Research Paper ??" Global Future

This paper consists of looking into the future (put your futurists hat on) and describe what you think the global marketplace will look like in 5 years. Some things that the paper should address include: what business will be done, how will it be done, where will it be done, what changes will take place in the labour market, what skills will a global manager need to be successful, etc.

Teaching Goals: to create a business related analysis that stimulates a forward thinking process regarding what the global business environment could be like.

Assessment: To achieve an "A" grade on the paper, the document needs to be well organized and professionally communicated (the paper needs to be logical and organized with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation). The paper needs to demonstrate that the student can apply the knowledge and skills learned throughout the course to an international business situation. There needs to be a strong connection between the evidence presented, the recommendations, and the implications of the paper.

Paper format: The paper should be double-spaced, 12 point font, one inch margins using APA 6th ed. formatting.

Paper Length: This analysis should be in the form of a 2 page double-spaced paper with references both from the text and 3-3 outside sources. It should be long enough to present the analysis clearly and show support for the content without being repetitive. Strive for a research paper that is thorough, while being concise.

PHSE5 DB The Global Marketplace

This class was about Fundamentals of Marketing

Review and reflect on the knowledge you have gained from this course. Based on your review and reflection, write at least 550 words on the following:


Summarize what you learned this session.

Consider why marketing is so important for the business plan.

Discuss with your colleagues 1 marketing term or concept that particularly stood out for you this session.

Define the term, and explain how you can apply it to your role as a manager in the organization you chose. PUMA SNEAKERS INC.



Respond to Another Student: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about his or her Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

What did you learn from your classmate's posting?
What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings?

This is the assignment. It states clearly what is needed. I need the paper by midnight central time if possible.
It also needs to be single spaced. I need a title page, memorandum, contents page, list of illustration, the body, and works cited page. All subjects are to be covered by headings. Thank you.


A lot has been said lately about the importance of operating and communicating efficiently in a global marketplace. For your formal report you will investigate what it takes to communicate efficiently with other cultures. To do this, I want you to think in terms the construction industry.

After you have given some thought to the broad area of global communications within construction, here is what we will do for this assignment: Consider me as the CEO of your "dream" company, that company for which you would really like to work. As your "boss", I recognize talent when I see it, and I have it in mind that you could rise very quickly in the company, perhaps to the absolute top of management. What's more important is that I trust you to be an honest and ethical person, just the kind of person to put together a report on global communications in our industry. I've decided that I want to remake the image of our company and I've come to the conclusion that if we can bill ourselves to the world as being able to communicate with cultural sensitivity in ALL of our dealings, we will be able to convince a wealthy segment of the investing public to get on board the "global train" with us. I've approached a number of members of the board of directors and they have all agreed that a truly global company, in the times in which we live, will go far. What I need now is a report on the communications situation within our industry and how that situation relates to our company. I want five specific areas covered within your report:

1. Statistics on the global nature of business in general.

2. Testimony from experts in the field of global business communication. (There are hundreds of articles on effective cross-cultural communication practices in every industry imaginable, most written by very learned people who have studied cross-cultural communication carefully. What do they have to say about effective global business communication?)

3. Recommendations from experts as to how to conduct appropriate global business communication. Certainly, there are practices that we can make sure we follow, but what about some of the more esoteric but no less important aspects of business communication? How can we go about creating an efficient global communication climate in our company? If we can do it, we can find an advertising agency to portray it to the public.

4. Your personal recommendations on what we should do to make our company outstanding in terms of communicating globally. Where do we start? Who do we need to get the job done? Don't worry about cost; we already have a commitment from several board members to spend what is necessary.

Your report is to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 8 to 10 pages of text. This does not count the peripheral pieces of the formal report, such as the table of contents, list of illustrations, memo of transmittal, executive summary or works cited pages. Add all of those in and you will probably come up with something like 12 to 15 pages. Make sure that the information in your report is accessible as possible to the reader. You and I will BOTH be presenting this report at the next meeting of the board of directors, so if there is a problem in reader accessibility, you'll know it immediately, and you'll feel the sweat break out even sooner.

