...Format for Strategic Analysis Report Strategic analysis of: _______________________________________ (case or company) EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT MACRO ENVIRONMENT Political: • Regulation • Trade barriers • Change in tax laws/incentives • Other… Summary Legal: • Anti-trust • Equal pay/employment • Environmental protection • Health & Safety • Other… Summary Economic: • Interest Rate • Recession (aggregate demand) • Energy prices • Other… Summary MICRO ENVIRONMENT Industry – Competitive Analysis: Define the (primary) industry in which this firm competes Key segmentation variables: Identify the industry segment in which your firm competes Power of suppliers: Factors affecting relative bargaining power (high or low threats?) • What proportion of the value of our product(s) is provided by suppliers? Cost of Goods Sold / Sales • Price sensitivity Cost of purchases relative to total costs Profitability of suppliers vs. buyers Importance of the product to the quality of buyer’s quality • Bargaining Power Size and concentration of buyers relative to suppliers Buyer’s switching costs Buyer’s information Buyer’s ability to backward vertically integrate Risk of owning obsolescent technology Related experience in making the supplies Is owning non-complementary assets required? Summary ...
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...Boeing |1 Boeing Strategic Analysis Report Professor Jiang Bus 189 Matt Fong Karolyn Vong Kenneth Wong Vivian Li Jae Woo Chae Joseph Eslao Boeing |2 Assessing the Industry Each year the strong economic growth of the U.S. has led to sustained high oil and fuel prices. Between 2003 and 2007, jet fuel expenses have increased dramatically by 15 percent to more than 30 percent of operating cost. Because of this, many airlines are demanding new aircraft that are fuel efficiency in order to help reduce their operational costs. The current trend of increasing fuel prices plays a key role in increasing the current demand for new aircraft or commercial airplanes that are more fuel-efficient. In addition, the rising fuel prices have taken a big effect on the economy. As fuel prices affect consumer goods and spending, leisure travel is expected to decrease, thus affecting the airline industry's bottom line. Furthermore, since the economy has gradually moved into a recession from the effects of rising fuel prices, many airlines that are struggling to stay out of bankruptcy, are looking for more ways to become cost effective. Thus, further fueling the demand for new commercial aircrafts to become more fuelefficient (2007 Annual Report). In order to save on costs so that Boeing can provide lower prices to its customers, Boeing and its competitor, Airbus, have both turned to outsourcing. Outsourcing has allowed Boeing to become more competitive. Furthermore, the option of outsourcing...
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...Term Paper On Strategic Management Analysis for the ACME laboratories limited A company’s strategy is the game plan management is using to stake out a market position, conduct its operations, attract and please customers, compete successfully, and achieve organizational objectives. [pic] is the famous pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh and it has been continuously in the 2nd position among all national and multinational companies . The sales turnover of The ACME laboratories was more than US$ 60 million with about a large product line containing 272 products In this report, efforts have been made to analyze Acme’s strategy to maintain its leading position in the market and the difficulties it is facing while operating in the industry. This report starts with a company background and then proceeds with an analysis of the external and internal environment of the industry and the company, followed by its strategic practices at different levels, understanding the company mission, vision and objectives; it’s financial and marketing performance and current practices of various functional units. While analyzing the overall performance of Acme, few problems in the area of finance and operation have been found and suitable recommendations has also been suggested to address the problems. After these analyses, some new strategies are suggested in light of the future direction of the industry and the market to guide the company to maintain its leadership...
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...Strategic Management Report – an External Environment Analysis Hsinyin Tan Strategic Management Report – an External Environment Analysis This essay will provide two aspects of environmental assessments undertaken on 800 Super Holdings Limited (800): a macro-environmental PESTEL analysis, and an industry analysis using Porter’s Five Forces of how 800 fairs in today’s competitive environment. 800 Super Holdings Limited 800 is a home grown company with humble beginnings in 1986 before its IPO offering and listing on the SGX-Catalist on 15 July 2011. An established integrated environmental solutions provider, 800’s business lies in waste management (WM) and recycling, cleaning and conservancy; and horticultural services. With its broad range of services, 800’s customer base is diverse and ranges from municipals to the industrial, institutional and commercial sectors (800 super, 2015). 800 has posted healthy profits year after year, with FY2014 revenue increasing 17.9% to S$115 million and net profit after tax improving 57.1% to $9.1 million (Chairman Statement, 2014); as of HY2015, revenue has already increased 95.4% to S$12.3 million, pushing current net profit to S$4.6 million (800 super, 2015). 800’s recent prominent deals include a Ministry of Home Affairs S$38.6 million three-year contract for cleaning and horticultural services in the East and West regions (shareinvestor, 2015). Winning two out of eight integrated public cleaning (IPC) seven-year contracts in the...
