Critically analyze (5) five journal articles and/or other sources to gather and use
information effectively. All sources must be within a three-year period.
Task: Gather information about a Fortune 500 company Look for information that address the
following:
- What is the financial health of the company?
- Is the company diverse and what is the workforce demographic?
- What are their diversity and inclusion programs it offers?
a. How do they go about increasing it
b. Capitalizing on diversity, both internal and external diversity initiatives. - What types of issues has the company faced?
a. Has the company faced ethical issues? If so, what were they?
b. How was it discovered?
c. How did it affect the organization?
d. Were there discrimination lawsuits against the company? - How has the current political climate benefited or negatively affected the company?
a. Has legal or political challenges created a risk of loss of assets or earning power? - Is your company engaged in the international arena to seek cheaper resources?
a. Global outsourcing?-sometimes called offshoring, means engaging in the
international division of labor so as to obtain the cheapest sources of labor and
supplies, regardless of country.
b. Exporting? – is a market-entry strategy in which a company maintains production
facilities within its home country and transfers products for sale in foreign countries.
c. Joint ventures?- an organization that shares costs and risks with another firm in a
foreign country to build a facility, develop new products, or set up a sales and
distribution network
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