Topic Name Description
File BA 400 Course Syllabus
File LockDown Browser and Respondus Montior
Online Fridays File Section A Groups
File Peer Evaluation Form
Folder Critical Thinking
Folder September 17 - External Environment

Click the link above, read the five articles provided and follow the instructions. Post your individual paper in the assignments tab below no later than 6 p.m. on Friday, September 17 and also send a copy to your group members. Write a single paper that is no longer than three pages. Use headings to identify the article you are writing about.

Email one copy of the final group paper to me before class beings on by 8 a.m. on Wednesday, September 22.

File September 24 - Walmart's Internal Environment
Folder October 1 - McDonald's Business-level Strategy

McDonald's Strategy Changes

Click the link above to access three articles. Describe the changes being made to McDonald’s business level strategy in each of these articles. Treat each article independently of the others. Why do you think they made these changes? Provide evidence from your textbook, our classroom discussions and each article to support your arguments. 

Your paper should be no longer than three pages. Use headings to describe each of the articles that you are writing about. 

Email one copy of the final group paper to me no later than 8 a.m. on Wednesday, October 6. 


File October 15 - Warren Buffett Video Assignment
Folder Corporate-level Strategies - October 29

The topics of corporate-level strategy, mergers and acquisitions, cooperative strategies and vertical integration are all interconnected. Click on the link above, read the attached articles and follow the instructions (found at the beginning of one article and the end of the other).

Folder November 5 - Corporate Governance

Click on the link above, and read the articles on the topic of corporate governance. Note the date for the articles (which in some cases will provide context). Follow the instructions found at the end. Your responses should be less than three pages. Use headings to note which articles you are discussing.

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Exam 2 Practice Material Folder Exam 2 Practice Articles
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