Now that you have your strategic plan in place, it’s time to assemble your team to help you to execute your plan.

For your project this week you will need to do the following:

• In a minimum of 1 1/2 pages, prepare an essay explaining the types of teams that Reed Consulting will need in order to carry out the steps that you mapped out in your strategic plan.
• What will be the role of the team members? 
• Why are these particular teams important for Reed Consulting to properly execute the solution to MovieFlix’s problem?
• Make sure to include an APA formatted title page and reference page for sources that you may have used for your research. Remember to follow APA guidelines when paraphrasing or quoting information. Don’t forget to cite your sources and include in-text citations as necessary. 

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Research and Evaluate – WELLS FARGO/WACHOVIA

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Research and Evaluate – WELLS FARGO/WACHOVIA

As a result of the financial crisis that rippled through the U.S. economy in 2008/2009, bank failure rates soared. The FDIC was able to identify many of the troubled banks, seize them and transfer their assets to healthy institutions successfully. However, the crisis did create a climate in which healthy banking institutions saw an opportunity to merge with and/or acquire competing banks. Like all well planned mergers, the acquiring bank realized that synergies would result by combining the assets and capabilities of the two institutions. One well publicized merger was the acquisition of Wachovia (well know in the Eastern US) by Wells Fargo Bank (a California based bank). Wells Fargo obviously saw many synergies and advantages in this acquisition.

 

Directions:

 

1. I would like you to do some research into this merger, determine as many facts as you can, and analyze the organizing activity involved in such an endeavor. You may not be able to locate all of the actions Wells Fargo intends to take to consolidate the two companies, but you should be able to uncover enough to put together a picture of what the new “Wells Fargo” might look like. Some research into past mergers/acquisitions may help you understand and predict some of the results of the plans of Wells Fargo. Use the resources found under the Research Toolbox button to help you conduct your research.
2. Using this research and the organizing principles studied in the text, tell me how you believe Wells Fargo will begin to reorganize the “new” company, how it might look in 2-5 years, and if you think the merger was a good idea. In addition to presenting a picture of the “new” company indicate the good and bad results you can predict after the merger is completed and the “new” company has been up and running.
3. Use a Word document to formulate your answers. Submit your document as an rtf file using the Assignment link.

 

Grading:

 

This assignment is worth 45 points toward your course grade. I will grade this assignment on the basis of how well you fulfill the assigned questions, how well you show that you understand the chapter terms and ideas, and your consideration of additional perspectives (including your own). Refer to the following table to understand how this assignment will be graded:

 

Required Elements Accurately analyzed organizing activity Provided a complete picture of projected reorganization	25 points
Use of Terms and Ideas Learned; Consideration of different perspectives Used terms and ideas from readings correctly to clarify, explain, or support an argument Used additional sources (with citation) to discuss other perspectives related to issue When possible, used knowledge from personal experience to further support statements	15 points
Editing Grammar, punctuation, and spelling is correct	5 points

 

 

Many corporate acquisitions result in losses to the acquiring firms’ stockholders. A coworker has asked you to explain what a firm would gain from purchasing another corporation. Explain to the coworker the fundamentals of corporate acquisitions.

 

• Research corporate acquisitions using your text, course materials, and Web resources and then answer the following questions:
  • Why do firms purchase other corporations?
  • Do firms pay too much for the acquired corporation?
  • Why do so many acquisitions result in shareholder losses?

• Make sure to go beyond the basics on explaining items such as to grow or expand a business. There are other instances in which M & A’s are suitable.

   

  Additionally, make sure not to ignore the topic of shareholder loss. Shareholders are found to often lose in these transactions and the expectation is not for you to identify this but to explain why it may occur

 

 

Needs to be done in 3 hour, no more. Please understand the importance of the timeframe.

Lesson 5

Follow the instructions. Write a journal about this 3 ideas: the only way to find genuine knowledge is to doubt everything that suggests itself as true (Descartes); to think and doubt is to exist (Descartes); human experience and human knowledge is limited to the phenomenal realm (Kant).

 

• Include at least one paragraph for each of the following:

• Fully describe each idea and why it is important to you.

• Describe how each idea contributes toward a better understanding of life

• Describe how each idea has relevance and application towards leading a better life.

  -Write one concluding paragraph summarizing your thoughts and ideas on Lessons 4 and 5.