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#1a: Three established international operating businesses that you feel are not meeting their full potential, Due Date: 06/27/2017

#1: Capstone Project Update: Company Proposal, 2-3 pages, APA, Due Date: 06/30/2017

#2: Capstone Project Update: Mission and Vision, 3-4 pages, APA, Due Date: 07/02/017

#3: Capstone Project Update: Business Model and Direction, 3-4 pages, APA, Due Date: 07/09/2017

#4: Capstone Project Update: Consumer Market, 3-4 pages, APA, Due Date: 07/16/2017

#5: Capstone Project Update: Performance and Structure, 3-4 pages, APA, Due Date: 7/23/2017

#6: Capstone Project Update: Internal Environmental Analysis, 3-4 pages, APA, Due Date: 7/30/2017

#7: Capstone Project Update: External Environmental Analysis, 3-4 pages, APA, Due Date: 8/6/2017

#8: Capstone Project: Final Paper, Put it together, APA, Due Date: 8/13/2017

#9: Capstone Project: Final Narrated Presentation, Power Point 15-20 Slides, APA, Due Date: 8/13/2017

#10: Integrated Business Portfolio Part I - Program Outcomes, 9 pages, Due Date: 8/13/2017

#11: Integrated Business Portfolio: Part II Concentration Outcomes, Health Care Management, Due Date: 8/13/2017

#1a: Capstone Project Update: Company Proposal, Due Date: 06/27/2017

To begin the capstone project, email your instructor (via My Messages) three established international operating businesses that you feel are not meeting their full potential. List the organizations in order of preference and your instructor will confirm one of your chosen organizations for your project.

#1: Capstone Project Update: Company Proposal, Due Date: 06/30/2017

The capstone project is "Strategic Business Analysis: Developing a Plan for Growth." It requires you to assess an organization's business strategy, leadership system, global prospects, code of conduct, and profitable growth opportunities with an ethical emphasis.

The capstone project will require you to construct a detailed and well-thought-out analysis of a real-world business that employs many of the business theories, concepts, and relevant strategic analysis tools studied in the MBA program. This capstone project will take the full term to complete.

Additionally, the final module's deliverables will integrate the analysis, recommendations, revisions, instructor feedback, and your learning from all of the sections from the previous modules into one final project paper. In addition, you will create a PowerPoint presentation that you would present to the firm's board of directors as recommendations to improve the performance of the company and maximize the shareholder value.

After you receive confirmation from your instructor regarding your company, address the following:

1. Explain why you think the company would benefit from a strategic business analysis and why it is in need of a plan for growth.

2. Proposal should be 2-3 pages in length (excluding title page, abstract and references).

3. Support your statements with at least two peer-reviewed resources. Cite your sources in APA format.

#2: Capstone Project Update: Mission and Vision, Due Date: 07/02/2017

1. Research information about your selected organization. Write a summary that includes the following:

-Company background

-Mission and vision statements

In this analysis of your company, critique the mission and vision and if appropriate revise the statements to better reflect the company.

-Description of the business

-Products or services, or both

-Business location

2. The summary should be 3–4 pages in length (excluding title, abstract, and reference pages).

3. Support your statements with at least two peer-reviewed resources. Cite your sources in APA format.

#3: Capstone Project Update: Business Model and Direction, Due Date: 07/09/2017

Continue to gather information about your selected business organization. Write an analysis that includes the following:

1. What is the company’s business model? In other words, how does the company operate and make money?

2. What are the company’s goals, objectives, and strategies? Examine these at the following three levels:

-Corporate

-Division

-Functional or departmental

3. The summary should be 3–4 pages in length (excluding title page, abstract, and references).

4. Support your statements with at least two peer-reviewed resources. Cite your sources in APA format.

#4: Capstone Project Update: Consumer Market, Due Date: 07/16/2017

Continue to gather information about your selected business organization. Write an analysis that includes the following:

1. What is the company's target market?

2. What is the company's customer profile?

3. Analyze the company's marketing with regards to the following:

-Marketing goals, objectives, and strategies

-Customer analysis

-Marketing mix (4 P's)

4. The summary should be 3–4 pages in length (excluding title page, abstract, and references).

5. Support your statements with at least two peer-reviewed resources. Cite your sources in APA format.

#5: Capstone Project Update: Performance and Structure, Due Date: 7/23/2017

Continue to gather information about your selected business organization. Write an analysis that includes the following:

1. Analyze the company’s performance, both on financial and strategic parameters.

2. What is the organizational structure? What is the structure of management and decision making?

3. The summary should be 3-4 pages in length (excluding title page, abstract, and references).

4. Support your statements with at least two peer-reviewed resources. Cite your sources in APA format.

#6: Capstone Project Update: Internal Environmental Analysis, Due Date: 7/30/2017

Continue to gather information about your selected business organization. Write an analysis that includes the following:

1. Conduct a SWOT (analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) on the company's internal environment.

-Do not use a company generated SWOT, conduct your own.

