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

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BUS 499 Week 2 Assignment 1 If you are using the Blackboard Mobile Learn iOS App, please click “View in Browser” Click the link above to submit your assignment. Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness 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 (4) 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 two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. 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.

Evaluating Sources Rhetorically

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Evaluating Sources Rhetorically

Purpose of assignment: To locate and evaluate possible sources for use in your final paper.

Procedure: In the previous assignment, you practiced narrowing the scope of your research question. In the discussion for this week, you shared various aspects of the topic you have selected to write about for the final paper. For this assignment, you will find sources that are relevant to your topic and purpose. This assignment has two parts:

Part A: EBSCO Practice

·  Click here to download a copy of the EBSCOhost practice assignment.

·  Save the document by renaming it with this naming convention: “EN102_yourlastname_yourfirstname_yourGID”

·  As you complete the assignment, write your answers on the template (it is a Word document).

·  Attach this document when you are submitting your responses to this assignment.

Part B: Finding and Evaluating Sources

Search EBSCO to find five scholarly sources relevant to your topic. Evaluate each source in terms of the following five dimensions (see Table 12.3 in Chapter 12 of your textbook for examples):

·  The creator of the source

·  The purpose of the source

·  The age of the source

·  The venue of the source

·  The relevance of the source

Most of your answers to the above should be expressed in one short paragraph for each dimension. What you are looking for is a reason to justify the source’s inclusion in your paper. Each source should offer something unique or different. You may compare and contrast the sources with each other to show how they complement each other. The purpose and relevance must be expressed in your own words, not copied from the source or the source abstract.

Format: This assignment does not have to be written in essay format. You may use or modify the format of Table 12.3, or use any other format that clearly lists each source and each dimension. APA Style is not required for this assignment, but you must include an APA Style References page citation for each source.

Submitting the assignment: Attach your assignment as a single Word document or .pdf file. Attach the EBSCO practice separately. Submit the practice and the essay together as part of the same attempt to the W5 drop bo

Identify the scenario you selected in the first line of your posting. •Summarize the key ethical as well as legal issues in this case.

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Breaches of law and ethics can occur in all areas of health care. When this happens at higher levels of an organization the breach can have a particularly negative impact, because health care leaders set the tone for an entire organization. In this Discussion you will assess how administrators should address legal and ethical challenges in a selected case study, and describe the role administrators can and should play in ensuring that an organization adheres to sound ethical standards. Breaches of law and ethics can occur in all areas of health care. When this happens at higher levels of an organization the breach can have a particularly negative impact, because health care leaders set the tone for an entire organization. In this Discussion you will assess how administrators should address legal and ethical challenges in a selected case study, and describe the role administrators can and should play in ensuring that an organization adheres to sound ethical standards. Review the following segments from this week’s Learning Resources, and select one of the scenarios on which to focus in your initial posting. (Note: In your response, you will address at least one colleague’s posting on the other scenario.) •Scenario: “Appearance May Not Be Reality” (pp. 272-273) •Scenario: “Corporate Coverup” (pp. 289-290) •Code of Ethics for Organizations (pp. 263-264) •ACHE Code of Ethics (http://www.ache.org/abt_ache/code.cfm) To prepare for this Discussion: •Using your textbook’s descriptions of law and ethics, identify specific ethical and legal issues of your selected scenario. •What would you do in this position? The steps described in the article “An Organizational Ethics Decision-Making Process” will help you in this process. Identify elements in the ACHE Code of Ethics that apply in this scenario. •Consider the ways in which health care administrators can impact how others in the organization perform their legal and ethical duties. Besides modeling good behavior, what are the kinds of documents, policies, procedures, and other decisions an administrator can institute to set the tone within an organization about the importance of legal and ethical standards? Post by Day 4 a response to the following: •Identify the scenario you selected in the first line of your posting. •Summarize the key ethical as well as legal issues in this case. •Which elements of the ACHE code of ethics would help you, as an administrator involved in this case, determine the right course of action to take? Explain why you think so •Address one of the following: ◦If you are posting on “Appearance May Not Be Reality,” what would you do if you were in organization’s ethics comitee? ◦If you are posting on “Corporate Coverup,” what would you do if the state licensing agency had just appointed you as receiver of the nursing home, taking over from the prior management with the goal of improving care and keeping the home open? •In general, what is the role of administrators in preventing and addressing this kind of problem? In what ways can and should an administrator operationalize ethical and legal standards in an organization? 300-350 words minimum

Based on the your personal knowledge and what you have read, build a brief case to defend why a process requires or does not require any part of the 5 components (input, resources, constraints, activities, and output).

