The company for this question is HR BLOCK Write internal environmental analysis including the following: Assess the organization's internal...

The company for this question is H&R BLOCK

Write internal environmental analysis including the following:

Assess the organization's internal environment.
Identify the most important strengths and weaknesses of H&R Block including an assessment of the organization's resources.
Identify the most important internal environmental factors in the general, industry, and external analysis in relation to the internal analysis.
Perform competitor analysis.
Assess the structure of the organization and the influence this has on its performance.
Determine the organization's competitive position and the possibilities this provides.

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Assess the organization's internal environment.
Examine the firm's entire portfolio of resources and capabilities.
The four primary categories of tangible resources are financial, organizational, physical, and technological. The three primary categories of intangible resources are human, innovation, and reputational.
Capabilities are often developed in specific functional areas (such as manufacturing, R&D, and marketing) or in a part of a functional area (e.g., advertising).
Capabilities that are valuable, rare, costly to imitate, and non-substitutable are core competencies. In turn, core competencies can lead to competitive advantages for the firm over its rivals. -
Identify the most important strengths and weaknesses of H&R Block including an assessment of the organization's resources.
Link the strengths and weaknesses from a SWOT to the analysis of the resources - resources, capabilities and competencies.
Identify the most important internal environmental factors in the general, industry, and external analysis in relation to the internal analysis.
Relate the PESTL analysis and the five force analysis to the internal analysis - resources, capabilities and competencies
How do the competencies overcome negative environmental factors or enhance advantageous environmental factors - This is done by doing a Value chain analysis
Perform competitor analysis.
Identify top -5-10 competitors
Market commonality
Resource similarity
When performing a competitor analysis, a firm analyzes each of its competitors with respect to market commonality and resource similarity. The results of these analyses can be mapped for visual comparisons.
Assess the structure of the organization and the influence this has on its performance.
Organizational structure specifies the firm's formal reporting relationships, procedures, controls, and authority and decision-making processes.
Effective structures provide the stability a firm needs to successfully implement its strategies and maintain its current competitive advantages while simultaneously providing the flexibility to develop advantages it will need in the future
Three types: simple, functional, multidivisional
The simple structure is matched with focus strategies and business-level strategies, as firms implementing these strategies commonly compete by offering a single product line in a single geographic market
The functional structure supports implementing business-level strategies and some corporate-level strategies (e.g., single or dominant business) with low levels of diversification.
The multidivisional (M-form) structure support implementation of related and unrelated diversification strategies, the M-form helps firms successfully manage diversification's many demands. Chandler viewed the M-form as an innovative response to coordination and control problems
Determine the organization's competitive position and the possibilities this provides.
Competitive positioning: define how the firm will/should "differentiate" its offering and create value for its market. -
Which of the four generic strategies should H&R Block use and why?
How does H&R Block differ, and how can they position themself for the best competitive advantage?
Are H&R Block prices and costs competitive?
Does H&R Block compete effectively in terms of product or service quality?
Is H&R Block seen as the vendor of choice? -- Why do people seek H&R Block out?
Is H&R Block growing, losing ground or just holding onto the market share?