Strategic Management Research Journal.
Write a 525- to 700- Microsoft word response to the following prompts in your journal entry.
- Identify Caterpillar Inc.’s short-term and long-term goals.
- Evaluate how mergers and acquisitions in the last 3-5 years have contributed to Caterpillar Inc.’s performance and affected its organizational goals.
- Determine the most critical merger or acquisition that has contributed to Caterpillar’s performance and success in achieving organizational goals. Defend your choice.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of Caterpillar’s operational plan for global strategies (international, multi-domestic, global-standardization, or transnational). Include supporting research or data.
- Use a research writing format, that includes the use of the 3rd person, and APA formatting for the title page, headings, in-text citations, and reference list.
- Use at least two scholarly sources. Be sure to use Rothaermel, F. T. (2019). Strategic management: Concepts (4th ed). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill as one of the two scholarly sources.
Class, a gentle reminder to try to attempt to limit your word count to no more than 700 words.
Note: You will use information from this entry in your presentation due in Week 5.