FIN 336 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric
Economic Environments and Risk Mitigation
Overview: This milestone will help you complete Sections II and III of the final project.
Prompt: Develop a report that analyzes one companys approach to multinational expansion. Include financial factors such as economic environments and
market conditions, risk mitigation strategies, and ethical and legal practices.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
II. Economic Environments and Market Conditions
C. Explain the role of international financial markets and institutions in global environments in evaluating their impact on the companys risk
management strategies.
D. Analyze impacts of exchange rate on the companys performance for determining if a loss occurred because of fluctuations or devaluations of
foreign currencies. Provide examples from the past year to support your claims.
III. Risk Mitigation: Examine sources of risk and risk reduction methods available to multinational corporations. Use the 20072008 annual report and the
most current annual report to support responses in this section.
B. Discuss risks and financial factors associated with exchange rates and interest rates for assessing how they inform the companys financial
management approaches.
C. Discuss diversification in the companys expansion model for examining advantages or disadvantages, and provide examples and financial
information from the past year to support claims.
D. Discuss company strategies before and after the 20072008 crisis for determining possible reasons for the companys current financial
performance. Provide examples to support your claims.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font,
and one-inch margins. Cite appropriate academic references as necessary.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Economic
Environments and
Market Conditions:
Financial Markets
and Institutions
Explains the role of international financial
markets and institutions in global
environments in evaluating their impact on
the companys risk management strategies
Explains the role of international financial
markets and institutions in global
environments in evaluating their impact on
the companys risk management strategies,
but explanation is cursory, illogical, or
missing key elements
Does not explain the role of international
financial markets and institutions in global
environments
18
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Economic
Environments and
Market Conditions:
Impacts of Exchange
Rate
Analyzes impacts of exchange rate on the
companys performance for determining if a
loss occurred because of fluctuations or
devaluations of foreign currencies, and
provides examples from the past year to
support claims
Analyzes impacts of exchange rate on the
companys performance for determining if a
loss occurred because of fluctuations or
devaluations of foreign currencies, and
provides examples from the past year to
support claims, but analysis or examples
provided are cursory, illogical, or missing key
elements or contain inaccuracies
Does not analyze impacts of exchange rate
on the companys performance
18
Risk Mitigation:
Exchange Rates and
Interest Rates
Discusses risks and financial factors
associated with exchange rates and interest
rates for assessing how they inform the
companys financial management
approaches
Discusses risks and financial factors
associated with exchange rates and interest
rates for assessing how they inform the
companys financial management
approaches, but discussion is cursory or
illogical or contains inaccuracies
Does not discuss risks and financial factors
associated with exchange rates and interest
rates
18
Risk Mitigation:
Diversification
Discusses diversification in the companys
expansion model for examining advantages
or disadvantages and provides examples and
financial information from the past year to
support claims
Discusses diversification in the companys
expansion model for examining advantages
or disadvantages and provides examples and
financial information from the past year to
support claims, but discussion or supporting
financial information is cursory or illogical or
contains inaccuracies
Does not discuss diversification in the
companys expansion model
18
Risk Mitigation:
Company Strategies
Discusses company strategies before and
after the 20072008 crisis for determining
possible reasons for the companys current
financial performance, and provides
examples to support claims
Discusses company strategies before and
after the 20072008 crisis for determining
possible reasons for the companys current
financial performance, and provides
examples to support claims, but discussion
or supporting examples are cursory or
illogical or contain inaccuracies
Does not discuss company strategies before
and after the 20072008 crisis for
determining possible reasons for the
companys current financial performance
18
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization
Submission has major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that negatively impact
readability and articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that prevent understanding of
ideas
10
Total 100%
FIN 336 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric
Economic Environments and Risk Mitigation
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LDRS 320
Assignment: 12 Angry Men
The intent of this assignment is for a student to demonstrate their understanding of the course material taught in the first half of LDRS 320. The assignment begins by watching the movie, 12 Angry Men. The movie shows a decision-making process to determine the guilt or innocence of the boy on trial. All aspects of decision making presented thus far in LDRS 320 are seen in the movie.
Throughout this paper, it is expected the student will demonstrate a knowledge of
Decision models
How faulty decisions are made
The impact of dialogue in a decision-making process
Inquiry and advocacy in decision making
The hidden traps that hamper decision making.
COURSE REQUIRED READING LIST
Making Decisions, Buer and Erdogen
Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions: Campbell, Whitehead, Finkelstein
Conquering a Culture of Indecision, Ram Charan
What You Dont Know About Making Decisions: Garvin and Roberto
Hidden Traps in Decision Making: Hammond, Keeney, Raiffa
ASSIGNMENT REQUIRMENTS
1. Use at least 2 references taken from each item on the Reading List. Each article can be found in Moodle and the course text: On Making Smart Decisions, HBR.
2. Length of paper: 5 – 7 pages, double spaced, plus title page and reference page. Use APA format.
3. Due date: February 18, 11:59pm.
4. Late papers are not accepted except for proven special circumstances with request for permission at least
24 hours
before the due date.
ASSIGNMENT: 6 SECTIONS
The percentage in front of each section is the max grade allowed for the section
10% What are 2 types of decision-making models used in the 12 Angry Men decision-making process? Describe what they are and, for each one, was it effective or ineffective? Why or why not? (1/2 1 page)
18% Describe three Red Flags that lead to a faulty decision process. Describe how each of the Red Flags can be seen in the movie and how it impacted the decision-making process. (1/2 1 page)
18% Dialogue is the basic unit of decision making. Define what the 3 Cs are. Give examples and descriptions from the movie where you saw Affective and Cognitive conflict. Give examples also of Consideration and Closure. Why was it difficult to arrive at having effective dialogue? (1 page)
20% Inquiry and advocacy are two types of dialogue. Conduct a comparison between: Juror #3 practicing advocacy, and juror # 8 (Mr. Davis) practicing inquiry. Complete or fill in the squares of the table found in the article entitled:
What you dont know about decision making, (see the section called: Two approaches to decision making). (1 2 pages)
For each box in the table, describe what it means and give examples of how you observed that action in the Juror #3 (Advocacy) and Juror #8 (Inquiry).
EXAMPLE: Work across each line, left to right.
Line one is
Concept of Decision Making
Describe and define: Concept of decision making
Under the
Advocacy column, describe how Juror #3 demonstrated the Concept of decision making as a contest.
Under the
Inquiry column, describe how Juror #8 demonstrated Concept of decision making as collaboration in problem solving.
15% Describe three hidden decision traps: what they are and how they impacted the decision-making process in the movie? What are the dangers in hidden traps when making a decision? (1 page)
9% List three leadership lessons you have learned about decision making from watching the movie? Explain the why for each one. (1/2 1 page)
5% Reference page format
5% A+: The assignment is presented with excellence, ready to publish, and displays a strong understanding of all sections of the assignment.
Near perfect grammar and English
Perfect spelling
All criteria met and presented in a professional and thoughtful manner.
Displays a clear knowledge of the material covered in LDRS 320 thus far.
GRADING RUBRIC FOR EACH SECTION
Each section will be graded on the:
accuracy
level of critical thinking
integration of the topic with the actions in the movie
effectiveness of the references
spelling and grammar