Complete Both Parts if the Assignment
Section I
Evaluation of Potential Business Level Strategies | |
Factor/Consideration | Description |
Business Level Strategy (Evaluate each of the five types below for your selected company) | Assess the suitability of each strategy for the firm below |
1. Cost leadership
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2. Differentiation
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3. Focused cost leadership
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4. Focused differentiation
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5. Integrated cost leadership/differentiation
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Description of target customer/s for the selected strategy or set of strategies | |
Value Chain Activities that allow firm to create value through the selected strategy/strategies
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Support Functions that allow firm to create value through the selected strategy/strategies
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Section II
Evaluation of Potential Corporate Level Strategies | |
Factor/Consideration | Description |
Levels of Diversification – Low/Medium/High | |
Reasons for Diversification | |
Degree of Operational Relatedness | |
Degree of Corporate Relatedness
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Market Power
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Section III
Evaluation of Potential International Strategies | |
Factor/Consideration | Description |
Benefits of adopting an International Strategy to the firm | |
Evaluate type of International Strategy for the firm
1. Multi-domestic
2. Global
3. Trans-national |
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Core Competency/ Mode of Entry | |
Expected Strategic Competitive Outcomes |
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Section IV
Strategy Recommendation | |
Factor/Consideration | Description |
Recommend a strategy or combination of strategies the organization should implement |
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Rationale for the above recommendation
(based on analyses in Sections I, II, III) |
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Week 4 Assignment – Strategic Plan, Part 3: Strategic Evaluation
For this Assignment, you will explore a variety of strategies. You will then make your recommendations for a strategy or a combination of strategies for the organization (the same company that was used for your Week 2 & Week 3 Assignments).
Instructions:
In this section, you will be evaluating various strategies and making recommendations for the organization.
Write a 1,050-word minimum strategic evaluation in which you include the following:
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