Tutorial 1 (page 78) 1. Why has strategic management become so important to today’s corporations? Strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long-run performance of a corporation. Importances of strategic management include: 1) Strategic management develops and provides a clear direction‚ guideline towards the corporations’ goals in an effective and efficient manner. It takes consideration between vision and mission of the corporation
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2/22/2013 The Value Chain Strategic Management • Value Chain – Value chain is a convenient way of looking at the firm’s activities Introducing Strategy Management – The functional activities within the firm that create value in the goods and services produced (Basic Concepts of Strategic Management) Lecture 3 21.2.2013 – Value chain: all the activities that a firm uses to design‚ produce‚ market‚ deliver‚ and support its product Dr. Kayhan Tajeddini Associate Professor
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to save costs as well as time in terms of production against its rivals‚
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Strengths-Weakness-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) Matrix‚ Strategic Position and Action Evaluation (SPACE) Matrix‚ Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix‚ Internal External (IE) Matrix‚ Grand Strategy Matrix and Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM as Appropriate. Gives Advantages and Disadvantages of Alternative Strategies 11 8.1 SWOT Matrix 11 8.2 SPACE Matrix 14 8.3 BCG Matrix 15 8.4 IE Matrix 16 8.5: The Grand Strategy Matrix (GSM) 18 8.6 The Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) 20 8.7 Advantage
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Strategic Management Table of Contents Introduction: 2 Overview of HSBC: 2 1. Internal and external analysis of HSBC and reasons for the success: 3 1.1. Internal analysis 3 1.1.1. Strengths of HSBC 3 1.1.2. Weaknesses of HSBC 4 1.2. External analysis: 4 1.2.1. Opportunities of HSBC 4 1.2.2. Threats of HSBC 5 1.2.3. PEST analysis 5 1.3. Reasons behind the success of HSBC: 7 2. Models and frameworks of strategic management and ways of sustaining performance: 7 2.1
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STRATEGIC ANALYSIS: KELLOGG’S COMPANY BY ANABUI ESE GLADYS F From a single corn flake to a global presence........ CAN KELLOGG’S REMAIN SUCCESSFUL..? WILL ITS STRATEGY MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE.....? KELLOGG’S “bringing our best to the world”
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presents material primarily on one functional area only‚ a strategic management case takes a wholistic view of corporate operations from the perspective of the firm’s board of directors and/or its senior executives. Are there different types of case studies? The answer here is "yes"! In general‚ there are three types of strategy-oriented case studies. The first type is the problem-oriented case study. In these cases‚ senior management is faced with a set of circumstances that require it to make
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Resources Group was formed in 2008 to contribute new insights to the increasingly critical issue of water resource scarcity. The group aimed to create an integrated fact base on the potential technical levers and costs for reducing water scarcity‚ with the ultimate goal of advancing solutions-driven dialogue among stakeholders. The Group consists of a range of organizations from the private and social sectors‚ which provided the institutional collaboration and counsel needed to tackle this complex topic:
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• Rarity 2. What is the strategic management process? What are its major components? Strategic management process is a planning process in which managers establish the organization’s general direction and objectives‚ formulate a specific strategy‚ plan and carry out the strategy’s implementation‚ and monitor results and make necessary adjustments. It major components are: • Strategic vision • Organizational mission • External and Internal environment • Strategic objectives • Formulating and
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INTRODUCTION Cromā is an Indian retail chain for consumer electronics and durables. Tata Group company Infiniti Retail runs Cromā stores in India. Presently‚ there are a total of 42 Cromā and 5 Cromā Zip stores in India. The stores are spread across the states of Maharastra (Mumbai‚ Pune‚ Aurangabad)‚ Gujarat (Ahmedabad‚ Rajkot‚ Surat‚ Vadodara)‚ Delhi NCR‚ Karnataka (Bangalore)‚ Tamil Nadu (Chennai) and Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad). The Cromā Zip stores is an outlet for portable electronic items
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