expansion into a new national market

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You represent a large U.S. corporation that manufactures rubber tires, and you want to begin manufacturing and distribution in another country. Choose a country that you think you would want to start a manufacturing plant in. Answer the following questions about your company and its chosen new market. Organize your paper into four sets of concerns: Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. Select 2-3 bullet points from each perspective listed below and respond with cited research.

Chairman

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Macro Environment

Discuss the macro environment of the country.

Strategy

What is the company strategy there?

Social and Economic Responsibility

How will you be socially and economically responsible?

Management’s Role

What would be the role of management?

Mode of Entry

What is the mode of entry you are going to use, and why?

Worker Motivation

What do you think would motivate the workers to bring about collaboration?

Culturally appropriate program

How would you design the right culturally appropriate (Employee Rewards) program?

Leadership

What kind of leadership would work in this country?

Vice-Chairman

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Risks

What are the political, cultural, environmental, and economic risks of doing business there?

Staffing

If you do decide to do business there, how would you staff the operation?

Concerns

What type of (staffing – payroll, working hours, benefits) concerns would you have?

Considerations

What do you need to consider when you recruit, evaluate, train, and deal with labor relations issues?

Manager Selection

How would you select the manager?

Contingency Plans

What if it does not work out?

Secretary

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Legal Issues

What are some of the legal issues you would have to deal with as a company if you decide to expand there?

Opportunities and Strengths

What are some of the opportunities and strengths of doing business there?

Cross-Cultural Issues

What are some of the cross-cultural issues you are going to have to deal with particular to engaging a team?

Protocols and Etiquette

What are some of the protocols and etiquette issues you must incorporate into your business behavior?

Management Issues

How are you going to deal with management issues such as assertiveness, conflict resolution, and team building?

Treasurer

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Foreign Trade Issues

What are some of the foreign trade issues you will have to deal with?

Determinants to Foreign Entry

What are the determinants to foreign entry there, and how would you enter there?

Negotiation

What are the 5 stages of negotiation, and how are you going to prepare for them?

Negotiation: Political, Legal, Economic, and Ideological Issues

What would be some of the political, legal, economic, and ideological issues that may come up?

Negotiation: Conflict

How would you manage conflict if it should come up in the negotiations?

Conclusion

            Your conclusion is essentially the opposite of your introduction – explain what was discussed in your paper, highlight important aspects, provide summary remarks, include observations, etc. Wow…we are on page 3 already (not including the Title Page). So, all you need to do is delete the paragraphs above (Keep the Headers), complete each section, complete the Title Page.

References

List your reference here. The reference page must include all of the references you used, listed in proper APA format. What – no references? – All good academic writers include references and citations to support their work.