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Corporate Strategy: Theoretical Aspects
C/B/1792. Strategic fit and strategy process
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- 2700
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines analytical concepts and models of business policy relevant for the understanding of strategic fit. The stages of the strategy process are described including their purpose, tools and limitations. The models of PESTEL, Porter’s 5 forces, competitive advantage and value chain analysis are discussed and evaluated from the perspective of their role in strategic development planning.
KEYWORDS: Strategy, strategic fit, PESTEL, Porter’s 5 forces, value chain analysis, competitive advantage,
C/B/1791. Critically evaluate the extent to which the models and concepts presented on Business Policy provide strategic management teams with an accurate understanding of the concept of Strategic Fit
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- 2700
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines analytical concepts and models of business policy relevant for the understanding of strategic fit. The stages of the strategy process are described including their purpose, tools and limitations. The models of PESTEL, Porter’s 5 forces, competitive advantage and value chain analysis are discussed and evaluated from the perspective of their role in strategic development planning.
KEYWORDS: Strategy, strategic fit, PESTEL, Porter’s 5 forces, value chain analysis, competitive advantage,
C/B/1558. Strategy vs. strategic management
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- 1500
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 19.99 GBP
The paper discusses strategy and strategic management as fundamentally different concepts explaining how these two concepts work, illustrating their difference in relation to two contrasting organisations, and showing how the difference in concepts affects the thinking in the organisations.
KEYWORDS: Strategy, strategic management,
C/B/1559. Is Strategy a Dynamic Tool?
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- 1000
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- 2009
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- 19.99 GBP
The paper examines whether the strategy formulation and implementation is a dynamic process to be viewed over a long-term or a short-term period. References are made to the positioning school of strategic management, the resource-based view of the firm, and the emergent perspective of strategy.
KEYWORDS: Strategy, Porter, Emergent, Leadership, RBV,
C/B/1624. Alignment of Business and HRM Strategies
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- 2400
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines the problems confronted by organisations in integrating their Business and Human Resource Management (HRM) strategies, i.e. the mismatch between business strategy and HR objectives, lack of effective collaboration from the top management, inferior management-employee communications, lack of leadership culture and poor employee skills and development. Examples of organisations that fail to effectively align their business and HR strategies are presented discussing the consequences of these failures.
KEYWORDS: HRM Strategy, business strategy,
S/B/464. To what extent can the concept of Generic Strategies help to explain the Competitive Advantage of UK fashion retailers?
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- 4100
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 49.99 GBP
The paper examines the concept of competitive strategy looking at the model of Porter's generic strategy and discussing the basic types of competitive advantage, i.e. cost leadership and differentiation. The application of Porter's model is discussed with reference to Selfridges' merchandise strategy.
KEYWORDS: Porters generic strategy, competitive advantage, cost leadership, differentiation, Se,
C/B/1045. Strategic Planning: Linking the Past to the Future
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- 3100
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 39.99 GBP
The paper reflects on the statement that the integration between future business opportunities and past and present experiences and behaviours is a basis for strategy development. The usefulness of this perspective is argued considering the aspects of positioning, planning and implementation involved in the development of its strategic plan.
KEYWORDS: strategic, planning, linking, past, future,
C/B/1089. Perspectives of strategic planning
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- 1100
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 19.99 GBP
The paper describes the importance of strategic planning based on the study of external factors affecting the performance of an organisation (PESTEL model), the balanced scorecard as a method of performance measurement, etc. Various perspective of strategic planning are considered including the perspectives of learning, growth, business process development, customer satisfaction, financial development, etc. The SMART framework for the company's objectives is described.
KEYWORDS: strategic planning, PESTEL, balanced scorecard, performance measurement, SMART,
C/B/1114. Strategy implementation at Jetstar
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- 2500
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper reports on the strategy of a small low cost airlines company Jetstar operating primarily within the Asia Pacific region. The company's structure is examined, their external analysis is conducted using Porter's 5 forces model, their competitive advantage and organisational strategy are described suggesting how Jetstar can diversify their business.
KEYWORDS: Strategy implementation, Jetstar, low cost airlines, Porter's 5 forces, strategic man,
C/B/1141. BCG growth and share matrix for Tesco
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- 3500
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 39.99 GBP
The paper critically examines the BCG growth / share matrix for Tesco seeking to predict what the consequences would be if competitors find out that Tesco is using this matrix as a strategic tool. Examples of different scenarios are considered.
KEYWORDS: BCG, growth and share matrix, Tesco, competitors,
C/B/1254. Expansion and growth strategies
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- 2200
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper looks at the expansion of companies under globalisation providing general information about the mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, franchising, licensing, etc. References are made to companies' market expansion strategies looking at the examples of Tesco, Dell, etc.
KEYWORDS: Expansion, growth, market, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture, alliance, franchi,
C/B/951. Perspective on Corporate Strategy
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- 1500
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 19.99 GBP
The paper provides critical analysis of the journal article by C. Markides, 'What is strategy and how do you know if you have one?' Summarising the author's idea of strategy, discussing the elements of organisational environment and their importance in implementing a successful strategy, and analysing how a company can make itself unique in the competitive environment.
KEYWORDS: Strategy, Organizational environment, competition,
C/B/952. Corporate sustainability
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- 2600
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines the concept of sustainability reviewing its academic definitions and addressing sustainability issues. The example of the food and drink industry is used with the focus on the Nestle UK. Dimensions and drivers of corporate sustainability are identified, Friedman's concept of corporation and grounded theory framework are discussed touching on the issues of risk, partnership, regulations, etc.
