APPLIED SUMMARY PAPER STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PREPARED BY RICHARD JOHN Motivational Concepts. The New York City Transit Authority being a public benefit company cannot give economic rewards‚ for example bonuses‚ profit sharing‚ stocks‚ to motivate its employees‚ it instead uses being employed by the company and the comprehensive benefits packages that comes along with it‚ as the main motivator for its employees system wide. The comprehensive benefits package includes‚ Equal Employment Opportunity
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Discussion Questions:1.What type of generic business strategy is Zara pursuing?Zara has a low price strategy because they can use a lower cost structure than their competitors. The quality of the products is lower and they can cut costs so offer a lower price. So we can speak of a cost leadership strategy‚ low cost what gives low prices. On the other hand‚ Zara has also a differentiation strategy. They are unique in a what that they see what the new fashions clothes are and that they are able to
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STRATEGY MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT Executive Summary In this assignment I will about Nokia as an example of strategic management‚ about the history of Nokia‚ analysis of some of its strategies and the type of tools use to analyse these strategies. Then I talk about the result of this analysis and finally the conclusion. Introduction Example of Strategic Management Organisation Strategic Management is an important process that a company should always take into consideration in order to be successful
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19/11/2010 Master II Management Financier (Financial Management) Mr Xavier LEPERS References Johnson G.‚ Scholes K.‚ Whittington R. (2006)‚ Exploring Corporate Strategy‚ Prentice Hall‚ 7th edition. Barney J. & Hansen W (2006) Strategic J W. (2006)‚ Management & Competitive Advantage‚ Pearson Education. Garrette B‚ Dussauge P & Durand R (Coord)‚ Strategor‚ 5ème édition‚ Dunod‚ 2009. 2 Chapter 1: Introducing Strategy 3 1 19/11/2010 Chapter 1: Introducing Strategy From competition
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QUESTIONS ON THE CASES These questions are provided in order to help you read and prepare these cases more efficiently.They show the key topics which should be covered in class. Week 1 : Read and prepare TOMTOM or RIM Krispy Kreme Nouvelles Frontières TOMTOM Questions 1. What strategy is TomTom pursuing‚ is it working? 2. Does the satellite navigation industry offer attractive opportunities for growth? What kind of competitive forces are industry members facing and how do the forces
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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 Management Welcome to a course: This document describes the contents and structure of the course Strategic. It is important that you read it carefully‚ as it will guide you through the different parts of the course and hopefully answer most of your questions. The document also indicates what we expect from you in the course‚ and what you can expect in return from us. Text Book: • White McCarthy - Strategic Management latest edition Palgrave Macmilllan Publisher 2009
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Summary Strategic Management PART A STRATEGIC ANALYSIS Lesson 1 Strategic Schools of Thought and Strategic Discourse Strategy is the long-term direction of an organisation. Strategy and marketing are alike but they have different purposes. The importance of a long-term perspective on strategy is emphasised by the three horizons framework. It suggest that every organisation should think of itself as comprising three types of business or activity‚ defined by their horizons in terms of years
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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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To: Julian Day‚ CEO From: Aric Donnelly‚ Director of Human Resources Date: 01/25/2012 Subject: New Layoff Recommendation E-Layoff PR issue RadioShack Corp. took a PR hit with the layoff notices being delivered by e-mail. The media decided to leave out all of the important details and portrayed RadioShack as heartless and “dehumanizing”. This bad PR leads to a bad image and lowered sales. RadioShack is already struggling to compete with big names like Best Buy and retail stores with large
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