Your company recently went through a global merger or acquisition in

Due Date: 11:59 pm EST Sunday of Unit 5

Points: 100

Overview:

Your company recently went through a global merger or acquisition in which at least one of the parties involved was from one of the following countries (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, or Cuba). You need to create a PowerPoint presentation that you will present to the Board to describe the rationale behind the merger or acquisition.

Instructions:

· Identify if the merger or acquisition was vertical or horizontal in nature.

· Compare and contrast some advantages and disadvantages to pursuing the merger as opposed to pursuing an association.

· What are some of the social implications of doing business with this firm (human rights, social responsibility, and etcetera)?

Requirements:

· Create a PowerPoint presentation, at least 7-9 slides, not counting the title or reference slides.

· Include at least 3 valid, credible resources, preferably from the Post University Library.

· Include an introduction and conclusion slide.

· Use APA formatting for citations, include in-text citations on slides.

· Be creative!

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Going Global Assignment

CRITERIA

Deficient

Needs Improvement

Proficient

Exemplary

0-11 points

12-15 points

16-17 points

18-20 points

Content

Elements of

Slides

Slides

Slides clearly

the assignment

somewhat

generally

address all

are not

address the

address all

elements of the

addressed,

elements of the

elements of the

assignment in

poorly

assignment in

assignment in

a thorough and

constructed,

though not in a

a clear

detailed

lacking critical

clear manner,

manner,

manner.

thought, or

lacking some

showing

Critical thinking

difficult to

critical thinking

evidence of

and research

evaluate.

and research.

critical thinking

are apparent.

and research.

Overall

Content is

Information

Information

Information is

Organization

difficult to

flow is

flow is

presented in a

follow due to

somewhat

generally

logical and

lack of logical

logical,

logical and

interesting

structure or

may be difficult

easy to follow

sequence that

flow.

to follow and

but may lack

is easy to

lack fluency.

fluency.

follow. Topics

flow smoothly

from one to

another with

appropriate

transitions.

Professionali

Slides are

Slides and

Slides and

Slides and

sm

unclear,

supporting

supporting

supporting

overloaded, or

notes are

notes are

notes are

lack a

presented in a

presented in a

presented in a

consistent

somewhat

generally

consistently

design style.

consistent

consistent and

professional

manner but

effective

and effective

lack an

design style,

manner.

effective

though there

Template

design style,

are some

design, fonts,

and

inconsistencies

and colors

inconsistencies

present.

enhance the

are present.

presentation.

Preparation

Slides

Slides

Slides

Slides

and

demonstrate

somewhat

demonstrate

demonstrate

Development

frequent errors

demonstrate a

general

consistent

of layout or

general

attention to

attention to

lack of attention to detail in preparation.

attention to detail in layout and titling.

Important detail(s) may be missing.

detail in layout and titling.

detail in preparation. Information is presented in a relevant and original

manner.

0-5 points

6-7 points

8 points

9-10 points

Clear and

Writing is

Writing is

Writing is easy

Writing is free

Professional

frequently

somewhat

to understand

of almost all

Writing and

difficult to

difficult to

despite minor

punctuation,

APA Format

understand

understand

errors in

spelling, and

because of

with errors in

punctuation,

grammar

several errors

punctuation,

spelling, and

errors.

in grammar,

spelling, and

grammar.

Appropriate

punctuation,

grammar.

Appropriate

word choice is

and spelling.

Appropriate

word choice is

used for an

Word choice

word choice is

used for an

academic

is sometimes

somewhat

academic

setting.

inappropriate

used for an

setting.

Sentence

for an

academic

Sentence

structure is

academic

setting.

structure is

clear.

setting.

Sentence

mostly clear.

Sentence

structure is

structure is

somewhat

unclear.

clear.

References

No academic

One academic

Two academic

Three or more

references

reference

references

academic

present, or

present but

present but

references are

reference

errors in

may have a

present and

formatting has

formatting.

few errors in

formatted

significant

formatting.

properly.

errors.