Homework: 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. Use the Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Template to ensure that your homework meets the requirements.
Task
Write a 4 to 6 pages paper in which you address the following:
i. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
ii. Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
iii. Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
iv. Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
v. Use the Strayer University Online Library or the Internet to locate and include at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.
vi. This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this homework is the following:
i. Determine the impact of globalization and technology changes, strategic models, vision and mission statements, and stakeholders on a corporation's success.