business policy

Business Policy Section 02 Spring 2019 CO

For any student who for some reason did not register with capsim: this assignment is the alternative. To make it understandable and not to keep repeating the basics of the assignmet here are few notes: THIS IS A SEMESTER LONG CONTINUED WEEKLY WORK WHERE YOU WILL BE SUBMITTING 6 PAGES REPORT EVERY FRIDAY UNDER THIS DROPBOX WHICH WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL APRIL 15. IN THIS WORK YOU ARE GOING TO DO THE FOLLOWING:

FIRST. YOU WILL PICK FIVE FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES. CREATE EXCEL SHEET FOR EACH COMPANY. THEN CREATE THE FOLLOWING COLUMNS:

YEAR ( WHICH WILL BE FROM 2012-2017)

INDUSTRY OF THE FIRM 

NEWS MENTIONS OF THE COMPANY AND NEWS REPORTS ABOUT THE COMPANY FOR EACH YEAR 2012-2017 AND YOU ENTER THEM UNDER A COLUMN YOU NAME FIRM EVENTS 

ANOTHER COLUMN NAMED FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE FIRM USING RETURNS ON ASSETS AS A KEY INDICATOR OF THE PERFORMANCE 

YOU NEED TO CALCULATE RETURNS ON ASSETS BASED ON THE NUMBERS REPORTED IN THE FIRM ANNUAL REPORT 

I HAVE ALREADY UPLOADED ALL THE FINANCIAL KEY RATIONS, THEIR MEANINGS, HOW THEY ARE CALCULATED, WHAT DO THEY MEAN. THESE ARE CONCEPTS WHICH ARE PREREQUISITE TO THIS COURSE BUT AS I SAID I PROVIDED THE EASIEST WAYS TO USE THEM AND CALCULATE THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM

YOU WILL THEN CREATE ANOTHER COLUMN WHERE YOU WILL DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NEWS EVENT AND REPORT AND THE FIRM FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND HOW THEY ARE RELATED 

YOU WILL THEN CREATE ANOTHER COLUMN WHERE YOU WILL DESCRIBE THE EVENT AS EITHER LONG-TERM STRATEGY OR SHORT TERM STRATEGY, OR IF ITS INNOVATION OR MARKETING INTENSITY, OR IF ITS A RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS COMPETITION FROM RIVALS OR IF ITS A DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNAL CAPABILITIES TO MAINTAIN ADAPTABILITY TO THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT, OR WHATEVER DESCRIPTION FITS THAT EVENT ACCORDING TO THE RICH MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON D2L IN LARGE NUMBERS (MANY MANY MATERIALS JUST NEED TO BE READ) AND ACCORDION G TO THE RICH BOOK WE USE FOR THIS COURSE. 

EACH WEEK YOU WILL SUBMIT PORTION OF THIS WORK OR IF YOU WANT YOU CAN SUBMIT IT BY THE DEADLINE WHICH IS APRIL 15.