Before you even think it, let me say that this is not a long assignment by any means. Most formal business reports go much beyond this length. In fact, if you need more room to handle the topic well, feel free, but let me know in advance how long you expect the report to be.

Use the example of a formal report found on pages 447-464 in the textbook as your "bible" for the formatting part of this assignment.

5. Illustrations, charts, graphs, etc.: I will expect statistics to appear in your report, and I want you to include at least 3 visuals. You can use charts, graphs, photos, tables, schematic drawings, illustrations, or whatever you think will work best. Just remember that I will expect to find at least three such visuals.

I might as well say it here, because it happens every semester: If you really cannot get your computer or your word processing program to print page numbers properly, then just include them in any way you can. I don't understand the myriad problems that seem to crop up in this area and I don't want to deal with them anymore. Figure out a system and use it.

We focus on the challenging role of global human resource management (HRM). Human resource management refers to the activities an organization carries out to utilize its human resources effectively. It is true that the human resource function has not always played a strategic role in the organization (whether domestic or global). It has become increasingly apparent that a strategic fit between human resources practices and strategy is required for high profitability. As a senior manager (now or in the future) in an international firm, what would be your operating policy and practice to develop a workforce to outperform rivals in the global marketplace? What is the link between an international business's strategy and its human resource management policies?

Take Home Assignment #3, from the book Nobodies


In the conclusion to this book, John Bowe argues that the vast inequalities of wealth and power in the globalized world make the common arguments for ?free markets? and ?free trade? highly suspect. In fact, he sees labor coercion as well as environmental degradation as the likely result if global regulations are not placed over the global marketplace.

Read this chapter and its arguments carefully. The following quotes from it sum up the central claims he makes:

This is not the time or place to mount a rousing, solid argument against free trade as it?s currently practiced and defined. My own feeling is that it?s a neat idea, as are communism, free love, and Santa Claus. But if free-market capitalism was ever a meaningful concept within the United States alone, it does not work as a concept in the ?globalized? world, with so many powerful, well-defended players pitted against so many utterly destitute ones with hardly any rights at all. (271)

Americans have already experimented with myriad ways to improve the lot of the working and lower classes: minimum wage, the right to form unions, workplace safety standards and guaranteed compensation for workers injured on the job forty-hour workweeks, minimum guaranteed vacation time, a free universal education. While we?re at it, we could include standards for sanitation and utilities systems, purity of water, air, medicines, and foods; transportation, parks, Social Security, and so on. As resented as they are, these are the laws that made the habits, and these are the habits produced by the laws, that brought the West out of the medieval world and into the modern age.
Why, one wonders, is it so hard to imagine that some combination of these approaches couldn?t or shouldn?t be encouraged in the Third World? (275) (He then goes on to argue for mandatory labor and environmental standards.)

Critically analyze Bowe?s argument. Who has the stronger argument: those arguing for ?free trade? or critics such as Bowe? Briefly state and critique arguments on both sides; state which side you agree with more, and why.

(Do not repeat the above quotes in your answer - find other support for your views.)

(As usual, this assignment should be 3-5 typewritten pages with normal size type font and margins, double spaced.)


Please add pages number in case of any citation.

Provide a thorough answer to the following question:
1) When countries trade and act like entrepreneurs in the global marketplace, what role do international institutions play in regulating world trade?

1. Using the strategic approaches described in CAPSIM, how would you characterize Black & Decker?s international expansion during the 1950?s and 1960?s? What strategy was the company pursuing? What was the key feature of the international organization structure that Black & Decker operated with at this time? Do you think Black & Decker?s strategy and structure make sense, given the competition at that time?

2. How did the competitive environment confronting Black & Decker change during the 1980?s and 1990?s? What changes did Black & Decker make in its strategy and structure to compete more effectively in this new environment?

3. By the 2000?s, what strategy was Black & Decker pursuing in the global marketplace? How would you characterize its structure? Do you think the structure fit the strategy and environment?

