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Developing Marketing
Strategies and Plans
2-2
Chapter Questions

How does marketing affect customer value?

How is strategic planning carried out at
different levels of the organization?

What does a marketing plan include?
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-3
Phases of Value Creation and
Delivery
Assessing market opportunities and customer
value
Choosing the value
Designing value
Delivering value
Communicating value
Growing and sustaining value
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-4
What is the Value Chain?
The value chain as a tool for identifying was
to create more customer value because
every firm is a synthesis of primary and
support activities performed to design,
produce, market, deliver, and support its
product.
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-5
Core Business Processes

Core business processes include:

Market-sensing process

New-offering realization process

Customer acquisition process

Customer relationship management process

Fulfillment management process

Firms also need to look into the value chains
of their suppliers, distributors, and customers.
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the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-6
Characteristics of
Core Competencies

A source of competitive advantage

Applications in a wide variety of markets

Difficult to imitate
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the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-7
Maximizing Core Competencies

(Re)define the business concept

(Re)shaping the business scope

(Re)positioning the company’s brand identity
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-8
What Is Holistic Marketing?
Holistic marketing sees itself as integrating
the value exploration, value creation, and
value delivery activities with the purpose of
building long-term, mutually satisfying
relationships and co-prosperity among key
stakeholders.
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-9
Questions to Address in
Holistic Marketing
What value opportunities are available?
How can we create new value offerings
efficiently?
How can we delivery the new offerings
efficiently?
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-10
Figure 2.1 The Strategic Planning,
Implementation, and
Control Processes
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-11
Table 2.1 Master Marketers
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the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-12
What Is a Marketing Plan?
A marketing plan is the
central instrument for
directing and coordinating
the marketing effort.
It operates at a strategic and tactical level.
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-13
Levels of a Marketing Plan

Strategic

Target marketing
decisions

Value proposition

Analysis of
marketing
opportunities

Tactical

Product features

Promotion

Merchandising

Pricing

Sales channels

Service
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-14
Corporate Headquarters’
Planning Activities

Define the corporate mission

Establish strategic business units (SBUs)

Assign resources to each SBU

Assess growth opportunities
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-15
Good Mission Statements

Focus on a limited number of goals

Stress major policies and values

Define major competitive spheres

Take a long-term view

Short, memorable, meaningful
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-16
Table 2.2
Major Competitive Spheres

Industry

Products

Competence

Market segment

Vertical channels

Geographic
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-17
Product Orientation vs.
Market Orientation
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the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-18
Dimensions Define a Business
Customer Groups
Customer Needs
Technology
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the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-19
Characteristics of SBUs

It is a single business or collection of related
businesses

It has its own set of competitors

It has a leader responsible for strategic
planning and profitability
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-20
Figure 2.2 The Strategic Planning
Gap
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-21
What Is Corporate Culture?
Corporate culture is the
shared experiences, stories, beliefs,
and norms that
characterize an organization.
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-22
Figure 2.3 The Business Unit
Strategic Planning Process
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-23
SWOT Analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-24
Market Opportunity Analysis
(MOA)

Can the benefits involved in the opportunity
be articulated convincingly to a defined
target market?

Can the target market be located and
reached with cost-effective media and trade
channels?

Does the company possess or have access
to the critical capabilities and resources
needed to deliver the customer benefits?
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-25
Market Opportunity Analysis
(MOA)

Can the company deliver the benefits better
than any actual or potential competitors?

Will the financial rate of return meet or exceed
the company’s required threshold for
investment?
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-26
Figure 2.4
Opportunity and Threat Matrices
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-27
Goal Formulation and MBO

Unit’s objectives must be hierarchical

Objectives should be quantitative

Goals should be realistic

Objectives must be consistent
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-28
Porter’s Generic Strategies
Overall cost leadership
Differentiation
Focus
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-29
Categories of Marketing Alliances

Product or service alliance

Promotional alliance

Logistics alliances

Pricing collaborations
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-30
McKinsey’s Elements of Success
Strategy
Structure
SystemsStyle
Shared values
Staff
Skills
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-31
Marketing Plan Contents
 Executive summary
 Table of contents
 Situation analysis
 Marketing strategy
 Financial projections
 Implementation controls
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
2-32Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall
Evaluating a Marketing Plan
 Is the plan simple?
 Is the plan specific?
 Is the plan realistic?
 Is the plan complete?
2-33
For Review

How does marketing affect customer value?

