...Strategic Analysis Report Flux Consulting – Airline Division Queensland University of Technology MGB309 – Strategic Management Pei San Chew – 0 8000492 Tutor: Christophe Garonne (Tutorial 8) Word Count: 2160 1.0 Executive Summary The air transportation industry within Australia is highly competitive. However, there is solid evidence and a strong indication that Virgin Australia can seize power over the current market and outrun its competitors for its long-term survival. Virgin Australia should optimise opportunities and remain competitive by either strengthening its alliance with SIA or outsourcing to a specialist company in ground handling. The key challenge for the company is to create strategies that ensures effectiveness. The strategies will draw upon previous internal and external analysis conducted and focus on developing strategic alliances and strategic outsourcing. This report analyses the benefits and limitations of these potential strategies and provides practical recommendations to ensure long-term strategic sustainability. The results of the evaluation between the two strategies illustrate that the first strategy is more appropriate for Virgin to be sustainable in the long-term. There are several advantages that Virgin possesses which includes its strategic alliance’s strong position in the Asian market, and its ability to integrate newly planned flight routes. This means that Virgin is able to benefit from the strengths of its alliance. Moreover...
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...meet organizational goals. Such strategic planning guides managers, employees and stakeholders to focus on their common aim. By using strategic management, an organization utilizes a methodical way so that all their resources combine with their mission to underwrite their future success. Changes incorporated into a common goal demand strategic management especially in health care organizations. “A well-crafted, duly executed strategic plan can provide numerous intangible, internal benefits for a health care organization’s culture, working environment and employees"(Reed, 2013). Today’s health care environment, with expectations of health care organizations constantly changing creates a compelling reason to employ strategic planning. To ensure success, the whole organization must be involved in strategic planning. There are five essential components of strategic planning, and they are “engaging commitment, setting long term strategic objectives for improved performance of the organization, generating policy options. Evaluating and deciding on strategies and monitoring implementation of the policies against the long-term goals" ("Components of Strategic Planning", 2005). Practical implementation of each of these components requires organizational extensive corroboration and accountability. The strategic management process enhances all of the essential elements of strategic planning. An organization’s strategy and goals embedded in the strategic management process enables management...
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...Required format for major case reports: 1. Executive summary 2. Introduction AM 3. Current Company Situation AL a. Past performance assessment 4. External, industry and competitor analysis C 5. Internal analysis G 6. Issue/Problem definition: AM b. Objectives 7. Development of different strategies c. For each alternative, outline and briefly describe SAVED i. Staging: what will be the firm’s speed and sequence of moves? AC ii. Arenas: where will the firm be active? AC iii. Vehicles: how will the firm get there? AC iv. Economic logic: how will the firm obtain returns? AM v. Differentiators: how will the firm win in the marketplace? G 8. Selection of alternative d. How is your chosen option superior to the rejected alternatives? How will the weaknesses of the chosen option not be strategically detrimental or how can they be overcome? 9. Implementation: Outline: e. how the corporate value chain will need to change and f. what it will cost to implement these changes 10. Evaluation and control 11. Appendices: g. Ratio analysis and conclusions h. Your detailed Porter’s analysis, SWOT, TOWS, PEST i. Turnitin report (page 1 of the Originality Report) j. Others as appropriate Key Report Criteria * Page numbers-in correct sequential order * Word processed-no work that is hand written...
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...Business Strategy Module Code – ST3S03 Tutor – Rachel Leek Assignment A Report on the Strategic Evaluation of Easyjet Student Number - 09134190 CONTENTS Terms of Reference Page 3 Executive Summary Page 3 Introduction Pages 4 Identify Strategic Position Pages 4 & 5 External Drivers Of Change Page 8,9,10 & 11 Adding value To Strategic Position Pages 12, 13 & 14 Conclusion Page 14 & 15 References Page 16 Bibliography Page 17 Terms of Reference This report is based on a case study of Easyjet and its strategic position. The report is addressed to Rachel Leek from Shaun Sweeney, submitted on the 28/2/2013 Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to look at Easyjet and how they align their Strategic Business Strategies to compete with other similar businesses within the aviation industry. It will also look at how they may implement these strategies into their business. The report will look at how they deal with political, economic, social and technological obligations and threats. This will be analysed by...
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...Guidelines for the Strategic Audit Report Revised Sep 2013 Adapted and revised from: Wheelen and Hunger, (2008). Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy, 11th Ed., Pearson Education, Inc. Purpose of the strategic audit assignment Your assignment Selecting a company for the strategic audit An effective report Required format for the strategic audit report Required sections of the strategic audit report Executive Summary Current situation Corporate governance External environment: Opportunities and threats Internal environment: Strengths and weaknesses Analysis of strategic factors (SFAS) Strategic alternatives and recommended strategy (TOWS) Implementation of recommended strategy Conclusions Evaluating mission statements Evaluating the Board of Directors Preparing the tables: EFAS, IFAS, SFAS, and TOWS Common-size statements Analyzing financial statements Analyzing financial ratios Writing guidelines Relaxed APA rules Useful resources Purpose of the strategic audit assignment A strategic audit is usually done to help the firm’s management decide how to proceed, or to support a potential investment or loan. The purpose of a strategic audit is essentially to answer the question, “What condition is this firm in?” Because the audit is focused toward answering this question, there must be a conclusion about what the audit shows. Therefore, while this is mostly an objective, informative report, there is a persuasive twist at the end. 1 The point of this assignment...
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...Format for Strategic Analysis Report Strategic analysis of: _______________________________________ (case or company) EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT MACRO ENVIRONMENT Political: • Regulation • Trade barriers • Change in tax laws/incentives • Other… Summary Legal: • Anti-trust • Equal pay/employment • Environmental protection • Health & Safety • Other… Summary Economic: • Interest Rate • Recession (aggregate demand) • Energy prices • Other… Summary MICRO ENVIRONMENT Industry – Competitive Analysis: Define the (primary) industry in which this firm competes Key segmentation variables: Identify the industry segment in which your firm competes Power of suppliers: Factors affecting relative bargaining power (high or low threats?) • What proportion of the value of our product(s) is provided by suppliers? Cost of Goods Sold / Sales • Price sensitivity Cost of purchases relative to total costs Profitability of suppliers vs. buyers Importance of the product to the quality of buyer’s quality • Bargaining Power Size and concentration of buyers relative to suppliers Buyer’s switching costs Buyer’s information Buyer’s ability to backward vertically integrate Risk of owning obsolescent technology Related experience in making the supplies Is owning non-complementary assets required? Summary ...
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...Term Paper On Strategic Management Analysis for the ACME laboratories limited A company’s strategy is the game plan management is using to stake out a market position, conduct its operations, attract and please customers, compete successfully, and achieve organizational objectives. [pic] is the famous pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh and it has been continuously in the 2nd position among all national and multinational companies . The sales turnover of The ACME laboratories was more than US$ 60 million with about a large product line containing 272 products In this report, efforts have been made to analyze Acme’s strategy to maintain its leading position in the market and the difficulties it is facing while operating in the industry. This report starts with a company background and then proceeds with an analysis of the external and internal environment of the industry and the company, followed by its strategic practices at different levels, understanding the company mission, vision and objectives; it’s financial and marketing performance and current practices of various functional units. While analyzing the overall performance of Acme, few problems in the area of finance and operation have been found and suitable recommendations has also been suggested to address the problems. After these analyses, some new strategies are suggested in light of the future direction of the industry and the market to guide the company to maintain its leadership...
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...Writing a Strategic Management Report This document summarises what I have learnt about report writing in my own career in industry, consultancy and academia. I believe that it constitutes a reasonable guide to good practice. But this is an area in which opinions and practices differ - for example, some people DO like to see the different theoretical models laid out in detail, something that I regard as unnecessary. You are advised to check with your tutor to make sure that what is written here accords with their own requirements and preferences. ©Adrian Haberberg 2001 Please remember that you are writing a business report and not an academic essay, and that you are writing it for a busy and intelligent manager. More specifically: 0 Do not waste time and paper reproducing information from the case study. In particular, do not bore your "client" with a long history of the organisation you are studying. You should assume that they have read and understood everything in the case study. Your job is to add value to that information. * Remember that a report, like any other good piece of writing, tells a story in an interesting and coherent way. There should be a clear flow from one section of your writing to another, and each part of the report should draw upon what has gone before, and feed analysis forward to what follows. * Do not assume that, if you write down all the theoretical models one after the other, you have done your job. If all you write is a PEST...
