same company as part 1.

instructions for part 2:

1.  Select any five financial ratios that you have learned about in the text. Analyze the past 3 years of the selected financial ratios for the company; you may obtain this information from the company’s financial statements. Determine the company’s financial health. (Note: Suggested ratios include current ratio, quick ratio, earnings per share, price earnings ratio, gross margin, return on assets, total asset turnover, cash ratio)

2.  Based on your financial review, determine the risk level of the stock from your investor’s point of view. Indicate key strategies that you may use in order to minimize these perceived risks.

3.  Provide your recommendations of this stock as an investment opportunity. Support your rationale with resources, such as peer-reviewed articles and reviews by market analysts.

4.  Conduct a literature review and list at least five quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

i have also attached an explanation of sws citation style so you can do the reference list with the literature review correctly as well as the citations for question 3. 

Employee Rewards and Recognition

As an HR manager in a large healthcare organization, you have developed a new reward and recognition program designed to help increase employee motivation and job satisfaction in a specific hospital department of your choice. You may choose a clinical or nonclinical department.

Based on the course readings and a minimum of four appropriate sources of research, create a three (3) page executive summary suitable for presentation to senior leadership on employee motivation that includes the following:

    Determine which department is best suited for the reward and recognition program.
    Identify a specific goal the employees must work on to be eligible for recognition or to receive the award.
        Examples include reducing errors, increasing customer/patient satisfaction, or reducing costs.
    Research a specific motivation theory and determine why this method would be the most practical and effective for this program.
        Examples are the expectancy theory, equity theory, goal-setting theory, Management by Objectives (MBO), or the four-prong model of intrinsic motivation.
    Explain why the selected theory would be the most practical and effective for the rewards and recognition program.
    Recommend 23 types of rewards and/or recognition that would the most effective in motivating the employees to achieve the goals.
    Create a communication tool for eligible employees announcing the program, rules, and awards.
        Examples: Email, newsletter, internal Facebook post.
    Go to the Strayer Online Library and locate at least four quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.

Strayer Writing Standards

This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different from other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.

    Citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.