1. Examine each of the pairs of organizations the authors discuss. Determine whether their strategies are based on industrial organization (I/O) or resource-based view (RBV) assumptions. What does this imply about strategic planning in general?
2. Choose and evaluate one example of a current global corporation and how they managed their global organizational structure. 250 words
3. Taking into account all the new technologies in the workplace, as compared to even fifteen or twenty years ago, and considering the events of September 11, 2001, in general, is employee privacy or workplace safety the more important consideration for the average employer today?