I realized I didn't send you the guidelines via an Official Question now you can request a down payment. Assignment due on Saturday (July 27th).Strategic Management Assignment 2: External and Internal Environments Choose an industry you have not yet written about in this course, 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 or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.•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.

5–7 slides (excluding title and reference slides) and speaker notes of 200–250 words per slideAs teams progress, they pass through stages of development. You understand that being prepared with tools and techniques at each stage is important. There is a team forming that will take on a production line. You want to be ready to provide training and development resources for this team as soon as they start working together.You research various team-development models and pick one model that you will use to determine team-building activities before the team members start working together. Develop a plan that addresses the following:What will you do to prepare the team for working together before they start? Discuss the training and development activities that you will use to build trust and productivity in the group once they start working together. How will you measure whether trust exists within the team? How will you measure the effectiveness of this new team in each of the early stages of 3, 6, and 9 months of them working together? You must include a minimum of 2 scholarly references.

Growth Strategy: 1000 words or more (I have 1400 already)Research any publically traded company you would like to know more about (on the internet). Do not use one covered in earlier assignments. Look at their strategy plans for growing their business. Identify the strategy they are using. How has their competition influenced their strategy selection? Comment on how they have implemented this strategy within the organization. What controls have they placed on the organization to monitor their success? How has this strategy influenced their staffing requirements?