KEYWORDS: corporate, sustainability,
S/B/347. Metaphors and their implications on Organisational Life
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- 4000
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 49.99 GBP
The paper examines the use of metaphors in organisational context providing definitions of metaphor, and arguing the impact of seeing organisational life as a 'machine', an 'organism', and a 'culture'. The author's personal experience of encountering 'organisational' metaphors is discussed.
KEYWORDS: Organisation, metaphor,
C/B/543. Critically evaluate the peer-reviewed academic journal articles that apply the complex adaptive systems approach of improvisation and emergence to business.
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- 2500
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 29.99 GBP
This critical review examines the notion of complex adaptive systems (CAS), otherwise known as complexity science, in which organisations are viewed in a similar way to natural systems. This review would be useful for anyone interested in the CAS/complexity science and strategic management literature.
KEYWORDS: Complex adaptive systems, CAS, complexity science,
C/B/636. Decision Theory and Practicality
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- 2000
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 29.99 GBP
This report has been produced to provide a discussion on practicality of decision theory for business decisions in the context of strategic management. The aim is to analyze the decision theory that has been widely used by the managers in businesses, industry and the government for a long time.
KEYWORDS: Decision Theory, strategic management,
C/B/639. Strategy is an organizational process that is inseparable from structure, behaviour and culture of the company. Discuss
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- 2500
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 29.99 GBP
This report has been produced to provide a critical analysis regarding the debate on the approach that strategy is an organizational process that is inseparable from structure, behaviour and culture of the company in which it takes place. The report addresses different perspectives regarding the fact that long and short term planning modes of strategic management prescribes a tidy step-process based on internal resources which can assist business organizations to exert control over their external environments.
KEYWORDS: Strategic Management, Inseparability, Competencies, Organizational Culture, Prescripti,
C/B/689. 'Strategy is an organizational process inseparable from the structure, behaviour and culture of the company in which it takes place', Discuss
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- 2350
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 29.99 GBP
'Strategy is an organizational process inseparable from the structure, behaviour and culture of the company in which it takes place'. This paper will attempt to critically evaluate this assertion by addressing some core issues related to strategy vis-?-vis organisational purpose, the nature of strategy, strategic thinking and formulation and strategic change.
KEYWORDS: Strategy, Strategic management, organisational change,
C/B/699. Strategic Drift
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- 800
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 9.99 GBP
This study examines the concepts of strategic drift and its impact on the organizations. It can be assumed from the study that it is necessary for the companies to have strategic development because external business environment always change. It is important for the firms to tackle these trends in order to develop and plan long-term business strategy to cope with the turbulent business environment effectively.
KEYWORDS: Strategic development system, strategic development, strategic drift, business strateg,
C/B/708. Case Study: Exam Preparation
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- 3300
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 39.99 GBP
This document has been produced as a case study solution that can be used for strategic management exam preparation. There are three questions that have been answered that include external environment analysis, internal resources analysis and strategic options development.
KEYWORDS: Strategy, Strategic Management, Exam preparation, Culture, Strategic Change,
C/B/745. Strategy related questions
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- 1800
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 19.99 GBP
This paper responds to the following tasks: Q1. A clear statement of purpose or mission is a necessary element of a successful strategy. Discuss this in the context of different strategy development processes. Q2. How appropriate do you believe a resource/ capability based approach is for providing a framework for evaluating strategies in the not for profit sector? Illustrate by reference to a not for profit organisation of your choice. Q3. Ultimately, there may be no long term sustainable advantage other than the ability to organise and manage. Discuss this statement in the context of sources of competitive advantage, and the management of strategic change. Q4. In what situations are networks and alliances likely to be preferable to acquisitions as a route to corporate growth? What are the potential disadvantages of this approach? Q5. The key to a resource-based approach to strategy formulation is understanding the relationships between resources, capabilities, competitive advantage, and profitability - in particular, an understanding of the mechanisms through which competitive advantage can be sustained over time. Discuss this statement, illustrating your answer with an example of an organisation that has successfully pursued a resource based strategy. Q6. Demonstrate how a strategic groups and space analysis can be used to identify areas of opportunity within an organisation's business environment.
KEYWORDS: Mission statement, resource based-view, strategy, mission statement, space analysis,
C/B/830. Different forms of international/global alliances and the role of the firm
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- 3000
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 39.99 GBP
The paper examines the ideas of Axelsson (1992) on strategic management highlighting the need for firms to not only take into account internal perspectives, but also use alliances. Conclusions are made that firms can no longer operate within closed organisational boundaries.
KEYWORDS: Strategic management, Axelsson, alliances, Porter,
C/B/831. Critically discuss the approaches to developing strategy. Is there evidence in today's business world to suggest there is one best way?
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- 2500
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper addresses the difficulties of developing a company's strategy reviewing various approaches to strategic management and the influence of external and internal forces on strategy development.
KEYWORDS: Strategy, strategic management,
C/B/832. Approaches to developing corporate strategy and the modern business world
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- 2800
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper presents a critical evaluation of different approaches to developing a corporate strategy in the dynamic business environment. The theories examined include the Prescriptive or 'Design' school of thought, Mintzberg's Emergent or 'Process' approach and a more recent view of Logical Incrementalism advocated by Quinn. Conclusions are made as to whether one method can be demonstrated as the 'best' method of strategy development for today's businesses.
KEYWORDS: Corporate strategy, Prescriptive strategy, Emergent strategy, Logical incrementalism,
C/B/833. Critically evaluate the statement that traditional strategy tools do not work in a more turbulent environment
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- 2700
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines the need to develop new strategic tools to maintain the firm's competitive advantage. Traditional strategy tools are evaluated against the conditions of environmental turbulence and the blurring boundaries of today's business operations.
KEYWORDS: Strategic tools, traditional strategy, turbulence,
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