BUS499 All Weeks Discussions Latest 2019 January Question # 00598474 Subject: Education Due on: 02/23/2019 Posted On: 02/23/2019 05:35 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.8/5
BUS499
Business Administration Capstone
Week 1
Discussion
Create a Pin! From the first PRACTICE Activity, determine
which of the two primary drivers of the competitive landscape is more
influential. Explain your rationale. Identify an organization that could
benefit from the application of the I/O Model of Above-Average Returns (Figure
1.2 page 15 in the text). Follow the five steps to justify your answer. Do not
use Apple or Walmart in this exercise, nor should the organization you select
be the same as another post. Be sure to incorporate relevant vocabulary/terms
from the chapter and give us the “why”.
BUS499
Business Administration Capstone
Week 2
Discussion
Research Union Pacific Railroad (you are encouraged to use a
myriad of reputable sources, including the company’s website.) Perform an
analysis of the social/demographic, technological, economic,
environmental/geographic, and political/legal/governmental segments(as
discussed in the textbook) to understand the general environment facing Union
Pacific. Describe how Union Pacific will be affected by each of these external
factors.
BUS499
Business Administration Capstone
Week 3
Discussion
Create a Pin
PART 1.
Many companies use their brand as a competitive advantage.
Given your knowledge about the global economy, identify three brands you
believe have the strongest likelihood of remaining a source of advantage in the
21st century and explain why. Explain the effects you believe the Internet’s
capabilities will have on the brands you identified in the previous discussion
and what the owner of the brand should do in light of them.
PART 2.
From the e-Activity (PRACTICE), analyze the internal
environment of the company you researched to determine that company’s strengths
and weaknesses. Based on the strengths and weaknesses you discovered, determine
what steps the company could take to positively impact the company’s
competitiveness. Explain your rationale.
BUS499
Business Administration Capstone
Week 4
Discussion
“Business-Level Strategy” Please respond to the
following:From the first e-Activity, assess your satisfaction with the company
you researched and make recommendations about how that company could modify its
business-level strategy to both increase your overall level of satisfaction and
to attract new customers. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Analyze the five business-level strategies discussed in
Chapter 4 to determine which strategy the company you researched most likely
applies. Determine how your experience with that company might change if it
switched to one of the other four strategies (your choice). Explain your
rationale.
BUS499
Business Administration Capstone
Week 5
Discussion
READ “Victory Motorcycles” CASE IN THE TEXTBOOK.
Please respond to the following:
· From the e-Activity and the case study, evaluate the
business-level strategy of Victory Motorcycles to determine whether you believe
the strategy is appropriate to offset forces in the industry. Provide specific
examples to support your response
· Make recommendations for improving this strategy as well
as describing any challenges you foresee in executing those recommendations.
Provide specific examples to support your response.
BUS499
Business Administration Capstone
Week 6
Discussion
Review Case Study 8: Dr. Pepper Snapple Group 2011: Fighting
to Prosper in Highly Competitive Market found in the blue case pages (115 in
paperback) in your textbook.
“Dr Pepper Snapple Group 2011: Fighting to Prosper in a
Highly Competitive Market” Please respond to the following:
The case study outlines six specific strategies that the
firm has chosen to support its strategic direction. Determine which strategy is
most likely to benefit the firm. Explain your rationale.
Briefly outline at least one other strategy the firm could take
to support its strategic direction. Illustrate why this new strategy would be
successful
Be sure to respond to at least one (1) other student.
BUS499
Business Administration Capstone
Week 7
Discussion
“International Opportunities” Please respond to the
following:
· Determine why,
given the advantages of international diversification, some firms choose not to
expand internationally. Provide specific examples to support your
response.· As firms attempt to
internationalize, they may be tempted to locate their facilities where business
regulation laws are lax. Discuss the advantages and potential risks of such an
approach, using specific examples to support your response.
BUS499
Business Administration Capstone
Week 8
Discussion
“Finding the Best Buy” Please respond to the
following:
· Read the Finding
the Best Buy case located in the blue cases pages of the textbook.
· Corporate
governance has become a hot issue in the U.S. over the past two decades. From
your analysis of the case study, determine two possible corporate governance
challenges that might be faced by Best Buy as a result of its rapid growth and
why they could become corporate governance issues.
· Make
recommendations for how Best Buy can overcome these challenges. Provide
specific examples to support your response.
BUS499
Business Administration Capstone
Week 9
Discussion
Review the CIBC Mellon: Managing a Cross-Border Joint
Venture Case Study found on page 219 in your textbook and respond to the
following:
· Compare and
contrast strategic controls and financial controls. Provide specific examples
of how each may be used to best serve a corporation.
· As a strategic
leader, determine if you would feel ethically responsible for developing your
firm’s human capital and state why. Discuss whether or not you believe your
position is consistent with the majority or minority of today’s strategic
leaders.
BUS499
Business Administration Capstone
Week 10
Discussion
“Innovation Applied” Please respond to the
following:
· Analyze the different approaches to
innovation discussed in this chapter to determine which approach you think
would be the greatest value to the greatest number of organizations. Explain
your rationale.
· Create one
innovative approach that is not discussed in the textbook for increasing the
amount of innovation within a large company. Describe this approach in detail
and explain how companies could benefit from it.
Business Administration Capstone
Week 11
Discussion

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Summation
Please respond to the following:
· Create a
metaphor or analogy that captures the essence of the major lessons learned in
the BBA program (e.g., business administration is like . . .).
· Discuss the
single most interesting or surprising thing you learned in the BBA program, as
well as what made it so.
Looking Ahead
Please respond to the following:
· Discuss how you
will use the lessons learned in your BBA program to be more productive in your
current (or future) career. Provide specific examples to support your response.
· Predict what
major issues this program will be addressing 10 years from now. Explain your
rationale.
Be sure to respond to at least one (1) other student.