The document discusses strategic analysis and choice processes. It describes the three stages of strategy formulation - input, matching, and decision stages. Several tools used in the matching stage are explained, including the SWOT matrix, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, and IE matrix. The SWOT matrix involves matching internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats to generate four types of strategies. The SPACE matrix assesses strategic position based on financial, competitive, industry, and stability positions to determine appropriate strategies. The BCG matrix evaluates business units based on market growth and market share to allocate resources.
SM CH 6 STRATEGY GENERATION AND SELECTIONShadina Shah
This document discusses various strategic analysis tools used in strategy formulation including the SWOT analysis, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, IE matrix, Grand strategy matrix, and QSPM. It describes how each tool is used to analyze a company's internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats to help identify strategic options. The document also notes that organizational culture and politics can influence strategic choices and outlines best practices for board governance in strategic planning.
The chapter discusses performing an external assessment, which involves environmental scanning and industry analysis. It describes conducting an external strategic management audit to identify opportunities and threats in the external environment. A key part of the audit is using Porter's Five Forces model to analyze industry competitiveness and determine if adequate profits can be earned. The chapter also covers developing an External Factor Evaluation matrix to assess organizational responses to external factors.
This document summarizes key concepts from Chapter 1 of the textbook "Strategic Management: Concepts & Cases". It discusses the three stages of the strategic management process - strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Strategy formulation involves assessing external opportunities/threats and internal strengths/weaknesses to develop long-term objectives and alternative strategies. Implementation requires setting annual objectives, policies, and allocating resources. Evaluation involves measuring and reviewing performance for corrective actions. The overall goal of strategic management is gaining and sustaining competitive advantage.
SM CH 10 ETHICS/SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY/SUSTAINABILITYShadina Shah
This document discusses ethics, social responsibility, sustainability, and related strategic issues. It covers why ethics is important for business, issues like whistleblowing and bribery, the debate around social responsibility, environmental sustainability and reporting standards, and concerns regarding animal welfare. The key learning objectives are explaining why these non-financial factors are important considerations for strategic planning.
The document discusses various strategic analysis and choice frameworks including the EFE matrix, IFE matrix, SWOT matrix, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, GE nine-cell matrix, and IE matrix. It provides details on how to conduct an analysis using each framework, including how to evaluate internal and external factors, match strategies, and determine the appropriate strategic position and actions. The frameworks help organizations generate strategies by analyzing their internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats.
This document discusses strategic analysis and choice in business. It provides an overview of various analytical frameworks and tools used to generate, evaluate, and select strategies, including the TOWS matrix, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, and Grand Strategy matrix. These tools help analyze a company's internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats to develop alternative strategies and guide strategic decision making.
This document discusses strategy implementation tools including social media marketing, market segmentation, product positioning, finance and accounting issues, projected financial statements, corporate valuation methods, decisions around IPOs and cash management, and research and development. Specifically, it covers how these tools can help analyze strategies, acquire needed capital, evaluate strategic impacts, and determine a firm's value.
This document provides an overview of strategic management and strategy formulation frameworks. It discusses various tools used in strategic analysis and choice, including the SWOT analysis, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, IE matrix, Grand Strategy matrix, and QSPM. The frameworks involve input, matching, and decision stages. The matching stage aims to find the best alignment between internal resources and external opportunities/risks. Various matrices are used to evaluate strategies based on factors like competitive position, market growth, and financials. The document emphasizes generating alternatives, objective analysis, and selecting the best strategy to achieve organizational goals.
SM CH 6 STRATEGY GENERATION AND SELECTIONShadina Shah
This document discusses various strategic analysis tools used in strategy formulation including the SWOT analysis, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, IE matrix, Grand strategy matrix, and QSPM. It describes how each tool is used to analyze a company's internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats to help identify strategic options. The document also notes that organizational culture and politics can influence strategic choices and outlines best practices for board governance in strategic planning.