How is strategic planning carried out at
different levels of the organization?

What does a marketing plan include?
Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from
the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.

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marketing management

  • 2. 2-2 Chapter Questions  How does marketing affect customer value?  How is strategic planning carried out at different levels of the organization?  What does a marketing plan include? Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 3. 2-3 Phases of Value Creation and Delivery Assessing market opportunities and customer value Choosing the value Designing value Delivering value Communicating value Growing and sustaining value Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 4. 2-4 What is the Value Chain? The value chain as a tool for identifying was to create more customer value because every firm is a synthesis of primary and support activities performed to design, produce, market, deliver, and support its product. Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 5. 2-5 Core Business Processes  Core business processes include:  Market-sensing process  New-offering realization process  Customer acquisition process  Customer relationship management process  Fulfillment management process  Firms also need to look into the value chains of their suppliers, distributors, and customers. Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 6. 2-6 Characteristics of Core Competencies  A source of competitive advantage  Applications in a wide variety of markets  Difficult to imitate Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 7. 2-7 Maximizing Core Competencies  (Re)define the business concept  (Re)shaping the business scope  (Re)positioning the company’s brand identity Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 8. 2-8 What Is Holistic Marketing? Holistic marketing sees itself as integrating the value exploration, value creation, and value delivery activities with the purpose of building long-term, mutually satisfying relationships and co-prosperity among key stakeholders. Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 9. 2-9 Questions to Address in Holistic Marketing What value opportunities are available? How can we create new value offerings efficiently? How can we delivery the new offerings efficiently? Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 10. 2-10 Figure 2.1 The Strategic Planning, Implementation, and Control Processes Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 11. 2-11 Table 2.1 Master Marketers Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 12. 2-12 What Is a Marketing Plan? A marketing plan is the central instrument for directing and coordinating the marketing effort. It operates at a strategic and tactical level. Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 13. 2-13 Levels of a Marketing Plan  Strategic  Target marketing decisions  Value proposition  Analysis of marketing opportunities  Tactical  Product features  Promotion  Merchandising  Pricing  Sales channels  Service Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 14. 2-14 Corporate Headquarters’ Planning Activities  Define the corporate mission  Establish strategic business units (SBUs)  Assign resources to each SBU  Assess growth opportunities Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 15. 2-15 Good Mission Statements  Focus on a limited number of goals  Stress major policies and values  Define major competitive spheres  Take a long-term view  Short, memorable, meaningful Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 16. 2-16 Table 2.2 Major Competitive Spheres  Industry  Products  Competence  Market segment  Vertical channels  Geographic Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 17. 2-17 Product Orientation vs. Market Orientation Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 18. 2-18 Dimensions Define a Business Customer Groups Customer Needs Technology Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 19. 2-19 Characteristics of SBUs  It is a single business or collection of related businesses  It has its own set of competitors  It has a leader responsible for strategic planning and profitability Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 20. 2-20 Figure 2.2 The Strategic Planning Gap Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 21. 2-21 What Is Corporate Culture? Corporate culture is the shared experiences, stories, beliefs, and norms that characterize an organization. Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 22. 2-22 Figure 2.3 The Business Unit Strategic Planning Process Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 23. 2-23 SWOT Analysis Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 24. 2-24 Market Opportunity Analysis (MOA)  Can the benefits involved in the opportunity be articulated convincingly to a defined target market?  Can the target market be located and reached with cost-effective media and trade channels?  Does the company possess or have access to the critical capabilities and resources needed to deliver the customer benefits? Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 25. 2-25 Market Opportunity Analysis (MOA)  Can the company deliver the benefits better than any actual or potential competitors?  Will the financial rate of return meet or exceed the company’s required threshold for investment? Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 26. 2-26 Figure 2.4 Opportunity and Threat Matrices Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 27. 2-27 Goal Formulation and MBO  Unit’s objectives must be hierarchical  Objectives should be quantitative  Goals should be realistic  Objectives must be consistent Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 28. 2-28 Porter’s Generic Strategies Overall cost leadership Differentiation Focus Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 29. 2-29 Categories of Marketing Alliances  Product or service alliance  Promotional alliance  Logistics alliances  Pricing collaborations Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 30. 2-30 McKinsey’s Elements of Success Strategy Structure SystemsStyle Shared values Staff Skills Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 31. 2-31 Marketing Plan Contents  Executive summary  Table of contents  Situation analysis  Marketing strategy  Financial projections  Implementation controls Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.
  • 32. 2-32Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Evaluating a Marketing Plan  Is the plan simple?  Is the plan specific?  Is the plan realistic?  Is the plan complete?
  • 33. 2-33 For Review  How does marketing affect customer value?  How is strategic planning carried out at different levels of the organization?  What does a marketing plan include? Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd. Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Marketing Management, 14e.