4. Why do you think it took nearly two decades for Black & Decker to effect a change in strategy and structure? (Could a balanced scorecard approach have helped Black & Decker?)

Assignment 1: Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies

Research the Apple Corporation, its current position and reputation regarding ethical and social responsibility, and the strategies that it currently employs to market its products.

Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: These resources must be from peer reviewed academic journals.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

Examine Apple?s current position on the company?s ethical and social responsibilities, and determine whether or not the company has met these responsibilities. Provide two (2) examples that support your position.

Determine the impact that the publication of ethics and social responsibilities violations made by Apple?s suppliers has had on Apple?s reputation. Support your response with examples of the impact in question.

Suggest two (2) methods that Apple can utilize to ensure that its suppliers adhere to wage and benefits standards going forward. Justify your response.

Determine whether or not you believe that Apple?s customers would be willing to pay more for its products if Apple had to increase selling prices in order to provide better wages and benefits for suppliers? workers. Provide a rationale for your position.

Analyze Apple?s current overall marketing strategy. Recommend two (2) actions that Apple can take in order to improve its competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Support your response with examples of instances where your recommendations yielded the desired results.




The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Examine the private enterprise systems, drivers of change on the system, ethical and social responsibilities of business, and the requirements for success in today?s business environment.

Analyze the factors that drive supply and demand, different types of market structures in a free enterprise system, and factors of stability in a nation?s economy.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in contemporary business.

Write clearly and concisely about contemporary business using proper writing mechanics.

Please complete the five listed questions on major business transformation & dynamic change management (Answer each question individually).

do not be restricted to the number of sources I indicated, use as much as you need!

2-2.5 pages for each question, or more when appropriate. Minimum is 2.

Textbook: The heart of change: real-life stories of how people change their organizations
By John P. Kotter, Dan S. Cohen can be found on http://books.google.com/books?id=YBf3S1X8ItsC&dq=the+heart+of+change&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=c16MStW1O4SAswOqnuC7CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false

I will be sending the following documents for you to able to answer the questions:
- Four sets of power points

- Articles: - the coming of the new organization
- Industry transformation
-managing in an information age : organizational challenges and opportunities
- Change management frame work
-Data to knowledge to results
-designing and managing the information age organization
-managing change
-CEO interviews on change management
-leadership for change

- Four case studies on: GE, HP, IBM and Gillette.



Since these sources are over 10 MB in size, I compressed them in a zip file, and uploaded them on YouSendIt.com, so you can download them and start. here is a link to the folder:

http://rcpt.yousendit.com/728214727/4ed6e19d9c81daed3866a00ae3c5e65f

Just follow the link and click the download button.



Please use two or more different organizational examples (i.e. Ford, GE, DELL, HP, GM, ..). In you response to each question. However, no organizational example should be used more than once in you answer to the five questions. Here is a list of corporations to consider: GM, FORD, UAL, DELL, ORACLE, MICROSOFT, US WEST & QWEST. If you thought of other companies, please use them.

Questions:

1- Using various organizational examples (different companies), please evaluate the major concepts underlying effective major business transformation and dynamic change management which we discussed in class, including: the new rules for organization design & business-wide integration; the strategic direction for organizations, focusing on high performance, processes and knowledge; the alignment and integration of six key factors in an organization for dynamic change; and finally the basic principles of change management. Do you agree or disagree with these major concepts; why or why not? Please explain you position using various organizational examples to reinforce your arguments.

Answer can be obtained from: internet, power points and articles, for this question.

2- As the CEO/president of Lockheed Martin Astronautics (LMA) and given the tremendous competitive pressure in todays global market place, please describe how you would focus on your people, communications and organizational culture in order to implement major business transformation and manage dynamic change to, not only gain competitive advantage, but also to sustain competitive advantage in the global marketplace over the long term. Use various organizational to reinforce your arguments.

Answers can be found in: power points, internet (to look up info about LMA) and articles. You may use the internet to look up info about organizational examples.



