Provide an overview of the organization’s global presence.
Global Management: Provide an overview of the organization’s global presence. Where are they located? Discuss why they expanded overseas (use reasons discussed in Chapter 4, pg. 126 – 127 such as access to raw materials, new customers, etc.). Pick one of their overseas locations then address the following prompts from the perspective of the selected location:
- Use the Hofstede Insights (Links to an external site.) tool to compare the United States to the overseas country you selected. Select a comparison from the results (either power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long-term orientation, or indulgence) and explain some of the management issues that may arise as a result of these differences.
- What advice would you give a U.S. manager preparing for an assignment describe an issue that they might face due to their global presence (use reasons discussed in either section 4.4 or 4.5 of the textbook, ex. barriers to trade, cultural dimensions, etc.)?
Planning and Strategic Management: Identify and describe the organization’s mission, vision, and value statements (either include the statements or share a link to them). Discuss how they may/may not align with the organization’s stated long and short term goals (could be identified via the organization’s investor reports). Analyze the organization’s strategic position and describe what makes them unique (sometimes they state this on their website or you may have to deduce based on research). Use one of the tools described in chapter 6 to assess the current reality of the organization (SWOT Analysis, VRIO analysis, forecasting, or benchmarking). ***Note – you don’t have to be an expert with these tools, just make an attempt using your own research data to assess the current reality, please do not copy or describe someone else’s assessment, ex. Please DO NOT COPY or reference another SWOT as a source.
INSTRUCTIONS
Refer to the discussion prompts to prepare your initial discussion post. To receive full credit, students must post 1 initial discussion post and at least 2 reply posts per instructions and prompts.
An initial discussion post is where a student posts an original response to the discussion prompts.
A reply post is where a student reads and responds to another student’s initial post. A valid reply post will be a thoughtful response to the initial post and will attempt to further the discussion with ideas, questions, and/or additional information students may know or research. Reply posts are not for students to critique or provide grading commentary on another student’s post. Reply posts that provide commentary only for the purpose of critiquing another student’s initial post will not receive credit. Students are encouraged to interact with each other, especially if another student’s reply post warrants a response, however, replying to your own initial discussion post does not count as a reply post for the sake of acquiring full credit for the assignment.
Please consider these instructions:
- Each initial discussion post must be 3-5 paragraphs long (each paragraph must have at least 4 – 5 sentences).
- Each initial discussion post must be 12-points, using either Time New Roman or Calibri font.
- Each initial discussion post submission must cite at least 5 external (non-textbook) sources.
- All sources must be cited in APA format (See Owl Purdue (Links to an external site.) site for a handy tool or there are multiple browser extensions).
- Reply posts must be at least 1 paragraph long (each paragraph must have at least 4 – 5 sentences).
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