– INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGY & LEADERSHIP Differentiating Strategy Operational Effectiveness (Performing similar activities better than rivals perform them) VS Competitive Strategy (Performing different activities than rivals or performing similar activities in different ways) Strategy Planning Process 1. Where are we today? 2. Where are we going by when? 3. How are we going to get there? 4. How do we implement the Strategy? Approaches To Strategy Rational Approach
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1. Define Research and its characteristics. Also explain any seven types of research. Reearch is ‘an endeavour to discover new or collate old facts etc by the scientific study of a subject or by a critical investigation’. Characteristics of research a) originates with question or problem b) requires clear articuation of goal c) often divides the main problem into sub-problems d) guided by specific hypothesis‚question seven types of research are: i. theoretical/Fundamental/pure research:
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part‚ it’s hard. In some cases‚ painful at first. I am always caught saying “we can never can tell”. Sometimes‚ it’s just my excuse and sometimes‚ I just like saying it because it sounds nice but there is truth to it. Whoever knows what will happen next? Whatever is “next” – the next time‚ next person‚ next tragedy‚ next tear‚ next smile. We can plan‚ predict‚ speculate‚ estimate… but truth is‚ we really can never can tell. Otherwise‚ where’s the fun in that?… is what they say. Honestly though
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value for customers‚ clients‚ partners‚ and society at large. Exchange is the provision or transfer of goods‚ services or ideas in exchange for something of value. Exchange will not necessarily take place even if all these conditions exist. Marketing can occur even if an exchange does not occur. Marketing entails processes that focus on delivering value and benefits to customers‚ not just selling goods and services. Value equation Marketing Value for Consumers Purple cows: http://www.youtube.com/watch
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sustainable competitive advantage. Support your claim. Question 3 9 Critically evaluate the success of 3M’s strategies (acquisition included) in 2006‚ from both a strategic and financial perspective. Question 4 27 Recommend an integrated and coordinated set of commitments and actions which will exploit the company ’s core competencies (CCs)‚ strengthen its competitive advantage (CA)‚ and maximise value. Reference List 32 Question 2 Determine 3M’s
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to market segment focus (Berry‚ 2008). Product positioning involves creating a unique‚ consistent‚ and recognized customer perception about a firm’s offering and image. Products in the same category can be positioned in many different ways. Below are three examples of different positioning strategies for hair care products. Advertisement (1): ASIENCE Deep Nourish ASIENCE Shampoo Deep Nourish is specially formulated for Asian hair that is prone to damage from chemical treatment‚ UV rays‚ braiding
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C) achieving lower costs than rivals and becoming the industry’s sales and market share leader. D) finding effective and efficient ways to strengthen the company’s competitive assets and to reduce its competitive liabilities. E) getting in the best strategic group and dominating it. 2. Corporate strategy options for diversified companies include A) broadening the company’s business scope by making new acquisitions in new industries. B) divesting
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StaRunning head: Starbucks Strategy Starbucks’ Strategy Stanley A. Orr MGT 500 Professor Lewis Strayer University Starbucks opened in 1971 as a single store focusing on specialty coffee in Seattle‚ Washington. Their goal was to be a different kind of company that celebrates tradition as well as its coffee that also presented a sense of connection. Since then Starbucks has proven that combining innovation as well as tradition can be a true combination for success.
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McDonald’s Strategy Report Company profile McDonald’s was created in 1940 as a small barbecue restaurant owned by two brothers: Richard and Maurice McDonald. It was only in 1955‚ when businessman Ray Kroc pitched to the brothers the idea of building a national chain‚ that this incredibly successful brand was developed. Now‚ McDonald’s has more than 34 000 restaurants‚ serving almost 69 million people in 119 countries every day (McDonald’s 2010). Roy Kroc introduced a three leg stool
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Can virtue be taught? This is the main question discussed and argued over by Plato in the Protagoras and in the last section of the Meno. In these readings Plato gives different arguments that favor both sides positively and negatively. In the evidence I found in analyzing the Protagoras and the end of the Meno one thing was clear. The answer to this question according to the arguments seen in the readings tended to lean towards the negative. By negative I mean that Plato seems to believe that virtue
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