Assignment Details in the attached file.Due Date: Monday, November 14th at 5:00pm eastern standard time. Please pay CLOSE attention to MY due date/time indicated here.
Wk 4 – Apply: Signature Assignment: Expanding the Organization [due Day 7] Exam Content
Top of Form Choose1 country that the organization you’ve been working on in this course could consider expanding into.
Readthe selected article from theUniversity Library.
Analyzethat potential international market by considering the 4 aspects of the Diamond of National Advantage: industry rivalry, demand conditions, related and supporting industries, and factor endowments
Analyzethe forces (in the home market and international market) that will help the organization succeed with its expansion, and the forces that may act as barriers to that expansion. Refer to your analysis of strengths and weaknesses completed in Week 1, the Porter’s Five Forces worksheet from Week 3, and your analysis of the Diamond of National Advantage.
Evaluatethe 4 adjustments leaders must make when expanding internationally (Burkus, 2012). Recommend 1 specific leadership action for each adjustment, such as developing a global mindset, developing sensitivity to cultural differences, decentralizing, deciding on the level of involvement, etc.
Recommend?whether the organization should expand into the chosen country and explain your rationale.
Createa PowerPoint presentation to present your analysis?and recommendation. Include the following sections in your presentation:
- A cover slide
- An agenda
- Identification of the country you have chosen (1 slide, with brief speaker’s notes)
- 1 slide for?analysis of?each of the elements of the Diamond of National Advantage (4 slides, with speaker’s notes)
- A summary?of analysis?of the forces that will help the organization succeed in the new country (1 slide, with speaker’s notes)
- A summary?of analysis?of the forces that will hinder the organization’s success in the new country (1 slide, with speaker’s notes)
- Leadership actions required to make the 4 adjustments identified by Burkus (2012)
- A recommendation?and rationale?(1 slide, with speaker’s notes)
- A conclusion
- References
Support your Statements:Include citations in the speakers notes.
Formatyour citations and references according to APA guidelines.
Submityour assignment.
Resources
- Refer to posting in Course Questions, Hints, & Notes=> Style and Grammar Guidelines
- Center for Writing Excellence
- Reference and Citation Generator
- Grammar and Writing Guides
- Dr. Louay’s Notes on PowerPoint and Other Presentations
HINTS/General guidance:
You can only do this analysis by explaining the interaction between the company’s actions and abilities and the country’s attributes.
Include Images. This is not an essay on slides.
Do not put too much text in the slide.
Remember that your slides need to be simple, consistent, readable by anyone, supported and explained in the speakers’ notes.
Images need to be ADA compliant and have alternate text.
Burkus, D. (2012). Essay: Developing Global Leadership: A review of barriers and adjustments for international expansion.International Management Review, 8(2), 83–84. Bottom of Form