3- Please describe how you as the CEO/President of a company would effectively address, manage & use John Kotters 8 STEP approach to evolutionary change in order to gain and sustain competitive efforts in the global marketplace. Specifically, evaluate each STEP; identify the strength and weaknesses and the pros and cons of each STEP; and highlight/ illustrate specific actions within each STEP which could be taken using various organizational examples to support your arguments.

Answer is strictly from the text book and power points. You may use the articles to aid with ideas. You may use the internet to look up info about organizational examples.

4- As the new CEO/president of General Motors in todays current economic environment, including all of the economic and political activities which have taken place over the past year, please describe how you would address, manage and use business processes, information & knowledge and information technologies to enable GM to effectively undertake a major business transformation, major change, in its organizational structure, its management and its products and services in order to remain competitive in the global marketplace. Use various organizational examples to support your arguments.

There is a lot of talk about info and knowledge in the power points. Use the articles to aid with ideas, and internet for organizational examples.



5- Please compare and contrast the leadership styles of Jack Welch an GE, Lou Gerstner at IBM and Carly Fiorina at HP, specifically as they each undertook the development and implementation of major changes within the respective organization. Identify their individual strengths and weaknesses as effective change leaders/ change agents, as well as what courses of action did they perform well and what courses of action did they perform poorly. Use various organizational examples to support your arguments.

Each one of these CEO's are mentioned in the case studies that I will send.


If you have any question or hesitation, or if you run into trouble downloading the sources, please please please do not hesitate to ask, Thank You.

This is a PhD course so tense, grammar, data details and substance of content in general is critical.

Course Name: International Business and Global Strategy
Textbook: Hill, C.W.L. (2011). International business: Competing in the global marketplace (8th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

The short essay questions are detailed below. There are a total of 6 questions.

Please Note: These questions require between 200-300 word responses (inclusive of applicable references). So a single page response for EACH one should suffice. General encyclopedias are not acceptable sources. Examples include, but are not limited to, Wikipedia, Encarta, and World Book.

The textbook associated with this course is also noted above; please use references from this text as at least one of the references. The number of references relate to the need to ensure that there are approx. 3-4 references PER question (references need not be unique to each question if there is relationship). Please be sure to note the associated references following each essay. Thanks!


There is a student companion link that might prove helpful that can be found here: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073381349/student_view0/
The questions below cover chapters 12, 13, 15, 16, 19 & 20

QUESTIONS:
1. Identify the risks associated with global capital markets. Explain in detail, why you consider them risks. Are there solutions to mitigate those risks?
2. What are the main uses of foreign exchange markets for international business?
3. When does concentration of production make sense? Explain in detail why
4. Why should a firm consider vertical integration as opposed to simply outsourcing the component parts that go into its final product? What are the advantages of making a product in-house?
5. Why do firms prefer to hold cash balances at a centralized depository? Please be doctoral in your response.
6. How are dividend remittances used by firms to transfer funds from foreign subsidiaries to the parent company?




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see attached

one page each part

Part 1
?Marketing.? Please respond to the following:
Distinguish between guerilla marketing, permission marketing, and word-of-mouth marketing.

Choose one of these techniques and discuss three examples from a particular industry (for example, retail, transportation, or food) where companies have used this particular tactic.

Evaluate the success of the tactics described. Discuss what might have been done to make the tactic even more successful.

Part 2
?Global Marketplace.? Please respond to the following:
Discuss three to five (3?5) communication issues that confront your organization or others in the changing global marketplace. Include in your answer:
?
Failure to communicate the urgency and necessity for change to employees.

Obstacles to change.

The need to use a variety of communication tactics to reach varying audiences.

A willingness to accept innovation over the status quo.

Shifts in time, places, people, power, and information.

