Strategic Management

Strategic Management – Final Assignment

Spring 2014

 

Instructions

 

Your assignment is to choose a total of ‘3’ companies from the list below (no more than one from each industry) and apply the following 5 analyses: 

 

1. PEST-NED
2. Porter’s 5 Forces
3. Porter’s 3 Generic Strategies
4. Vision and Mission
5. Core Competence

 

See page 3 for the template to complete the assignment. Only assignments that use the template will be graded. Assignments must be typed and printed. Only hard-copies will be accepted.

 

Companies / Industries

 

 

Retail Apple Store (International) The Gap (International) Hyper Panda Walmart (International) Costco (International)	Automotive             Ford (Trucks division) General Motors (GM Financial) Tesla Motors Ferrari (Middle-East) Rolls Royce (Middle-East) Bugatti (Middle-East) Toyota Motor Corporation (FJ Cruiser) Honda Motor Company (automobiles) BMW (North America)
Airline             Saudi Airlines American Airlines Southwest Airlines British Airways Virgin Air Fly Dubai Air Asia Emirates Airlines Etihad Airlines Korean Air Fly Nas	Entertainment             ESPN Viacom Inc. Walt Disney Company Hearst Corporation MTV Networks Music & Logo Group Bein Sports Netflix Food Network Discovery Channel BBC Television
Sport             NBA             FIFA NFL NHL Manchester United International Olympic Committee Italian League Football	Education Rushmore University Athabasca University University of Phoenix Harvard Business School HEC-Paris Business School Oxford University – Business School Princess Nora University
Beverages Red Bull (International) Kool Aid (International) Vimto (International) Lipton (International)	Restaurant Kitcho (Japan) Restaurant Le Meurice (Paris) I Hop (International) California Pizza Kitchen (International)
Mining / Oil and Gas             Saudi Aramco Goldcorp Inc. Rio Tinto Shell Exxon             British Petroleum Sabic	Tourism/Hotel             Sofitel Hotels Hilton Hotels Disney Land Novatel             Four Seasons Reem Circuit
Technology             IBM Apple Intel Cisco Blackberry Panasonic Polaroid Samsung Nokia Sony Jupiter Systems Microsoft (X-Box)

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT TEMPLATE (you must use this template)

 

Company 1: _________________ (Total 5 pages)

 

1. PEST-NED (approximately 1 page, or up to 2 pages if needed)

• Provide the heading followed by the analysis

i.e.       Political:

Economic:

Social:

Technological:

Natural Environment:

Demographics:

 

2. Porter’s 5 Forces(approximately 1 page, or up to 2 pages if needed)

• Provide the heading followed by the analysis

i.e.       Bargaining Power of Suppliers:

Bargaining Power of Buyers:

Threat of New Entrants:

Barriers to New Entrants:

Intensity of Rivalry amongst Competitors:

Influence of Complements:

 

3. Porter’s 3 Generic Strategies (approximately ½ to 1 page)

• Provide the heading followed by the analysis

i.e.       Cost Leadership:

Differentiation:

Focus:

Combination (explain):

 

4. Vision and Mission (approximately ½ page)

• Provide the heading followed by the analysis

i.e.       Vision:

Mission:

• If the company does not have vision and mission statements, create ones that you believe would be suitable.
• If the company has vision and mission statements but you think they could be better, create new ones that you believe would be suitable.

 

5. Core Competence (approximately ½ page)

• Explain what you believe is the company’s core competence.

 

 

Company 2: _________________(Total 5 pages)

 

• Repeat the same analyses steps for company 2 (in a different industry)

 

Company 3: _________________(Total 5 pages)

 

• Repeat the same analyses steps for company 3 (in a different industry)

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