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You are in charge of an exclusive student organization and have the task of notifying new members of their acceptance. Write a letter to an applicant (see below) congratulating him on his acceptance and welcoming him to the organization. Feel free to use creativity when defining the club’s purpose (nonprofit, community-building, sports or cultural). You select the scenario that is most applicable to your interests.

This  project is the first of four projects.  This project provides the first  steps in completing an external environmental analysis of your focal  company’s strategic management plan.   You will use tools and apply  concepts learned in this and previous business courses to demonstrate an  understanding of how organizations develop and manage strategies to  establish, safeguard and sustain its competitive position in the 21st century’s (rapidly evolving/shifting/changing), uncertain hyper-competitive business environment.

Completing  a company overview and assessing the general environment is a key  aspect of performing an external environment analysis.  This project  provides you with the opportunity to evaluate the competitive position  of one of the organizations listed below and integrate that information  in the beginnings of a external environmental analysis.

The  company you will be analyzing operates within the global market.  You  will assess the company in terms of the global industry.  Industries  differ widely in their economic characteristics, competitive situation  and future profit potential.

In  this project, you are presenting a report document.  The expectation is  that the report provides the level of details to help the audience  grasp the main topics and to understand the General Environment.

Analysis  is the operative word.  In analyzing the external environment, you are  expected to thoroughly research and take that research and break it into  small parts to gain a better understanding of what is happening in the  external environment of the business.  In researching an industry, it is  important to understand that every company within an industry is  different so gathering information on one company does not mean that the  collected information is relevant to other companies within that  industry.  When researching, parsing the material is critical to an  accurate analysis.  Avoid presenting just any information as that may  lead to using irrelevant information.

You  will then write the report in your own words to share the external  analysis.  You are expected to present information and support the ideas  and reasoning using the course material and your research.  You will  not lift any information from source documents without properly citing  and referencing.  For the technical analysis aspect of the project, you  are required to create the technique on your own and may not use from  any source material that you happen to find.  No work from a  clearinghouse or similar website may be used or cited as a credible  source.

Outcomes Met With This Project:

• utilize a set of useful analytical skills, tools, and techniques for analyzing a company strategically;
• integrate  ideas, concepts, and theories from previously taken functional courses  including accounting, finance, market, business and human resource  management;

In  completing the report, you will use the chapters in the eBook and other  course material, and perform research on the company and industry in  which the company operates and answer the required elements below in  narrative form following the steps provided.

Step 1:  Specific Company for All Four Projects is  SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. ((TSX:SNC)

In this project, you will complete a Company Overview, an Evaluation of the General Environment and a conclusion.

You  will be assigned by your instructor one focal company to complete the  analysis.  The assigned company must be used for all four projects in  this course. You are not allowed to write the report on any other  company different from the company specifically assigned by your  instructor.  If a company other than that assigned to you is used, a  zero will be assigned.

The  instructor will assign you a company from the list below.  (Students  may not select the company).  All companies can be found on Mergent  Online.

• SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. ((TSX:SNC)
• Students  must complete the project using the assigned company.  Deviating from  the assigned company will result in a zero for the project.  You will  look for the company assigned to you in the Announcement area of the  classroom.

Step 2:  Course Materials and Research

• You  are required to research information about the focal company and the  internal environment for this project, You are accountable for using the  course materials to support the ideas, reasoning and conclusions made.   Course materials use goes beyond defining terms but is used to explain  the ‘why and how’ of a situation.  Using one or two in-text citations  from the course materials and then relying on Internet source material  will not earn many points on the assignment.  A variety of source  material is expected and what is presented must be relevant and  applicable to the topic being discussed.   Avoid merely making  statements but close the loop of the discussion by explaining how something happens or why something happens,  which focuses on importance and impact.  In closing the loop, you will  demonstrate the ability to think clearly and rationally showing an  understanding of the logical connections between the ideas presented  from the research, the course material and the question(s) being asked.
• Note: Your  report is based on the results of the research performed and not on any  prepared documentation.  What this means is that you will research and  draw your own conclusions that are supported by the research and the  course material rather than the use any source material that puts  together any of the tools or techniques whether from the Internet,  for-pay websites or any pre-prepared document, video or source  material.  A zero will be earned for not doing your own analysis.
• Success:  The  analysis is based on research and not opinion.  You are not making  recommendations and you will not attempt to position the focal company  in a better or worse light than other companies within the industry  merely because you are completing an analysis on this particular  company.  The analysis must be based on factual information.  Any  conclusions drawn have to be based on factual information rather than  leaps of faith.  To  ensure success, as stated above, you are expected to use the course  materials and research on the focal company’s global industry and the  focal company.  Opinion does not earn credit nor does using external  sources when course materials can be used.  It is necessary to provide  explanations (the why and how) rather than making statements.   Avoid  stringing one citation after another as doing so does not show detailed  explanations.

