University of Phoenix Business Information of Caterpillar Inc Essay

Review the resources listed at the end of this assignment along with the terms and concepts discussed this week to prepare for this assignment:

• strategic management
• competitive advantage
• strategic plan
• mission statement
• vision statement
• core values statement
• AFI

Create a Word document and title it Strategic Management Research Journal Part 1.

Write a 500- to 700-word response to the following prompts as your journal entry:

Note: You will use information from this entry in your Strategic Management Research Project Presentation due in Week 5.

Resources

• Strategic Management Project Background
• Caterpillar Inc. website https://www.caterpillar.com/en/company/
• Research Caterpillar’s Annual Report
• Research CATERPILLAR public information, such as news releases, financial reports, and marketing analyses.

Note: Please provide references to the citations (NO Websites that require sign-in and NO Blogs as references) and please provide web links for the references.