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Discussion Part B: PepsiCo Business Case Analysis
(Critical Issues and Recommendations) –FL 19
Here is your opportunity to continue to apply the business principles that you have been learning to a business case.
PLEASE NOTE: Discussions Part A AND Part B comprise your Student Learning Outcomes Assessment (Business Case Analysis) for this BUS 100 course. To PASS this BUS 100 course Assessment, it is REQUIRED that you complete and earn a grade of at least 70% on Part A (49 points out of 70 possible points for Part A) AND a grade of at least 70% on Part B (70 points out of 100 possible points for Part B). You MUST COMPLETE BOTH PART A AND PART B in order to pass the course SLO Assessment, since BOTH Part A and Part B Discussions are REQUIRED.
NOTE: Deadline for Discussion Part B is:
Not Later than Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 11:00
PM
Points Possible:
Initial Thread: Up to 80 points
At Least TWO Replies to At Least Two Students:
Up to 20 points
--REQUIRED: Any attachments that you submit MUST BE PDF files, so that ALL STUDENTS AND PROFESSOR can view and read them. It is your responsibility to check and make sure that your posts and any attachments are viewable in full by your professor or you will receive a grade of zero. So please check your posts and pdf attachments.
For your business case analysis, focus on PepsiCo, Inc. as
the "organization".
Please consider yourself to be a member of a strategic
planning task team at PepsiCo, Inc. You and your team
members are comprised of strategic planning executives at
PepsiCo. Your ultimate team task is to develop a 5-years
strategic plan for your organization. Your team will present
the business strategic plan to the highest level management
officers at PepsiCo, as well as to the Board of Directors, for
their considerations.
Please make sure that you have read and understand the
"Business Case Analysis" handout, included as one of
your "Resources". This resource specifically outlines the
elements of a business case analysis. Note that you do NOT
have to write an analytical paper that includes all of the
elements in the handout for the purpose of this Discussion
Board assignment. Note that you must write an analytical
paper.
Please make sure that you have submitted Discussion
Part A Before you write your Discussion Part B case
analysis.
Please make sure that you have read and analyzed your
classmates' posts for Discussion Part A dealing with
Both the Organizational Analysis and Environmental
Analysis Before you write your Discussion Part B case
analysis.
What do you have to do for Discussion Part B?
Please follow the directions in this Discussion Board.
You will be using the Discussion Board to post your in-depth
business analysis. Please write well-written essays with
complete sentences, paragraphs, correct spelling, and correct
grammar. Please underline and bold key topics within your
essay.
Please consult the "Business Case Analysis" Resources
included in the "Resources" in the menu to the left.
Also, please consult the "Business Case Discussion
Resources".
Also, please consult the Business Case Discussion Resources. I have helped you by including some important resources for your research regarding this organization and its environment, including articles in various business journals to help you to begin your research. If the links do not work, you can try to “google” the article, or find your own reliable sources with the assistance of “How to Do Business Case Research” to analyze this business case.
NOTE: The COC web site was redesigned recently, so that some links may
not work as they did in the past. If you conducted business research using
the COC web site in past semesters, you may find that the sources and
research materials are different or are located in different places. So please
be aware, understanding, patient, and persistent as you engage in your
research. You can also contact a COC Librarian for help. See the library
within the COC web site.
Please read the resource dealing with "How to Do Business
Case Research", so that you can do additional research to
analyze this business case.
Also, please make sure that you have read my handout
regarding "Number-crunching for Beginners" if you are
analyzing an income statement. This handout is included in
the "Business Case Analysis" Resources.
For Discussion Part B, please post an Initial Thread
AND At Least TWO REPLIES to the threads of
At Least TWO classmates.
1) Your initial thread(s) should discuss At Least One
major critical strategic planning issue for PepsiCo.
Please begin by writing the issue in the form of a
question. For example, should PepsiCo's strategy include
an emphasis on developing and marketing "healthy" or
"healthier" products? For another example, what
management measures can be taken to improve profitability
in such PepsiCo products as Gatorade, Frito Lay,
Tropicana, and Quaker Oats ?