Library Resources

• On  the main navigation bar in the classroom select, Resources and then  select Library.  Select Databases by Title (A – Z).  Select M from the  alphabet list, and then select Mergent Online.   You may also use Market  Line and should be looking at the focal company’s Annual Report or 10K  report.  You are not depending on any one resource to complete the  analysis.  It is impossible to complete a Porter’s Five Forces,  competitive analysis or OT by using only course material.
• You should not be using obscure articles, GlassDoor, or Chron or similar types of articles.
• Research for Financial Analysis: Financial Research
• Research for Industry Analysis CSI Market
• UMGC library is available for providing resources and services. Seek library support for excellence in your academic pursuit.

Library Support

• Extensive library resources and services are available online, 24 hours a day, seven days a week at https://www.umgc.edu/library/index.cfm to support you in your studies.  The UMGC Library provides research assistance in creating search strategies,  selecting relevant databases, and evaluating and citing resources in a  variety of formats via its Ask a Librarian service at https://www.umgc.edu/library/libask/index.cfm.
• Scholarly Research in OneSearch is allowed.
• To  search for only scholarly resources, you are expected to place a check  mark in the space for “Scholarly journals only” before clicking search.

Step 3: How to Set Up the Report:

• The  document has to be written in Word or rtf.  No other format is  acceptable.  Pdf files will not be graded.  Use 12-point font for a  double-spaced report.  The final product cannot be longer than 8 pages  in length, which includes all tables and matrices but excludes the title  page and reference page.  Do no use an Appendix.
• Create a title page with title, your name, the course number, the instructor’s name.

Step 4: Company Overview

• Provide  a company overview, which is an essential component to the strategic  management process.  The company overview includes the purpose(s) for  the founding of the company, i.e, what problems was it formed to solve  and/or opportunities it was formed to exploit, who are the founders,  home country or state, current management, employee headcount, last  year’s revenue, etc.).

Step 5: Evaluate the General Environment

• Identify the global industry in which the company operates.  This will come from Mergent Online.
• Discuss  the company’s general environment by developing a PESTEL analysis.   First, use the course material to identify the elements of the PESTEL  and what components make up each element.  Then, complete the analysis  using research on the industry and the focal company. Be sure to  thoroughly present and support the reasoning for what is presented.  You  may not use a PESTEL analysis that is already completed and available  on the Internet.   A zero will result if used as the analysis has to be  the result of your research and your own development.  NOTE:   A PESTEL analysis is not a table and it is not a bulleted assessment.
• Identify  and discuss one key trend for each letter of the PESTEL for the  industry.  Key trends are separate from the PESTEL analysis.
• Select  one of the six trends identified in the previous requirement and  discuss how the focal company could be affected by the selected trends.
• Discuss  key areas of uncertainty related to the identified trend for the focal  company that could potentially impact the company’s strategy.
• Perform a strategic analysis of the company’s mission, vision and objectives.

In your final paper, picture yourself as a potential importer or exporter. Define and apply CAGE distance (Module 1) and PESTEL analysis (Module 8) as you describe your choice of the country and trading opportunity. What can you buy from them or sell to them? Use concepts from the course, such as emerging/developed economy, competitive advantage, currency fluctuation, tariffs, legal protections, trading block membership, etc. What is the size (in US $) of your particular product area? What are the greatest potential issues?

1. Evaluate five main factors that give the U.S. an effective trade program with a foreign nation of your choosing.

2. Identify the main obstacles to being involved in international business.

3. Classify ten countries that trade with the United States into three levels of economic development: developing; emerging, and developed.

4. Name and describe four sources of international trade information.

5. Explain what GDP and HDI measure and indicate a country’s potential as for international trade.

What is a cash budget, and how can this statement be used to help reduce the amount of cash that a firm needs to carry? What are the advantages and disadvantages of daily over monthly cash budgets, and how might a cash budget be used when a firm is negotiating a loan from its bank?

This defense in depth discussion scenario is an intentional cybersecurity attack on the water utility’s SCADA system. It occurs during the fall after a dry summer in Fringe City. The water utility’s Information Technology (IT) person did not receive an expected pay raise and decides to reprogram the SCADA system to shut off the high-lift pumps. The operator’s familiarity with the SCADA system allows him to reprogram the alarms that typically notify operators of a high-lift pump failure. In addition, he prevents access to the SCADA system by others. A wildfire breaks out on the outskirts of the city. Please identify what type(s) of new countermeasures should have been implemented to prevent this cyber attack from occurring.

Start a discussion thread and discuss what type(s) of new countermeasures should have been implemented to prevent the cyber attack described above from occurring. Be specific in recommending countermeasures for this scenario.

You must do this following:

1) Create a new thread. As indicated above, discuss what type(s) of new countermeasures should have been implemented to prevent the cyber attack described above from occurring.

Discuss several differences in communication styles between men and women.

Since people are living longer what changes do you expect society will have to make to accommodate this trend?

Lecture 5.3 began with a video clip depicting a day in the life of what many would view as a high quality preschool. After viewing the entire lecture, identify two indicators of why this particular preschool might be considered “high quality.” Explain your choices.
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While ideally, all parents would have access to high quality early childhood education programs for their children, this is often not the case. Parents are often forced to make choices based on their financial situation and/or due to limited availability of spaces in high quality programs. Imagine that you are a parent having to choose between several programs that have some indicators of high quality, but not all. Which indicator or indicators would be most important to you? Which indicator or indicators would be least important to you? Why?