Whirlpool Corporation is the worlds leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances. Founded in 1911 by Lou Upton, Whirlpool initially produced motor-driven wringer washing machines. Today Whirlpool Corporation realizes annual sales of approximately $19 billion, has 73,000 employees, and maintains approximately seventy manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. Whirlpool Corporation manufactures and markets major brand names that include Whirlpool, Maytag, Kitchen Aid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and Bauknecht to consumers in nearly every country around the world.
During its first fifty years, the company grew and expanded manufacturing operations to include a full range of kitchen and home appliances. By the 1970s, company leadership began globalizing with expanded operations in Brazil, Mexico, and India. Whirlpool Corporation accelerated its global leader in the home appliance industry.
With the acquisition of Maytag Corporation in 2006, the company drove efficiencies that resulted in an even stronger organization that was able to offer more to consumers in the increasingly competitive global marketplace. Whirlpool Corporation became a more efficient supplier to trade customers while offering a broader portfolio of innovative, high-quality branded products and services to consumers.





Using the above information as a reference; using the below information as heading, write a 5 page paper, double spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one inch margins on all sides, APA format:


1. Discuss what factors emerged at Whirlpool that impacted its talent needs.

2. Discuss how expanding globally changed the talent requirements at Whirlpool.

3. Discuss how Whirlpool used its Leadership Model to manage its talent.

4. Discuss how Whirlpool used metrics to improve the quality of talent hired.

5. Discuss future consideration at Whirlpool related to managing and sustaining talent.

1. Do you feel that you live in a global marketplace? Why or why not? Use specific examples to explain your feeling.

2.Visit NIVEAs website, www.nivea.com , and tour the sites for several different countries. How does NIVEA market its products differently in different countries? How does the company maintain the consistency of its brand?

3.Look around your household. Examine as many household items, such as cleaners, toothpaste, soaps, etc. How many P&G products can you find in your household? Are you able to tell whether or not without reading the back label carefully? What are those products?

4.Visit the Procter & Gamble website, choose a specific product category, and review the brands in that category. How does P&G use positioning to differentiate the brands in the product category you selected?

Your paper must contain at least five references, and may include Internet sources, books, and professional journals or other appropriate resources.

Please submit a comprehensive outline.

Role of Culture in International Business
Business growth and expansion almost always involves relating to different cultural needs and perceptions even when expanding into different regions of the same country, California and Alabama, both US States, have unique cultural variations and differences. Understanding culture is crucial when a company does business in its own country. It is even more important when operating across cultures. For international companies to be successful, in a global society they must adapt to, relate to and understand the culture of the countries where they conduct business.
In a well-organized and researched paper write about the major cultural issues/challenges facing international companies in todays competitive global marketplace. In your paper integrate/ include the answers to the following questions:
a. What are the key elements that define a culture?
b. How does a company overcome ethnocentricity?
c. How do attitudes, values, customs and beliefs shape culture?
d. What are effective strategies for a global company to adapt to a local culture?
e. What elements of other cultures (in general) must a company be aware of to operate profitably and successfully?
f. How do attitudes toward work, leisure, time, change, family, social mobility and religion shape a culture?
g. What influence does corporate/ personal verbal and non-verbal communication have on cultural understanding?
h. What impact does the physical environment have on culture?
i. How are education and technology linked to culture?
j. How does the mass media shape culture, public opinion, marketing and advertising?
k. What positive and negative impact do politics and a countries legal system have on international companies?
l. In your thinking why is culture awareness a major factor for international companies to consider in todays global marketplace? Document your thoughts.

Memorandum: Social Innovation and the Workplace
The XTZ Group, a company that is in the process of examining new growth opportunities in emerging markets, has recently hired you as a business development executive. Revenue in the U.S. domestic market has been stagnant for the past three years and the company would like to gain an edge on its competition to help build strategy on expanding into emerging markets in South America. Your senior manager has asked you to draft a memorandum to XYZ?s CEO, in which you provide recommendations on the company?s best use of social platforms abroad to seize competitive advantage.
Task Description
In not?more?than two pages, write a memorandum to XYZ?s CEO based on your resources for this week and other research, in which you:
1. Analyze the role that social innovation plays in the global marketplace by listing two examples of companies using social innovation abroad to gain competitive advantage.
2. Evaluate three methods/best practices that a U.S. company can use abroad.
3. Provide a recommendation for your manager and the XTZ Group.

