Class: Strategic Management Identify Caterpillar Inc.’s short-term and long-ter

Class: Strategic Management
Identify Caterpillar Inc.’s short-term and long-term goals. Instructor Expectations: Identify several- more than two or three short-term and more than two or three long term goals. Be sure and say which is which. Do not forget to account for your sources. A comprehensive response will indicate what these goals will accomplish and/or the planned impact toward a strategic plan.

Evaluate how mergers and acquisitions in the last 3-5 years have contributed to Caterpillar Inc.’s performance and affected its organizational goals. Instructor Expectations: Locate and evaluate mergers and acquisitions the past 3-5 years. List the mergers and acquisitions by name, impact, and how they have affected CAT’s 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. Instructor Expectations: Based on your research, using critical thinking skills as opposed to opinions, which M or A has had the greatest impact on CAT. Defend your choice- provide supportive documentation and your response should be complete and comprehensive.

Evaluate the effectiveness of Caterpillar’s operational plan for global strategies (international, multi-domestic, global-standardization, or transnational). Include supporting research or data. Instructor Expectations: Which of the four above global strategies does CAT use? Evaluate and defend your selection with supportive documentation. Is the global strategy effective? How do you know? How can you demonstrate it is. Provide examples and metrics.
Citations and references are required.