BUSI595 Week 7 Discussion

Conduct research to find a "Most Admired Companies" Fortune article from the 1980s or early 1990s and compare that list to the latest list. Determine which companies are no longer listed in the top 20 and select one of these companies to investigate why it is no longer on the list. Summarize your findings.
Do not repeat companies. As a suggestion, you might want to reserve your company in a draft post.
Be sure to post at least 2 references in support of your explanations and conclusions.

  

BUSI595 Week 6 Discussion

Consider this statement: "Japanese corporations typically involve many more organizational levels and people in the development of implementation plans than do U.S. corporations." Is this type of strategy always appropriate? Does the company you work for (or a company where you have worked in the past) employ this type of strategy at the implementation stage? Explain. If the answer is no, would your company (or a company where you had worked in the past) benefit from implementing such participative strategy? Elaborate your response.
Alternatively, or in addition, you may research an actual corporation to further develop your response.
Be sure to post at least 2 references in support of your explanations and conclusions.

   

BUSI595 Week 5 Discussion

Begin by selecting two functional strategies from the list below:

• Marketing Strategy
• Financial Strategy
• Research and Development (R&D) Strategy
• Operations Strategy
• Purchasing Strategy
• Logistics Strategy
• Human Resource Management (HRM) Strategy
• Information Technology Strategy

In your initial post, explain the overall goals of each of the strategies that you selected, generally speaking. Then, expand on your choices by describing how each functional strategy may work together to potentially achieve economies of scope.  Further develop your response by describing how the functional strategies that you selected operate either at your place or work, a place where you have worked in the past, or in a hypothetical "best" corporation scenario. Alternatively, you may research an actual corporation to further develop your response on your chosen functional strategies.

Be sure to post at least 2 references in support of your explanations and conclusions.

   

BUSI595 Week 3 Discussion 4

1. Begin by choosing a publicly traded corporation and conduct research to find articles or academic sources that explain the resources, capabilities, and competencies of your chosen corporation. From your list of competencies, identify your chosen corporation's core competency (ies).
2. Suppose you have been appointed to conduct a high-level value-chain analysis of your chosen corporation. What would you say are the corporation's primary and secondary activities? Be specific in describing how each activity adds value to the corporation and ultimately to shareholders' wealth.

   

BUSI595 Week 8 Final Team Interim Strategic Planning Assignment-Toyota Motor

Team Interim Strategic Planning Assignments Company: Toyota Motor
Group Name
Team Ford
Instructions
Each strategic team should write a professionally written strategy planning paper for their assigned corporation. A suggested outline for the final project is available to download.

Cover page

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Mission and Vision

            Consider Current Mission & Vision Statements of Company

How to Communicate Mission & Vision to Current Insiders and Stakeholders

Environmental Volatility Analysis & Current Competitive Position     

Identify major factors that will influence the company/industry over the next 1-5 years

Identify impact on stock performance and two strongest competitors over the past 18 months                                                                                                

Discuss Current Performance issues

Discuss key financial trends for self and two strongest competitors during the past 18 months

Assess Current Competitive Position

Specific Targets for Improvement/Development

Identify Specific Corporate Performance Areas that should be Targeted

Identify New Products, Services, or Markets

Explain Rationale to Justify Strategic Targets          

Projected Strategies  

Explain appropriate Short-Term (1-3 Years) Strategic Proposals/Plans

Explain appropriate Long-Range (3-5 Years) Strategic Proposals/Plans

Strategy Implementation Plan    

Identify appropriate Timelines for Next 1-3 & 3-5 Years    

Identify appropriate Objectives/Tactics to Implement Plans in the following areas:

·       Budgets

·       Policies

·       Procedures

Projected Cost of Strategic Implementation   

Identify specific Current Resources to be impacted

Identify additional New Resources that will be required

Identify cost of New Resources Required to Implement Proposed Strategies

Discuss the Impact on Functional Areas (If Appropriate)

Strategy Financing     

Project quantitative Outcomes of New Strategies

Project qualitative Outcomes of New Strategies

Prepare pro Forma Statements for the Next 1-3 & 3-5 Years

Identify Impact on Corporate Functional Areas (If Appropriate) and projected outcomes       

