External and Internal Environments

Question

I have attached the template that must be used, the general instructions, and the strayer writing standards.

1. External and Internal Environments

Overview

In this assignment, you are to use the same

corporation you selected and focused on for the

Strategic Management and Strategic

Competitiveness assignment (WALMART INC).

Using the corporation you chose from the Week 3

assignment, Strategic Management and Strategic

Competitiveness, examine the industry in which the

entity operates. Use any or all of the following

resources to conduct research on the company:

 Company website.

 Public filings from the Securities and Exchange

Commission's Filings & Forms page.

 Strayer University's online databases.

 The Lexis Advance database.

 Other miscellaneous sources. Note: the company's

annual report will often provide insights that other

resources may not include.

Use the External and Internal Environments

Template [DOC] to ensure that your assignment

meets the requirements. Will be attached. MUST

USE THIS TEMPLATE TO COMPLETE

ASSIGNMENT.

Requirements

Write a 4–6 page paper in which you do the

following:

 Choose the two segments of the general

environment that would rank highest in their

influence on the corporation you chose.

o Assess how these segments affect the corporation

you chose and the industry in which it operates.

 Considering the five forces of competition, choose

the two that you estimate are the most significant for

the corporation you chose.

o Evaluate how well the company has addressed

these two forces in the recent past.

 With the same two forces in mind, predict what the

company might do to improve its ability to address

these forces in the near future.

 Assess the external threats affecting this

corporation and the opportunities available to the

corporation.

o Give your opinions on how the corporation should

deal with the most serious threat and the greatest

opportunity. Justify your answer.

 Give your opinion on the corporation's greatest

strengths and most significant weaknesses.

o 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.

 Determine the company’s resources, capabilities,

and core competencies.

 Go to the Strayer University Online Library to locate

three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and

similar websites do not qualify as academic

resources. 

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing

Standards. (Attached)

The specific course learning outcome associated

with this assignment is as follows:

 Analyze the effects of the general environment,

competition, threats, opportunities, strengths, and

weaknesses relative to a corporation.