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REQUIRED: Read the Volkswagen case study provided entitled "Volkswagen: Steering a Crisis". You will need to read this in full, highlighting key facts relevant to the topics of this assignment in your answers.
Question 1
Employ the Porter Generic Business Strategy Model, as taught at Holmes Institute. Explain two (2) main strategic options from the model that Volkswagen could adopt to become competitive.
Question 2
Corporate Strategy aims to ensure that a corporation gains competitive advantage over its rivals. Using examples from the case study and your Holmes Institute Syllabus knowledge answer the questions that follow.
Examine the various diversification approaches that have enabled Volkswagen to attain a competitive advantage.
Explain with examples from the case study the integration approaches adopted by Volkswagen to expand into different markets across the globe.
Building on the integration approaches identified in 2b, examine at least three (3) corporate strategy approaches that Volkswagen has implemented to expand into various markets.
Question 3
Use your knowledge of International Strategy from Holmes Institute syllabus and the Volkswagen case study to answer the following questions.
Use a figure to explain the various International Strategy approaches that Volkswagen adopts to sale cars in various markets.
Use a figure to examine the best 5 modes that Volkswagen employs while entering foreign markets. Get expert online assignment help in the USA.
Question 4
Use your knowledge of Corporate Social Responsibility learned from Holmes Institute Syllabus and Volkswagen case study to answer the questions that follow.
Examine at least four (4) types of conflicts that exist between the Volkswagen stakeholders.
Explain the various approaches that you would adopt to enable Volkswagen to safeguard the rights and interests of all the firm's stakeholders
Question 5
The need for executives to act ethically while creating strategies increased dramatically in the early 2000s after a series of companies such as Volkswagen were found to have grossly over-stated their actual performance. Use the Volkswagen case study and Holmes Institute syllabus to answer the questions that follow.
Use the four ethical theories to explain the various situations indicated in the case study that caused Volkswagen to encounter such big troubles.
Assume after graduating from Holmes Institute you are appointed to be the Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen. Based on the case study, use the BESS model to explain the solutions you would provide to your Board of Directors that could enable the company to overcome the scandals identified in the case study.