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  1. Figures for Organizational Levels. Analyze the figures found at the following link. Use the information garnered in your write-up.
  2. https://www.google.de/search?tbm=isch&q=organizational+levels&hl=en&authuser=0#hl=en&authuser=0&tbm=isch&q=organizational+levels&chips=q:organizational%20levels,g_6:3%20level
  3. Davenport, T. H. (1993). Process Innovation, Harvard Business School Press, Boston. Specifically, review the process type figure 1-1 on page 8. Retrieved July 15, 2017 from:
  4. https://books.google.de/books?id=kLlIOMGaKnsC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  5. Dickson, P. (2003). The pigeon breeders’ cup: a selection on selection theory of economic evolution. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 13(3), 259-280. Specifically, read the section titled “Vertical and horizontal organization of systems of processes,” pages 264 through 268, and figures 3a-e. You are NOT required to read the rest of the paper. You may want to keep this file for future reference.
  6. Wijnberg, N.M., Van Den Ende, J., De Wit, O. (2002). Decision making at different levels of the organization and the impact of new information technology. Group and organization management, 27(3). Pages 408-429. Read from the section labeled “Origins” on page 409 through page 415. Pay attention to the figures in between.
  7. Davenport and Short. (1990). The New Industrial Engineering. Specifically, read the section starting on page 18 titled “Defining Process Entities.” You do not need to read other sections. You may want to keep this file for future reference.
  8. Van de Ven, A. H., & Delbecq, A. L. (1974). A Task Contingent Model of Work-Unit Structure. Administrative Science Quarterly, 19(2), 183-197. Specifically, read all the material starting on page 183 and ending on the middle of 185. You do not need to read other sections.
  9. Kim, S. & Jang, K. (2002). Designing performance analysis and IDEF0 for enterprise modelling in BPR. International Journal of Production Economics, 2002, Volume 76, Issue 2. Specifically, read section 2.2. You do not need to read other sections.
  10. Mackenzie, K. D. (2000). Processes and Their Frameworks. Management Science, 46(1), 110–125. Specifically, read section starting with the label “Processes,” starting on page 112 and ending on page 113.

PART A

CASE

Assignment Overview

This Case Assignment focuses on understanding different levels of an organization and different classes of process. The discussion is one from a scholarly perspective, not from any given organization.

Case Assignment

Paste these instructions on the cover page of your case paper, using a small font.

After reviewing the required reading for this module (and if you have time, the optional reading) write a 5-page paper addressing the following questions/topics:

  1. What are at least three levels of an organization, regardless of structure?
  2. Compare and contrast, according to Davenport (1993) and Dickenson (2003), the generic levels or types of processes (tasks or routines) within an organization.
  3. According to Davenport and Short (1990), what types of organizational processes work within and across organizational boundaries?
  4. According to Van de Ven and Delbecq (1974), what are the two dimensions that a process (task) may demonstrate?
  5. According to Wijnberg, N.M., Van Den Ende, J., De Wit, O. (2002), what types of decisions are made at the three different levels of the organizations and how does IT enable these decisions (please use figure 1 in this document as a reference for discussion)?
  6. Articulate the importance of the five basic components of a business process (IDEF0) according to business process engineers (why are these needed?); present and defend your opinion on what would happen if anyone is removed.

Assignment Expectations

Submit a 5-page paper (excluding cover sheet and references, figures, sections with bullets, and tables) double spaced, no extra spaces, and 1-inch margins, that answers the questions using all of the required reading, and if possible the optional reading, and 1 to 3 outside references.

The paper will have a proper main heading stating the name of the class, module number, and title of the paper. The paper will also have an introduction that states the purpose of the paper and what will be answered, as well as section headings that guide the reader throughout the evolution of the discussion.

Quotations should only be used for definitions so that the student can demonstrate the ability to synthesize and articulate knowledge from the required readings.

All assertions and key discussion points are properly cited using APA format. In other words, any sentence or paragraph that contains material derived or synthesized from the background reading or other sources will be cited. References are in APA format. All references are cited at least once.

PART B

SLP

Submit at least a three page assignment that contains the following information as you articulate your DSP research problem and initial supporting literature that highlights the researched selected operational problem within the proposed DSP topic: Effective Commercial Tactics in Global Marketing

  • Develop a draft of the research problem / topic within the first two paragraphs of the assignment.
  • Articulate what academic and practitioner based literature supports the proposed research problem and how it relates to a possible selected organization and or industry.
  • Elaborate what historical or current events / trends within the selected industry support the discovery and investigation of the selected research problem draft.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Submit a 3-page paper (excluding cover sheet and references, figures, sections with bullets, and tables unless the tables are specified in the instructions) double spaced, no extra spaces, and 1-inch margins, that answers the questions using most of the required reading and if possible the optional reading and one outside reference.

The paper will have a proper main heading stating the name of the class, module number, and title of the paper. The paper will also have an introduction that states the purpose of the paper and what will be answered, as well as section headings that guide the reader throughout the evolution of the discussion.

Quotations should be used only for definitions so that the student can demonstrate the ability to synthesize and articulate knowledge from the required reading.

All assertions and key discussion points are properly cited using APA format. In other words, any sentence or paragraph that contains material derived or synthesized from the background reading or other sources will be cited. References are in APA format. All references are cited at least once.

PART C

Discussion:

Are the five components of a process really necessary?

Based on the your personal knowledge and what you have read, build a brief case to defend why a process requires or does not require any part of the 5 components (input, resources, constraints, activities, and output).

Can you think of any instance of an organizational process without one of the above?

300 words