The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with an experience where you are in the minority, preferably going further where you are the only one of your “kind” in a given situation. This assignment requires pre-planning on your part.

First your task is to go to a place you are not familiar with and engage with those you do not know well. Select an environment where you will be different in some clear way. You may go with someone you know if needed, but remember that your goal is to experience it alone. You might feel uncomfortable, as minorities often feel. 

Be creative in where you might experience this. Remember to choose a setting where you feel you can learn, remembering to respect the rules of any organization or business you might select to attend or shop at.

In a 2-3 page paper provide the following:

1. Briefly describe the experience which you had and the setting where it took place. 
2. How did it feel? How did you act differently? 
3. Did you feel any reaction within yourself or from others? Explain how.
4. From this experience, what did you learn about being different in an environment?
5. How might being a minority influence your behavior at work?

QUESTION 1

Explain the value proposition of a cooperative strategy. What was the value proposition of the proposed CIBC and BNY Mellon joint venture in 1996? What were the potential risks? What benefits were realized? And what expected benefits never materialized?

 

QUESTION 2

(a) Analyze the relationship among invention, innovation, and imitation; b) Define strategic entrepreneurship. What are entrepreneurial opportunities that existed in this case? How did strategic entrepreneur’s take advantage of these opportunities in this case?

 

QUESTION 3

(a) Explain the strategic management process; b) Explain how firms analyze their value chain for the purpose of determining where they are able to create value when using their resources, capabilities and core competencies. Compare and contrast Dr. Pepper’s financial with its rivals? What does that say about their performance?

 

QUESTION 4

What corporate governance mechanism does the joint venture use?

 

QUESTION 5

Explain the value proposition of a cooperative strategy. Joint venture’s often fail. Thomas MacMillian addresses his reasons that this is the case. Do you agree or disagree with his assessment? Why or why not?

 

QUESTION 6

Define business, corporate, and international – level strategy. What percentage of Dr. Pepper’s revenues are generated domestically? Should Dr. Pepper focus more effort on international expansion?

 

QUESTION 7

Analyze the relationship among corporate structure, corporate governance and corporate strategy. What steps should have been taken to protect shareholders’ investment in the joint venture in September of 2008?

 

 

 

 

 

QUESTION 8

a) Discuss the value of strategic leaders in managing the firm’s resources; and b) Analyze what makes strategic leaders effective): Financial joint ventures are fairly rare. Analyze the role that Thomas MacMillian played in stewarding this joint venture? What made his efforts effective?

 

QUESTION 9

Criticize effective and ineffective corporate strategies. What are the elements of Dr. Pepper’s current strategy? What is your assessment of this strategy given your analysis of Dr. Pepper’s current position above?

 

QUESTION 10

Using the generic types of business level-strategies, what business Strategy is Dr. Pepper using?

 

QUESTION 11

Explain merger and acquisition strategies and how they relate to strategic competitiveness. What mergers and acquisitions has Dr. Pepper made recently? How have these enhanced strategic effectiveness?

 

QUESTION 12

What are Dr. Pepper’s Core Competencies?

 

QUESTION 13

What cooperative strategies could Dr. Pepper use to boost returns?

 

QUESTION 14

Criticize effective and ineffective corporate strategies. How should joint ventures be assessed? Apply those criteria to this joint venture.

 

QUESTION 15

Analyze the relationship among corporate structure, corporate governance and corporate strategy. How was the joint venture structured? How did this structure address the concerns the various stakeholders had?

 

QUESTION 16

 

 

 

 

QUESTION 17

What risks in forming a joint venture are present here? How were these risks mitigated?

 

QUESTION 18

Define business, corporate, and international – level strategy. Did Dr. Pepper increase or decrease its marketing efforts in the face of a weak economy? Criticize that decision.

 

QUESTION 19

Criticize effective and ineffective corporate strategies. Dr. Pepper sells a large majority of its product to distributors who are owned (or affiliated) with its competitors? Is this a wise decision? Why or why not?

 

QUESTION 20

Explain the strategic management process. How should the changing landscape of the financial sector in coming years affect the joint venture? Is there less incentive to keep the joint venture going? Formulate a strategy about what the next phase of the joint venture should be.

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Here are Exam III requirement and assignment 5,7, whcih may need used in question 1,2,4,5. 

 

you only need do 3 of them 

The traditional retail model has focused on finding high-margin, high-volume products or services because limited space means reduced space inventory. For example, organizations such as Walmart select the biggest hits from the broadest genres, called the “short head.” The short head means Walmart will only carry a select mix of country, pop, and rock that is calculated to provide the greatest cost/benefit. The business model of Amazon is different. Amazon provides the short head but also provides the “long tail” of more than 100,000 different audio selections. The competition for customers between the Walmart and Amazon marketplace is profoundly changing the face of retail business today.

Using the assigned reading and the Argosy University online library resources, find at least three scholarly articles that address similar current trends related to e-business and how e-business is changing the face of businesses today.

Using your company or a real-world example from your research, respond to the following:

• Describe how technology is changing the face of businesses today.
• Describe the most critical business processes that utilize information systems in your selected company.
• Explain how IT makes the company’s business processes faster, cheaper, more accurate, and customer-savvy than that of competitors.
• Cite at least three sources found in your online library research.

Give reasons and examples from your research to support your responses.

Write 3–5-page paper in Word format. Be sure to use and cite the module readings. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.