Wk 1 - Values and Strategy Paper [due Mon]Assignment Content Resource: Week 1 Assignment Grading guide.docxChoosean organization according to the following (meeting any one of these criteria):

Section I

Evaluation of Potential Business Level Strategies

Factor/Consideration

Description

Business Level Strategy (Evaluate each of the five types below for your selected company)

Assess the suitability of each strategy for the firm below

  1. Cost leadership

 

 

  1. Differentiation 

 

 

 

  1. Focused cost leadership 

 

 

 

  1. Focused differentiation 

 

 

 

  1. Integrated cost leadership/differentiation 

 

 

 

Description of target customer/s for the selected strategy or set of strategies

 

Value Chain Activities that allow firm to create value through the selected strategy/strategies

Support Functions that allow firm to create value through the selected strategy/strategies

 

 


Section II


Evaluation of Potential Corporate Level Strategies

Factor/Consideration

Description

Levels of Diversification – Low/Medium/High

 

 Reasons for Diversification

 

Degree of Operational Relatedness

 

Degree of Corporate Relatedness

 

 

Market Power

 

 

 


 

Section III



Evaluation of Potential International Strategies

Factor/Consideration

Description

Benefits of adopting an International Strategy to the firm

 

Evaluate type of International Strategy for the firm

  1. Multi-domestic


  1. Global


  1. Trans-national

 

Core Competency/ Mode of Entry

 

Expected Strategic Competitive Outcomes

 

 

 



Section IV


Strategy Recommendation

Factor/Consideration

Description

Recommend a strategy or combination of strategies the organization should implement

 

Rationale for the above recommendation

(based on analyses in Sections I, II, III)