Signature Assignment #$1$ EARNINGS CALL ASSIGNMENT Due Week $3$ The Earnings Call Assignment is designed to introduce to the Student $$ Specific industry $/$ company $/$ brand $$ Metrics, terminology and accepted industry practices. $$ These concepts will orient the Student to the conventional issues a specific industry, company, brand faces in achieving their financial, operational, legal, technology, marketing and human resources goals. $$ It is important to understand that there are core cross$-$industry issues across functional lines, in addition to industry specific issues across functional lines. $1.$ Review the Earnings Call description below in detail to understand the assignment. $2.$ Use your assigned company. $3.$ Listen online to an archived most recent Quarterly Earnings Call from the publicly traded company you selected. I suggest you listen to the Earnings call twice so that you don$$t miss any information due to audio issues. $($Participants tend to talk over each other.$)4.$ Identify $4$ Strategic Management Initiatives discussed on the conference call. $5.$ For each SMI $($Strategic Management Initiative$)$ you have identified describe specific tactical steps the company is taking to address the situation. $6.$ Identify each of the SMIs as either an Opportunity or Threat $/$ Strength or Weakness based on the SWOT Analysis as described in the course textbook in chapters $3$ and $4.7.$ Submit your MS Word document in the appropriate course drop box in Week $5$ of the course. $8.$ You can email or schedule a conference call with the Professor during this assignment to discuss any and all issues you encounter. LIST OF $4$ STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES BASED ON EARNINGS CALLS $$ MS WORD DOC FORMATS $$ This should be the format of your paper. Use a Title page. $1.$ Earnings call utilized $$ date, source $2.$ Strategic Management Initiative A$.$ Description B$.$ Functional Areas Impacted C$.$ Metrics Identified D$.$ Current Status $3.$ Strategic Management Initiative A$.$ Description B$.$ Functional Areas Impacted C$.$ Metrics Identified D$.$ Current Status $4.$ Strategic Management Initiative A$.$ Description B$.$ Functional Areas Impacted C$.$ Metrics Identified D$.$ Current Status $5.$ Strategic Management Initiative A$.$ Description B$.$ Functional Areas Impacted C$.$ Metrics Identified D$.$ Current Status