Criteria
? Memorandum clearly and coherently analyzes the role that social innovation plays in the global marketplace
? Memorandum provides a clear and concise evaluation of three methods/best practices that a U.S. company can use abroad to socially innovate
? Memorandum gives a clear and concise recommendation for Ms. Drapes and XYZ company
? Memorandum has clear purpose; addresses all aspects of the assignment
? Memorandum makes its case through logical ideas
? Mechanics of writing are strong; few if any errors
? Memorandum cites sources using style appropriate to the discipline

In this paper, provide a descriptive title or heading for your paper by focusing on topics or countries that interest you, and then discuss the following concepts: 1) globalization and the drivers of globalization; 2) the changing nature of the global economy; 3) compare and contrast the political and economic differences of at least two countries (e.g., India and the United States); and 4) discuss what managers can do to successful work with the opportunities and challenges present in this global economy.

Write your paper in 4?5 double-spaced pages in APA style. For this assignment, thoroughly discuss the topics mentioned and, when possible, provide specific examples or recommendations, and cite all of your sources. As a result of reading these concepts in the chapter, mention your recommendations for employees who want to be effective expatriate managers or professional in the twenty-first century workplace. You can paraphrase and quote relevant material from the chapter and cite the book?s authors and page numbers as you see appropriate. Make sure to use the textbook as a reference (along with any other articles/sources, if used).

This is your first assignment in an APA format for this course; so be sure to include headings (such as ?Global Management in Action at Toyota?), subheadings (such as ?Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Automotive Industry? and ?Levels of Management for Car Dealership?), page numbers, references, etc. in the required APA format. For example, if the title of your paper is ?Management Problems in Modern Global Organizations? and you say there are six major management problems for modern managers?namely, 1) Failure to develop intrapreneurs/staff members, 2) Lack of openness to experience/not embracing diversity, 3) Not truly valuing the experience and expertise of an employee, 4) Job dissatisfaction/ When the manager is not happy, usually the employees are not happy, 5) Poor communication skills/ Not communicating expectations clearly, and 6) Unknowingly practicing Theory X/ Micro-managing?then each of these elements would be a subheading (under which you would discuss what each problem or opportunity really means and how managers or organizations can avoid them), and another final subheading for every paper would be ?Summary? (where you discuss what the paper included, the results and any other final recommendations for future research or readings, etc.). Overall, instead of having one long paper under one title or heading, try to use several heading levels (perhaps Levels One and Levels Three of APA which are common for short papers). For example, if the title of your paper is ?Functions of Management in the Global World,? then four subheadings could be ?Planning the Chores,? ?Organizing Departmental and Global Operations,? ?Leading Personnel Across Borders,? and ?Controlling Costs in Host-Country Operations,? and ?Summary.? The main title would be a Level One heading (or title), which goes in the center of the page, and the four functions would be Level Three Heading, which would go on the left margin of the page and they would be italicized.

Please use International Business, competing in the global marketplace 9 edition by Charles W. L. Hill as one of your sources

In the essay, please:
identify and explain Canada's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and treats as a trading nation in the global marketplace.

Consider Political and Economic Differences Paper:
In this paper, provide a descriptive title or heading for your paper by focusing on topics or countries that interest you (such as ?Political and Economical Developments in the Asian or European Systems?), and then discuss the following concepts: 1) Explain in detail why and how the political systems of countries differ; 2) discuss how the legal systems of countries differ; 3) explain what determines the level of economic development of a nation; 4) discuss with examples the macro-political and economic changes taking place worldwide; and 5) analyze how transition economies are moving towards market based systems. You can use specific continents, countries, or country as your focus.

Need to include these in bibliography:
Using Textbook:
Hill, Charles (2011). International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace. 8th ed. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN: 9780078137198

Also need to reference:
business sections of a daily newspaper or business newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal or The Financial Times. Business magazines (e.g., Business Week, The Economist, and Fortune) are also highly recommended. You can also browse the World Wide Web for information about companies, countries, and current events.


