Module 1 – Case

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS/VISION, MISSION, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Assignment Overview

The MGT599 Case is an ongoing exercise, meaning that we will be thoroughly reviewing one company throughout our four modules. This session, we will be conducting a strategic analysis of Pepsico.

Most companies have something that resembles a vision, mission, or set of values; or stated goals/objectives that define who the company is and how the company plans to do business. However, organizations may not always label these statements properly — calling a vision a mission, or calling their values a set of beliefs. Sometimes, companies do not have a mission statement at all, operating instead on a set of goals.

Required Reading

Hammonds, K. (2007). Michael Porter’s big ideas. Fast Company, 44. Retrieved on August 27, 2014, from https://www.fastcompany.com/42485/michael-porters-big-ideas

 
 

Case Assignment

In this assignment, you will be critically evaluating the vision, values, mission statement, and goals/objectives of Pepsico.

Keys to the Assignment

After studying the background materials and completing the SLP, you are in an excellent position to evaluate a company’s published mission, vision, values, and objectives/goals. This Case asks you to begin your strategic analysis of Pepsico by evaluating the company’s mission, vision, values, and goals. To do this, observe the following procedure:

· Step 1: Visit the official website of Pepsico and identify the company’s vision, mission, values, and goals. (Hint: You will need to do some exploring and a certain amount of speculation—as the terms “vision” and “mission” (and sometimes even the term “company goals”) are used interchangeably. Explore the “Who We Are” and “Investors” (and other) links. Also, be sure that you look closely at the most recent Annual Reports.

· Step 2: Critically evaluate the mission, vision, values, and goals (again, you will likely need to make decisions as to which is which). Use the criteria in the background materials to support your assessment of the quality of the company’s mission, vision, values, and goals.

· Step 3: Determine which (if any) of the elements consider the goals and needs of specific stakeholder groups. Write down any examples.

· Step 4: Consider what changes are needed to improve the vision statement, the mission statement, the statement of company values, and the company’s objectives and goals.

· Step 5: Write a 6-7 page paper addressing the above requirements. You must meet minimum length requirements, by responding to each step above with precision and with depth of critical thinking.

NOTE THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL:

1. Use of proper APA style is required in this course. Therefore, prepare your Case with proper documentation of sources, using in-text citations and a complete end reference list. Refer to the Well-Written Paper guide if you are not familiar with APA style.

2. Consider the Case as a formal business report that you are developing for the Board of Directors and CEO as Pepsico’s external consultant. This is a professional document. Follow the format below:

3. Note: You must use section headings to respond to all major requirements in all papers. Your section headings should appear similar to the following:

· Executive summary: This is a synopsis of the main points, conclusions, and recommendations made in the longer report. If you have never written an executive summary before, or would like a refresher, check this link: http://www.csun.edu/~vcecn006/summary.html

· Introduction: State the main purpose of the paper (thesis statement), what you hope to accomplish, and how you will go about doing it.

· Main Body: The “meat” of the paper. Emphasize analysis, not just description. Don’t just give me facts – interpret them! Delineate separate topics or sections with appropriate use of headings.

o Executive Summary

o Introduction

o Company’s Mission Statement and Analysis

o Company’s Vision and Analysis

o Company’s Values and Analysis

o Alignment of Company’s Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals with Stakeholders’ Interests

o Recommended Changes

o Conclusion

Assignment Expectations

Your paper will be evaluated using the grading rubric.

Tips and Suggestions

Note the following tips and suggestions:

· Business school case-study assignments are meant to offer practice opportunities for future business people who are earning their MBA degrees. Consider yourself a consultant hired by the company to make these critical assessments. There are no right or wrong answers to the Case question, so long as your position is well-defended.

· Study the theoretical concepts provided in the Background materials section of the module, and identify main strategy concepts.

· Analyze the vision, mission statement, etc. according to the criteria presented in the Background materials. Be critical and do not let yourself be influenced by a company’s “spin.”

· Do not hesitate to criticize the current statements. In many instances, you may not be able to find information on the company’s website. Many companies do not get this right.

· Include a cover page and reference page, in addition to the 6-7 pages of analysis described above.

· Include appropriate section headings.

· Cite and reference all sources, including those that you paraphrase. This means include citations and quotation marks for direct quotes of more than five words, and citations for information you have “borrowed” or paraphrased from other sources.

· Follow TUI Guidelines for Well-Written Papers.

· Submit your analysis by the end of this module.

Module 1 – SLP

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS/VISION, MISSION, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Simulation

To begin the MGT599 SLP sequence, you first need to first run the simulation using the Default Decisions. In other words, use the prices and R&D percentages that are already there (do not change any decisions made by Joe Thomas).

Capture or collect the results for each product (W1, W2, and W3) for each year that you run the simulation. Copy (using Excel, by hand, or some other method) the financial results and marketing results, as well as the information provided by your Advisor.