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...Co-ordinator: Rodolphe Ocler | Unit Name: Strategic Management | Unit Code: SHR602-6 Sem 2A | Title of Coursework: Assignment 1: Written Report | 40% weighting of final unit grade | Feedback details The university policy is that you will receive prompt feedback on your work within 15 working days of the submission date. Exceptionally where this is not achievable (for example due to staff sickness) you will be notified as soon as possible of the revised date and the reasons behind the change. Submission Date: 24th May 2015, Sunday | Feedback Date: 14th June 2015 | Details of how to access the feedback: Turnitin | Your task 1 Choose an organisation for which there is a large amount of information available about both the industry and the firm. Small private companies can be used but are not usually a good idea. You may not choose companies which feature in the large case studies in the Johnson & Scholes and Grant textbooks, or companies used for in-class teaching. Please confirm your choice of company with your tutor before proceeding. Collecting information can be done in groups 2 Group preparation. - This task is your research and is not graded. However without the research you will not be able to successfully complete the individual task. Based on the information collected, you will be asked to construct strategic tools that will lead to the analysis performed in your individual report 3. The Individual Report (1600 words). This submission only will...
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...2014 Divisional strategy analysis and evaluation report: Pick n Pay Stores Limited BCom Honours (Strategic Management) Strategic Management (STM8X09 Group Assiggnment Students (Authors): Name & Surname 1. Molefi Nyofane 2. Wayne Fisher 3. Wilson Nkunjana 4. Kamohelo Makhetha 5. Bulelani Mini Student numbers 200618193 201002263 201001767 201238497 201005015 About the report: This report analyses and evaluates the Pick n Pay (PnP) Stores Limited strategy with reference to the company’s division which covers Gauteng, Free State and Northern Cape Province retail stores. However, we used Gauteng stores for the analysis of PnP’s strategies. This report critically evaluates the PnP vision, mission and values within context of their internal and external environment. A proper strategy of a company should have achievable, realistic, and measurable strategic objectives. Therefore, PnP strategic objectives are analyzed based on these factors. The strategy sustainable growth with reference to the social, ethical and environmental duties that PnP should consider in their strategic formation will be also be evaluated. Lastly the report critically evaluates the implementation of the strategy of PnP Stores Limited with reference to the division mentioned The region contributes 60% percent of the company turnover and there are about 170 stores in total across these three provinces. 5/12/2014 Strategic Analysis Report Indemnity Declaration: We, The Strategic Management BCom Honours...
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...Strategic Analysis Report Guidelines Applied Strategy Inc. – Fall 2011 Company: Tesla Motors, Inc. (Tesla) Overall Objective: To analyze Tesla’s current operations and provide strategic recommendations to the board of directors of Tesla in order to answer how to protect and strengthen a current competitive advantage, or to create a new competitive advantage and then protect and strengthen it. The recommendations should be creative, should leverage Tesla’s current strengths and/or address Tesla’s biggest weakness, and should be supported with sound financial analysis and justification. Refer to the financial analysis provided by Paul Gregg, ASI’s CFO, and use this as your financial model for all analysis and projections. Introduction (up to 1 page) Executive Summary Please provide an executive summary in the front of the report outlining in a concise manner the most critical aspects of your analyses. Formatting for readability will be important in this section. Your executive summary should identify your most critical findings and then highlight key components of your strategic recommendation. Consider your audience here – based on your research for Tesla and the industry, what does the CEO or Chairman of the Board of Tesla need to know to achieve the company’s goals? Part 1 (2-4 pages) Identify Tesla’s current mission and analyze Tesla’s strategy In less than one page, identify Tesla’s mission. Consider all of the parts of Tesla when you reflect on the vision and mission statement...
