Business and Law Session: 2008/9 MBA: Strategic Management 1 Assignment Introduction Markets differ in a variety of ways including the degree of concentration and competitiveness‚ a fact which is reflected in the concept of ‘market structure’. Economists’ models link the structural characteristics of a market to the behaviour of firms in that market and subsequently to their performance. A key question therefore is how far a firm’s strategic decisions are shaped by the structure of the market
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strategic alliance “A strategic alliance is an agreement between two or more parties to pursue a set of agreed upon objectives needed while remaining independent organizations. This form of cooperation lies between Mergers & Acquisition and organic growth.” Partners may provide the strategic alliance with resources such as products‚ distribution channels‚ manufacturing capability‚ project funding‚ capital equipment‚ knowledge‚ expertise‚ or intellectual property. The alliance is a cooperation or collaboration which
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Strategic management is the comprehensive collection of ongoing activities and processes that organizations use to systematically coordinate and align resources and actions with mission‚ vision and strategy throughout an organization. Strategic management activities transform the static plan into a system that provides strategic performance feedback to decision making and enables the plan to evolve and grow as requirements and other circumstances change. What Are the Steps in Strategic Planning
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conclusions for the following three contributions: “The concept of corporate strategy” By Kenneth Andrews. “The mind of the strategist” By Kenichi Ohmae. “Decision making: It’s not what you think” By H. Mintzberg en F. Westley. “The concept of corporate strategy” By Kenneth Andrews. Corporate strategy is the pattern of decisions in a company that determines and reveals its objectives‚ purposes‚ or goals‚ produces the principal policies and plans for achieving those goals‚ and defines the
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MStrategic Audit Report Sigma Pharmaceutical Supervised by: Dr. Ashraf Sheta Prepared by: Wael Atef Taha ESLSCA 37 D Oct‚ 2012 Table of Content : Part I : Strategic posture 1. Organizational profile | | | 5 | 2. Vision | | | 6 | 3. Mission | | | 6 | 4. Organizational objectives | | | 7 | 5. Corporate governance | | | 8 | 6. CSR | | | 9 | 7. Core values | | | 10 | 8. Code of conduct | | | 10 | Part II : External
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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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1. ASSIGNMENT 2: OPERATIONS DECISION Introduction This document will briefly describe the details of a fictitious business (X-QUIZIT INC). It will show an assessment of the current environmental scan factors that are relevant to the business decision making process and the factor that will have the greatest impact on the business operations and management’s decision to continue or discontinue its operation. It will also show an evaluation of the financial performance of the company using the
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What is strategic management? The set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long-run performance of an organisation. Strategic management Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg‚ Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia 4 Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg‚ Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia 5 Why strategic management is important 1. 2. The strategic management process It results in higher organisational performance. It requires that managers
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Unsuccessful Equity Strategic Alliance Strategic alliance can be an advantage for companies. However‚ strategic alliance is hard to be managed as it caused a high number of failures. There are many factors causing the failure of strategic alliance. Different in perception‚ different in culture‚ trust issues and many other that cause alliances to fail (Robynhenderson101’s Blog 2011). There are many companies that have failed in strategic alliance‚ one of them are Suzuki Motor Corporation and Volkswagen
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Executive Summary The purpose of this paper is to analyze the industrial and strategic aspects of McDonald ’s. From an Industrial point of view‚ the paper will attempt to dissect the industrial trends of McDonald ’s such as the use of technology and their stance on government and trade regulations. Also‚ the paper will cover the notable changes in McDonald ’s ’ industry environment. In addition‚ using a strategic group map‚ the paper will compare McDonald ’s to companies with similar business
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