Discussion Posts: Corporate Governance & Globalization

Initial post by Friday; replies by Sunday

Initial Post 250 – 500 words

Replies 150 – 250 words (use Rise Model)

Discussion Questions
Explain the role of globalization in the strategy process.
Describe the relationship between corporate governance and globalization.

Open discussion on this topic -

Try to attend on Thursday at 5pm PST
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CONTENT: General
Who you are: You are a strategic consultant group and your company is your client that has
hired you.
Summary of what to provide to client:
• Analysis of internal environment to offer S’s and W’s (company background, value chain
competencies, current business/corporate/overseas strategies, leadership, organizational
design such as structure/governance/other controls) – Week 1
• Analysis of external environment to offer O’s and T’s (macro, industry and competitor
environments) – Weeks 2, 3, 4
• Identification of key problem – Week 5
• Three (3) recommendations to address key problem (include pre-mortem issues and
implementation plans for each) – Week 5
 
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CONTENT: Specific
Milestones Week 5
Internal Analysis
Describe your company and its products/services Part I: Problems
Week 1

Corporate Level: level of diversification (products/services/industries, locations, organizational Identify one (1) key problem facing your organization, as
 

structure/chart, company size/employees, top management team), alliances. well as two (2 alternative problems.
Business Level: how you compete, functional-level (value chain) competencies for implementing  
business strategies
Part II: Recommendations
Formulate three (3) recommendations (these could be
Week 2

External Analysis: Macro-Environment Analysis corporate or business strategies, restructuring, etc) to

address the key problem from above.
 

Identify Opps/Threats in each of the PESTEL segments of macro/general environment

 
Part III: Implementation
External Analysis: Industry Analysis
Week 3

Identify Opps/Threats from each of the Five Forces.(ies).

Describe your implementation plans for each of your
recommendations.
 

Identify your company’s business strategies that eliminate barriers from competition and help to
achieve competitive advantage/profitability. Describe three criteria/factors for whether these
recommendations will be successful along with how you
will measure that success.
External Analysis: Competitor Analysis  
Identify 2 to 4 direct competitors by strategic mapping
Part IV: Pre-Mortem
Week 4

Identify Opps/Threats from these competitors (their strengths are you threats; their weaknesses
are you opps) Discuss potential issues that could hinder these each of
 

Where do their markets overlap with yours? these recommendations, along with plans to deter these
Are their resources similar to yours? potential issues.
What business strategy(ies) are they pursuing?
Compare their performance to yours.
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MECHANICS
Create basic PPT slides using template (see course site)
• Number of slides is up to the team
• Include itle slide with the following: Section #, Group #, Company, and names of all contributing group members
• Include a final slide with references (ull citations in APA format); these will probably a combination of the references
that you used for the various milestones; very few if any new references should be used for the presentation.

Record group presentation using Screencast-O-Matic program - 15-minute presentations

are free (see course site)
• Option 1: Multiple Speakers: Record portions separately and use Screencast-O-Matic editing to combine OR try
recording a Zoom session.
• Option 2: Representative Speaker: Elect ONE team member to record the presentation.

Practice before making final recording

Recording should be 13-15 minutes
Save as MP4 file and upload to Assignments in CANVAS