Strategy Evaluation                   

Identify methods of Tracking Performance

Identify specific Targets of Accomplishment or Measurement

Identify specific responsibility Person(s) or Areas

Outcomes if Strategy Fails     

Determine how the company would be impacted if strategies failed

Determine how internal functional areas/resources would be impacted

Discuss the quantitative and qualitative outcomes of the failed strategies

Appendix(es)

              Include appropriate Appendix Sections to Support Written Report

References

   

BUSI595 Week 7 Strategy Target Measurement Timeline

Team Ford: Team Interim Strategic Planning Assignment 7 - Strategy Measurement Timeline Chart

Company: Toyota Motor

Strategy Measurement Timeline Chart

 

Create a Strategy Measurement Timeline Chart for your assigned corporation.

 

BUSI595 Week 6 TToyota - Implementation Timeline

Team Ford: Team Interim Strategic Planning Assignment 6 - Strategy Implementation Timeline

 

Company: Toyota Motor

Strategy Implementation Timeline

 

Create a Strategy Implementation Timeline for your assigned corporation.

   

BUSI595 Week 4 TOWS Matrix.

Team Ford: Team Interim Strategic Planning Assignment 4 - TOWS Matrix

Company: Toyota Motor

 

TOWS Matrix

Work with your teammates to create a TOWS Matrix for your assigned corporation.

  

BUSI595 Week 4 Assignment 5 - Implementation Strategy

Team Ford: Team Interim Strategic Planning Assignment 5 - Implementation Strategy

Company: Toyota Motor

 

Implementation Strategy

Work with your teammates to write a brief statement of the specific strategy the team will develop for your assigned corporation.

   

BUSI595 Week 4 Assignment 3- SFAS Chart

Team Ford: Team Interim Strategic Planning Assignment 3 - SFAS Chart

Company : Toyota Motor

 

Instructions

SFAS Chart

Work with your teammates to create an SFAS Chart for your assigned corporation.

   

BUSI595 Week 3 Toyota Motor IFAS Analysis

Team Ford: Team Interim Strategic Planning Assignment 2 - IFAS Chart

Company: Toyota Motor

Instructions

IFAS Chart

Work with your teammates to create an IFAS chart for your assigned corporation.

 

BUSI595 Week 2 Toyota Motor EFAS Analysis

Team Ford: Team Interim Strategic Planning Assignment 1 - EFAS Chart

Instructions

 EFAS Chart

 Collaborate with your teammates to research an assigned corporation from the following list to use for your Strategic Planning Project.  Keep in mind, you will use this company for all 7 Team Interim Strategic Planning Assignments, as well as the Team Final Strategic Planning Assignment.

 

    American Express (AXP)

    Harley-Davidson (HOG)

    Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY)

    Toyota Motor Corporation (TM)      

    International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

 

 Complete an EFAS chart for your assigned corporation.

 

                        

BUSI595 Week 2 Discussion 3

Begin by selecting one of the following industries:

• Airline
• Retail
• Automotive
• Professional Services (CPA/Law firm)

Conduct research to find articles or academic sources that explain the competitive forces driving your selected industry. List and explain at least 3 competitive forces, including global forces if applicable.

Additionally, select a specific corporation within your chosen industry and explain whether the competitive forces you identified for the industry apply specifically to your chosen corporation.

   

BUSI595 Week 1 Discussion 2

Begin by searching for an article about new changes being made by a corporation and identify which decisions are strategic. At what management level do each of the decisions occur: Functional/Business/Corporate? Explain. What is your assessment of the strategic decisions you identified? Will they be effective? Why or why not? Support your conclusion.

  

BUSI595 Week 5 Individual Research Paper

Instructions

Individually, submit to the Dropbox a research paper on a strategic management topic of your choice. The paper will be formatted in APA style and must include references to at least 8 academic sources and provide for 10-12 pages of body (not counting title page, table of contents, abstract, and references page(s)). To be clear, this is not a team assignment. All papers should be original and will be checked for plagiarism.

Suggestions for Topic Selection

The topic for the individual paper should be a strategic concept of your choice. It could be for example, ethics in strategic management, or corporate governance and strategic management, or international issues in strategic management…or even a corporation's review of a particular issue related to strategic management. To add, do please provide examples/applications of the concept(s) where applicable, do not just write a Review of the Literature, per se.