Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment-2
Strategic Management (MGT 401)
Due Date: 30th March 2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Strategic Management
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT401
Student’s ID Number: S
Semester: 2nd
CRN:23487
Academic Year:
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr. Moin Uddin
Students’ Grade: Marks Obtained/Out of 10
2023-24
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for
poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
1.
Recognize the basic concepts and terminology used in Strategic Management. (CLO1)
2.
Explain the contribution of functional, business, and corporate strategies to the competitive advantage of
the organization. (CLO3)
3.
Distinguish between different types and levels of strategy and strategy implementation. (CLO4)
4.
Communicate issues, results, and recommendations coherently, and effectively regarding appropriate
strategies for different situations. (CLO6)
Discussion Questions
1) How does horizontal growth differ from vertical growth of a corporate strategy? From
concentric diversification? Give at least one example for each strategy. (CH 7) 4 marks
2) What are the tradeoffs between an internal and an external growth strategy? Which
approach is best as an international entry strategy? (CH 7) 3 marks
3) Are functional strategies interdependent, or can they be formulated independently of
other functions? Discuss (CH 8) 3 marks
Important Notes:
•
•
•
Avoid Plagiarism.
Support your answers with course material concepts from the textbook and scholarly,
peer-reviewed journal articles, etc.
Need references and use APA style for writing the references.
Answers
1.
2.
3.
???????? ??????? ?????????
?????? ????????
???????? ???????? ????????????
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 2
Introduction to International Business (MGT 321)
Due Date: 30/03/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Introduction to International
Business
Course Code: MGT-321
Student’s Name:
Semester: Second
CRN:
Student’s ID Number:
Academic Year:2023-24-2nd
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr. Mohammed Alhashem
Students’ Grade:
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
Marks Obtained/Out of 10
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge:
1.1: Identify and evaluate the significant trade agreements affecting global commerce
Skills:
2.1: Analyse the effects of culture, politics and economic systems in the context of
international business
Values:
3.1: Carry out effective self-evaluation through discussing economic systems in the
international business context
Case study
Please read Case 6: “The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Is Dead: Long Live the
CPTPP” available in your book (International business: Competing in the global
marketplace (13th ed.), at page no.634, and answer the following questions:
Case study Question(s):
1. Explain the proposed benefits of the TPP.
(Marks: 2.5)
2. What were the potential drawbacks of the U.S. entering the TPP? What would be
the drawbacks to other nations? Discuss.
(Marks: 2.5)
3. Is the CPTTP a threat to American economic interests? Discuss.
(Marks: 2.5)
4. Why do you think the 11 remaining signatories went ahead with a revised deal
after the United States withdrew? Give logic in support of your answer. (Marks:
2.5)
Important Notes:
• This is an individual assignment.
• All references must be cited using APA format. This includes both in-text
citations and the reference list at the end of the document.
• Originality, Similarity and Plagiarism Check: Your work must be original. All
papers will be submitted through SafeAssign software to check for similarity and
plagiarism. Any instance of academic dishonesty will result in a grade of zero for
the assignment. No exceptions and no second chances!
Answers
1. Answer2. Answer3. Answer4. Answer-
???????? ??????? ?????????
?????? ????????
???????? ???????? ????????????
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 2 MGT322 (2nd Term 2023-2024)
Deadline: 30/03/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Logistics Management
Course Code: MGT322
Student’s Name:
Semester: 2nd
CRN: 26284
Student’s ID Number:
Academic Year: 1445 H (2023-2024)2nd Term
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr. Alam Ahmad
Students’ Grade: /10
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
•
•
This assignment is an individual assignment.
The due date for Assignment 2 is 30/03/2024.
• The Assignment must be submitted only in WORD format via the allocated folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling in your information on the cover page.
• Students must mention the question number clearly in their answer.
• Late submissions will NOT be accepted.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
• All answers must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
• Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
???????? ??????? ?????????
?????? ????????
???????? ???????? ????????????
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Logistics Management
ASSIGNMENT -2
Submission Date by students: 30/3/2024
Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre
Weight:
10 Marks
Learning Outcome:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of how global competitive environments are changing supply chain
management and logistics practice.
2. Apply essential elements of core logistic and supply chain management principles.
3. Analyze and identify challenges and issues pertaining to logistical processes.
Assignment Workload:
This assignment is an individual assignment.
Critical Thinking
The global marketplace has witnessed an increased pressure from customers and competitors in
manufacturing as well as service sector (Basu, 2001; George, 2002). Due to the rapidly changing global
marketplace only those companies will be able to survive that will deliver products of good quality at
cheaper rate and to achieve their goal companies try to improve performance by focusing on cost cutting,
increasing productivity levels, quality and guaranteeing deliveries in order to satisfy customers (Raouf,
1994).
Increased global competition leads the industry to increasing efficiency by means of economies of scale
and internal specialization so as to meet market conditions in terms of flexibility, delivery performance
and quality (Yamashina, 1995). The changes in the present competitive business environment are
characterized by profound competition on the supply side and keen indecisive in customer requirements
on the demand side. These changes have left their distinctive marks on the different aspect of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
???????? ??????? ?????????
?????? ????????
???????? ???????? ????????????
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
manufacturing organizations (Gomes et al., 2006). With this increasing global economy, cost effective
manufacturing has become a requirement to remain competitive.
To meet all the challenges organizations try to introduce different manufacturing and supply techniques.
Management of organizations devotes its efforts to reduce the manufacturing costs and to improve the
quality of product. To achieve this goal, different manufacturing and supply techniques have been
employed. The last quarter of the 20th century witnessed the adoption of world-class, lean and integrated
manufacturing strategies that have drastically changed the way manufacturing firm’s leads to
improvement of manufacturing performance (Fullerton and McWatters, 2002).
Read textbook chapter 7 or secondary data on the internet and answer the following questions.
Question:
1. Why big Manufacturing Companies adopted Lean Thinking and the JIT model? (3 Marks)
2. Discuss major types of Waste, and why overproduction is the biggest waste companies must keep
in mind during production. (3 Marks)
3. With the initiation of artificial intelligence. The agile supply chain is a perfect concept for future
SCM? Give reasons with examples. (3 Marks)
4. APA style Reference ((1.0 Marks)
Each answer should be within the limit of 300- 400 words.
The Answer must follow the outline points below:
•
Lean Thinking and JIT Concept
•
Agile Supply chain
•
Their Main functions
•
Reasons with suitable Examples
•
Reference
Ans 1:
Ans 2:
Ans 3: