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Watch the following Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC_acEzfL9Q&list=PLBleVtIJsOLx6fKt3uUTcwsMKfsrdWKeb

Read Chapter 10 – Corporate Governance.

Chapter Overview: The purpose of this chapter is to present and discuss how shareholders (owners) can ensure that managers develop and implement strategic decisions in the best interests of the shareholders (owners) and not be primarily self-serving (working for the best interests of managers only, to the detriment of shareholders). In the absence of effective internal governance mechanisms, the market for corporate control—an external governance mechanism—may be activated. While it is a subject most frequently associated with firms in the U.S. and the U.K., the effectiveness of governance is gaining attention throughout the world. The chapter begins by describing the relationship that provides the foundation on which the modern corporation is built—i.e., the relationship between owners and managers. However, the majority of this chapter is devoted to an explanation of various mechanisms owners use to govern managers and ensure maximization of shareholder value.

Learning Objectives:

Define corporate governance and explain why it is used to monitor and control managers’ strategic decisions.

Explain why ownership has been largely separated from managerial control in the corporation.

Define an agency relationship and managerial opportunism and describe their strategic implications.

Explain how three internal governance mechanisms — ownership concentration, the board of directors, and executive compensation —are used to monitor and control managerial decisions.

Discuss the types of compensation executives receive and their effects on strategic decisions.

Describe how the external corporate governance mechanism—the market for corporate control—acts as a restraint on top-level managers’ strategic decisions.

Discuss the use of corporate governance in international settings, especially in German, Japan, and China.

Describe how corporate governance fosters ethical strategic decisions and the importance of such behaviors on the part of top level executives.

-Write a short essay explaining any three (3) of the above learning objectives and give real-life examples to illustrate your comments . The essay should be: a) in your own works (no copying paraphrasing your textbook; b) give real-life specific examples. After reading your essay I should have the impression that “this person knows what they are talking about. In good business English, spell checked, with each objective clearly identified. Thank you

Chapter 11

Organizational Structure and Controls

Organizational Structure and Controls.

Watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zht5zXj_mxY

Chapter Overview: As students will recall, the discussion in the previous chapter (Chapter 10) described how governance mechanisms are used to align the interests of a firm’s top-level managers with those of the firm’s owners. It also described how those mechanisms influence the firm’s ability to execute strategies that have been implemented successfully as the firm strives to achieve a competitive advantage in the new competitive landscape. The same could be said of organizational structure, the focus of the current chapter.

Learning Objectives:

Define organizational structure and controls and discuss the difference between strategic and financial controls.

Describe the relationship between strategy and structure.

Discuss the functional structures used to implement business-level strategies.

Explain the use of three versions of the multidivisional (M-form) structure to implement different diversification strategies.

Discuss the organizational structures used to implement three international strategies.

Define strategic networks and discuss how strategic center firms implement such networks at the business, corporate and international levels.

-Write a short essay explaining and three (3) of the above learning objectives and give real-world examples to illustrate your comments. The essay should be: a) in your own works (no copying paraphrasing your textbook; b) give real-life specific examples. After reading your essay I should have the impression that “this person knows what they are talking about. In good business English, spell checked, with each objective clearly identified.