University of Phoenix Strategic Management Caterpillar Inc Short Term Goal Research

 

 

Answer the following IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Write a 525- to 700-word response to the following prompts in your journal entry. It will be ran thru a plagiarism checker, thanks.

Create a Word doc and title it Strategic Management Research Journal Part 4.

Write a 525- to 700-word response to the following prompts in your journal entry:

Resources

• Research Caterpillar’s Annual Report
• Research Yahoo Finance

1. Identify Caterpillar Inc.’s short-term and long-term goals.

2.Evaluate how mergers and acquisitions in the last 3-5 years have contributed to Caterpillar Inc.’s performance and affected its organizational goals.

3.Determine the most critical merger or acquisition that has contributed to Caterpillar’s performance and success in achieving organizational goals. Defend your choice.

4. Evaluate the effectiveness of Caterpillar’s operational plan for global strategies (international, multi-domestic, global-standardization, or transnational). Include supporting research or data.