STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 TASK 1 1 1.1 Application of tools 1 1.2 Appreciation of the impact of global forces and innovation 3 1.3 Research Skills 4 TASK 2 5 2.1 Meaning and classification of strategic capabilities 5 2.2 Value of capabilities to stakeholders and difficulty of imitating capabilities 5 2.3 Capabilities in a dynamic context 7 2.4 Diagnosing organisational capabilities 7 TASK 3 8 3.1 Discussion and application of models 8 3.2 Critical evaluation of models in the context of deliberate and emergent strategy 10 3.3 Brief discussion of managing strategy development and implementation 11 CONCLUSION 12 RECOMMENDATIONS 12 REFERENCES 13

LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Five force Model 2 Figure 2: Porters generic model 8

INTRODUCTION Strategic management is the objectives framed by the top executive on the behalf of their owner which are based on the resources available. This is done by assessing the internal and external environment of the organisation where they use to compete(Boyne and Meier, 2009). It provides the overall direction to the management of the firm by covering the aspect of business objective. Strategy also helps in the developing of proper policies and plans which helps in achieving the goals by proper allocation of the resources. Mark and Spencer is the biggest retailer company operating in UK. They are the largest retailers of clothing, food and in many other varied areas. In the year 1998 their pre tax profit was more than 1 billion, but after few years they were hit by the credit crunch which had a great affect in their functioning and now in the present climate they are struggling (Hollender and Breen, 2010). So the study tries to understand the strategy which has been adopted by Mark and Spencer by applying various analytical models. Companies’ internal analysis has been done which emphasised