REQUIRED READING:

Read the following scenario carefully before you proceed:

SCENARIO

It is December 31, 2016. Joe Thomas, the VP of Marketing at the Wonder Company, is smugly patting himself on the back for how well he has done with pricing and product development of the three company products: W1, W2, and W3. Of course, Joe knows his strategy was not creative at all (i.e., he did not change any prices or R&D allocations over the past five-year period: 2012 through 2016). But he is certain that he really did not need to change anything anyway, and that his overall performance is proof of his good work.

Sally Smothers, the CEO of Wonder Co., knows better, and she fires Joe (but why did she wait so long?).

On the same day Joe is fired, you are hired to replace him. And so…here you are, on December 31, 2016, as the new V.P. of Marketing of the Wonder Company. You are ready to move the company ahead into 2017. Your boss, Sally Smothers, expects you to make intelligent and informed product development and pricing decisions (after all, you are an MBA).

Session Long Project

Write a 6- to 7-page paper (not including cover and reference pages), using Sally’s instructions, which follow:

Sally asks you to review Joe’s decisions from 2013 through 2016 to see what was going on in terms of product development, sales, pricing, and performance. Your final report is due on Sally’s desk by January 15, 2017 – you have only 2 weeks to run the simulation, analyze your results, and write up the report, so you had best get started on this now!

Using the default decisions (i.e., make no changes within the simulation), analyze Joe Thomas’s decisions and results, and then write the report that Sally is requesting. Access the Wonder Company simulationand collect the data for each year. Determine where you believe Joe went wrong, and propose a new strategy. Support your revised strategy using financial analysis and relevant business theories.

KEYS TO THE ASSIGNMENT:

The key aspects to this assignment that are required to be covered in your paper include:

1. A review of each product – W1, W2, and W3 – its life cycle, and how each product stacks up in terms of price and performance.

2. Financial review of each product – W1, W2, and W3 – sales, costs, profitability, prices, unit margins, etc.

3. Market review: New Sales, Repeat Sales, Market Saturation, etc.

4. Propose an alternate strategy: A general idea of how you might do better with these products: what pricing and R&D allocations, etc., you would have put in place over the last four years, 2013 – 2016. In short, what would you have done differently than Joe Thomas at each decision point? Be specific.

 
 

SLP Assignment Expectations

Your paper will be evaluated using the grading rubric.

TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS:

Please note the following tips and suggestions:

· Include a cover page and reference page, in addition to the 6-7 pages of written analysis described above.

· Use section headings as appropriate. Use graphs, charts, or figures strategically – but do not use these as “space fillers.” Include large tables or graphics in an Appendix instead.

· Cite and reference all sources that you use in your work, including those that you paraphrase. This means include citations and quotation marks for direct quotes, and citations for that information which you have “borrowed” or paraphrased from other sources.

· Follow TUI Guidelines for well-written papers.

Question 1

Quest Financial services balance sheets report $200 million in total debt, $100 million in short-term investments, and $30 million in preferred stock. Quest has 10 million shares of common stock outstanding. A financial analyst estimated that Quest’s value of operations is $1000 million. What is the analyst’s estimate of the intrinsic stock price per share?

Question 2

Lincoln Incorporated is expected to pay a $4.5 per share dividend at the end of this year (i.e., D1 = $4.50). The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% a year. The required rate of return on the stock is, rs, is 12%. What is the estimated value per share of Boehm stock?

Question 3

Assume that the average firm in Masters Corporation’s industry is expected to grow at a constant rate of 3% and that its dividend yield is 5%. Masters is about as risky as the average firm in the industry and just paid a dividend (D0) of $2.5. Analysts expect that the growth rate of dividends will be 25% during the first year (g0,1 = 25%) and 10% during the second year (g1,2 = 10%). After Year 2, dividend growth will be constant at 5%. What is the required rate of return on Masters’s stock? What is the estimated intrinsic per share?

Question 4

Several years ago, Macro Riders issued preferred stock with a stated annual dividend of 5% of its $600 par value. Preferred stock of this type currently yields 10%. Assume dividends are paid annually.

i)What is the estimated value of Macro’s preferred stock?

ii)Suppose interest rate levels have risen to the point where the preferred stock now yields 14%. What would be the new estimated value of Macro’s preferred stock?

 

Note : 

Submit your answers in a Word document.

Should be 0% Plagiarism APA Format. Minimum atleast 2 to 3 papers 

Plagiarism Report is required.

If you reviewed any definition from the sources add the reference as well

 

Gas Law Practice Exam

1 atm = 101.3 kPa             R = 8.31            K = oC  +  273 (convert all temperatures to Kelvin!!!!) 

 

Identify the gas law needed to solve the following problems and then use it to solve the problems:

Gas Law :_______________________________

1. 325 kPa  @  41oC  =  __________ atm  @  89oC
2. 120oC  @  13.9 atm  =  __________ kPa  @  65oC
3. A sample of nitrogen gas has a pressure of 8.58 atm at 601 K. If the volume does not change, what will the pressure be at 311 K?