Please make the paper 4 FULL pages plus bibliography.

In this paper, provide a descriptive title or heading for your paper by focusing on topics or countries that interest you (such as ?Political and Economical Developments in the Asian or European Systems?), and then discuss the following concepts: 1) Explain in detail why and how the political systems of countries differ; 2) discuss how the legal systems of countries differ; 3) explain what determines the level of economic development of a nation; 4) discuss with examples the macro-political and economic changes taking place worldwide; and 5) analyze how transition economies are moving towards market based systems. You can use specific continents, countries, or country as your focus.

Write your paper in 4?5 double-spaced pages in APA style. For this assignment, thoroughly discuss the topics mentioned and, when possible, provide specific examples or recommendations, and cite all of your sources.

This paper focuses on Chapters 2 & 3 of the textbook : Overview of Mod 2:

The political, economic, and legal infrastructure of each nation has a major influence on the way managers make decisions. Political systems have two dimensions: the degree of collectivism versus individualism, and the degree of democracy versus totalitarianism. These dimensions are interrelated; systems that emphasize collectivism tend towards totalitarianism, while systems that place a high value on individualism tend to be democratic. However, a large gray area exists in the middle. It is possible to have democratic societies that emphasize a mix of collectivism and individualism. Similarly, it is possible to have totalitarian societies that are not collectivist. Collectivism refers to a political system that stresses the primacy of collective goals over individual goals. Advocacy of collectivism can be traced to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. In modern times the collectivist system is largely the domain of nations that have embraced socialism. Individualism is the direct opposite of collectivism. Its central tenet is that individual economic and political freedoms are the ground rules on which society is based. Democracy, as originally practiced by several city-states in ancient Greece, is based on a belief that citizens should be directly involved in decision making. Most modern democratic states practice representative democracy in which citizens periodically elect individuals to represent them. Totalitarianism is a form of government in which one person or political party exercises absolute control over all spheres of human life and opposing political parties are prohibited. (Communist, theocratic, tribal, right wing) Totalitarianism denies its citizens all of the constitutional guarantees asserted by representative democracies.

There is a connection between political ideology and economic systems. In countries where individual goals are given primacy over collective goals, we are more likely to find free market economic systems. In contrast, in countries where collective goals are given preeminence, the state may have taken control over many enterprises, while markets in such countries are likely to be restricted rather than free. There are three broad types of economic systems: the market economy, the command economy, and the mixed economy.

**The textbook we are using for this course is International Business Competing in the Global Marketplace 9E by Charles WL Hill - This text should be used as one of the sources

You work for a successful company that makes household products that it currently markets only in the United States. Your CEO has asked you if your company should expand internationally. What factors does your company need to consider when deciding whether to enter the global marketplace?

Assume that you are a researcher working in a multinational company (it is easier if the company
is fictional) based in Country A (a developed country), and that you are asked by your chief
executive officer (CEO) to write a report on doing international business in Country B (a
developing country). The purpose of this assignment is to help the CEO to decide if the company
should engage in trade and/or investment in Country B. You may if you wish make Country A a
developing country and Country B a developed country.

Issues to be considered in the report:

a) An analysis of the national business system and cultural conditions in Country B with
an assessment of how this will affect your firm within its industry.

b) An assessment of the pattern and trends of trade between the two countries in your
selected industry, and also consideration of the type and level of protection measures
against imports and foreign investment in Country B within your industry.

c-1) An outline of the exchange regimes that govern Countries A and B with an
assessment of the risks this poses for you firm.
OR
c-2) An assessment of the implications of international institutions such as the WTO, EU,
NAFTA for the firms proposed business links with Country B.

d) Advise on whether the firm should export or use foreign direct investment, or a
combination of these means, to do effective business in Country B.

e-1) Advise on the type of political risks that the firm may encounter in Country B, their
implications for your firm, and on ways to reduce this risks.
OR
e-2) Advise on the problems of establishing and operating a corporate social
responsibility policy covering business with Country B in your industry.