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...A time ago, I had the great pleasure of discussing global strategy with colleagues in a Global Management course at the MBA program. I refer to the following as ‘Three ways to gain competitive advantage by competing globally’ 1 – Looking for the best location in the world to lower costs or achieve other production or resource advantage that allows for greater rewards. The real managerial decision is where to locate activities, or which country is best suited for which activity? According to the activities and spread of resources, an organization could concentrate activities in a few countries or disperse activities to many countries. The key is to look for the places that will give each activity more efficiencies and that when laced together with the other organizational activities will help create competitive advantage. 2 – To transfer the source of current advantage/competitive knowledge efficiently from local to global markets. The efficient transfer of competitive advantage across nations helps to achieve larger competencies and capabilities, and to further dominate a particular area across the global market. Think of how Coca-Cola’s awesome distribution system in America was copied in foreign markets; the company went from dominating the distribution locally to dominating the distribution of soft drinks globally. 3 – To organize and coordinate organizational activities between different markets in a way that domestic competitors cannot has a great potential to be a source...
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...Company Report: Strategy Evaluation 8 February 2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Industry: Banking and Financial Services in Australia 4 Overview 4 PESTLE 5 Porter’s Five Forces of Competition 6 Firm: Westpac 7 Overview 7 McKinsey’s 7 S Framework 7 Competition Analysis 11 Blue Ocean Analysis 13 SMSF and Strategy Recommendations 13 What is a SMSF? 13 Three tiers of Non-Customers 13 Strategic Canvas – SMSF 14 3 Keys to Success: Tagline, Focus and Differentiation 14 Option 1 14 VRIO 15 Option 2 15 VRIO 15 Appendix 17 Industry Analysis Charts 17 Porters 5 Forces Analysis Detail 20 Westpac Strategic Priorities 22 Material issues 23 Executive Summary Westpac Bank is Australia’s first Bank, founded in 1817 and is currently one of the “big four” group of lending banks in Australia. Listed on the stock exchange in 1970, Westpac has a history of acquisitions, notably the recent (2008) purchase of St George, which contributes 19% of Westpac’s Cash Earnings. Westpac has a market capitalisation of $76.5 billion in an industry with an overall value of $208.6 billion, or roughly 10% of Australia’s GDP. The financial services industry in Australia is an Oligopoly, with the big four banks accounting for over 80% of the market. A mature market, players are converging, and the industry is forecast to grow at around 8% year on year to 2018. Competition in this industry is fierce, though there is also speculation that there may be significant price signaling...
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...3.12 Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report. Identify the page numbers or web links where the following can be found: • Strategy and Analysis 1.1 – 1.2; • Organizational Profi le 2.1 – 2.10; • Report Parameters 3.1 – 3.13; • Governance, Commitments, and Engagement 4.1 – 4.17; • Disclosure of Management Approach, per category; • Core Performance Indicators; • Any GRI Additional Indicators that were included; and • Any GRI Sector Supplement Indicators included in the report. ASSURANCE 3.13 Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. If not included in the assurance report accompanying the sustainability report, explain the scope and basis of any external assurance provided. Also explain the relationship between the reporting organization and the assurance provider(s). Governance, Commitments, and Engagement GOVERNANCE 4.1 Governance structure of the organization, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specifi c tasks, such as setting strategy or organizational oversight. Describe the mandate and composition (including number of independent members and/or non executive members) of the highest governance body and its committees, and indicate each individual’s position and any direct responsibility for economic, social, and environmental performance. Report the percentage of individuals by gender within the organization’s highest governance...
