COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: CREATING AND SUSTAINING SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE Michael Porter Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Competitive Strategy: The Core Concepts 3 The Structural Analysis of Industries 4 Industry Structure and Buyer Needs 6 Generic Competitive Strategies 7 Cost Leadership 8 Differentiation 9 Focus 9 Stuck In The Middle 10 Sustainability 12 RISKS OF COST LEADERSHIP 12 RISKS 12 OF DIFFERENTIATION 12 RISKS 12 OF 12 FOCUS 12 Generic Strategies and Industry
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Strategic Plan‚ Part III: Balanced Scorecard Strategic Plan‚ Part III: Balanced Scorecard A balanced scorecard is the comprehensive collection of ongoing activities and processes that organizations use to systematically coordinate and align resources and actions with mission‚ vision and strategy throughout an organization making it a strategic planning and management system. (Balanced Scorecard Institute‚ 1998-2010). The scorecard exposes financial‚ customer‚ employee learning and growth‚ and
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PEP STORES: AN EVALUATION OF THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANISATION INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Like most organisations‚ Pep stores was concerned with the long-term sustainability of the organisation‚ profits/financial performance‚ market performance and the satisfying its stakeholders‚ including the shareholders. With these factors often contradicting each other it is clear Pep stores struggled through the 1990’s balance these competing forces in other to achieve their organisational objectives
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Long term goals "Goals are as essential to success as air is to life." One of my favorite sayings‚ It’s ironic that would be my favorite saying since I’ve always been a planner. I always had a plan. Planning for our futures is very important even if those plans may change. One way in which we plan for the future is by setting goals. defines a goal as "the end toward which effort is directed." Part of the career planning process involves setting goals. These goals‚ both long and short term‚ will
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Strategic Plan‚ Part I: Conceptualizing a Business By Cynthia Williams BUS/475 - INTEGRATED BUSINESS TOPICS Instructor: RONALD STORM Name of Store: My Legacy Closet Treasures Mission Statement: “Where Old Legacy Become New Treasures.” There are important considerations when developing the strategic plan. The vision‚ mission and values that is highly important to any planning of a new business. These are the factors that will work together to provide a well-rounded strategic design
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Choice Introduction 59. The term “environment” includes all of the following except: a. air. b. water. c. firms. d. natural resources. e. fauna. Ans: c Page: 4 60. The one factor that has most significantly impacted the nature and core of buying and selling in nearly all industries has been a. the Internet. b. political borders. c. corporate greed. d. customer and employee focus. e. the government. Ans: a Page: 4 What Is Strategic Management? 61. What can be defined as
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individual performance. It is given to combat the effect of inflation in an attempt to preserve the employee buying power. * Contingent pay‚ sometime referred to as merit pay‚ is given as an addition to the base pay based on past performance. * Short term incentives * Similar to contingent pay‚ short term incentives are located based on past performance. However‚ incentives are not added to the base pay and are only temporary pay adjustment based on the review period. * Long term
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Management Science I Prof. M.Thenmozhi MODULE 9 9.1. Strategy Formulation : An Overview The corporate world is in the process of a global transformation. Mergers‚ acquisitions‚ outsourcing and downsizing are becoming common word everywhere. Privatization is allowing free enterprise to take on functions that previously were the domain of government. International boundaries are fading in importance as businesses take on a more global perspective and the technology of information age is telescoping
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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Strategic Analysis 2.1 The Strategic Management Process 2.2 Stages of the Strategic Management Process and Contribution to Strategic Management Process 2.3 Definition of Strategic Analysis and Component 2.4 Techniques for Analyzing the External Environment 2.5 Techniques for Analyzing the Internal Environment 2.6 Roles of SWOT Analysis in Strategic Analysis 3.0 Strategy Formulation‚ Evaluation and Choice 3.1 Strategy Formulation
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CHAPTER 1 The Nature of Strategic Management True/False Introduction 1. The underpinnings of strategic management hinge on managers gaining an understanding of competitors‚ markets‚ prices‚ suppliers‚ distributors‚ governments‚ creditors‚ shareholders and customers worldwide. Ans: T Page: 4 2. Although the Internet has increased in popularity‚ it has actually led to increases in company expenses. Ans: F Page 4 3. Consumer e-commerce is five times greater than
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