Discussion Post I: Environmental Responsibility
A company's shareholders might have a hard time understanding that planting trees, or any green initiative, will lead to long-term profits. Environmental responsibility strategies have many far-reaching effects; they can lead to the increased stock price, customer and employee retention, increased sales, and a number of positive outcomes. The connection between environmental responsibility strategies and these outcomes, however, may not be direct or obvious. Convincing shareholders, who often simply want a dividend, maybe a difficult task.
For your initial post, explain how you would convince company shareholders that spending money on the environment, instead of paying dividends, will have a positive effect on the bottom line and improve future company prospects.
Respond to at least two of your peers with a counter-argument that might come from a resistant shareholder.
Discussion Post II: Corporate Culture
A company's corporate culture is one of the strongest tools managers have to implement the strategy. But how does it work? Ultimately, strategic execution should be the sole purpose of every organizational activity. If you knew you could carefully craft a tool to guide employee behavior toward effective implementation of strategy, you would spend a great deal of effort in creating that tool.
For your initial post, explain some ways that corporate culture can have a positive influence on strategic implementation.
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.