Editor's Notes

  1. This chapter begins by examining some of the strategic marketing implications in creating customer value. We’ll look at several perspectives on planning and describe how to draw up a formal marketing plan. Through the chapter, we’ll address the three questions listed in the slide.
  2. We can divide the value creation and delivery sequence into the following phases: First, assessing market opportunities and customer value, which involves environment scanning and developing insights about customer needs, wants, and motives. Second, choosing the value includes critical decisions pertaining to segmenting, targeting, positioning, and branding, which is the essence of strategic marketing. Third, designing value relates to decisions involving product/service strategy, new offerings, and pricing. Fourth, delivering value focuses on distribution and access issues. Fifth, communicating value through integrated marketing communication, choosing among the various choices in mass and personalized media. Finally, the value so created needs to be grown and sustained through globalization and holistic marketing organization. So, the value creation and delivery process begins much before there is a product/service and continues through development and after launch.
  3. Harvard’s Michael Porter has proposed the value chain as a tool for identifying ways to create more customer value. According to this model, every firm is a synthesis of activities performed to design, produce, market, deliver, and support its product. The value chain identifies nine strategically relevant activities—five primary and four support activities—that create value and cost in a specific business. The primary activities are (1) inbound logistics, or bringing materials into the business; (2) operations, or converting materials into final products; (3) outbound logistics, or shipping out final products; (4) marketing, which includes sales; and (5) service. Specialized departments handle the support activities—(1) procurement, (2) technology development, (3) human resource management, and (4) firm infrastructure. (Infrastructure covers the costs of general management, planning, finance, accounting, legal, and government affairs.)
  4. The firm’s success depends not only on how well each department performs its work, but also on how well the company coordinates departmental activities to conduct core business processes. These processes include: • The market-sensing process which refers to all the activities in gathering and acting upon information about the market. • The new-offering realization process which is all the activities in researching, developing, and launching new high-quality offerings quickly and within budget. • The customer acquisition process which entails all the activities in defining target markets and prospecting for new customers. • The customer relationship management process which entails all the activities in building deeper understanding, relationships, and offerings to individual customers. • The fulfillment management process which includes all the activities in receiving and approving orders, shipping the goods on time, and collecting payment. To be successful, a firm also needs to look for competitive advantages beyond its own operations, into the value chains of suppliers, distributors, and customers. Many companies today have partnered with specific suppliers and distributors to create a superior value delivery network, also called a supply chain. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. Has been working with its suppliers on an ongoing basis to keep them abreast of the global quality levels, without offering direct financial assistance.
  5. The key, then, is to own and nurture the resources and competencies that make up the essence of the business. Many textile, chemical, and computer/electronic product firms do not manufacture their own products because offshore manufacturers are more competent in this task. Instead, they focus on product design and development and marketing, their core competencies. A core competency has three characteristics: (1) It is a source of competitive advantage and makes a significant contribution to perceived customer benefits. (2) It has applications in a wide variety of markets. (3) It is difficult for competitors to imitate.
  6. Business realignment may be necessary to maximize core competencies. It has three steps: (1) (re)defining the business concept or “big idea”, (2) (re)shaping the business scope, and (3) (re)positioning the company’s brand identity. Godrej & Boyce realigned its furniture business to target the home segment, with successful results.
  7. Holistic marketers succeed by managing a superior value chain that delivers a high level of product quality, service, and speed. They achieve profitable growth by expanding customer share, building customer loyalty, and capturing customer lifetime value.
  8. Holistic marketers address three key management questions: 1. Value exploration—How a company identifies new value opportunities 2. Value creation—How a company efficiently creates more promising new value offerings 3. Value delivery—How a company uses its capabilities and infrastructure to deliver the new value offerings more efficiently
