taken the place of strategy. As managers push to improve on all fronts‚ they move further away from viable competitive positions. Michael Porter argues that operational effectiveness‚ although necessary to superior performance‚ is not sufficient‚ because its techniques are easy to imitate. In contrast‚ the essence of strategy is choosing a unique and valuable position rooted in systems of activities that are much more difficult to match. In answering the question ‘what is strategy?’‚ some theorists
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UNIT 16 P1/M1 INTERNAL PLANNING FACTORS EXPLANATION Why it is important? ORGANISATIONAL NEEDS The priority concerns and requirements of an Organization’s customers and stakeholders. The state of organization performance in relationship to its mission and goals The state of knowledge and ability of organization employees The workforce needs to be able to adapt to changes. Changes in a business happen very regularly and it can affect the way a business is run. Internally
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BUSINESS-LEVEL STRATEGY By Alan S. Gutterman 1 Abstract Growth is a key goal and objective for emerging companies and management must carefully determine the best way to combine the core competencies within a firm’s functional departments to provide the firm with the best opportunity for achieving and sustaining a competitive advantage in its chosen environment. This report focuses on the process of setting business level-strategy‚ which includes (1) selecting the domain(s) in which
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Unit 4 – P1 – explain different types of business information‚ their sources and purposes Verbal Communication Speaking verbal to someone is speaking out loud. This includes talking face to face‚ in a meeting or in an interview. The advantages of verbal communication are it is a fast way to reach information but this information can be easily forgotten. Another advantage is that speech is direct and straight to the point. Another advantage is that if you ask a question you get answer straight
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Enron‚ Ethics And Today’s Corporate Values Enron’s heyday has long ended. But its lessons will long endure. The global business community is now watching a painful new chapter is this saga — one where its former high-riding chief executive officer‚ Jeff Skilling‚ is getting a decade shaved off of his prison term that should now end in 2017. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The company’s failure in 2001 represents the biggest business bankruptcy ever while also spotlighting
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factors‚ may impact on the strategy of a specified organisation. For D2‚ learners should build on M2 and evaluate the responsiveness of an organisation to different economic environments. The advice given for D1 on the assessment of ‘evaluate’ applies equally to this criterion. Economic Factors During the economic growth‚ the automobile industry was also growing‚ and Ford’s business expanded rapidly‚ and the demand for their products increased as people could afford luxury goods. During
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MGMT449 THE WALT DISNEY CO. CASE The Disney Company has been successful and they are a great example of a company that has been able to sustain superior performance. Disney’s success is mainly in the quality and type of product it creates‚ and the firm’s successful and tactful management of its innovative thinking and creative content and resources. Disney has been able to ward off the competition and sustain a profitable business over the long haul‚ due to their products. Disney has created characters
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Chapter 7 Corporate Strategy 1. Corporate strategy is concerned with ’where’ a firm competes (in which industries it competes)‚ while business strategy is concerned with ‘how’ a firm competes in a specific industry. @Pages and References: Pages 308-310 *a. T b. F 2. Product scope‚ international scope‚ and vertical scope are part of corporate level strategy decisions. @Pages and References: Pages 308-310 *a. T b. F 3. "How profitable do we want to be?" is the starting-point of corporate strategy. @Pages
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Chapter 1: Business Model: is a framework for making money. It is the set of activities which a firm performs‚ how it performs them‚ and when it performs them so as to offer its customers benefits they want and to earn a profit. Components: Positions‚ Resources‚ Costs‚ Industry Factors = Profitability. Determinants of profitability: Industry factors: Competitive Forces: exerted by suppliers (is high – bargaining power over industry firm; extract high prices raising costs; lower quality supply)‚ customers
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Q3. What role should six sigma play in corporate strategy? Six sigma is a methodology and describes the process of; Define – Measure – Analyse – Improve- Control This process means that Six sigma has to be kept in mind from the identification of needs and objectives all the way through to when the objectives are met and need to be sustained. When Six sigma is implemented within 3M‚ different objectives will be set with six sigma and the reduction of waste in mind. These objectives are usually
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