The Best Company to Work for Project (100 POINTS) in hard copy and in electronic format
submission).
Assignment Theme: You have enrolled in the Woodbury School of Business to obtain a degree in
one of the Business Disciplines we offer. Following your graduation you will either work for a
company or possibly open a business of your own or your family may own a business you may be
already be involved with. Regardless, business students should be inspired to become the best they
can be and climb the œexecutive ladder just the same as many CEOs have done before you. Thus
finding the ideal company to work for becomes extremely important. This project will enable you
to research the best company according to the discipline you have chosen to study and according
to your future career development. This is a very important assignment as the outcome of your
investigation will be beneficial to your future career plans and to take leadership of your future
career development.
Description of work
Each student will write a report following the instructions below. The assignment involves the
strategic investigation of a Multinational Company listed in the œFortune 500 2011 report. The
following link may help find the company you wish to research about:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2011/full_list/.
You may choose any firm
that is publicly traded on the international stock market and that is listed on the Fortune 500
report. It is important that in the project the firm’s data is provided in form of vital statistics: e.g.:
its industry or industries the company operates in (including NAICS code
http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/; ISO 9000 http://www.iso.org/iso/more_resources_9000
), product or service, size, legal form of business, organization chart etc¦ The report must also
provide important information about the countries the company it operates in if it operates
outside the United States? The firm’s strategy and overall success should demonstrate that the
company being investigated is the ideal enterprise to work. The report must be prepared in your
own words and it should include all possible information but not limited to the following
1. Introduction of the company
2. Detailed Statement of Purpose of the firm
3. Management strategic planning to include its œintent, formulation, implementation, and control
4. Vision, mission, future accomplishments
5. SWOT analysis
6. Financial analysis of at least five years
7. Company culture, social responsibility, ethical standards, etc.
8. Why did you choose this company? What is so special? The earnings potential, the benefits,
career growth, recognition, appreciation, flexible working environment, friendly and diverse,
etc¦
9. Identify and summarize what made this company successful in attracting the best employees
10.Other important components students wish to add¦
