External and Internal Environments, Business & Finance Assignment Homework Help

Choose an industry
you have not yet written about in this course, Do not write about Honeywell Aerospace, and one publicly traded
corporation within that industry. Research the company on its own Website, the
public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often
provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

1. Choose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank
   highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Assess how these
   segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it
   operates.
2. Considering the five (5) forces of competition, choose the two (2) that you
   estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Evaluate how
   well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.
3. With the same two (2) forces in mind, predict what the company might do to
   improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.
4. Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities
   available to the corporation. Give your opinions on how the corporation should
   deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Justify your
   answer.
5. Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most
   significant weaknesses.  Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should
   select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic
   the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your
   choices.
6. Determine the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.
7. Analyze the company’s value chain to determine where they can create value
   using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.
8. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia
   and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch
  margins on all sides; references must follow APA format. 
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s
  name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and
  the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment
are:

• Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect an industry
  and its firms.
• Identify the five forces of competition.
• Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats that impact
  the firm.
• Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses
  that impact the firm’s competitiveness.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business
  administration.
• Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper
  writing mechanics.