2. What are the organization's core competencies and competitive advantage?

3. Include value chain analysis and benchmarking for the organization in your summary.

4. The summary should be 3–4 pages in length (excluding title page, abstract, and references).

5. Support your statements with at least two peer-reviewed resources. Cite your sources in APA format.

#7: Capstone Project Update: External Environmental Analysis, Due Date: 8/6/2017

Continue to gather information about your selected business organization. Write an analysis that includes the following:

1. Analyze the industry/market on the following parameters:

-Economic characteristics

-Key success factors

-Trends and opportunities

-5 forces analysis (Porter)

2. Analyze the organization’s competitors, using the following:

-Strategic group analysis

-Competitive strength assessment (based on key success factors)

3. The summary should be 3–4 pages in length (excluding title page, abstract, and references).

4. Support your statements with at least two peer-reviewed resources. Cite your sources in APA format.

#8: Capstone Project: Final Paper, Put it together, Due Date: 8/13/2017

The capstone project is “Strategic Business Analysis: Developing a Plan for Growth.” It requires you to assess an organization's business strategy, leadership system, global prospects, code of conduct, and profitable growth opportunities with an ethical emphasis.

This week’s deliverables will integrate the analysis, recommendations, revisions, instructor feedback, and student learning from all of the sections from the previous weeks into one final project paper.

For the final deliverable, you are expected to incorporate all of the project updates into one cohesive document that has a cover page, executive summary, table of contents, opportunities, recommendations and a reference section. Be sure to cite all references using APA guidelines.

Your final paper should follow this structure:

Cover Page
Executive Summary
Table of Contents
Capstone Project Updates (Weeks 1-7)
Opportunities
Recommendations
Conclusion
Reference Section

#9: Capstone Project: Final Narrated Presentation, Power Point 15-20 Slides, APA, Due Date: 8/13/2017

The PowerPoint presentation should be 15–20 slides in length and conform to APA guidelines.

#10: Integrated Business Portfolio Part I - Program Outcomes, 9 pages, Due Date: 8/13/2017

As part of the capstone experience, students are expected to compile a reflective document that addresses the following program outcomes for the Masters of Business Administration degree.

Analyze real-world business problems and generate recommendations for action.
Integrate accounting, marketing, finance, management, and economics into a strategic business analysis.
Assess the impact of the global business environment on business situations.
Apply quantitative methods of analysis of business situations.
Perform ethically and professionally in business and society.
Communicate effectively to relevant audiences orally and in written materials.
Collaborate in teams to produce required deliverables.
Apply project management skills to business situations.
Assess the ethical implications of actions for diverse stakeholders.

The integrated business portfolio is comprised of learning statements and support evidences, which address all POs of the degree program. For each PO, you will create at least three (3) learning statements and identify at least two (2) sources of coursework (as evidence) to demonstrate your learning achievement for the PO. Your learning statements for each PO should be no more than one page in length.”

This document will include a cover sheet, professional résumé, one-page reflective statements for each program outcome, and, if applicable, a reference page. The portfolio must meet APA guidelines and have a total of nine pages, not including cover and bibliography.

#11: Integrated Business Portfolio: Part II Concentration Outcomes, Health Care Management, Due Date: 8/13/2017

Concentration: Health Care Management

The integrated business portfolio is comprised of learning statements and support evidences, which address applicable concentration outcomes (CO) of the degree program. For each CO, you will create at least two (2) learning statements and identify at least one (1) source of coursework (as evidence) to demonstrate your learning achievement for that CO. Your learning statement for each CO should be no more than one page in length.

IMPORTANT: Any learning statement included in Integrated Business Portfolio: Part I – Program Outcomes may not be used as a learning statement in Integrated Business Portfolio: Part II – Concentration Outcomes.

Your Integrated Business Portfolio: Part II – Concentration Outcomes should be compiled using the following structure and sections:

1. Cover Sheet: This should have your name, course title, assignment title, and date.

2. Table of Contents Page: This should include section titles and corresponding pages in the document.

3. Reflection Section: This section consists of reflective statements addressing concentration outcomes from your enrolled concentration in the business degree program. Each reflective statement should be one page in length. Each statement should describe how course tasks and assignments have helped you achieve the relevant outcome’s expectations for learning. Where applicable, you should refer to and attach in the Appendix any course work which serves as evidence to your learning.

4. Reference page (if applicable)

5. Appendix: In this section, you will include assignments relative to each concentration outcome offered as evidence of learning.