All answers should be thoroughly research$-$based with citations listed as needed. You can enrich your answers by adding your opinions as needed and desired.

$1.$ Company Definition $(25$ points$).$ What existing company is your focus, and what is the name of your new company? What are you selling? How many people are working in your company? Why did you choose this industry? What are the biggest advantages of being in this industry and what are the biggest challenges are you currently facing?

$2.$ Management Environment $(25$ points$)$: In managing your company, what is the current technological economic, legal, and international environments you have to make decisions in$?$ Please research all of these environments as they apply to your company. Also, please discuss the major challenges your company is facing in these environments, and how they can be overcome using effective management.

$3.$ Core Competencies $(25$ points$)$: For your specific company, what management traits and methods can result in success in production, manufacturing, sales, marketing, service provision or any other company activities? Use any of these activities in context of company management as they apply $($there is no upper or lower limit$,$ you can, for example, focus on manufacturing and sales if your company is a consumer electronics reseller$).$ What is your mission as a company?

$4.$ Remaining Managerial Issues $(25$ points$)$: How do you facilitate diversity as well as globalization in your company? How will you manage social media as a resource for your company? What are the challenges in your corporate culture in your specific company, and through which management techniques can you overcome these challenges. What precautions are you taking for difficult economic times? What are your concluding thoughts regarding your company$$s success through effective management?