Organizational structure planning

Key Term: Organizational structure planning (strategy, Structure, Locus of decision, decentralized, centralized)

focus all of your research in this course on the global - not domestic - aspects of your topics.

Discuss your selected Key 'Entering Global Markets and Managing Global Operations' term. You should explain why you are interested in the term, an explanation of the term, a summary of the germane current literature, and specifically how this relates to Entering Global Markets and Managing Global Operations.

Thread (600 words minimum)

After you have successfully chosen the key term that interests you the most, research a minimum

of 3 recent international business/management articles that relate to the concept on which you

wish to focus your research. Articles must be found in reputable professional and/or scholarly

journals and/or business/trade journals that deal with the content of the course (i.e., not blogs,

Wikipedia, newspapers, etc.). After reading the articles, select the 1 article that you wish to

discuss.

1. Key Term and Why You Are Interested in It (100 words minimum)

After reading the textbook, specifically state why you are interested in conducting further

research on this key term (e.g., academic curiosity, application to a current issue related

to employment, or any other professional rationale). Include a substantive reason, not

simply a phrase.

2. Explanation of the Key Term (100 words minimum)

Provide a clear and concise overview of the essentials relevant to understanding this key

term.

3. Major Article Summary (200 words minimum)

Using your own words, provide a clear and concise summary of the article, including the

major points and conclusions.

4. Discussion

In your own words, discuss each of the following points:

a. How the cited work relates to your above explanation AND how it relates

specifically to the content of the assigned module. This part of your thread

provides evidence that you have extended your understanding of this key term

beyond the textbook readings. (100 words minimum)

b. How the cited work relates to the other 2 works you researched. This part of your

thread provides evidence that you have refined your research key term to a

coherent and specialized aspect of the key term, rather than a random selection of

works on the key term. The idea here is to prove that you have focused your

research and that all works cited are related in some manner to each other rather

than simply a collection of the first 3 results from your Internet search. (100

words minimum)

5. References

A minimum of 3 recent articles no more than 5years old, in current APA format, must be

included and must contain persistent links so others may have instant access. In the event

that formatting is lost or corrupted when submitting the thread, attach the Microsoft Word

document to your thread as evidence that your work was completed in the proper format.