Section A [20 marks] Multiple Choice Questions - Choose the best suitable answer 1. A general environmental analysis can be expected to produce all of the following EXCEPT a) Objective answers. b) Recognition of environmental changes. c) Identification of organizational opportunities. d) Identification of organizational threats. 2. The technological segment of environmental analysis includes a) Institutions and activities involved with
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themselves‚ creating barriers or creating licensing and regulations will improve the odds of companies making it more attractive. 6. Describe why a strategic group analysis is conducted The strategic group analysis view sections in an industry of the basis of strategies of the member organisations. Similar strategy along the strategic dimensions improves the quality of the overall
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4th : 23-12-2012 _ Learner Signature Assignment – I 1. Discuss the role of operations manager in an organization. Operations management: Operations Management is an area of management concerned with overseeing‚ designing‚ controlling the process of production and redesigning business operations in the production of goods and/or services. It involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient in terms of using as few resources as needed‚ and effective in terms
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Asia with 1412 stores in 69 countries‚ 324 of them in Spain with the headquarters in La Coru;a. During 2007 it opened 560 stores across the group. Zara is committed to satisfy the desires of its customers by continuously innovating the business operations to improve the experience. The ability to offer new clothes styles faster than its competitors is KEY to Zara’s market position. It offers the latest fashion in medium quality at affordable prices. It has been very successful in doing so with short
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1 Human needs are states of felt deprivation. Needs are part of the human make-up; they are not created by external forces. Humans have a basic physical need for food‚ clothing‚ warmth‚ and safety; a basic social need for belonging and affection; and a basic individual need for knowledge and self-expression. Unlike needs‚ wants are not innate; instead‚ wants are needs shaped by culture‚ society‚ and individual personality. For example‚ an American needs food but wants a Big Mac and a soft drink
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References: Govindarajan‚ V. and Trimble C. (2012)‚ Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home‚ Win Everywhere‚ Harvard Business Review Press‚ Jun 19‚ 2012 Strategic Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach‚ Concepts and Cases‚ 2011‚ Fourteenth Edition‚ David‚ F.‚ Published by Pearson - Prentice Hall‚ Chapter 2‚ pg 9.
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Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 28: 431–453 (2007) Published online 5 February 2007 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/smj.597 Received 21 July 2004; Final revision received 3 August 2006 INFLUENCES ON STRATEGIC DECISION EFFECTIVENESS: DEVELOPMENT AND TEST OF AN INTEGRATIVE MODEL SAID ELBANNA1 and JOHN CHILD2 * College of Business and Economics‚ United Arab Emirates University‚ Al Ain‚ United Arab Emirates 2 Birmingham Business School‚ University of
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Restaurant Operation Management EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This project is about us being hired as a restaurant manager of a new American ethnic restaurant. It has a seating capacity of 80‚ which it serves mainly American cuisine accompanied with various types of alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages. The operation time is from 11am – 1am and our target market would consist of 50% local and 50% tourist. As restaurant manager‚ we are assigned to produce a proposal for this upcoming restaurant which will
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years‚ after Nestle; ¾ Planning on expanding in the growing milk powder and infant nutrition category (constituting 55% and 18% respectively of total market share) which will enable Engro Foods to attain major portion of market share; ¾ It has strategic advantage in terms of raw material supply‚ utilities‚ manpower and warehousing as the Ice cream plant has been set up in the same facility as the Dairy plant in Sahiwal; ¾ Engro Foods is also making efforts to export rice and thereby earn revenues
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Q1) Explain the basic competitive priorities considered while formulating operations strategy by a firm? Ans: Operations strategy is the collective concrete actions chosen‚ mandated‚ or stimulated by corporate strategy. It is‚ of course‚ implemented within the operations function. The operations strategy specifies how the firm will employ its operations capabilities to support the business strategy. Operation advantages depend on its processes and competitive priorities considered while establishing
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