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Instructions:
1. Select and answer eight (8) of the following ten (10) questions.
2. There are no length requirements for your answers as long as you answer all aspects of the questions FULLY. but should be at least three quarters of the page for EACH question.
3. Your answers must address all aspects of the question, reflect brevity, the proper use of the English language, and demonstrate the writing of a world-class MBA graduate.
4. You MUST cite your work using any style you choose.
Questions:
1. Explain what it means for a mission statement to discuss an organizations concern for public image. Identify this mission statement component in three different publicly traded organizations; provide the quoted mission statement segments and justify that it demonstrates the organizations' concern for public image.
2. According to Michael Porter, what are the five competitive forces that create vital opportunities and threats for organizations? Which force do you feel is most important in the mobile computing industry today? Why?
3. Explain the resource-based view and its relation to strategic management.
4. Define intensive strategies and list the different types of intensive strategies outlined by our textbook. Identify three real-world examples of organizations that are pursuing these strategies. Be sure to articulate the organization, its strategy, and why you feel it represents an example of one of your identified intensive strategies.
5. Discuss why work life/home life balance is vital for organizations, from a competitive/profitability context and how organizations are addressing work life/home life balance. Give three (3) specific examples of what some organizations are doing; three separate organizations and the tactics they are utilizing.
6. Discuss the Balanced Scorecard and the triple bottom line. How can these two concepts be utilized together to evaluate organizational performance?
7. Identify and discuss five reasons why preserving the environment should be an essential and permanent part of doing business.
8. Discuss how business ethics, social responsibility, and sustainability are interrelated.
9. Explain the concept of protectionism. Do you think protectionism helps or harms the world economy? Why? Do you think protectionism helps or harms stability and peace in the world? Why?
10. Identify and discuss five potential advantages and five potential disadvantages to initiating, continuing, and/or expanding international operations.