Some venture capitalists believe that the chosen industry drives a firm’s profitability; others believe that an effective management team can drive profits in any industry

1. Discussion Board Post

Some venture capitalists believe that the chosen industry drives a firm’s profitability; others believe that an effective management team can drive profits in any industry

Develop an argument to support either side

2. Community Health Planning Issues

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Respond to the following topics below with the support of at least one scholarly source (besides your textbook), use proper grammar, spelling and APA format:

1) Your text discussed the LEAN and VERB campaigns and their success. However, other campaigns such as Got Milk were not as successful. Select 2 national health ad campaigns. Research these campaigns and identify at least one goal of your selected campaign and the target population for this campaign. Then, evaluate how effective you believe their ad campaign was and what efforts could have made this campaign more effective.

2) Identify key characteristics of community-based action planning and explain how this approach could enhance community health initiatives

initial responses should be no less than 450 words in length not including your reference(s) and supported by at least two references (aside from the textbook).

3. Week 8 Discussion | Graded

Sustainability, Execution, and Leadership

Read the Tesla and Ford Motors case studies in the text (Cases 16 and 18). Jot down any additional thoughts based on your general knowledge of the automotive industry and personal experience with buying, driving, fueling and maintaining cars. Background research may be needed to satisfy your curiosity and answer questions raised by your readings and recollections.

Questions

Please answer all of the following questions

Chapter 9

1. Which is better at integrating ethics, CSR and environmental sustainability into their strategy: Tesla or Ford Motors?

Chapter 11

2. In your research, have you found any evidence of Tesla or Ford Motors using any of the five major process management tools for strategy execution? How would you assess the effectiveness of these tools?

Chapter 12

 

3. How well integrated are the leadership styles and corporate cultures at Tesla and Ford Motors?

Discussion Guidelines

Initial Post

Respond to all three discussion questions in the same post

Answer each discussion question in your own word