Corporations Explained

What are corporations and how are they set up? Here's a basic explanation.

What are the advantages of a corporation? Here's a good 10 minute explanation of corporations and why you'd want one.

Assignment: Corporate structures consist of Stockholders, a Board of Directors, Officers, Employees and Customers/ Citizens. Look up the Board of Directors, CEO and corporate officers for a given company. Title your paper Corporate Structure - <company name>. You paper must be typed in 12 point Times New Roman, double spaced. Put the names in bold. Share your paper using the blue share button in Google Docs. Use one of the following companies:

General Motors
Kellogs
Apple Computer
Merck
Pepsico
Xerox
American Express
Walmart
IBM
Nike
McDonald's
Fubu

Grammar Usage and Punctuation - 3 points
Spelling - 3 points
Answer content - 4 points
10 points total


When you're done, review the terms in Quizlet and take the Learn module twice. Pay particular attention to the following terms:

Corporation
Charter
Stockholder
Stock
Dividends
Board of Directors
Officers

This review is worth 5 points.