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Essay Instructions: Disney Corporation

Background of the industry
a) A brief history of the business

b) Products and services offered

c) Financial information for the last five years


Analysis
Consider what makes working for this company a positive experience for its employees. What is the essence of its approach to motivation? How does it combine the use of various motivational techniques to be successful? How is the combination of techniques that it uses unique in any way? Do the company’s motivational strategies serve as an attraction for new employees, or do they improve employee retention? What can you take as best practices from their example? What can you improve upon? Make recommendations on the specific steps the company could take to address deficiencies.

Essay Instructions: This assignment is past due (actually the 1st one) and the quarter is coming to a close.

The public corporation that I want researched is Disney World (if possible), if not you can choose for me!

Here are the instructions of the assignment:

Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
Due Week 2 and worth 300 points

Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1.Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
2.Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
3.Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
4.Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
5.Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality 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:

?Determine ways in which the vision, mission, and stakeholders of a firm impact that firm?s overall success.
?Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
?Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.
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Essay Instructions: The case study assignment asks you to critically reflect on a policy or strategy issue and produce a policy memorandum. For this assignment your policy memorandum will take the form of a mini-policy paper (with a much more limited scope).
The case study that you will use is attached ( The Walt Disney Company: The Entertainment King). After carefully reviewing and reflecting on the strategy and/or policy issues depicted in the selected case, assume that you have been hired as a consultant from the company highlighted in the case. After reviewing all of the pertinent information, produce a policy memorandum to the CEO or Executive Board of the company addressing the following areas:

? Overview of the problem situation: what has caused the problem described in the case?
? Significance of the problem: assess the scope and severity of the problem.
? Problem statement: Define the major stakeholders and define the goals and objectives
? Analysis of alternatives: Describe the alternatives that are available
? Conclusions and recommendations: Provide clearly articulated recommendations based on specific criteria.

Also discuss briefly the implementation and evaluation strategies.
While the areas above will differ slightly depending on the case that you choose, they all require you to cover specific contextual elements.
The expected length for this memo is 2-3 single-spaced pages (3 pages max!).
Your case study will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Content: Does your memo address all of the required content areas? Are the conclusions and recommendations logical? Does you memo incorporate policy analysis and strategic thinking principles?
Format: Is the memo written in a correct format (block, identifying information etc)?
Style: Is the memo written with clarity and grace (concision, clarity, coherence etc).
Mechanics: Is the memo carefully proofread for spelling and grammar errors?

Essay Instructions: The business strategy and organization chart of the Disney Corporation.

In paper, answer the following questions:

- how does the organization chart support the strategy of the corporation?

- what would happen if the Disney corporation switched to a functional organization?

- when would it be appropriate for the Disney corporation to use a matrix structure?