Please indicate in Bold and underline which issue you
have chosen to analyze. Please read the "Business Case
Analysis" handout, so that you know what should be
included in the critical issue analysis.
Please make sure that you include an in-depth analysis of
the critical issue in complete sentences and paragraphs.
2) Your initial thread should also discuss At Least FIVE
Detailed Specific Recommendations for Action that you
feel should be included in PepsiCo's 5-years strategic
plan. Specify examples. These recommendations should
deal with the critical issue that you have analyzed. Please
make sure that you use complete sentences and paragraphs.
3) You should explain how your specific
recommendations will help to: minimize specific
organizational weaknesses, neutralize specific
environmental threats, and exploit specific organizational
strengths and environmental opportunities. For each of your
recommendations for the 5-years strategic plan, please
indicate in Bold and underline the recommendation and
whether it will, for example, minimize a PepsiCo
organizational weakness, or exploit a PepsiCo
organizational strength. (SWOT analysis).
4) Your initial thread should be at least 500 words in well-
written complete sentences with paragraphs.
• Note that this is the minimum number of
words in order to possibly get any credit
for this discussion.
• There is no maximum number of words.
• Please feel free to include attachment(s)
with your analysis. All attachments must
be submitted as a pdf file.
• You do NOT need to include every element
of the "critical issues" and
"recommendations" listed in the Business
Case Analysis handout.
View this assignment as your contribution to your team
meeting with information that you have researched and
analyzed. In other words, if you choose to do an in-depth
analysis of the "healthier" products issue for PepsiCo
mentioned above, then you do not also have to do an in-
depth analysis of every other major critical issue facing
PepsiCo. Another team member may choose to tackle the
issue of whether the organizational structure needs to be
changed to achieve organizational goals.
5) REQUIRED: Moreover, your initial thread must
include at least one chart, diagram, or graph that you
have designed based upon your research.
• You should include a pdf file attachment
with the graph carefully labeled and
referenced.
• · It is also REQUIRED that you include a
verbal discussion explaining any chart,
diagram, or graph that you include. Please
include a verbal discussion explaining
any chart, diagram, or graph that you
include. • Note: The chart, diagram or graph that you have
designed is worth up to 10 points of this Discussion Part B, and
• your verbal analysis explaining your chart, diagram,
or graph is worth up to 10 points of this Discussion Part B.
If you designed the chart or graph by yourself, please
specify that you designed it yourself.
If you did NOT design the chart or graph by yourself but
rather just found the graph or chart in a business journal
article, then please make sure that you indicate that you did
not design the chart or graph AND please give the full
bibliographic source of your chart or graph in MLA style.
NOTE: It is plagiarism to use the chart or graph or essays
or sentences of a fellow student. If a student engages in
plagiarism or a violation of Academic Integrity, then the
student will be referred to the Dean and there will be
possible consequences, such as failing the course or
suspension from the college, etc. So do your own work and
submit your own work. You can do this assignment.
6) Please make sure that you specify at least five reference
footnotes within your written analysis AND at least five
bibliographic references for your research information at
the end of your analytical discussion paper. These
references may include the research sources that I have
included under "Business Case Discussion Resources" in
the menu to the left. The bibliographic resources should be
in MLA style and NOT just "www. . . . . . . "
7) Please note also that Academic integrity is required in all student discussions, papers, charts/ diagrams/graphs, attachments, etc. in the Discussion Board and in your business case analysis. All reference sources must be properly cited, even the work of other students. For example, posting another student’s chart or words without indicating the source would suggest plagiarism and/or cheating. Please read the "Cheating" and "College Policies" sections in your course syllabus.
8) You must also post At Least TWO Replies to At Least
TWO Students’ posts in your class. Each of your
analytical REPLY POSTS should be at least 100 words in
complete sentences. Note that this is the minimum number
of words.
9) Please read your BUS 100 Syllabus regarding the
requirements of Discussions, AND please use your
Netiquette.
Have fun as you learn while working on your Business Case
Analysis!
You can do it!