Gas Law:______________________________

1. 16,420 mL  @ 130 K = __________L  @  76 K
2. 4.1 L  @  33oC   =   __________K  @  37 L 
3. If a gas is held at a constant pressure and has a temperature of 412 K at a volume of 61,000 mL, what is the new volume in L if the temperature is lowered to 55oC?

Gas Law:______________________________

1. 990 kPa  @  13 L  =  __________ L  @  13 atm
2. 11 atm  @  1341 mL  =  __________ L  @  23 atm
3. A gas at a pressure of 235 kPa has a volume of 15.1 L.  What is the new volume of the gas if the pressure is raised to 550 kPa?

Gas Law:______________________________

1. If you have 7 moles of a gas at a pressure of 468.2 kPa and a volume of 11 L, what is the temperature?
2. If you have an unknown quantity of gas at a pressure of 1.3 atm, a volume of 32 L, at a temperature of -24 oC, how many moles of gas you do have?
3. If you have 21 g of oxygen gas (O2) at a temperature of 27oC and a pressure of 3.14 atm, what is the volume of the gas?
4. If you have 9500 ml of chlorine gas (Cl2) held at a pressure of 6.8 atm and a temperature of 84oC, how many grams do you have?

Gas Law:______________________________

1. A gas starts with a volume of 1.05 L at 60 oC and 3.9 atm. What is the new volume if the gas is now held at 20 oC at 455 kPa?
2. A gas at 155 kPa and 25 oC has an intial voume of 1.00 L. The pressure of the gas increases to 605 kPa as the temperature is raised to 125 oC. What is the new volume?

A 5000 mL air sample has a pressure of 1.06 atm at a temperature of -50 oC. If the temperature is raised to 102 oC and the volume expands to 7 L, what will the new pressure be in kPa? 

  Reply to this discussion use references

Be sure that the responses to the  Post of peers include 2 peer reviewed references with content that demonstrates critical analysis and synthesis of references used.  

Evidence-based practice is an important part of professional nursing and is crucial for healthcare providers for results of better patient outcomes and higher levels of nursing autonomy (Newhouse, Dearholt, Poe, Pugh, & White, 2007). Using evidence-based practice within an organization requires infrastructure, nursing leadership, and human and material resources (Newhouse et al., 2007). For the dissemination of evidence-based practice, I would use strategies of using a poster presentation at a unit-level for a smaller scale dissemination and a clinical program workshop at an organizational level for a larger scale dissemination.

            The purpose of using a clinical program workshop is to disseminate, implement, and sustain findings of clinical trials in addition to bridging the gap between evidence, practice, and policy (Tuzzi et al., 2019). The workshop can include interactive strategies to help individuals retain information. The workshop will include keynotes to address a presentation on the evidence-based practice that needs to be implemented. After the evidence-based practice is pitched, participants have a chance to discuss their questions and their perspectives on what they have learned during the workshop. The second method is a communication poster. A well-developed evidence-based practice poster is a valuable communication tool (Williams & Cullen, 2016).

There are barriers associated with dissemination strategies. Presenters often find the official request for posters to lack guidelines or specific standardized instructions on information that needs to be included (Williams et al., 2016). This is a barrier for using posters as a form of communication. Another barrier is planning scholarly workshops so that everyone within the organization can attend. Using strategies to overcome these barriers such as implementing a planning team and creating specific guidelines will ensure that the communication for evidence-based practice is received and creates better patient outcomes.

  

Suggestion from Chair, Dr. Williams

Donald,

It was great meeting you and learning about your doctoral concept. As your Dissertation Chair, my goal is to guide you to complete your research study and ultimately graduate with your Doctor of Education degree from UOPX. During the discussion about your dissertation proposal, I suggested that you consider narrowing the focus of the study. I examined your comments in greater depth and would like to propose a different approach for your consideration:

·         Narrow the focus of your study from “state and federal policy on poverty” to “equity and stabilization of educational resources in high-poverty school districts during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

·         What are the perceptions of educational leaders on (1) the intended use of these funds to support student achievement; (2) the equitable allocation of resources to high-poverty schools; and (3) the stabilization of district budgets impacted by state funding cuts and shortfalls.

·         Here, you can look at the following funding sources

o    Title I funding

o    CARES Act

o    HEROES Act of 2020

o    Governor’s Relief Funds in Florida

o    Other local funding

·         Reconsider using critical discourse analysis and change to a qualitative exploratory case study of a single district or multiple school districts in Florida.

I think that you can keep the majority of your proposal with changes if you take this approach. I am attaching an article that helped me frame your comments to a narrower focus. Before saying “Yes,” give some thought to this idea and let’s talk it over after the Thanksgiving holiday.

Enjoy,