  9. To ensure they select and execute the right activities, marketers must give priority to strategic planning in three key areas: (1) managing a company’s businesses as an investment portfolio, (2) assessing each business’s strength by considering the market’s growth rate and the company’s position and fit in that market, and (3) establishing a strategy. The company must develop a game plan for achieving each business’s long-run objectives. Most large companies consist of four organizational levels: (1) corporate, (2) division, (3) business unit, and (4) product. Corporate headquarters is responsible for designing a corporate strategic plan to guide the whole enterprise; it makes decisions on the amount of resources to allocate to each division, as well as on which businesses to start or eliminate. Each division establishes a plan covering the allocation of funds to each business unit within the division. Each business unit develops a strategic plan to carry that business unit into a profitable future. Finally, each product level (product line, brand) develops a marketing plan for achieving its objectives.
  10. Only a small group of companies stand out over time as master marketers as shown in Table 2.1.
  11. The marketing plan is the central instrument for directing and coordinating the marketing effort. It operates at two levels: strategic and tactical. The strategic marketing plan lays out the target markets and the firm’s value proposition, based on an analysis of the best market opportunities. The tactical marketing plan specifies the marketing tactics, including product features, promotion, merchandising, pricing, sales channels, and service.
  12. The marketing plan is the central instrument for directing and coordinating the marketing effort. It operates at two levels: strategic and tactical. The strategic marketing plan lays out the target markets and the firm’s value proposition, based on an analysis of the best market opportunities. The tactical marketing plan specifies the marketing tactics, including product features, promotion, merchandising, pricing, sales channels, and service.
  13. Some corporations give their business units freedom to set their own sales and profit goals and strategies. Others set goals for their business units but let them develop their own strategies. Still others set the goals and participate in developing individual business unit strategies. All corporate headquarters undertake four planning activities which are identified in the slide. We’ll discuss each more as we move forward.
  14. To define its mission, a company should address Peter Drucker’s classic questions: What is our business? Who is the customer? What is of value to the customer? What will our business be? What should our business be? These simple-sounding questions are among the most difficult a company will ever have to answer. Successful companies continuously raise and answer them. Organizations develop mission statements to share with managers, employees, and (in many cases) customers. A clear, thoughtful mission statement provides a shared sense of purpose, direction, and opportunity.
  15. In Table 2.2, the major areas with which companies can define competitive territories in their mission statements are reviewed.
  16. Companies often define themselves in terms of products: They are in the “auto business” or the “clothing business.” Market definitions of a business, however, describe the business as a customer satisfying process. Transportation is a need: the horse and carriage, automobile, railroad, airline, ship, and truck are products that meet that need. Viewing businesses in terms of customer needs can suggest additional growth opportunities. Table 2.3 lists companies that have moved from a product to a market definition of their business. It highlights the difference between a target market definition and a strategic market definition.
  17. A business can define itself in terms of three dimensions: customer groups, customer needs, and technology. Consider a small company that defines its business as designing incandescent lighting systems for television studios. Its customer group is television studios; the customer need is lighting; the technology is incandescent lighting. The company might want to expand to make lighting for homes, factories, and offices, or it could supply other services television studios need, such as heating, ventilation, or air conditioning.
  18. Large companies normally manage quite different businesses, each requiring its own strategy. At one time, General Electric classified its businesses into 49 strategic business units (SBUs). An SBU has three characteristics, as listed in the slide.
  19. Assessing growth opportunities includes planning new businesses, downsizing, and terminating older businesses. If there is a gap between future desired sales and projected sales, corporate management will need to develop or acquire new businesses to fill it. Figure 2.2 illustrates this strategic-planning gap for a major manufacturer of blank compact disks called Musicale (name disguised). The lowest curve projects the expected sales over the next five years from the current business portfolio. The highest describes desired sales over the same period. Evidently, the company wants to grow much faster than its current businesses will permit. How can it fill the strategic-planning gap? The first option is to identify opportunities for growth within current businesses (intensive opportunities). The second is to identify opportunities to build or acquire businesses related to current businesses (integrative opportunities). The third is to identify opportunities to add attractive unrelated businesses (diversification opportunities).
