Module 12: Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking: Strategic Recommendations 

Managing the multi-business corporation to meet high performance expectations is problematic. Research a company in KSA that manages multiple businesses:

Questions:

1. Explain the corporate structure and provide a review of its business portfolio.
2. What advice would you provide on the use of portfolio matrices and which portfolio matrix would you recommend: the GE McKinsey, BCG, or Ashridge matrix? Why? 
3. Apply your recommended portfolio matrix and provide a portfolio analysis.
4. How does diversification create value through the linkages between businesses? 

Based on the chapters you read, I would like to know if you think there is anything to edit in this Media Law and Ethics book. In other words, would you delete, add, or change any major topic or issue either within a chapter or across the whole textbook? For example, years ago, we, invited editors, proposed that this book needed a separate chapter on international law and we told the authors why.

What would delete, add, or change in this book? 

Use the financial statement of your company to compute the following ratios for the past 5 years: Return on Assets, Cash Return on Assets, Return on Equity and Debt to Assets. Analyze the trends of the ratios and relate any trends to the strategic plan, demand analysis and any other aspects that you have uncovered over the past the weeks..Read at least two other postings and explain why you agree or disagree with the postings plus why you agree or disagree.

Thoroughly review the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLr-xaQEnkE&t=8s

Based on your review, please respond to the following:

The CEO has approved funding for your project to create a training and development system for the organization. She now wants you to explain your process on how you will create training programs for the new system and why your process will add value to the company. NOTE: You are addressing a CEO and not regular employees so keep your response both strategic and high level.

Write an essay on the following topic in about 1000-1200 words.

“Human resource skill is considered a vital factor for smooth organization change and managing organizational transformation” In the present technological age, discuss the important constraint in the process of upgradation of Human Resource in the organization. Also discuss how to develop technological skills to address the business issues. (Give an example of the organization you are aware with).

Important: You are required to present at least three scholarly journals to support your answers.