Machael Porter’s Value Chain SUPPORT ACTIVITIES Support activities assist the primary activities in helping the organisation achieve its competitive advantage. They include: Procurement: This department must source raw materials for the business and obtain the best price for doing so. The challenge for procurement is to obtain the best possible quality available (on the market) for their budget. Technology development: The use of technology to obtain a competitive advantage is very important
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FEATURES OF THE BOOK 6 DESIGNING YOUR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT COURSE 13 TOPICS‚ OUTLINES‚ AND RECOMMENDED CASES 16 PART I: INTRODUCTION 16 The Concept of Strategy (Chapter 1) 16 PART II: TOOLS OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 21 Goals‚ Values‚ and Performance (Chapter 2) 21 The Analysis of Industry and Competition (Chapters 3 and 4) 23 Analyzing Resources and Capabilities (Chapter 5) 27 Organization Structure and Management Systems (Chapter 6) 31 PART III:
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Executive Summary The purpose of this paper is to analyze the industrial and strategic aspects of McDonald ’s. From an Industrial point of view‚ the paper will attempt to dissect the industrial trends of McDonald ’s such as the use of technology and their stance on government and trade regulations. Also‚ the paper will cover the notable changes in McDonald ’s ’ industry environment. In addition‚ using a strategic group map‚ the paper will compare McDonald ’s to companies with similar business
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Strategic Management Content: 1. Background of Qantas 2. Analysis of Qantas External analysis a. What industry is it? b. General environment analysis c. The industry environment d. Competitive environment e. You now have material about opportunities Internal analysis f. The firm’s resources‚ tangible and intangible g. Capabilities identification h. Core competency analysis i. Value chain analysis j. Weakness k. Pulling it together l. Current strategies 3. Recommendation
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Pro-forma A Value of the product/service for the customer 1. Name of Company: Starbucks Coffee Company Starbucks was firstly opened by three partners at Seattle on March 30‚ 1971. At the beginning‚ it was only a small store selling freshly roasted whole bean coffee. But now‚ by the tremendous effort from the chairman‚ Howard Schultz and every partner (employee) of Starbucks‚ it is an international company having more than 16‚000 stores around over 50 countries over the world. They take great
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Strategic Management Journal‚ Vol. 13‚ 17-37 (1992) STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING KATHLEEN M. EISENHARDT and MARK J. ZBARACKI Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management‚ Stanford University‚ Stanford‚ California‚ U.S.A. This article reviews the strategic decision making literature by focusing on the dominant paradigms—i.e.‚ rationality and bounded rationality‚ politics and power‚ and garbage can. We review the theory and key empirical support‚ and identify emergent debates
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Introduction This is a 2‚000 word individual assignment which covers the following learning outcomes: • Apply knowledge and skills in relation to the key aspects of the strategic management process. • Compare different theories and perspectives of strategic management and use and appraise them appropriately. |Content |Page | |Introduction
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Approaches to the strategic management of people There are a number of models of SHRM and in this unit we will look at three: • The best practice view. • The best fit view. • The resourcebased approach. The best practice view This view starts from the premise that a single set or ‘bundle’ of HR policies and practices will lead to better organisational performance‚ sustained over a lengthy period‚ whatever the prevailing business circumstances. What are these socalled best
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Value Chain Analysis The value chain analysis describes the activities the organization performs and links them to the organization’s competitive position. Value chain analysis describes the activities within and around an organization‚ and relates them on analysis of the competitive strength of the organization. Therefore‚ it evaluates which value each particular activity adds to the organization’s products or services (Recklies 2001). Value chain analysis can be used to describe
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Supervised by: Dr. Ashraf Sheta Prepared by: Wael Atef Taha ESLSCA 37 D Oct‚ 2012 Table of Content : Part I : Strategic posture 1. Organizational profile | | | 5 | 2. Vision | | | 6 | 3. Mission | | | 6 | 4. Organizational objectives | | | 7 | 5. Corporate governance | | | 8 | 6. CSR | | | 9 | 7. Core values | | | 10 | 8. Code of conduct | | | 10 | Part II : External factor analysis 9. Stakeholders analysis
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