CSU Examination of External Risk Factors in Apple Incs Supply Chain Portfolio Project

Select an organization that operates internationally but which has had controversy or widely-recognized problems. For example, Wal-Mart has expanded into South Korea only to find that Wal-Mart products were not wanted; Shell Oil continues to battle allegations of benefiting from corrupt political bodies in foreign locations; and the United Nations has been criticized for its ineffectiveness in war-torn countries.

Your Portfolio Project will be a position paper of 10-12 pages, not including the reference and title pages, that includes an examination of the following:

• The management issue.
• The following components and how they impact the organization: external environment factors, cultural dynamics, strategy and structure.
• A description of the theories that apply to the international management of the organization and the handling of the specific issues.
• A substantiated opinion regarding the organization’s management of the issues, in other words, has the organizational management been effective in its facilitation of the organization’s position in the global landscape? Why or why not?
• Given the future of international management, include thoughts on how management can prepare to deal with or conclude the issues.

Your project should adhere to the following standards:

• Your Portfolio Project should be 10-12 pages long, not including the required title and reference pages,
• Include a minimum of five scholarly sources
• Employ in-text citations and references that adhere to APA formatting.