The company I choose is AT&T.The next phase of your strategic management plan will require you to research your company's history and existing strategic goals. Before we can make major improvements to the business, we first have to understand where they came from and what they're currently trying to accomplish. Use reliable business sources, the company website, and any traditional appropriate sources to gather as much background information that you can. For the assignment this week, write a paper that's at least two pages in length and addresses the following:Detail the history of the business. Explain how they got their start but focus mostly on how their business has changed over the last 15 years. Provide a picture of how they adapt to change and any major obstacles that they've had to overcome.Include some information on the top executives at the company and the role that they've played in those last 15 years.Provide the company's existing mission statement and code of ethics. In what way do they articulate their ethical practices through policies and public outreach and why is this important?Identify two areas of concern ethically and explain those choices. Make sure to discuss why you feel that are areas of ethical concern. Think critically about where your chosen company has the potential for ethical dilemmas. For example, an accounting firm would be concerned with fraud.Rewrite your company's mission statement. The idea is to provide clarity and set the new strategic direction that you think the company should be moving towards. Include a paragraph explaining the changes that you've made and why.

This is a two part assignmentDiscussionStrayer University is moving to a new HR or payroll system that is sponsored by a firm called Workday.com. You have been asked to oversee the stakeholder management aspects of this project.Identify some of the key stakeholders at Strayer, and describe how you plan to keep them engaged during your year-long project. Be sure to include the appropriate methods, since not all of your stakeholders are located at the HQ office in Herndon, VA.Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.AssignmentOverviewIt is now important to consider how to manage project obstacles and risks. Being able to continue the progression of a project is important in the face of unpredictable conditions in the internal and external environment of an organization. InstructionsWrite a one-page paper in which you:Outline the process you would use to move to a centralized structure.Go back to the Week 3 assignment, Organizing HR Projects, and consider the goal of the project.Conduct research on centralized and decentralized organizations and come up with three tasks that you would need to move to a centralized structure. Consider methods for assigning costs to tasks and come up with the process (not the actual budget) that you would use to determine a budget.Write a one-page paper outlining the process you would use. Create a WBS for the project and analyze each task using the Project Budget WBS Template [XLSX]. Review, as needed, the following sites regarding cost estimation:The Ultimate Guide to Project Cost Estimating.Cost Estimation for Projects: How to Estimate Accurately.