PLEASE USE THE ATTACHED RUBRIC AS A CHECKLIST. THE PROFESSOR IS EXTREMELY PICKY!The concept of strategic planning can be as complex as we want to make it, but it is better to keep it simple, which is not so easy to do. Moving away from single business strategy into the world of multi-business strategy, you will need to consider many factors at the corporate level of strategy. In preparation for developing a strategic framework to increase competitive advantage for a multi-business company in the international marketplace.Conduct research using your textbook and Library resources (Internet resources are unacceptable) as necessary to develop an understanding for strategic planning. Based on all of the strategy concepts you have learned in Chapters 1–8 in your textbook, share your understanding of developing a strategic framework for a business by meeting the following criteria:Explain what strategic planning is, and why it is important to a company by giving practical examples and using research.List the components of a strategic plan and explain the importance of each component in a strategic plan by giving practical examples and using research.Explain the differences in strategic planning for a single-business and a multi-business company.Explain the intricacies of strategic planning for businesses in the international marketplace by providing examples and using research.Explain why developing a strategic plan is easier than executing it.Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed, academic research resources (including your textbook) to substantiate your critical thinking, and to provide viable reasoning for your perspectives.Use APA style referencing format in your writing.Write in third person to communicate in this Discussion.Use a minimum of 500 words in your primary answer post.Use headings to segment the topics in your writing in order to create a flow of ideas for your reader.Use as many concepts from Chapters 7 and 8 of your textbook to complete this Discussion Assignment as possible. Link to textbook: https://purdueglobal.brightspace.com/d2l/le/conten...Crafting & Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage - 21st Edition - Arthur Thompson

Instructions In American historiography, Marxist historians consider the Cold War an attempt by the U.S. to establish economic hegemony, while Revisionist historians blame individual personalities, namely Stalin and Truman. Question: Might there be some other explanation for explaining the Cold War? Do you think the Cold War was inevitable? If so, what were the factors that made the Cold War conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union unavoidable? Rubric for Analytical Essay 2 Make sure you have a thesis (a general argument) and provide examples and details from your sources to support your answer (please refer to the rubric on Canvas). The length of the paper should be 800 words The paper must be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font and double-spaced. You must provide at least 4 outside sources two of which must be primary sources. All sources must be correctly cited using the Chicago Manual of Style.

What is wuwei? How does this ideal contribute to harmony with heaven? How does the Daoist idea of wuwei compare to Confucian notions of how one should live in the world?