The chapter discusses performing an external assessment, which involves environmental scanning and industry analysis. It describes conducting an external strategic management audit to identify opportunities and threats in the external environment. A key part of the audit is using Porter's Five Forces model to analyze industry competitiveness and determine if adequate profits can be earned. The chapter also covers developing an External Factor Evaluation matrix to assess organizational responses to external factors.
This document summarizes key concepts from Chapter 1 of the textbook "Strategic Management: Concepts & Cases". It discusses the three stages of the strategic management process - strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Strategy formulation involves assessing external opportunities/threats and internal strengths/weaknesses to develop long-term objectives and alternative strategies. Implementation requires setting annual objectives, policies, and allocating resources. Evaluation involves measuring and reviewing performance for corrective actions. The overall goal of strategic management is gaining and sustaining competitive advantage.
SM CH 10 ETHICS/SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY/SUSTAINABILITYShadina Shah
This document discusses ethics, social responsibility, sustainability, and related strategic issues. It covers why ethics is important for business, issues like whistleblowing and bribery, the debate around social responsibility, environmental sustainability and reporting standards, and concerns regarding animal welfare. The key learning objectives are explaining why these non-financial factors are important considerations for strategic planning.
The document discusses various strategic analysis and choice frameworks including the EFE matrix, IFE matrix, SWOT matrix, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, GE nine-cell matrix, and IE matrix. It provides details on how to conduct an analysis using each framework, including how to evaluate internal and external factors, match strategies, and determine the appropriate strategic position and actions. The frameworks help organizations generate strategies by analyzing their internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats.
This document discusses strategic analysis and choice in business. It provides an overview of various analytical frameworks and tools used to generate, evaluate, and select strategies, including the TOWS matrix, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, and Grand Strategy matrix. These tools help analyze a company's internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats to develop alternative strategies and guide strategic decision making.
This document discusses strategy implementation tools including social media marketing, market segmentation, product positioning, finance and accounting issues, projected financial statements, corporate valuation methods, decisions around IPOs and cash management, and research and development. Specifically, it covers how these tools can help analyze strategies, acquire needed capital, evaluate strategic impacts, and determine a firm's value.
This document provides an overview of strategic management and strategy formulation frameworks. It discusses various tools used in strategic analysis and choice, including the SWOT analysis, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, IE matrix, Grand Strategy matrix, and QSPM. The frameworks involve input, matching, and decision stages. The matching stage aims to find the best alignment between internal resources and external opportunities/risks. Various matrices are used to evaluate strategies based on factors like competitive position, market growth, and financials. The document emphasizes generating alternatives, objective analysis, and selecting the best strategy to achieve organizational goals.
This document outlines learning objectives and content for a chapter on business strategies. It discusses different types of strategies including intensive, integrative, diversification, and defensive strategies. Guidelines are provided for when various strategies like market penetration, product development, and unrelated diversification are most effective. Porter's five generic strategies and strategic planning approaches for different organization types are also mentioned. The document aims to define and explain different strategic approaches for businesses.
This chapter discusses various strategic management concepts including long term objectives, financial and strategic objectives, levels of strategies for large and small companies, types of strategies such as vertical integration, intensive strategies, diversification strategies, defensive strategies, and Porter's five generic strategies. It also discusses strategic management in nonprofit and governmental organizations. The chapter concludes with an exercise analyzing a case study on Estee Lauder.
This document discusses tools and techniques for performing an external audit to analyze key external factors that could impact a company's strategy. It describes Porter's Five Forces model and how to use an External Factor Evaluation Matrix and Competitive Profile Matrix to evaluate opportunities and threats in the external environment. The external audit process involves gathering information on economic, social, political, technological and competitive trends to identify important external variables for strategic planning.
The document discusses key concepts in strategic management including:
1) Strategic management involves formulating, implementing, and evaluating cross-functional decisions to achieve organizational objectives.
