Strategic management involves the formulation and implementation of the major goals and initiatives taken by an organization‘s managers on behalf of stakeholders, based on consideration of resources and an assessment of the internal and external environments in which the organization operates.
Students are requested to read chapter 9 “Protecting Innovation” from their book Strategic Management of Technological Innovation.
Based on the conceptual knowledge and understanding obtained from the readings –
1-Select a world renowned company give a brief introduction and identify the legal protection mechanisms (patents copyright, trademarks & service marks) used by it to safeguard its intellectual property. (2.5 Marks) (Max 750- Min 500 Words)
2- With a thorough research of your selected company identify and explain an incident when trade secrets were more useful than the legal protection measures identified above. (2.5 Marks) (Max 750 – Min 500 Words)
NOTE: It is mandatory for the students to mention their references, sources and support each answer with at least 2 peer reviewed journal.
Read the chapters and answer the following questions. #7
You are required to answer the following questions. You should save your answers in a Word document for submission. Please do not repeat the questions on your answer sheet. Instead, please list the answers numerically/sequentially by simply utilizing 1, 2, 3, and 4. Each assignment must have a cover page listing your name, the name of the assignment, and the date. The cover page does not count towards the word count. For each assignment, you are expected to answer the assigned questions in your own words. Each assignment paper should be at least 250 words. Papers less than the required 250 words will get zero. This does not mean each question requires a 250-word response; rather, the total number of words for answering the questions must total more than 250 words.
a. Your rationale for the format that you have used. Cite references relevant to the particular format you develop. Mention why you have included the elements that you developed, adopted, or adapted. Mention why you have not included some other elements that might otherwise be part of a wellbeing/wellness plan.
Report on Other Wellness/Wellbeing Professions/ Paraprofessions & Wellbeing/Wellness Resource Document, including your findings from interviewing other therapists and the resources you identified that can be used by therapists to promote wellbeing.
d. Integrate and address important aspects from the texts in your plan including:
f. Have 2-3 specific targets for cognitive, affective, or behavioral change in your plan.
g. You do not have to enact the plan for the course, but you will write up a short description of possible obstacles you might face in trying to implement the plan in your Associate position after graduation and how you could deal with them if they arose so that you could implement your plan.
h. Lastly, provide your opinion, based on the information on the chapter in Wellness Counseling by Granello, Incorporating Wellness Counseling Into Clinical Practice, if this kind of Wellness Plan would be beneficial to use with a client in practice.
Provide a Cover page at the beginning and a Reference page at the end with APA style references relevant to the format you developed, adopted, or adapted and APA style references relevant to the content of your own plan.
This document will consistently be in 12-point Time New Roman font, 1.5 line spacing, with one-inch margins all around. Use flush left and indented headings as in APA style. Expected length 8 pages not including the references and cover pages. No abstract is necessary.
