MGT 498 ENTIRE COURSE

MGT 498 Week 1 Individual Assignment Strategic Management Process Paper

Record your interactions with popular culture by documenting different ways that you consume popular culture. Examples might include, but are not limited to, what television shows you watch and why, the types of clothes you like to wear and what they say about you, or what magazines you buy and why. 

Prepare a 350- to 700-word paper in which you examine popular American culture. In your essay, answer the following questions:

· What is culture? What is popular culture?
· What are three major trends in popular American culture?
· How does popular American culture affect personal decision making? 

Include the journaling activity with your essay submission.

Format your papers consistent with APA guidelines.


MGT 498 Week 1 DQS 

DQ 1

 Why is strategic planning important to the organization? How does strategic planning help the organization?


DQ 2

Provide an example of a company that used unethical behavior to gain profit. What was the unethical behavior and why was the behavior unethical? 




MGT 498 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Weekly Reflection

Discuss this week’s objectives with your team. Your discussion should include the topics you feel comfortable with, any topics you struggled with, and how the weekly topics relate to application in your field. Learning Team should review and begin preparation for the Learning Team week five assignment.

Prepare a 350- to 1,050- word paper detailing the findings of your discussion.



MGT 498 Week 2 DQS 

DQ 1

What types of competitive strategies are the most effective? Will the same strategy work in most venues? Why or why not?


DQ 2

How is environmental scanning helpful in choosing the appropriate metric guidelines to use?




MGT 498 Week 3 Individual Assignment STEEPLE analysis Chart and Paper

Using the company selected in week one’s strategic management company assignment prepare a STEEPLE analysis chart (sample located in the Course Materials forum). 

Complete a STEEPLE analysis chart that includes the following:

Social factors
Technological factors
Economic factors
Environmental factors
Political factors
Legal factors
Ethical factors

Prepare a 350-700 word paper where you determine the next steps and recommendations for the company based on the results of the STEEPLE analysis.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Include at least one reference from the assigned reading. Ensure that you have a title page, paper with references, and chart.





MGT 498 Week 3 DQS 

DQ 1

 Why is it important for a small business to identify a corporate strategy? What are possible consequences that a small business may experience if it does not have a defined corporate strategy?


DQ 2

 How has the growth in globalization affected corporate strategy in the United States? Consider this growth from perspectives such as outsourcing, taxes, competition, finances, and so forth.






MGT 498 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Competitive Advantages Paper

Resources: Riordan Virtual Organization and Environmental Scan Paper
Use the Riordan Virtual Organization and research from last week’s Environmental Scan Paper for this assignment.

· Decide which competitive advantages Riordan has in common with the companies researched last week, and estimate which competitive strategies Riordan could use to improve innovation and sustainability of business operations both in the United States and in the global market.


· Explain why you chose these competitive strategies and estimate how they might affect sustainability of long-term organizational performance.


· Explain how the global market would affect the business strategy of Riordan.

Summarize your findings in a 700- to 1,050-word paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Include at least one reference from the assigned reading.

MGT 498 Week 4 DQS 

DQ 1

 How have the ideas of constant improvement processes such as TQM, Six Sigma, and other improvement processes affected the overall strategy of organizations?


DQ 2

What phases does a product go through during its life cycle? Is it possible for an organization to avoid the eventual decline phase of a product or service?





MGT 498 Week 5 Individual Final Examination

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MGT 498 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Strategic Plan Paper and Presentation



Scenario: The board of directors for Riordan Manufacturing has asked your team to create a strategic plan for the organization.

Create a 2,000- to 3,500-word strategic plan for Riordan Manufacturing starting from what you learned in Week One and using a similar strategic management process as Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy. You may also use information from the team project you completed for Riordan Manufacturing in Week Four to create the strategic plan.


Cover thoroughly the areas of environmental scanning, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and evaluation and control.


Address the following questions in your strategic plan:

· Why does Riordan need a strategic plan?


· What role should ethical and social responsibility considerations have in Riordan’s strategic management plan?


· What competitive advantages does Riordan have, and which competitive strategies should Riordan utilize to improve innovation and sustainability in both domestic and international applications?


· What measurement guidelines should be used to verify strategy effectiveness?


· What internal dynamics along with cultural and structural leadership considerations should be used in implementing business strategy for Riordan?


· How do they influence business continuity?


· What assessment and feedback controls should be used to determine the direction to take Riordan? If the strategy of Riordan does not go according to plan, at what point would you consider altering the strategic plan you have suggested?

Explain and justify all of the decisions you have made for your strategic plan, using research and understanding learned from the reading material.


Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Include at least one reference from the assigned reading.

Present a completed strategic plan to the board of directors for Riordan Manufacturing.


Outline your strategic plan for Riordan Virtual Organization in a 20- to 30-slide presentation using Microsoft®PowerPoint®.


Describe why Riordan needs a plan, and walk the audience through every step in the strategic management process.


Include ethical considerations, environmental scanning for competitive advantages, innovation and sustainability considerations, measurement guidelines, internal dynamic and resource considerations for strategy implementation, and what feedback considerations Riordan should put into place to ensure the success of the company.


Keep your audience in mind and make your strategic plan convincing.




MGT 498 Week 5 DQS 



DQ 1


How has globalization affected the measurement process in an organizations strategy? 



DQ 2


What is the role of metrics and measurement in the strategy process? Why are they so important to the strategy process?