Any discussion of the points above has to be relevant to your chosen firm and
industry. At the end of the report you should come up with clear and well-grounded
recommendations for your chosen company on whether it should engage in trade and/or
investment in country B.


One of the sources which need to be used in the report (book):

*Hill, Charles W.L. (2007) International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace (6/E),Irwin publishers, London.

International business ?Writing Assignment
Source and topics: Only from the Wall Street journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Or the Economist, Select an article that discuss this topic: Business Organization Theory.
After reading and analyzing the article relates to the principles of international business covered in class thus far, including the text book chapters assigned ( Book's Name: Hill, Charles W.L., International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace 4th Edition(McGraw Hill)
Would you please attach the article of the newspaper to me, It is quite important for for me to turn in it.

There are faxes for this order.

this is a group assignment

you only need to do the strategy part of the report( business Plan )

this assginment is about we are australian company health equipment( fitness equipment), and we prepare to acquisition a compangy in Viet Nam, this company is produce fitness apparatus. and then we will sell our product in Viet Nam.

all you have to do is :

1. find this book

international business: competing in the global marketplace author: Grant,R.M 6th 2008 Oxford. U. K.: Blackwell 9781405163095

2. start writing

strategy:
theory : absolute advantage / present life cycle ( form the book in above)

what strategy going to use to entry the country that has been chosen (Viet Nan)
( we will use Localization strategy: about modify product because culture, standared, law... Viet Nan is not a rich country) and you have to write about the profit growth

please reference the book in above and also do intext reference!






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Authentic Assessment ??" Part 2 - Consultation

Your business owner is interested in receiving feedback from the interview and has hired you to work as a consultant for his/her firm. Based on the original discussion with the business owner and concepts from class, analyze the overall health of the business. Is it profitable? Has the business owner implemented a strategic plan? Determine whether the company is poised to compete in a competitive global marketplace. How does the business compare to other businesses within the industry? Are there additional opportunities available to the business owner ??" expansion, market share, technology, etc? Identify an area of focus and prepare a recommendation for improvement to present to the business owner.

Deliverables

In a word document, not to exceed 5 double-spaced pages, provide the business owner with a sound business strategy to improve an area of focus within his/her company. The advice should be implementable and appropriate to the specified industry. Provide the business owner with the information necessary to implement a strategic change. Include the potential benefits that he/she might achieve and support recommendation using concepts from the text.

Customer is requesting that (Oroba) completes this order.

Strategic Plan Analysis Paper

Prepare a 1,200-1,750-word paper in which you evaluate your organizations mission, vision, goals, and objectives and discuss the relationship between quality and each of the following:
a. Compare and contrast the management style at your organization with the management style at an organization that has adopted Total Quality Management.

b. Discuss the characteristics of the other organizations Total Quality Management style and compare those characteristics with your own organization.

c. Discuss the extent to which the other organizations TQM practices could be integrated into your organization.


KBR:

Mission:
We safely deliver any project, any time, in any environment for the benefit of our customers, shareholders, employees and the communities we serve.

Vision:

'To be the world's premier contractor delivering projects and services to a global marketplace.'

Values:

Uncompromising commitment to Health, Safety and Environment
Integrity in all we do
Transparency in our business
Accountability for our work
Best in class Risk Awareness
Financial Responsibility to our stakeholders


2007 Focus Areas/Goals
KBR is beginning an exciting new chapter as a publicly traded enterprise with the challenge and opportunity to create our own destiny. To succeed, we will need the commitment and contributions of each of us.

With this in mind, I have concentrated on four focus areas that will help to create success for the coming years as an independent company. These focus areas will provide our company with the driving force to move forward, create new opportunities and increase our commitment to the success of our Company.

The focus areas for 2007 are transparency, accountability, discipline, and financial responsibility. Let me say a word about each and what it means to KBR and its success.