  20. Strategic planning happens within the context of the organization. A company’s organization consists of its structures, policies, and corporate culture, all of which can become dysfunctional in a rapidly changing business environment. Whereas managers can change structures and policies (though with difficulty), the company’s culture is very hard to change. Yet adapting the culture is often the key to successfully implementing a new strategy. What exactly is a corporate culture? Some define it as “the shared experiences, stories, beliefs, and norms that characterize an organization.” Walk into any company and the first thing that strikes you is the corporate culture—the way people dress, talk to one another, and greet customers.
  21. The business unit strategic-planning process consists of the steps shown in Figure 2.3.. Each business unit needs to define its specific mission within the broader company mission. The overall evaluation of a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats is called SWOT analysis. It’s a way of monitoring the external and internal marketing environment. Once the company has performed a SWOT analysis, it can proceed to goal formulation, developing specific goals for the planning period. Goals are objectives that are specific with respect to magnitude and time. Goals indicate what a business unit wants to achieve; strategy is a game plan for getting there. Every business must design a strategy for achieving its goals, consisting of a marketing strategy and a compatible technology strategy and sourcing strategy. Even a great marketing strategy can be sabotaged by poor implementation. If the unit has decided to attain technological leadership, it must strengthen its R&D department, gather technological intelligence, develop leading-edge products, train its technical sales force, and communicate its technological leadership. Once they have formulated marketing programs, marketers must estimate their costs.
  22. The overall evaluation of a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats is called SWOT analysis. It’s a way of monitoring the external and internal marketing environment.
  23. To evaluate opportunities, companies can use market opportunity analysis (MOA) to ask questions like those posed on this slide and the next one.
  24. By using the SWOT analysis and market opportunity analysis, we can create opportunity and threat matrices. In the opportunity matrix in Figure 2.4 (a), the best marketing opportunities facing the TV-lighting-equipment company appear in the upper-left cell (#1). The opportunities in the lower-right cell (#4) are too minor to consider. The opportunities in the upper-right cell (#2) and the lower-left cell (#3) are worth monitoring in the event that any improve in attractiveness and potential.
  25. Most business units pursue a mix of objectives, including profitability, sales growth, market share improvement, risk containment, innovation, and reputation. The business unit sets these objectives and then manages by objectives (MBO). For an MBO system to work, the unit’s objectives must meet four criteria as shown in the slide.
  26. Michael Porter has proposed three generic strategies that provide a good starting point for strategic thinking: overall cost leadership, differentiation, and focus. With overall cost leadership, firms work to achieve the lowest production and distribution costs so they can underprice competitors and win market share. With differentiation, the business concentrates on achieving superior performance in an important customer benefit area valued by a large part of the market. With focus, the business focuses on one or more narrow market segments, gets to know them intimately, and pursues either cost leadership or differentiation within the target segment.
  27. Even giant companies often cannot achieve leadership, either nationally or globally, without forming alliances with domestic or multinational companies that complement or leverage their capabilities and resources. Many strategic alliances take the form of marketing alliances. These fall into four major categories. Product or service alliances—One company licenses another to produce its product, or two companies jointly market their complementary products or a new product. Promotional alliances—One company agrees to carry a promotion for another company’s product or service. Logistics alliances—One company offers logistical services for another company’s product. Pricing collaborations—One or more companies join in a special pricing collaboration.
  28. According to McKinsey & Company, strategy is only one of seven elements—all of which start with the letter s—in successful business practice.41 The first three—strategy, structure, and systems—are considered the “hardware” of success. The next four—style, skills, staff, and shared values—are the “software.” The first “soft” element, style, means company employees share a common way of thinking and behaving. The second, skills, means employees have the skills needed to carry out the company’s strategy. Staffing means the company has hired able people, trained them well, and assigned them to the right jobs. The fourth element, shared values, means employees share the same guiding values. When these elements are present, companies are usually more successful at strategy implementation.
  29. Although the exact length and layout varies from company to company, most marketing plans cover one year in anywhere from 5 to 50 pages. Smaller businesses may create shorter or less formal marketing plans, whereas corporations generally require highly structured documents. A marketing plan usually contains the sections listed in the slide.
  30. In the Marketing Memo, these questions are suggested for evaluating the quality of the marketing plan.
  31. In this chapter, we learned how to answer these questions.