2) The strategic management process consists of three stages: strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation.
3) Strategic management requires integrating both analysis and intuition when making decisions under uncertain conditions.
4) Firms must adapt to changes in the external environment and internal capabilities to achieve sustained competitive advantage.
The document discusses various long-term strategic objectives and strategies that organizations can pursue, including financial objectives, strategic objectives, integration strategies, intensive strategies, diversification strategies, defensive strategies, and Porter's five generic strategies. It provides examples and definitions of different types of strategies, such as market penetration strategy, market development strategy, and product development strategy. It also outlines frameworks for developing strategies, including the SWOT matrix, SPACE matrix, and quantitative strategic planning matrix.
The document discusses business-level strategies, including defining business-level strategy, the relationship between customers and strategy, and the five main types of business-level strategies: cost leadership, differentiation, focused cost leadership, focused differentiation, and integrated low cost/differentiation. It describes the purpose and characteristics of each type of strategy and the competitive risks they pose.
The document outlines the hierarchy of strategies used in strategic management. It discusses corporate level strategies that affect the whole organization, business level strategies that gain competitive advantage in specific markets, and functional level strategies for different departments. Functional strategies include operational strategies for quality and production, financing strategies for funds management, marketing strategies for segmentation and promotion, and human resources strategies for recruitment and compensation.
This document discusses vision and mission statements. It defines a vision statement as answering what an organization wants to become, while a mission statement answers what an organization's business is. The document provides examples of vision and mission statements from companies and organizations. It describes the importance of vision and mission statements in providing focus and uniting employees. Characteristics of effective statements are also outlined, including being concise, broad, and reflecting social responsibilities.
What is Strategic Management? | Strategy Formulation | Implementation | Evalu...FaHaD .H. NooR
This document provides an overview of strategic management. It defines strategic management as formulating, implementing, and evaluating cross-functional decisions to achieve organizational objectives. The strategic management process involves three main stages: strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Key terms in strategic management are also defined, such as vision/mission statements, SWOT analysis, objectives, strategies, and competitive advantage. Benefits of strategic management include improved performance and ability to shape the future. Some reasons why firms may not engage in strategic planning are also discussed.
SM CH 1 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALSShadina Shah
The document discusses strategic management, outlining its key stages and terms. It describes the strategic management process as having three main stages: strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Some key points covered include defining strategic management, discussing the need for strategic planning, explaining why some firms do not strategically plan, and comparing similarities between business and military strategy.
The document discusses competitive rivalry and dynamics. It defines key terms like competitors, competitive rivalry, and competitive behavior. It also outlines three types of market cycles - slow, fast, and standard - and how competitive advantages are developed and eroded over time within each type. Finally, it examines factors that influence a competitor's likelihood of responding to actions, including the type of action, reputation, and dependence on the market.
This chapter discusses strategy review, evaluation and control. It is important for organizations to regularly review and evaluate their strategies to ensure they are still effective and aligned with the changing internal and external environments. The chapter outlines the key aspects of strategy evaluation, including examining the underlying bases of the strategy, comparing expected vs actual results, and taking corrective actions. It also discusses various quantitative and qualitative criteria that can be used to measure organizational performance and evaluate strategy effectiveness, such as financial ratios and the balanced scorecard approach. Contingency planning and auditing are also covered as important parts of the strategy evaluation process.
Strategic Management Slides - Chapter 4 "the Internal Assessment"Rabia Rajput
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Strategy implementation involves applying management processes to achieve desired results. It includes designing organizational structures, allocating resources, and developing information and decision-making processes. Common problems with strategy implementation are weak strategies, lack of proper training, insufficient resources, poor communication, and lack of follow through. There are different types of strategy implementation such as institutionalizing strategy, setting an organizational climate conducive to the strategy, developing operating plans, designing organizational structures, and periodically reviewing the strategy.
