4k word strategic management report - Finance
Budget: €30 – €250 EUR
As a Strategy Consultant, you have been approached by the Board of Directors of a company to advise them on their future strategic direction. You are required to present your option, based upon researched evidence, in the form of a report, to cover the following five (5) tasks:
Task 1.
The Strategic Direction that the company has followed in the past and the way in which strategic thinking has developed in this organisation in the past 5 years
(10)
Task 2.
A detailed analysis of the industry in which the company is operating to include:
Use an appropriate model of your choice to review the external environment of the company
A critical discussion of the company's competitive advantage among its direct competitors
The probable industry scenarios facing the company within its existing market domains
(20)
Task 3.
Further Analysis with regard to:
The extent to which the company is facing strategic drift
Whether their mission and vision statement are aligned to the demand of the marketplace
The company strategic capabilities
Use the Business Canvass Model to portray and describe the rationale and core logic of how the company creates, delivers and captures value within its industry/market to its clients
(20)
Task 4.
Discuss the possible strategies that the company could follow to defend its core business including a Growth Strategy; a Stability Strategy and a Retrenchment Strategy.
(30)
Task 5.
In light of your discussion in tasks 1-4, analyse and evaluate the resource implications of our recommendations that the company has to address
(10 Marks)
For Presentation, visual aid and referencing (10)
Task 1.
The Strategic Direction that the company has followed in the past and the way in which strategic thinking has developed in this organisation in the past 5 years
(10)
Task 2.
A detailed analysis of the industry in which the company is operating to include:
Use an appropriate model of your choice to review the external environment of the company
A critical discussion of the company's competitive advantage among its direct competitors
The probable industry scenarios facing the company within its existing market domains
(20)
Task 3.
Further Analysis with regard to:
The extent to which the company is facing strategic drift
Whether their mission and vision statement are aligned to the demand of the marketplace
The company strategic capabilities
Use the Business Canvass Model to portray and describe the rationale and core logic of how the company creates, delivers and captures value within its industry/market to its clients
(20)
Task 4.
Discuss the possible strategies that the company could follow to defend its core business including a Growth Strategy; a Stability Strategy and a Retrenchment Strategy.
(30)
Task 5.
In light of your discussion in tasks 1-4, analyse and evaluate the resource implications of our recommendations that the company has to address
(10 Marks)
For Presentation, visual aid and referencing (10)