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External and Internal Environments

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use the same corporation you selected for the Week 3 assignment and examine the industry in which the entity operates. This assignment requires the use of three or more quality resources, including your textbook. Use any or all of the following resources to conduct research on the chosen corporation:

The corporation’s website.
Public filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filings & Forms page.
Strayer University’s online databases.
The Nexis Uni database.
Other credible sources such as the corporation’s annual report, will often provide insights that other resources may not include.
It is expected that you will use your textbook as a resource for this assignment.
Instructions:
Read the Assignment Formatting and Tips [PDF] before starting the assignment. Refer back to this document as needed.
Download and save the External and Internal Environments Template [DOCX].
Use the template to write a 4-6 page academic research paper in which you include the following:
Step 1. Choose one segment of the general environment that would rank highest in influence on the selected corporation:

Assess how this high-ranking segment in the general environment influences the corporation and the industry in which it operates.
Step 2. Considering the Five Forces of Competition, choose one that you estimate to be the most significant for the selected corporation:

Evaluate how well the corporation addressed this force in the last five years. Support your response with relevant, specific evidence.
Step 3. With the same force in mind, predict how the corporation could improve its ability to address this force in the next 5-10 years. Support your response with relevant, specific evidence.Step 4. Consider the external threats affecting the corporation:

Assess how the corporation should deal with its most serious external threat. Support your position with two pieces of specific evidence.
Step 5. Consider the opportunities available to the corporation:

Assess how the corporation should deal with its greatest opportunity. Support your position with two pieces of specific evidence.
Step 6. Consider the corporation’s greatest strengths:

 

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Choose the two segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose:
Assess how the two high-ranking segments in the general environment influence the corporation and the industry in which it operates.
Considering the Five Forces of Competition, choose the two you estimate to be the most significant for the corporation you chose:
Evaluate how well the corporation addressed two of the Five Forces of Competition in the last five years.
With the same two forces in mind, predict how the corporation could improve its ability to address these forces in the next 5-10 years. Support your response with relevant, specific evidence.
Consider the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation:
Assess how the corporation should deal with its most serious external threat and its greatest opportunity. Support your position with two pieces of specific evidence.
Consider the selected corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses:
Determine the strategy or tactic, as explained in the textbook, the corporation should use to maximize its strengths and the strategy or tactic the corporation should use to minimize its greatest weakness. Support your choices with specific evidence.