Discussion:
Forum 1
Choose one of the types of environments discussed and complete the following:
1. Perform research (minimum of 2 scholarly sources in APA format; see resources).
2. Briefly summarize your chosen environment's past, present, and future.
a. What was that environment like in the past (more than 20 years ago)? Was it affected by the other environments?
b. Next, describe what it's like in today's business world.
c. Lastly, what does the future hold for your environment?
d. At least one business theorist should be integrated into the information.
3. This is specific to the environment; don't discuss companies and industries, yet.
4. Minimum 5 complete paragraphs; a paragraph is a minimum of 100 words.
5. Reply to 2 other of your classmates' original posting.
6. Refer to the syllabus about the minimum requirements for forums.
Identifying one of the business environments used in this course, the student will be able to discuss that environment's past, present, and future with the use one business theorist.
Forum 2
Choose a company of your choice from the Fortune 500 Best List (see resources) and complete the following:
1. Identify the company (for instance, US Airways).
2. Identify the industry your chosen company operates in (for instance, US Airways operates in the Airline Industry).
3. Identify the domestic environment (home country) of your chosen company (for instance, the domestic environment for US Airways is the USA).
4. Identify the business theorist you used in Forum 2.
5. Perform research (minimum of 2 scholarly sources (see resources) in APA format).
6. Investigate the government regulations associated with the industry (for instance, government regulations for the Airline industry).
7. How will the domestic government regulations affect your chosen company in its domestic environment?
8. How would your business theorist help your company in its domestic environment? You should provide some critical thought (see resources).
9. NOTE: Items 1-4 should not exceed 1 paragraph (100 words in a paragraph).
10. Minimum 4 complete paragraphs; a paragraph is a minimum of 100 words.
11. Reply to 2 other of your classmates' original posting.
12. Refer to the syllabus about the minimum requirements for forums.
Forum 3
Continue working with the company you chose for forums and complete the following:
1. Perform research (minimum of 2 sources plus text in APA format).
2. Identify a Global Environment for the company (an international country for the company).
3. What are the characteristics of the new Global Country/Environment that will best suit the company for success?
4. What barriers exist in the new Global Country/Environment? You cannot state there are no barriers.
5. How will the company overcome those barriers (strategies)?
6. Minimum 3 complete paragraphs; a paragraph is a minimum of 100 words.
7. Reply to 2 other of your classmates' original posting.
8. Refer to the syllabus about the minimum requirements for forums.
Forum 4
Continue working with your company and industry for forums and complete the following:
1. Perform research (minimum of 2 sources in APA format).
2. Identify the hard and soft technology used for both the domestic and global environments. This is not about computers or software; see lesson plan for details and remember to incorporate critical thinking (see resources).
3. Identify the technology barriers to the company in both environments.
4. Evaluate the strategy used and how the company will protect their technology.
5. Make recommendations on how the company can overcome these. It is not sufficient to say you have no recommendations; incorporate critical thinking (see resources).
6. Minimum 3 complete paragraphs; a paragraph is a minimum of 100 words.
7. Reply to 2 other of your classmates' original posting.
8. Refer to the syllabus about the minimum requirements for forums.
Forum 5
Continue working with your company and industry for forums and complete the following:
1. Perform research (minimum of 2 sources in APA format).
2. Integrate the company's political and legal environments from its domestic country.
3. What barriers do you notice?
4. What limitations do you see for this company?
5. Minimum 3 complete paragraphs; a paragraph is a minimum of 100 words.
6. Reply to 2 other of your classmates' original posting.
7. Refer to the syllabus about the minimum requirements for forums.
Forum 6
Continue working with your company and industry and complete the following:
1. Perform research (minimum of 2 sources in APA format).
2. Identify the country cluster (as identified in the text) for both your Domestic and Global environments.
3. Include sociocultural factors that may help and hinder the company and its operations in 2 different cluster countries.
4. Evaluate their successes and/or failures.
5. Minimum 4 complete paragraphs; a paragraph is a minimum of 100 words.
6. Reply to 2 other of your classmates' original posting.
7. Refer to the syllabus about the minimum requirements for forums.
Forum 7
Continue working with your company and industry and complete the following:
1. Perform research (minimum of 2 sources in APA format).
2. Using your chosen company's domestic and global environments identify the economic environment of each and compare and contrast it using Rostow and Galbraith (see lesson plan and resources).
3. Which are the limitations? Why?
4. Minimum 5 complete paragraphs; a paragraph is a minimum of 100 words.
5. Reply to 2 other of your classmates' original posting.
6. Refer to the syllabus about the minimum requirements for forums.
Given two economic theories, the student will compare and contrast each theory using the company's Domestic and Global environments.
Forum 8
Continue with your chosen company for forums and complete the following:
1. You have been working with each environment individually; now it's time to integrate and synthesize.
2. Perform research (minimum of 3 sources in APA format).
3. Analyze each environment collectively by incorporating theories learned.
4. How are the individual environments working together for your chosen company?
5. How is each working with the other environments?
6. Is an environment causing limitations on another? If so, which environments are involved and what are the limitations?
7. What could you change to create synergy? Your answer cannot be that you wouldn't change a thing. You should incorporate critical thinking (see resources).
8. Minimum 6 complete paragraphs; a paragraph is a minimum of 100 words.