Discussion Topic: You the Consumer

Discussion Topic: You the Consumer

How does competition amongst companies affect you in your daily life (personal and or professional)? Provide a real-world experience that might apply. For instance, consider how you recently chose between at least two products or services offered from rival companies.

What factors made you decide to purchase one over the other? How do these companies compete?

Please respond to this topic in the Discussion Board link in the left navigation.

Be sure to review the Discussion Rubric in the Syllabus.

week 2

Many discussion opportunities come up where you need to respond to other people’s opinions and comments. After you have completed your Reading respond to your Discussion topic.
Discussion Topic: BB&T Vision and Mission Statements

In preparation for your Discussion topic, please read Chapter 2 Appendix, BB&T Vision, Mission, and Purpose in the Pearce and Robinson text. Post your answer in the Discussion Board along with your source citation in APA format.BB&T Vision, Mission, and Purpose statement is considered an exemplary Mission Statement. Please read it, comment on the positives and negatives of this statement, and defend your answer through APA citation.

Take time to review the responses of your classmates and provide feedback to them.

umnit 3

Discussion Topic: VCA, RBV, and SWOT Analyses

Discuss how you can use VCA, RBV, and SWOT analyses to gain a stronger sense of what might be a firm’s key building blocks are for a successful strategy.

Choose a Fortune 1000 company to demonstrate these aforementioned analyses.

Please remember to use APA citation (text and list references) to further validate your initial responses. Take time to review the responses of your classmates and provide your feedback.

unit 4

UNIT 4 Discussion Topic: Porter’s Five Force Analysis

Choose an industry in which you would like to compete globally. Use the Five-Force method of analysis to explain why you find that industry attractive for business.

Please remember to use APA citation (text and list references) to further validate your initial responses. Take time to review the responses of your classmates and provide your feedback.

unit 5

Discussion Topic: Business Level StrategyVisit the websites of two luxury car makers:

Lincoln at http://lincoln.com

BMW at http://www.bmwusa.com

These two automotive giants compete in the same strategic group. Browse each website and search for each company’s business-level strategy.

How are the luxury car competitors’ strategies similar? In what manner are they different? Which company has the competitive advantage and why?

unit 6

Unit 6: Unit 6: Implementation

Discussion Topic: Team Exercise About Outsourcing

Why have outsourcing initiatives become a key element in shaping functional tactics for today’s global companies? As a team, choose a Fortune 1,000 company that has adopted the use of outsourcing and has done so successfully. Work with your assigned teammates in the Team Discussion Area to create a collaborative post in this Discussion Board addressing the outsourcing question per your team’s company of choice. Support your finding through proper citation.
Take time to review the responses of your classmates’ team and provide your feedback. Cite your sources in APA format and style.

Once your team has fully addressed the topic, please post your team response to the General Discussion. Only one team member please to post.

Please note, you will be broken up into teams for this Discussion and only your team members will be able to see and participate in the Discussion.

In this team Discussion on outsourcing initiatives, you will engage in developing the following professional competency:

Working effectively in teams to meet project deadlines