For your "Complete" assignment, you are to write a COMPREHENSIVE APA analysis paper including knowledge you gained from the Read and Attend throughout

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For your “Complete” assignment, you are to write a COMPREHENSIVE APA analysis paper
including knowledge you gained from the Read and Attend throughout the course (including
Unit 5) to address the questions and statements below. A minimum of three scholarly sources
are required, and all sources should be cited and referenced in APA format. Do not selfplagiarize from the previous weeks.
For support formatting the APA analysis paper, refer to the APA Template under the Resource
tab or contact the CPS Librarians. Please refer to the grading rubric for guidance. Upon
completion, papers should be posted to the Unit Five Dropbox for grading.
1. In today’s rapidly changing global business environment, managers face many challenges.
Briefly summarize the five major challenges discussed in the text.
2. Compare and contrast Michael E. Porter’s two main types of strategies described in the text.
3. Explain the relationship between cultural values and business performance.
4. Describe the purpose of a strategy map, especially in terms of identifying cause-effect
relationships.
5. Describe the steps of the rational approach to decision making.
6. Refer to Integrative Case 9.0, The Donor Services Department, at the back of the book. What
do you recommend to help the Donor Services Department become more effective?
PFor your “Complete” assignment, you are to write a COMPREHENSIVE APA analysis paper
including knowledge you gained from the Read and Attend throughout the course (including
Unit 5) to address the questions and statements below. A minimum of three scholarly sources
are required, and all sources should be cited and referenced in APA format. Do not selfplagiarize from the previous weeks.
For support formatting the APA analysis paper, refer to the APA Template under the Resource
tab or contact the CPS Librarians. Please refer to the grading rubric for guidance. Upon
completion, papers should be posted to the Unit Five Dropbox for grading.
Select a Fortune 500 company from https://fortune.com/fortune500/. Research the company’s
most recent annual report. You might find easy access to your company’s annual report at
https://www.annualreports.com/.
Identify background information on the company, including the company name, ticker
(stock) symbol, GICS Sector, and GICS Sub Industry.
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Summarize the products the company produces and sells, and who their target customers
are.
Describe factors that could shift the demand curve for the company’s product(s) (see the
risk factors discussed in the K-10).
Describe factors that could shift the supply curve for the company’s product(s) (see the
risk factors discussed in the K-10).
Describe whether the company’s product(s) would be expected to have an elastic
demand or inelastic demand.
Discuss the firm’s profitability with an explanation of the difference between accounting
profit and economic profit.
Examine the costs the company incurs and discuss whether the majority of costs are fixed
or variable in nature.
Describe the market structure that best describes the market the firm is in.
Analyze how the market structure affects the profitability and pricing power of the firm.