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MGMT435:7:Online Strategic Management and Planning

EACH QUESTION NEEDS TO BE ANSWED IN 250 WORDS EACH

Discussion Questions – Chapters 7 and 8

Discussion Questions Chapter 7

1. What is the difference about high-tech industries? Were all industries once high-tech?

2. Why are standards so important in high-tech industries? What are the competitive implications of this?

3. You are working for a small company that has developed an electric scooter that is lower cost, lighter, and has longer battery range than most existing electric scooters on the market. What strategies might your company pursue to try to increase your company’s success?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Chapter 8

1. Discuss how the need for control over foreign operations varies with the strategy and distinctive competencies of a company. What are the implications of this relationship for the choice of entry mode?

2. Licensing proprietary technology to foreign competitors is the best way to give up a company’s competitive advantage. Discuss.

3. What kind of companies stand to gain the most from entering into strategic alliances with potential competitors? Why?

CASE – Chapter 9

CLOSING CASE – Netflix in 2022 – Chapter 9 – Moodle Week 6

Discussion Questions – Chapter 9

Chapter 9

1.
Under what conditions might horizontal integration be inconsistent with the goal of maximizing profitability?

2. What is the difference between a company’s internal value chain and the industry value chain? What is the relationship between vertical integration and the industry value chain?

3. What value creation activities should a company outsource to independent suppliers? What are the risks involved in outsourcing these activities?

4. What steps would you recommend that a company take to build mutually beneficial, long-term cooperative relationships with its suppliers?

Discussion Chapters 10 and 11

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS – Chapter 10

1. When is a company likely to choose (a) related diversification and (b) unrelated diversification?

2. What factors make it most likely that (a) acquisitions or (b) internal new venturing will be the preferred method to enter a new industry?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS – Chapter 11

1. How might a company configure its strategy-making processes to reduce the probability that managers will pursue their own self-interest at the expense of stockholders?

2. Under what conditions is it ethically defensible to outsource production to companies in the developing world that have much lower labor costs when such actions involve laying off long-term employees in the firm’s home country?

3. Is it ethical for a firm faced with a labor shortage to employ illegal immigrants to meet its needs?

CLOSING CASE – Google’s Acquisition of ITA Software – Chapter 10

CLOSING CASE – Volkswagen: From the “People’s Car” to Dieselgate – Chapter 11

Discussion Questions – Chapter 12

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Chapter 12

1. What is the relationship among organizational structure, control systems, incentives, and culture? Give some examples of when and under what conditions a mismatch among these components might arise.

2. When would a company choose a matrix structure? What are the problems associated with managing this type of structure? How might these problems be mitigated?

3. When would a company decide to change from a functional to a multidivisional structure?

Case Chapter 12

CLOSING CASE – Organization at Microsoft – Chapter 12

Discussion Questions – Chapter 12

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Chapter 12

2. When would a company choose a matrix structure? What are the problems associated with managing this type of structure? How might these problems be mitigated?

3. When would a company decide to change from a functional to a multidivisional structure?

Case Chapter 12

CLOSING CASE – Organization at Microsoft – Chapter 12

BOOK: Strategic Management: Theory & Cases: An Integrated Approach 14TH edition

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July 1, 2023

PMG654 – Portfolio Management

Final Assignment: Portfolio Presentation

Due Date: 11:59 pm EST, Wednesday of Unit 8

Points: 100

Overview:

This assignment is the final one for this course. Provide a presentation overview for

your course Project Portfolio.

Instructions:

• Use the outline you developed in the Unit 3 Assignment: Portfolio Management

Planning, updated based on review feedback, as your outline for this

presentation.

• Include the overview of your Project Portfolio from the Unit 3 Assignment.

• This assignment should demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the

best practices for PPM.

Requirements:

• There is no slide count requirement (minimum or maximum) and no requirement

on how long to speak for each slide.

• This presentation must be in MS PowerPoint and must include audio for each

slide as if you were presenting this Portfolio to the applicable organization’s

senior management.

o Please see MS PowerPoint Help or Tutorials, which you may find on the

Microsoft website, for assistance with how to record audio for

PowerPoint slides. You may also find helpful videos on YouTube.

Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write
and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Portfolio Presentation Assignment

CRITERIA Deficient Needs
Improvement

Proficient Exemplary

0-11 points 12-15 points 16-19 points 20 points

Proper use of
terms and
concepts from
the course

Terms and
concepts from
the course are
missing or
inadequate.

Terms and
concepts from
the course are
minimally used
or are
improperly used.

Terms and
concepts from
the course are
properly used.

Exceptional
use of terms
and concepts
from the
course.

Summary of
your Project
Portfolio

Project
Portfolio
Summary is
missing or
inadequate.

Project Portfolio
Summary needs
improvement.

Project
Portfolio
Summary is
adequately
provided.

Project
Portfolio
Summary is
exemplary.

0-17 points 18-23 points 24-29 points 30 points

Portfolio
Management
Plan overview
based on
PMBOK Guide
areas which
should be
included in
this plan

Project
Portfolio
Management
Plan is missing
or inadequate.

Project Portfolio
Management
Plan needs
improvement.

Project
Portfolio
Management
Plan is
adequately
provided.

Project
Portfolio
Management
Plan is
exemplary.

0-5 points 6-7 points 8-9 points 10 points

Resources No resources. 1 resource
beyond course
readings.

2 resources
beyond course
readings.

More than 2
resources
beyond course
readings.

0-11 points 12-15 points 16-19 points 20 points

Clear and
Professional
Writing,
Presentation
and APA
Format

Writing, slide
presentation
(visual and
audio) and
format are not
clear. Errors
impede
professional
presentation;
guidelines not
followed.

Writing, slide
presentation
(visual and
audio) and
format are
somewhat clear.
Significant errors
that may impede
professional
presentation.

Writing, slide
presentation
(visual and
audio) and
format are
clear. Few
errors that do
not impede
professional
presentation.

Writing, slide
presentation
(visual and
audio) and
format are
clear,
professional,
APA compliant,
and error free.

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