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Essay Instructions: Describe what ?risk management? is in the corporate governance context, and identify why this is very important in today?s corporate environment. In addition, please analyze a list of recommendations you would present to a public corporation to implement an effective plan regarding ?risk management?.


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Essay Instructions: Assignment 1: Starbucks? Strategy

Due Week 3 and worth 280 points



Using the Internet and Strayer University databases, research Starbucks? organizational culture and the key leadership and management traits used to execute the business strategy.



Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

Suggest the key elements of Starbucks? organizational culture that contributes to its success in a global economy. Indicate management?s role with creating and sustaining the organizational culture.
Assess the effectiveness of Starbucks? management decisions in providing innovative offerings for its customers (e.g., WiFi, style of coffee, etc.) in order to achieve its current competitive marketplace advantage. Provide support for your rationale.
Determine one (1) key management competency that a successful manager at Starbucks is likely to have. Indicate one (1) way in which this particular competency is a good fit for the organizational culture.
Speculate on whether Starbucks would achieve long-term sustainability as a global leader in the coffee industry without the organization?s CEO, Howard Shultz.
Use at least two (2) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify 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:

Examine the concepts of management related to modern-day work environments.
Analyze the corporate environment, culture, and challenges for managing in a global environment.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in modern management.
Write clearly and concisely about modern management using proper writing mechanics.

Essay Instructions: Topic is: "Define the role and significance of Policy and Strategy in enabling organizations to achieve goals and live up to their value?. In support to the above topic, I'd like to include also:
1. Overview of typical strategies and policies in corporate environment, why are these needed, why are these important and how do these help organizations meet targets/goals
2. real live examples of companies who succeeded due to good strategies and policies, to substantiate the argument
3. real live examples of companies who failed due to bad strategies and policies, to substantiate the argument
4. Debate the validity of at least two strategy/policy theories (possibly cos these arenot valid anymore/applicable to today's corporate environment.
5. Make reference to Blue and Red Ocean concepts of strategy/theory
6. Make reference to great corporate strategists (Please do not mention Henry FORD, or Guy Lalibert?)
7. Provide a view on the future of corporate strategy and policy
NOTE: Please do not make reference to Henry FORD, or Guy Lalibert? when talking about successfull strategies/etc...

Essay Instructions: Assignment Type: Research Paper
Subject: Strategic Management

Topic: The strategy of a business that went from an Internet start-up to the biggest tech company in the world.


Overview Google?s History and Core Business
The Founders :Larry Page and Sergie Brin?s brief story and contribution
The Start-Up: The Evolution of the Search engine
Adwords: the invention of making money off search


The Google Organization
Flat: The type of corporate environment that is Google
The Talent: The Qualifications needs to work at Google
The Personality of ?Googlers?
The Perks: Free Food, Doctors, Laundry Service ect...


S> Strengths W> Weaknesses O> Opportunities T> Threats Analysis of Google
Its business moto ?Don?t Be Evil ?how this is a strength
Why they failed in china
Their competitors and threats
Their Future and How they will contibute in changing the World.



Resources
?In the Plex? Simon & Schuster (April 12, 2011) isbn# 978-1416596585
Wall street Journal
Forbes
Fortune
New York Times