Hide Assignment Information Instructions Unit 8 | Comprehensive Individual Assignment

This assignment requires you to conduct a strategic audit of an organization of a publicly traded company.

The reason you are asked to look at a publicly traded company is that these entities are legally required to publish annual reports, financial statements, and other information so that investors can be informed about the performance and prospects of the company. Please choose a company that is traded on a major stock exchange such as the TSE, NASDAQ, NYSE, DAX, LSE, KOSPI, Hang Seng, or BOVESPA. Make sure that information on the company is available in English. Your strategic audit should provide the following items:

1. A brief overview of the organization that you have selected to audit. 2. A discussion of the leadership of the organization using the questions asked in Activity One of Unit Two. 3. A PESTLE analysis of the organization using the material in Unit Three. 4. A discussion of the strategic resources available to the organization using the Sustainable Competitive Advantage assessment shown on page 13 of your course pack and a SWOT analysis for the organization using material in Unit Four. 5. A discussion in which you Identify and assess the strategies being used by the organization using material from Unit Five. 6. A discussion of the execution of strategies by the organization and recommendations as to how the organization should respond to competition in their industry using material from Unit Six. 7. A discussion of the contemporary and emerging challenges facing the organization and your recommendations as to how the management of the company should respond to them in an ethical and socially responsible manner.

This assignment provides you with an opportunity to demonstration your ability to use the various components of this course in a comprehensive assignment on strategic management of an organization in the real world.