that firm to dominate a given market. 3. New entrants to an industry are more likely when a) It is difficult to gain access to distribution channels. b) Economies of scale in the industry are high. c) Product differentiation in the industry is low. d) Capital requirements in the industry are high. 4. The threat from substitutes is high when a) Switching costs are high. b) The substitute product’s price is lower than the industry product’s price. c) The quality of the substitute product is
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Introduction to Strategic Analysis 1 Every organization needs a strategy. Be it an established business‚ an emerging entrepreneurial venture‚ or a non-profit organization‚ a strategy sets the direction of the enterprise‚ informs priorities and the allocation of scarce resources‚ and helps guide the myriad decisions that an organization makes every day. But what exactly is strategy? Kenneth Andrews provides the following definition: [S]trategy is the pattern of decisions in a company that
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Strategic planning relates to leadership through your willingness to adapt and change your way of thinking as well as being honest with your plan thereby being realistic. For a successful technology‚ reality must take precedence over public relations‚ for nature cannot be fooled (Feynman‚ 1986). Strategic planning relates to both your personal and professional way of life. For instance‚ you plan to have a family‚ your financial budget‚ determining necessities vs. luxuries. When you deviate from a
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Strategic Orientation is a focus on the big picture‚ an attention to defining the future direction of the enterprise‚ and in using this definition to direct and guide the efforts of all in the organization. The 5 Levels of Strategic Orientation Most people would agree that Strategic Orientation is a positive factor for organisations. But what does that mean? How do you determine how Strategically Oriented your organisation is‚ and what can you do to improve the situation? There are 5 levels
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a particular industry or company’s market. We have to consider two things while situation analysis 1. Company’s external or macro-environment • Industry and competitive conditions 1. Company’s internal or micro-environment • Competencies‚ capabilities‚ resource strengths and weaknesses‚ and competitiveness. Industry and competitive analysis uses a tool kit of concepts and techniques to get a clear fix on key industry traits‚ the strength
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Groups can be defined by either informal groups‚ or formal groups. Formal groups A formal group is set by an official authority or leader designed to complete a specific task or purpose and is strictly regulated by the organisations rules and practices. In a formal group responsibility of an outcome of a task is set usually to the leader‚ discipline and reward is mainly handed down to the leader via the organisation. A formal group is coordinated by activities shared between a number of people
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Management Strategic Suatu perusahaan yang didirikan tentunya memiliki misi yang ditujukan pada tujuan utama dari perusahaan tersebut dan memiliki visi yang menggambarkan serta mencerminkan menjadi apa dan seperti apa perusahaan di masa mendatang. Untuk mencapai tujuan perusahaan yang telah dirumuskan dalam misi menjadi suatu visi maka perusahaan tersebut harus membuat strategi yang akan digunakan dalam mencapai tujuan tersebut. Strategi inilah yang biasanya dituangkan dalam suatu tindakan
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Whole Foods Market Incorporated is the world ’s leading natural and organic foods supermarket and America ’s first national "Certified Organic" grocer. It originated in 1980 as a small organic health food store in Texas‚ US‚ at a time when there were very few natural food stores in America. It has now been in business for 30 years and has become the benchmark for organic food retailers‚ in terms of customer service‚ product quality‚ and traceability. Their website states that they are a “mission-driven
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Topic 1 – Strategic Leadership: Managing the strategy (H&J: Chapter 1) Actions in business are frequently directed at the achievement of superior performance‚ therefore a strategy can be defined as “an action a company takes to attain superior performance” (Hill and Jones‚ 2107). It is important to understand that this definition is one of many. Contrary to some views that there is one single definition of strategy‚ we argue that there is no such universally accepted definition and that
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Table Of Contain Strategy The words ’strategy’ and ’strategic’ are well recognized and widely used in the modern business world. However‚ the term strategy is so widely used for different purposes that it has lost any clearly defined meaning “Despite the obvious importance of strategy‚ there is surprisingly little agreement on what a strategy really is. However‚ the fact
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