In the face of high environmental turbulence and uncertainty, and intense competition, the choice of an international business strategy relies increasingly on strong analytical frameworks.

‘In the face of high environmental turbulence and uncertainty, and intense competition, the choice of an international business strategy relies increasingly on strong analytical frameworks.’ Using illustrative examples throughout, discuss this statement by answering the following questions: What are the main trends in globalisation and deglobalisation that have been impacting on international businesses? (9 marks)Describe the SWOT, MiniMax and PESTEL frameworks and how they can be used for environmental analysis.   (8 marks)                                              Describe and assess the usefulness for strategic analysis of Ghemawat’s AAA and CAGE frameworks.  (8 marks)

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Global sourcing of production and offshore outsourcing business and IT services are common practices

Global sourcing of production and offshore outsourcing business and IT services are common practices, but many international businesses are now, in 2021, realising they have gone too far.’ Using illustrative examples, discuss this proposition as follows: Define ‘make-or-buy decision’  ‘captive centre’ and ‘outsourcing.’ (3 marks)What factors should an international business consider when looking at building a production operation in a foreign country? (11 marks) Assess the major risks in offshore outsourcing business and IT services, and how these risks can be mitigated. (11 marks

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You are invited to deliver a guest lecture to executive-level organizational leaders from a variety of backgrounds on the different methods of analyzing and resolving conflict.

This week, you will prepare a video presentation with a PowerPoint file. You will create your video presentation by using a video capturing tool located in NCUOne. To access the video capturing tool, follow the tutorial found in your Books and Resources for this Week. You are invited to deliver a guest lecture to executive-level organizational leaders from a variety of backgrounds on the different methods of analyzing and resolving conflict. Your main purpose is to make sure these leaders understand, via the literature, the many approaches to thinking about conflict. Since the material is very theoretical in nature, be sure to keep it interesting by inserting examples and other relevant commentaries into your presentation. You want the audience to stay engaged! Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics, as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists and should…

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Develop a PowerPoint presentation describing capacity in your own or another organization.

For this assignment, you will develop a PowerPoint presentation describing capacity in your own or another organization.  Your presentation must describe components of the capacity, as well as the roles each (person) plays in the process of delivering goods and/or services.  The course concept of focus in this assignment is a system, process, and procedural improvement, to understand the functioning of capacity through an actual example. Length: 12-15 slides with notes (200-350 words per slide) References: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly resources. Hargadon, A. (2015). Sustainable innovation: Build your company’s capacity to change the world.Link  Fillol, A., Lohmann, J., Turcotte-Tremblay, A.-M., Somé, P.-A., & Ridde, V. (2019). The importance of leadership and organizational capacity…Link  Kerrigan, M. R. (2014). A framework for understanding community colleges’ organizational capacity for data use: A convergent parallel mixed methods…Link  Malen, B., Rice, J. K., Matlach, L. K. B., Bowsher, A., Hoyer, K. M., &…

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What are the main changes taking place in organizational use of information systems? Which of these do you think is having the greatest impact on businesses?

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 self-plagiarize 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. What are the main changes taking place in organizational use of information systems? Which of these do you think is having the greatest impact on businesses?Define operational excellence. How can information systems help achieve it?Describe each type of organizational change enabled by information technology. Give an example of each type of change.You have been hired as…

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Develop a presentation to deliver to the management team about how to use technology to forecast growth.

For this assignment, you will develop a presentation to deliver to the management team about how to use technology to forecast growth. Create a PowerPoint presentation in which you demonstrate the key indicators you believe provide useful, accurate signs for future growth. Note the technology sources for these indicators. Within the PowerPoint presentation, including an infographic that demonstrates the relationship between a key element of capacity and organizational ability to create and deliver its product/service. Throughout the presentation, emphasize the importance of technology to forecast organizational growth. Also, it emphasizes how an organization’s ability to fill the active requests for goods and services is dependent upon the quality and quantity of the firm’s capacity. For this assignment, use the Kaltura video capturing tool to present a narrated powerpoint containing the following: Discuss how and what technology is used in a researched organization to forecast growth.Discuss the elements that are key…

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