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Identify a specific organization that is considering diversifying their business activities into other types of businesses and, relying solely on your impressions, evaluate whether or not the organization's decision to pursue grand strategies that would broaden the scope of their company's business activities is a sound strategic choice.

Note: if you have a difficult time getting started with this task, you might find it helpful to scan through recent copies of major business periodicals (e.g. BusinessWeek, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, the Denver Post, or the Rocky Mountain News) for an example of an organization that is considering diversifying their business activities into other types of businesses.

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Identify a specific organization that is considering diversifying their business activities into other types of businesses and, relying solely on your impressions, evaluate whether or not the organization's decision to pursue grand strategies that would broaden the scope of their company's business activities is a sound strategic choice.

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The Fertitta Family, owners of Station Casinos is the leader in local gaming companies in Nevada. The company decided to expand its ...

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