The document discusses the importance of vision and mission statements for businesses. It provides examples of vision statements from companies like Tyson Foods, General Motors, and PepsiCo. It also provides examples of mission statements from companies like Fleetwood Enterprises, Procter & Gamble, Dell, and L'Oreal. The document outlines the key benefits of having a clear mission statement, including better financial results, unanimity of purpose, and establishment of company culture. It emphasizes that developing vision and mission statements requires participation from managers to get commitment. The statements should balance specificity and generality to guide the company while allowing for growth.
The document discusses strategic analysis and choice, providing a three-stage framework for choosing among alternative strategies. It describes various analytical tools that can be used in each stage: the input stage uses SWOT, IFE, and CPM matrices; the matching stage uses SWOT, SPACE, BCG, IE, and grand strategy matrices; and the decision stage uses the QSPM matrix. The tools help generate alternative strategies, evaluate them objectively, and select the most attractive strategies to pursue.
This document provides an overview of strategic management concepts. It defines strategy as a series of actions determined by a firm's situation to achieve goals. Strategic management is described as analyzing, formulating, implementing, and evaluating actions to achieve organizational objectives. The strategic management process involves selecting a mission, analyzing external opportunities/threats and internal strengths/weaknesses, and selecting strategies to leverage strengths and address weaknesses. Cognitive biases that can influence strategic decision-making are also discussed.
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CH6 : Strategy Analysis and Choice ( Economic and Busine...InikeAprilia1
The document discusses strategic planning frameworks and tools. It is divided into three stages:
The Input Stage involves external and internal analysis tools like EFE, IFE, and CPM matrices.
The Matching Stage uses SWOT, BCG, IE, and Grand Strategy matrices to match external opportunities and threats with internal strengths and weaknesses to generate strategies.
The Decision Stage uses the QSPM to sequentially or simultaneously examine sets of strategies by integrating external and internal factors. Cultural aspects, governance issues, and politics must also be considered in strategic choice.
This document outlines the strategy formulation framework presented in Chapter 6 of the textbook. It discusses the 3 main stages of the framework: 1) The Input Stage which involves gathering internal/external data, 2) The Matching Stage which matches internal strengths/weaknesses to external opportunities/threats using tools like SWOT and SPACE matrices, and 3) The Decision Stage which uses tools like QSPM to evaluate alternative strategies. It also covers how organizational culture and politics can influence strategy choice.
The document discusses various tools and frameworks for developing strategies, including generating alternative strategies, evaluating them, and selecting strategies. It describes tools like the SWOT analysis, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, IE matrix, and QSPM. The SWOT matches internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats to develop four types of strategies. The QSPM objectively evaluates alternative strategies based on weights assigned to external and internal factors. It also discusses the culture and politics involved in strategic choice.
This lecture discusses strategic management and the process of strategy generation and selection. It introduces various analytical frameworks and matrices used to analyze strategies, including the SWOT, SPACE, BCG, IE, and QSP matrices. The lecture is divided into 5 topics: 1) the strategy analysis and choice process, 2) the three-stage strategy formulation framework of input, matching, and decision stages, 3) explaining various analytical tools like the matrices, 4) the Grand Strategy Matrix and QSP Matrix, and 5) the role of organizational culture in strategic analysis and choice. The overall objective is for students to understand how to analyze strategies using these various tools and frameworks.
This document outlines learning objectives and content for a chapter on business strategies. It discusses different types of strategies including intensive, integrative, diversification, and defensive strategies. Guidelines are provided for when various strategies like market penetration, product development, and unrelated diversification are most effective. Porter's five generic strategies and strategic planning approaches for different organization types are also mentioned. The document aims to define and explain different strategic approaches for businesses.
This chapter discusses various strategic management concepts including long term objectives, financial and strategic objectives, levels of strategies for large and small companies, types of strategies such as vertical integration, intensive strategies, diversification strategies, defensive strategies, and Porter's five generic strategies. It also discusses strategic management in nonprofit and governmental organizations. The chapter concludes with an exercise analyzing a case study on Estee Lauder.