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...| Bachelor of Business (Incorporating Graduate Diploma in Business & Graduate Certificate in Business)Strategic Management467943Semester One 2013 | TABLE OF CONTENTS Item | Description | Page | 1 | Welcome to Paper Overview Paper Level & PointsHours TaughtDelivery ModeIndependent Study | 3 | 2 | Teaching Team & Contact Details | 3 | 3 | Paper Information 3.1 Pre-requisite Requirements 3.2 Paper Aim3.3 Learning Outcomes 3.4 Content | 34 | 4 | AUTonline Programme Organisation | 4 | 5 | TextsRequired TextsRecommended Texts | 4 | 6 | Weekly Programme | 4 | 7 | Assessment InformationBusiness Assessment & Study HandbookExtensions and other Special Consideration Applications (SCAs) Assessment StructureExam Timetable Location Pass RequirementsAssessment DetailsPeer Assessment FormMarking guides | 55556777-111213-15 | 1 Welcome to Strategic Management of the Bachelor of Business, Graduate Diploma in Business, Graduate Certificate in Business and BBus Conjoint Programmes. You are expected to read the contents of this study guide, also available on AUTonline under “All My Courses”. This paper runs for 14 weeks (12 in class and 2 reading/exam weeks), and has one 1.5 hour lecture per week and one 1.5 hour workshop. Students will be required to supplement each hour of class with 3-4 hours of their own work. This is a level 7 paper, worth 15 points. 2 Teaching Team and Contact Details Teaching Team | Phone | ...
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...Strategic Analysis Report Guidelines Applied Strategy Inc. – Fall 2011 Company: Tesla Motors, Inc. (Tesla) Overall Objective: To analyze Tesla’s current operations and provide strategic recommendations to the board of directors of Tesla in order to answer how to protect and strengthen a current competitive advantage, or to create a new competitive advantage and then protect and strengthen it. The recommendations should be creative, should leverage Tesla’s current strengths and/or address Tesla’s biggest weakness, and should be supported with sound financial analysis and justification. Refer to the financial analysis provided by Paul Gregg, ASI’s CFO, and use this as your financial model for all analysis and projections. Introduction (up to 1 page) Executive Summary Please provide an executive summary in the front of the report outlining in a concise manner the most critical aspects of your analyses. Formatting for readability will be important in this section. Your executive summary should identify your most critical findings and then highlight key components of your strategic recommendation. Consider your audience here – based on your research for Tesla and the industry, what does the CEO or Chairman of the Board of Tesla need to know to achieve the company’s goals? Part 1 (2-4 pages) Identify Tesla’s current mission and analyze Tesla’s strategy In less than one page, identify Tesla’s mission. Consider all of the parts of Tesla when you reflect on the vision and mission statement...
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...Report Writing Executive Summary • objectives of the report (also in introduction) • scope of the report (also in introduction) • sources of information and their limitations • findings • recommendations • conclusions Introduction • overview of basic issues - what are the main strategic issues related to this case? • objectives of the report • any limitations encountered in researching (ie finding data) and writing the report • scope of the report [MAIN BODY OF YOUR REPORT] Create your own subheading (s) (Literature Review section) Before talking about your particular company, you need to provide a literature review (don’t use as your subheading), based on the main strategic issues which you have identified for the case in your introduction. What is a literature review? At this stage you are talking in general terms about what has been written about these issues - do not give details about your particular company at this stage. You are giving a background of the literature surrounding this subject. The reason why you create your own subheadings is that only you will know what strategic issues are relevant and how best to arrange these under subheadings of your choice. [Company Analysis section - don’t use as a heading] NB again in this part of the main body of your report you should refer back to the main strategic issues already identified. Within the company analysis you need to provide the following: Company Description ...
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...Group Case Analysis Project Group project involves: 1) A written case report (up to 15 double-spaced pages) and a presentation (20 min followed by 10 min of Q&A period). Your project report and a hard copy of your presentation are due at the beginning of the class your group is presenting in. 2) Additional analyst’s report of another case presented in class. Analyst’s report is up to 6 double-spaced pages (including case-related questions). Bullet-point format is acceptable; but the analyst’s report should contain enough information to make your analysis clear. Your analyst’s report is due at the beginning of the class on the date additional case is presented. Presentations schedule & due dates for analyst’s reports are posted on D2L. Group Case Analysis Project is subject to peer evaluation (evaluation form provided by instructor). Group project guidelines: Groups should use relevant material from the case, and from course textbook (no additional research allowed), and can design and format both the case report and the presentation in any manner deemed appropriate. Soundness, logic, and accuracy of analysis are important. Proposed strategic options (alternatives) should be of strategic nature, based on clear decision criteria, and aimed to resolve the issues faced by the company under study. Recommendation should elaborate on one of alternatives (or on combination of max 2 alternatives), and include a feasible implementation plan. While the content...
