eActivity

• Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research a large corporation headquartered in your home state, with a focus on its current level of diversification. Be prepared to discuss.
• Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research the corporate-level strategies of Victory Motorcycles. Be prepared to discuss.

“Diversification” Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, suggest one way the company you researched could increase its level of value-creating diversification. Provide specific examples to support your response.
• Building on the topic above, determine how diversified the company you research could become before it created a negative impact on the company’s bottom line. Explain your rationale.

“Victory Motorcycles” Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity and the case study, evaluate the business-level strategy of Victory Motorcycles to determine whether you believe the strategy is appropriate to offset forces in the industry. Provide specific examples to support your response.
• Make recommendations for improving this strategy as well as describing any challenges you foresee in executing those recommendations. Provide specific examples to support your response.
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Management

1 Explain why ethics are an integral component of the manager’s toolbox in the 21st century.

2 Describe how and why ethics can and do guide managers’ decision making process

3 A)  Discuss/ explain where companies get their culture from.
B) How does corporate culture influence mission, vision, ethics, metrics, collaboration

4 Explain how the macroenvironment affects the organization

5 A) Discuss how / why control is an integral component of the manager’s toolbox.
B) List and explain 3 tools that the manager can use to maintain control

6 Discuss 2 of the sources of a manager’s power, where it comes from, and how they can use it either positively or negatively.

7 Explain how the competitive environment affects the organization.

8 Explain how performance standards and six sigma can be used to improve the manager’s and their team’s performance

A) List and discuss the similarities / differences between leadership and management.
B) Discuss how leadership can / cannot be learned – support your position
C) Discuss how power is different / similar between leaders and mangers – explain why and support your position

10 Explain how leadership can be situational

11 Discuss how / why participation, collaboration, planning, and delegation are integral components to the manager’s success

12 Explain how organizational structure aids / hampers a manager in the performance of their job

13 Select 1 type of organization explained in the text and explain how it would be implemented in an organization and what the organization would look like

14 A) Discuss the differences / similarities if centralized and decentralized organizations
B) Select 1 and explain how it would / would not work in your current organization and WHY – support your position

15 Explain why organizational agility is important in today’s business environment

16 Explain why ISO, CRM, and TQM are essential to business’ success today and WHY- support your position

Management

1 Explain why ethics are an integral component of the manager’s toolbox in the 21st century.

2 Describe how and why ethics can and do guide managers’ decision making process

3 A)  Discuss/ explain where companies get their culture from.
B) How does corporate culture influence mission, vision, ethics, metrics, collaboration

4 Explain how the macroenvironment affects the organization

5 A) Discuss how / why control is an integral component of the manager’s toolbox.
B) List and explain 3 tools that the manager can use to maintain control

6 Discuss 2 of the sources of a manager’s power, where it comes from, and how they can use it either positively or negatively.

7 Explain how the competitive environment affects the organization.

8 Explain how performance standards and six sigma can be used to improve the manager’s and their team’s performance

A) List and discuss the similarities / differences between leadership and management.
B) Discuss how leadership can / cannot be learned – support your position
C) Discuss how power is different / similar between leaders and mangers – explain why and support your position

10 Explain how leadership can be situational

11 Discuss how / why participation, collaboration, planning, and delegation are integral components to the manager’s success

12 Explain how organizational structure aids / hampers a manager in the performance of their job

13 Select 1 type of organization explained in the text and explain how it would be implemented in an organization and what the organization would look like

14 A) Discuss the differences / similarities if centralized and decentralized organizations
B) Select 1 and explain how it would / would not work in your current organization and WHY – support your position

15 Explain why organizational agility is important in today’s business environment

16 Explain why ISO, CRM, and TQM are essential to business’ success today and WHY- support your position