If you were an investor looking for a profitable venture, would you invest in the company you studied? Why or why not? Explain your rationale.

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Bible

Article: 3 Steps to Creating an Organizational Profile
Article: 5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership
Article: 13 Ways You Can Craft A Strong Personal Mission Statement
Article: Demystifying Strategy: The What, Who, How, and Why
Article: Different Types of Business Strategies
Article: How Whole Foods CEO John Mackey Is Leading a Revolution in Health and Business
Article: Macroenvironmental Forces Affecting Marketing
Article: SMART Goals: How to Make Your Goals Achievable
Article: What Is Corporate Social Responsibility?
Article: What is Macro Environment Analysis?
Article: What’s Next For Corporate HR?
Article: 3 Reasons Why HR is Critical to Your Company’s Success
Article: The Six Defining Traits of the Successful 21st Century Organization
Blog: 7 Key SMART Goals To Achieve Business Success
Blog: How to Write a Business Case Study
Blog: How to Write a Business Case ― 4 Steps to a Perfect Business Case Template
Blog: How to Write a Personal Mission Statement
Blog: Not just SMART goals, setting CLEAR goals for success
Blog: What Is a SWOT Analysis, and How to Do It Right (With Examples)
Article: Why Should Your Business Care About Social Responsibility?
Video: 7 Steps to Writing a Business Case – A 3-Minute Crash Course
Video: Business Ethics: Corporate Social Responsibility
Video: The Era of Corporate Social Responsibility is Ending | Rachel Hutchisson | TEDxWilmington
Video: Find out more about the 5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership®
Video: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership | Graham Moore
Video: How to Analyze a Business Case Study
Video: How To Create A Powerful Mission Statement For Your Life
Video: How to Develop Your Personal Mission Statement
Video: How to Prepare a Business Case Study … and how not to
Video: Macro-Environment
Video: Stephen Covey Video on Choosing Success
Video: Strategic Business Insights: An interview with Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey
Video: Strategy Formulation
Video: Strategy Formulation Foundations
Video: SWOT Analysis – What is SWOT? Definition, Examples and How to Do a SWOT Analysis
Video: 21st Century Organization
Website: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® Model
Website: Writing a Case Study Analysis

Background Information

This assignment uses the results of your organization case study to assess any world-changing activity of the organization you have studied. In addition, the assignment asks you whether you would invest in the organization based upon your research and analysis.

The goal of this reflection is to help crystallize the benefits of conducting a similar analysis of another organization with which you are familiar.

Instructions

Review the resources listed in Workshop 1.

Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the following:

Do you believe that the organization you studied (Toyota) is significantly impacting the world? Why or why not? How is it world-changing? Explain your rationale.

If you were an investor looking for a profitable venture, would you invest in the company you studied? Why or why not? Explain your rationale.

If you were going to invest $100,000 of your personal money in any company, what information would you require from the organization? Would you invest money based on an analysis similar to the one you have completed in this course? Why or why not? Explain your rationale.

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