Business
Strategic Management
COMPANY: NOKIA
An individual assignment requiring the preparation of a report discussing ANY International Company about their theoretical application of the strategic management process; including a variety of contextual examples for a specific firms; related to each strategic management process stage and find out the best strategic management process applied by the company. The chosen firms must be identified in the first three weeks of study.
The report must contain the following elements:
Executive Summary
Introduction including a company profile (Word limit: around 500)
An introduction to your paper and to your company including a brief description of the firm and its position within the industry.
Strategic Analysis
For your chosen firm, outline the stages, steps and procedures in the strategic analysis part of the strategic management process; including pertinent applied examples from your chosen firm to emphasis theoretical application.
Note: You do not need to actually carry out a fully applied strategic analysis but you should illustrate your theoretical based answer with some specific examples related to your chosen firm.
Strategy Formulation
Motivating Employees
Employees who are satisfied and feel fulfilled in their jobs will be more productive. Managers will also experience less turnover than with employees who are dissatisfied with their jobs. Finding ways to motivate employees and creating a workplace where they are motivated and feel appreciated can be a challenge for managers.
Research methods of motivating employees using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet,
Click to RSA Animate – Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us. and review the following:
Pink, D. (2010, April 8). RSA Animate – Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us. [Video]. Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (RSA).
Based on your readings and research complete the following:
Sexual harassment training
There are several standardized training events in large organizations that are required annually or biannually. One of these is often sexual harassment. For this assignment, write a training plan for all employees in your firm to educate and develop their awareness of sexual harassment and understanding of legal and organizational policies. Be sure to include training aspects of planning, design, implementation, and evaluation.
This plan should be in narrative form with a minimum requirement of 500 words. Discuss the following guidelines to complete your plan.
Planning: Should all employees be trained at once? If not, who should be trained first? What are the anticipated outcomes or terminal learning objectives of the training?
Design: In what format should the training be given, and why? What modalities will be used for employees on multiple shifts or in multiple locations? What are the core elements of the training that will align with the learning objectives?
Ownership and Stakeholder Theories
Ownership and Stakeholder Theories
Which theory (Ownership and Stakeholder) do you feel has more of an impact on the business environment? Provide an example from current events in the past 6 months that supports your position.
Respond to at least one of your classmates. Do you agree or disagree with their
Ethical business behavior
In the case of the Coyote and Road Runner, one might question the ethics of their behaviors on many fronts. Identify an organization that you have worked for or know about that has successfully implemented a culture of ethical business behavior. Alternatively, identify one that has not successfully implemented a culture of ethical business behavior.