This document discusses tools and techniques for performing an external audit to analyze key external factors that could impact a company's strategy. It describes Porter's Five Forces model and how to use an External Factor Evaluation Matrix and Competitive Profile Matrix to evaluate opportunities and threats in the external environment. The external audit process involves gathering information on economic, social, political, technological and competitive trends to identify important external variables for strategic planning.
The document discusses key concepts in strategic management including:
1) Strategic management involves formulating, implementing, and evaluating cross-functional decisions to achieve organizational objectives.
2) The strategic management process consists of three stages: strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation.
3) Strategic management requires integrating both analysis and intuition when making decisions under uncertain conditions.
4) Firms must adapt to changes in the external environment and internal capabilities to achieve sustained competitive advantage.
The document discusses various long-term strategic objectives and strategies that organizations can pursue, including financial objectives, strategic objectives, integration strategies, intensive strategies, diversification strategies, defensive strategies, and Porter's five generic strategies. It provides examples and definitions of different types of strategies, such as market penetration strategy, market development strategy, and product development strategy. It also outlines frameworks for developing strategies, including the SWOT matrix, SPACE matrix, and quantitative strategic planning matrix.
The document discusses business-level strategies, including defining business-level strategy, the relationship between customers and strategy, and the five main types of business-level strategies: cost leadership, differentiation, focused cost leadership, focused differentiation, and integrated low cost/differentiation. It describes the purpose and characteristics of each type of strategy and the competitive risks they pose.
The document outlines the hierarchy of strategies used in strategic management. It discusses corporate level strategies that affect the whole organization, business level strategies that gain competitive advantage in specific markets, and functional level strategies for different departments. Functional strategies include operational strategies for quality and production, financing strategies for funds management, marketing strategies for segmentation and promotion, and human resources strategies for recruitment and compensation.
This document discusses vision and mission statements. It defines a vision statement as answering what an organization wants to become, while a mission statement answers what an organization's business is. The document provides examples of vision and mission statements from companies and organizations. It describes the importance of vision and mission statements in providing focus and uniting employees. Characteristics of effective statements are also outlined, including being concise, broad, and reflecting social responsibilities.
What is Strategic Management? | Strategy Formulation | Implementation | Evalu...FaHaD .H. NooR
This document provides an overview of strategic management. It defines strategic management as formulating, implementing, and evaluating cross-functional decisions to achieve organizational objectives. The strategic management process involves three main stages: strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Key terms in strategic management are also defined, such as vision/mission statements, SWOT analysis, objectives, strategies, and competitive advantage. Benefits of strategic management include improved performance and ability to shape the future. Some reasons why firms may not engage in strategic planning are also discussed.
SM CH 1 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALSShadina Shah
The document discusses strategic management, outlining its key stages and terms. It describes the strategic management process as having three main stages: strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Some key points covered include defining strategic management, discussing the need for strategic planning, explaining why some firms do not strategically plan, and comparing similarities between business and military strategy.
The document discusses competitive rivalry and dynamics. It defines key terms like competitors, competitive rivalry, and competitive behavior. It also outlines three types of market cycles - slow, fast, and standard - and how competitive advantages are developed and eroded over time within each type. Finally, it examines factors that influence a competitor's likelihood of responding to actions, including the type of action, reputation, and dependence on the market.
This chapter discusses strategy review, evaluation and control. It is important for organizations to regularly review and evaluate their strategies to ensure they are still effective and aligned with the changing internal and external environments. The chapter outlines the key aspects of strategy evaluation, including examining the underlying bases of the strategy, comparing expected vs actual results, and taking corrective actions. It also discusses various quantitative and qualitative criteria that can be used to measure organizational performance and evaluate strategy effectiveness, such as financial ratios and the balanced scorecard approach. Contingency planning and auditing are also covered as important parts of the strategy evaluation process.