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...October 21, 2014 DRAFT NOTE FOR CABINET ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS FOR THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POSTAL CORPORATION (TTPost) FOR THE PERIOD 2009-2012 The matter for the consideration of Cabinet is the Trinidad and Tobago Postal Corporation (TTPost) Administrative Reports for the period 2009-2012. 2. Section 66A (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago provides for the appointment of Joint Select Committees to, “inquire into and report to both Houses of Parliament in respect of- (A) Government Ministries, (B) Municipal Corporations, (C) Statutory Authorities, (D) Enterprises owned and controlled by or on behalf of the State or which received funding from the state of more than two-thirds of its total income in any one year and (E) Service Commissions, in relation to their administration, the manner of the exercise of their power, their methods of functioning and any criteria adopted by them in the exercise of their powers and functions.” 3. Further, informed that Section 66D of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago stipulates that, ‘ a Body listed at (A) to (D) in 66A (1) (a) shall submit to the President before 1st July, in each year, a report on the exercise of its functions and powers in the previous year, describing the procedures followed and any criteria adopted by it in connection therewith, and the President shall cause the report to be laid within sixty days thereafter in each House.” ...
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...the next section. Question I: This question is about financial expenditures. (Staff FTEs are reported in Question II.) 1. Salaries In this row, include the cost of salaries, even if these are paid for centrally. Allocate salary costs by functions described below. So, the salary of a single employee may be spread over multiple functions. The salaries by function should correspond to the FTEs by function in Question II. Report the salary costs (exclusive of employment benefits, which go on row 2) of full-time, part-time, and Temporary exempt employees. EXCLUDE salaries of presidents and heads of academic units. Do NOT report all support staff under Advancement Management/Advancement Services. 2. Benefits Report the share of benefits paid by the institution for the salaries and wages reported on row 1. These benefits usually include social security; medical, disability, and life insurance; and retirement plan contributions. Professional staff benefits may also include car allowances, housing subsidies, memberships, and other perquisites. Report these even if they are paid for centrally. 3. Current Operations Expenditures (Exclusive of Salaries and Benefits) Expenditures to be included: • • • • • • postage and delivery services; telephone and personal communication devices (Blackberries,...
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...Boeing |1 Boeing Strategic Analysis Report Professor Jiang Bus 189 Matt Fong Karolyn Vong Kenneth Wong Vivian Li Jae Woo Chae Joseph Eslao Boeing |2 Assessing the Industry Each year the strong economic growth of the U.S. has led to sustained high oil and fuel prices. Between 2003 and 2007, jet fuel expenses have increased dramatically by 15 percent to more than 30 percent of operating cost. Because of this, many airlines are demanding new aircraft that are fuel efficiency in order to help reduce their operational costs. The current trend of increasing fuel prices plays a key role in increasing the current demand for new aircraft or commercial airplanes that are more fuel-efficient. In addition, the rising fuel prices have taken a big effect on the economy. As fuel prices affect consumer goods and spending, leisure travel is expected to decrease, thus affecting the airline industry's bottom line. Furthermore, since the economy has gradually moved into a recession from the effects of rising fuel prices, many airlines that are struggling to stay out of bankruptcy, are looking for more ways to become cost effective. Thus, further fueling the demand for new commercial aircrafts to become more fuelefficient (2007 Annual Report). In order to save on costs so that Boeing can provide lower prices to its customers, Boeing and its competitor, Airbus, have both turned to outsourcing. Outsourcing has allowed Boeing to become more competitive. Furthermore, the option of outsourcing...
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...What is a report? A report ‘reports’ on something in a concise, formal way using clearly defined sections presented in a standard format, which tell the reader what you did, why and how you did it and what you found. It is the formal writing up of a practical experiment, project or research investigation. A report is written in a way which presumes that the reader knows nothing about your experiment or research. It is usually written more concisely than an essay, with headings and sub-headings and perhaps bullet-point recommendations, etc. A research report must be written in sufficient detail so that someone reading it would be able to replicate your research exactly. It usually contains arguments and critical evaluation to support a proposed course of action, or to evaluate a business issue. BEFORE YOU START WRITING… • Firstly, check with your lecturer and the module handbook for precise instructions, i.e. the prescribed report structure, word count, deadline. All UHBS reports are module and assignment specific, so this guide only gives a very general idea of structure and content. • Be very detail minded. All UHBS reports will require accurate referencing, good clear English, professional presentation, i.e. clear structure, coherent, free of spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors. • If you are compiling a group report, assign roles. One person in the group could be assigned the role of ‘editor’ to finally ensure the report is put together...
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