Internal
Scanning:
Organizational
Analysis
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS POLICY
10TH EDITION
THOMAS L. WHEELEN
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J. DAVID HUNGER
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Resource-Based Approach to Organizational Analysis
Internal strategic factors -–Critical strengths and weaknesses that are likely to determine if the firm will be able to take advantage of opportunities while avoiding threats Prentice Hall, Inc. © 2006
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Resource-Based Approach to Organizational Analysis
Core and Distinctive Competencies
•Resources – physical, human and organizational •Capabilities – functional business processes
•Competency – integration/coordination of capabilities •Core competency – something that the company does well.
•Distinctive competency – core competency done better than competitors
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Core and Distinctive Competencies
VRIO Framework – (Barney) for defining
Distinctive Competencies
–Value – To the Customer/Competitive Adv.
–Rareness – Do others do it?
–Imitability – Costly to imitate?
–Organization – Can firm exploit the resource?
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Resource-Based Approach to Organizational Analysis
5-Step Resource Approach to Strategy
Analysis – (Grant)
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Identify and classify resources
Combine strengths into capabilities
Appraise profit potential of capabilities
Select strategy that best exploits strengths
Identify resource gaps invest in weaknesses
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Sustainability of Advantage
Sustainability of an Advantage
Durability –
Rate at which a firm’s underlying resources and capabilities depreciate or become obsolete
Imitability –
Rate at which a firm’s underlying resources and capabilities can be duplicated by others
–Transparency
–Transferability
–Replicability
Explicit versus Tacit Knowledge
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Continuum of Sustainability
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Business Models
Business Model
Company’s method for making money in
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