Day: November 16, 2020

Course Project Task 5 Final Submission

Note: This course has major project assignments that will be due in Week 3 and 5. It will take more than a week’s effort to adequately complete them. Plan time to start the research and other work for those assignments earlier than the week in which they are due.

Throughout this course, you have been analyzing the different facets of two organizations (GE and Alibaba) strategic development and implementation. This week you will pull all of these elements together, including the material you read this week about strategic leadership. This is a critical exercise as the final written work in the MBA capstone course.

Although we broke up the topics we studied about corporate strategy into manageable chunks, remember that in reality business firms function and compete as integrated wholes. The various elements of business and corporate strategy we discussed and analyzed create value for shareholders when they complement one another. In particular, the logic of business strategy in general must be congruent with the particular firms overall strategies.

Develop an integrated analysis of the corporate strategy of your current workplace organization, a previous employer, or an organization you would like to work for. Reach out to your instructor early in the week (or earlier in the course) if you need assistance identifying a suitable organization for your final study.

You should review the Course Project Guidelines document in the Supplemental Material below for more detail as needed.  The following summary of the major sections of the paper should help you focus your project:

    Executive Summary1-page synthesis of major ideas in the paper. What is the organization? What is its corporate strategy? What are one or two important pieces of rationale for having that strategy? What are one or two brief examples of how that strategy is (or isn’t) accurately implemented? What are one or two important recommendations you can make to the organization about the strategic development and implementation of its corporate strategy. Remember, the executive summary is a brief review that someone can read and get a quick snapshot of key points in your paper.
    General Analysis of Corporate Strategy12-page analysis of the organizations corporate strategy. What is the corporate strategy? What is the rationale that management uses to guide its decisions and actions at the corporate level? What is the business logic and reasoning behind the formulation of that strategy?
    Formulation of Corporate Strategy12-page assessment of appropriateness and congruence of the various elements of the corporate strategy. Does each part fit with the logic and rationale of the overall corporate strategy? Is there internal consistency in how the corporate strategy is formulated?
    Implementation of Corporate Strategy23-page evaluation of decisions and actions actually made by management and of its ability to make those decisions consistent with the stated corporate strategy. Are the organizations decisions and actions consistent with or inconsistent with its corporate strategy? Does it possess the resources and capability to follow its corporate strategy (i.e., make it happen)? Does alignment exist between its strategy and its leadership, structure, systems, and culture?
    Conclusions and Recommendations12-page justification of consultant-type recommendations to the organization. Does the organization need to change its corporate strategy? Does it need to address congruence among the corporate strategy elements? Does it need to address how decisions and actions are made and implemented? Provide clear research, rationale, and appropriate examples to support your conclusions and recommendations.

Note: APA does not generally use an executive summary. However, consulting reports often do contain an executive summary. For purposes of this assignment, present the executive summary as the introduction paragraphs of your APA paper. Because the executive summary reflects information from the body of your paper, you will likely need to complete those sections before completing the executive summary.

Submission Details:

    Present your report as a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style.
    Support your responses with examples.  Cite any sources in APA format.

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This link will open a video where Dr. Clinton Longenecker, of the University of Toledo, discusses the traits, characteristics, definitions and impacts of Leadership.  As you watch this video, consider the following questions/prompts:

What are the traits of leadership?
What is the impact of effective leadership?
How can leadership be defined?
What is trustworthiness and how does it influence ones ability to lead?
What are the six schools of leadership thought and how do they differ from one another?
What is the role of work-life balance in effective leadership?

Instructions:

Research an multinational organization you are interested that isn’t based in the United States.  Discuss the organizational structure of the organization as it relates to Chapter 8 of our textbook.  Make sure you explain how the organization benefits from it’s organizational structure, specifically as it relates to the type of products and/or services it provides.  Also, address how you feel the structure influences the organization’s international management practices.  Lastly, how has technology helped improve the performance of the organization considering the organizational structure the organization has chosen.  Remember, there may not be an exact match as it relates to the organizational structures in chapter 8 but do your best to find the closest match and point out any parts of the structure that aren’t exactly the same as the structure you feel closely matches the organization.

Reading: Chapter 8: Organization Structure and Control Systems 

Book: Helen Deresky (2017). International Management: Managing Across Borders and Cultures, Text and Cases (9e).  ISBN: 978-0-134-37604-2. Publisher: Pearson Higher Education; Copyright 2017

Course Project Task 4
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Note: This course has major project assignments that will be due in Weeks 3 and 5. It will take more than a week’s effort to adequately complete them. Plan time to start the research and other work for those assignments earlier than the week in which they are due.

The Week 4 installment of the final project will continue to evaluate the Alibaba organization introduced in Week 3.

Considering the course material presented in the course readings and discussion for the week, select two of the more prominent cooperative linkages that Alibaba has made. Make sure that there are meaningful differences between the two different alliances or joint ventures you have selected.

Begin your paper by summarizing key details about Alibabas two alliances or joint ventures that you are using for your paper.

Next, for each alliance or joint venture:

    Assess the type of business-level or corporate-level cooperative strategy the organization is following.
    Evaluate how the cooperative strategy enhances the competitiveness and performance of the organization relative to what could be done without the cooperative agreement.
    Evaluate the risks that arise from this alliance or joint venture.

Finally, summarize two or three important take-aways from your research into Alibabas alliances. In essence, what did you learn and what strategic development and implementation lessons might you apply?

Submission Details:

    Present your analysis as a  report in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style.
    Support your responses with examples.  Cite any sources in APA format.