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...Language of instruction English/Lithuanian Course description Business and marketing strategy are critical components of business success since strategic issues and possibilities arise in all sectors. Important aspects are not only the company’s positioning in relation to its market, but also the technological development, the supply of labour, political developments in society and other factors relevant for how organizations manage their business. 1 2013 Fall semester To a large extend strategic work is about understanding these factors and reinterpreting them so that they become assets rather than restrictions. Business strategy and marketing management concepts and techniques are studied. The course serves as an opportunity to develop skills for environmental and market analysis, understanding of the major business and marketing strategy issues, formulating business and marketing strategies and tactics. Course aim Students are going to discover knowledge and apply skills enabling them to help organizations to meet and manage significant threats and challenges. Students will learn how to analyse environment and company’s resources, generate strategic alternatives and to select the most appropriate alternative for particular circumstances. Students will learn and apply provide students the fundamental knowledge of strategic and marketing...
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...MANAGEMENT MGT 790 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Course Outline 2011 Course Prescription Strategic Management is the process and practice of managerial decision making and implementation that seeks to create and maintain competitive advantage. In essence it determines the long term performance of a business and as such is the role of the senior executive members to refine but the responsibility of all to roll out. Included in the process is comprehensive environmental scanning, strategy formulation (strategic planning), strategy implementation, and monitoring. Students in this course will review how the strategic decision makers within an organisation first identify, define and analyse commercial problems and then develop practical and ethical solutions. It provides a practical guide for, and an initial experience in, strategy formulation and strategic management. Class time will be largely spent in lecture, discussion, case studies and experiential exercises. Students will learn from the theoretical literature, instructor, case studies, videos, research presentations, and from each other. The course materials explain and describe the different aspects, challenges, and stages of strategic management simply and clearly. Goals of the Course To examine and understand the nature and role of strategy, strategic management and strategic leadership within an organization. Learning Outcomes 1. To develop skills in strategic analysis, development and implementation...
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...Game (Individual Report) The Business Simulation Game (Developing Winning Competitive Strategies) is an online, PC-based exercise where you run (in groups) an already established company in head-to-head competition against companies run by other groups from your class. Company operations are made as realistic as possible and the functioning of the marketplace in this Business Strategy Game closely mirrors the competitive functioning of the real-world business arena, thus allowing you and your co-managers to proceed rationally and logically in making strategic based decisions. As strategic managers you will need to satisfy your board members and shareholders/investors on five set performance objectives for the company. These will be explained in full detail in the Participant's Guide which you can download once you register for the game. While the objective of the game itself is to end up leading the competition, through these performance objectives, your assessment mark will be based on an individual report. This simulation game will commence from the tenth week (eleventh for cohort 2) of term. There will be: two practice sessions in the first two weeks where the simulation game will be presented in full detail; followed by five full decision making sessions over the next five weeks. At the end of the Business Simulation Game you will be required to prepare an Individual Reflective Strategic Report. This report will be borne out of your strategic analysis, rationalisations...
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...Contents Introduction 1 Role of strategic marketing in an organisation and links between strategic marketing and corporate strategy (1.1 & 1.3) 2 Process of Strategic Marketing and elaborate each stage in the diagram. Give example from your chosen organisation (1.2) 2 Defining Mission 3 Environmental Analysis 3 Formulation of Marketing Objectives 3 Strategy development 3 Evaluation & Implementation 3 Models used in strategic marketing planning and the model used in Vodafone plc (2.1) 4 Strategic Positioning and marketing tactics & the theory practiced in Vodafone group plc (2.2) 5 Merits of relationship marketing and 4P theory in Vodafone with accordance to RM. (2.3) 6 Marketing techniques to ascertain growth opportunities in a market and appropriate strategic marketing objectives for the chosen market (3.1 & 3.3). 7 Porter’s Generic strategy (3.2) 7 Cost Leadership 8 Differentiation 8 Focus 9 Internal analysis (4.1) 9 External environment, SWOT & PESTLE analysis (4.2) 10 SWOT analysis of Vodafone Group plc. 10 PEST analysis of Vodafone group plc 11 Strategic marketing responses to key emerging themes in a marketing strategy (4.3). 12 Conclusion 12 Introduction In this project, the Vodafone Group Plc headquartered at London, UK is considered for analysis. The Vodafone group plc started its journey from the very first call made in UK on 1 Jan, 1985.Now after a long way of 29 successful years; Vodafone group has emerged to be the world’s...
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