ANAYLYSING COMPANY’S STRATEGY

One of the important activities in analyzing a rival company is its strategy. However this is not a simple methodology unless someone understands strategic management or crafting and executing strategy. We need to study completely on a company such as its organizational charts, its financial statement, its performance, its activities and company structure in understanding their strategy.

In analyzing a company strategy we first must know the competitive level strategy or business level strategy and the corporate level strategy. What are the strategies in the business level? The strategies are: Overall low cost provider strategy, Broad differentiation strategy, Focus Low Cost Strategy, Focus Differentiation Strategy and Best Cost Provider Strategy.

The next level strategy that we need to know is the Corporate Level strategy or the Beyond competitive level strategy of which the strategic components are Collaboration, Outsourcing, Merger and Acquisition, Internet, Offensive Strategy, Defensive Strategy, Forward Integration, Backward integration and Diversification.

 

By having a complete knowledge on the strategy, later we could undertake to evaluate the company’s strategy. This analysis could be supported with the action taken by the company, its performance, company structure or its organizational chart. The company’s performance will always be translated in its financial statements. Besides that, it is important to look at the company organization chart since the company structure determines the support to the strategy taken. A wrong organizational chart that do not support the strategy chosen will only induce unprofitable condition to the company or unable to effectively execute the strategy. For that reason in executing the strategy; PEOPLE-OPERATION-STRATEGY need a serious attention by the key management in ensuring the company economic equitability for all its business activities.

TASK:

 

1. You are being required to select an outfit or company. Analyse its strategy and provide   justifications for your statements.

2. You must enclose any documents of the company to show your work is not a plagiarism and as a support evidence such company registration etc. 

 

Important Note:

 

a. 3000 - 3500 words counts

b. Font : Arial

c. Size of font: 12

d. Insert your reference and cross referencing

e. Plagiarism work shall not be attended.