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Assignment 2: Internal Environmental Analysis/Strategy Analysis and Strategy Selection (Week 6)
Purpose: This assignment is the second of three assignments. Students will use the tools and concepts learned in the course and in
previous business courses to develop an understanding of how organizations develop and manage strategies to establish, safeguard
and sustain its position in a competitive market.
Students also have the opportunity to review an organization’s objectives and goals and the key functional areas within the
organization. Performing an internal environment analysis helps assess a firm’s internal resources and capabilities and plays a
critical role in formulating strategy by identifying a firm’s strengths to overcome weaknesses. Students will then 1) assess long-term
objectives, 2) identify and evaluate alternative strategies and 3) recommend strategies for a company to pursue.
Instructions:
In completing the report, students will use the chapters in the eBook as a guide and perform research on the company from
Assignment 1, answer the required elements below in narrative form following the steps.
The companies used in Assignment 1 are below. Students will use the same company to complete this assignment as they did in
Assignment 1. Students who fail to use the companies on the list or an unapproved company will receive a zero for the assignment.
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 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NMS: REGN)
 BHP Billiton (NYS: BHP)
 Orocorbre Ltd (TSX: ORL)
 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYS: FCAU)
 Qualcomm, Inc. (NMS: QCOM)
NOTE: All submitted work is to be your original work (and only yours). You may not use any work from another student,
the Internet or an online clearinghouse. You are expected to understand the Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy,
and know that it is your responsibility to learn about instructor and general academic expectations with regard to proper
citation of sources as specified in the APA Publication Manual, 6th Ed. (Students are held accountable for in-text citations
and an associated reference list only).
Students may use subheadings.
Step 1: Preparation for the Assignment
Before you begin writing the report, you will read the following requirements that will help you meet the writing and APA
requirements.
 Read the grading rubric for the assignment. Use the grading rubric while writing the report to ensure all requirements are
met that will lead to the highest possible grade.
In writing this assignment, you will read and following these tasks:
 Third person writing is required. Third person means that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first person
writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (second person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this
link: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar….
 Contractions are not used in business writing, so you are NOT to use contraction in writing this assignment.
 You are expected to paraphrase and are NOT to use direct quotes. You are expected to paraphrase, which can be learned
by reviewing this link: https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2…..
 You are responsible for APA only for in-text citations and a reference list. Cite the page or paragraph number.
 In writing the analysis, writing in the third person. What this means is that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us”
(first person writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (second person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person,
view this link: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar…
 In writing this assignment, students are asked to support the reasoning using in-text citations with page or paragraph number
and a reference list. If information is taken from a source document, it has to be cited and referenced with a page or
paragraph number. A reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa.
 In completing this assignment, you are required to support reasoning or conclusions using in-text citations. Note that a
reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa.
 When using a source document, the expectation is that the information is cited and referenced with a page or paragraph
number.
 No books other than course eBook.
 In writing this assignment, students are expected to paraphrase and not use direct quotes unless citing the mission statement
of a company. Learn to paraphrase by reviewing this link: https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2….
 Read all course material for weeks 1 through 6 and perform independent research to provide a comprehensive internal
environmental analysis, strategy analysis and selection.
 Jot down key facts about the company. Consider making an outline to c