BUS499 All Assignments Latest 2019 January Question # 00598478 Subject: Education Due on: 02/23/2019 Posted On: 02/23/2019 05:39 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.5/5

BUS499
Business Administration Capstone

Week 3 Assignment
1

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:

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 at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia
and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

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

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.

BUS499
Business Administration Capstone

Week 6
Assignment 2

In this assignment, you are to use the same corporation you
selected and focused on for Assignment 1.

Using the corporation you chose from Assignment 1, examine
the industry in which the entity operates. Use any or all of the following
resources to conduct research on the company:

Company website

Public filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission
EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml)

Strayer University’s online databases

Other miscellaneous sources. Note: the company’s annual
report will often provide insights that other resources may not include.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths
and most significant weaknesses. Choose either a 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 company’s tangible and intangible resources,
core capabilities, and core competencies.

Choose the two (2) 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.

Choose two (2) forces of competition that you estimate are
the most significant for the corporation you chose. Evaluate how well the
company has addressed these) forces in the recent past, going back no further
than five (5) fiscal years.

With the same two (2) forces in mind, predict what the
company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near
future.

Identify what you consider to be the greatest external
threat to this corporation. Discuss how the corporation should address this
threat. Justify your explanation.

Identify what you consider to be the greatest opportunity
presented to the corporation, and discuss how the corporation should take
advantage of this opportunity. Justify your explanation

Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia
and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources .

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

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

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 page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:

Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect
an industry and its firms.

Identify the five forces of competition.

Analyze the external environment for opportunities and
threats that impact the firm.

Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths
and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness.

Use technology and information resources to research issues
in business administration.

Write clearly and concisely about business administration
using proper writing mechanics.

BUS499
Business Administration Capstone

Week 8
Assignment 3

In this assignment, you are to use the same corporation you
selected and focused on for Assignments 1 and 2.

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 six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

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 would differ
in slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets.

Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia
and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

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

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 page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:

Identify various levels and types of strategy in a firm.

Use technology and information resources to research issues
in business administration.

Write clearly and concisely about business administration
using proper writing mechanics.

BUS499
Business Administration Capstone

Week 10
Assignment 4

In this assignment, you are to use the same corporation you
selected and focused on for Assignments 1, 2, and 3.

Consider the corporation you have selected to use in your
first three assignments. Identify one of the firm’s major competitors that you
would consider working for.

Research the corporation 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.

You will do a 15 minutes presentation to the Board of
Directors of the corporation. Develop an eight to twelve slide PowerPoint
presentation with speaker notes or record a video based upon Assignments 1
through 4. You may choose to compare your chosen corporation to a major
competitor with whom you would like to work. You will make recommendations to
the Board of Directors based upon your analysis and decision on why the
corporation remains or is not a good fit for you.

Determine the impact of the company’s mission, vision, and
primary stakeholders on its overall success as a competitive employer in the
industry.

Create a SWOT analysis for the company to determine its
major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Based on the SWOT analysis, outline a strategy for the
company to capitalize on its strengths and opportunities, and minimize its
weaknesses and threats.

Discuss the various levels and types of strategies the firm
may use to maximize its competitiveness and profitability.

Outline a communications plan the company could use to make
the strategies you recommend above known to all stakeholders.

Develop an executive level Power Point presentation with 8
-12 slides with speaker notes and appropriate graphics or professional video.

Assess efforts by this corporation to be a responsible
(ethical) corporate citizen and determine the impact these efforts (or lack
thereof) have on the company’s bottom line. Provide specific examples to
support your response.

Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia
and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

References must be submitted on a Works Cited page using SWS
format. This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format
is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to
review the SWS documentation for details.

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.

Identify how the six segments of the general environment
affect an industry and its firms.

Identify the five forces of competition.

Analyze the external environment for opportunities and
threats that impact the firm.

Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths
and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness.

Identify various levels and types of strategy in a firm.

Assess the ethical implications related to strategic
decisions.

Predict ways in which corporate governance will affect
strategic decisions.

Assess the relationship between strategy and organizational
structure.

Use technology and information resources to research issues
in business administration.

Write clearly and concisely about business administration
using proper writing mechanics.