Provide a company overview, business and finance homework help

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Using the same company
you have selected for all previous assignments research the corporation on its
own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR
database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s
online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will
often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Outline: See Attachment

Create a twelve (12)
slide presentation in which you:

  1. Provide a company
    overview, highlighting what the company is about and the products/services it
    specializes in.
  2. Determine the impact of
    the company’s mission, vision, and primary stakeholders on its overall
    success.
  3. Analyze the five (5)
    forces of competition to determine how they impact the company.
  4. Create a SWOT analysis
    for the company to determine its major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
    threats.
  5. Based on the SWOT
    analysis, outline a strategy for the company to capitalize on its strengths and
    opportunities, and minimize its weaknesses and threats.
  6. Discuss the various
    levels and types of strategies the firm may use to maximize its competitiveness
    and profitability.
  7. Outline a
    communications plan the company could use to make the strategies you recommend
    above known to all stakeholders.
  8. Select two (2)
    corporate governance mechanisms used by this corporation and evaluate how
    effective they are at controlling managerial actions.
  9. Evaluate the
    effectiveness of leadership within this corporation and make at least one (1)
    recommendation for improvement.
  10. Assess efforts by this
    corporation to be a responsible (ethical) corporate citizen and determine the
    impact these efforts (or lack thereof) have on the company’s bottom line.
    Provide specific examples to support your response.
  11. Use at least five
    (5)     quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not
    quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must
follow these formatting requirements:

  • ONLY create 12
    PowerPoint slides. Please reference the PowerPoint Outline with regards to
    setting up your slides in week 10. References must follow APA format and information
    must be cited within the notes of your presentation    . Check in the
    Student Center for tools to help with referencing.
  • Use Speaker
    Notes/PowerPoint Notes to elaborate on your slides. Also refer to the “How to
    create a PowerPoint” video.

The specific course
learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Determine ways in which
    the vision, mission, and stakeholders of a firm impact that firm’s overall
    success.
  • Identify how the six
    segments of the general environment affect an industry and its firms.
  • Identify the five
    forces of competition.
  • Analyze the external
    environment for opportunities and threats that impact the firm.
  • Analyze the internal
    environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses that impact the firm’s
    competitiveness.
  • Identify various levels
    and types of strategy in a firm.
  • Assess the ethical
    implications related to strategic decisions.
  • Predict ways in which
    corporate governance will affect strategic decisions.
  • Assess the relationship
    between strategy and organizational structure.
  • Use technology and
    information resources to research issues in business administration.
  • Write clearly and
    concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.