Strategic Management Slides - Chapter 4 "the Internal Assessment"Rabia Rajput
For all business assignments, projects, slides and internship please contact me on below email:
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Strategy implementation involves applying management processes to achieve desired results. It includes designing organizational structures, allocating resources, and developing information and decision-making processes. Common problems with strategy implementation are weak strategies, lack of proper training, insufficient resources, poor communication, and lack of follow through. There are different types of strategy implementation such as institutionalizing strategy, setting an organizational climate conducive to the strategy, developing operating plans, designing organizational structures, and periodically reviewing the strategy.
The document discusses the importance of vision and mission statements for businesses. It provides examples of vision statements from companies like Tyson Foods, General Motors, and PepsiCo. It also provides examples of mission statements from companies like Fleetwood Enterprises, Procter & Gamble, Dell, and L'Oreal. The document outlines the key benefits of having a clear mission statement, including better financial results, unanimity of purpose, and establishment of company culture. It emphasizes that developing vision and mission statements requires participation from managers to get commitment. The statements should balance specificity and generality to guide the company while allowing for growth.
The document discusses strategic analysis and choice, providing a three-stage framework for choosing among alternative strategies. It describes various analytical tools that can be used in each stage: the input stage uses SWOT, IFE, and CPM matrices; the matching stage uses SWOT, SPACE, BCG, IE, and grand strategy matrices; and the decision stage uses the QSPM matrix. The tools help generate alternative strategies, evaluate them objectively, and select the most attractive strategies to pursue.
This document provides an overview of strategic management concepts. It defines strategy as a series of actions determined by a firm's situation to achieve goals. Strategic management is described as analyzing, formulating, implementing, and evaluating actions to achieve organizational objectives. The strategic management process involves selecting a mission, analyzing external opportunities/threats and internal strengths/weaknesses, and selecting strategies to leverage strengths and address weaknesses. Cognitive biases that can influence strategic decision-making are also discussed.
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CH6 : Strategy Analysis and Choice ( Economic and Busine...InikeAprilia1
The document discusses strategic planning frameworks and tools. It is divided into three stages:
The Input Stage involves external and internal analysis tools like EFE, IFE, and CPM matrices.
The Matching Stage uses SWOT, BCG, IE, and Grand Strategy matrices to match external opportunities and threats with internal strengths and weaknesses to generate strategies.
The Decision Stage uses the QSPM to sequentially or simultaneously examine sets of strategies by integrating external and internal factors. Cultural aspects, governance issues, and politics must also be considered in strategic choice.
This document outlines the strategy formulation framework presented in Chapter 6 of the textbook. It discusses the 3 main stages of the framework: 1) The Input Stage which involves gathering internal/external data, 2) The Matching Stage which matches internal strengths/weaknesses to external opportunities/threats using tools like SWOT and SPACE matrices, and 3) The Decision Stage which uses tools like QSPM to evaluate alternative strategies. It also covers how organizational culture and politics can influence strategy choice.
The document discusses various tools and frameworks for developing strategies, including generating alternative strategies, evaluating them, and selecting strategies. It describes tools like the SWOT analysis, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, IE matrix, and QSPM. The SWOT matches internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats to develop four types of strategies. The QSPM objectively evaluates alternative strategies based on weights assigned to external and internal factors. It also discusses the culture and politics involved in strategic choice.
This lecture discusses strategic management and the process of strategy generation and selection. It introduces various analytical frameworks and matrices used to analyze strategies, including the SWOT, SPACE, BCG, IE, and QSP matrices. The lecture is divided into 5 topics: 1) the strategy analysis and choice process, 2) the three-stage strategy formulation framework of input, matching, and decision stages, 3) explaining various analytical tools like the matrices, 4) the Grand Strategy Matrix and QSP Matrix, and 5) the role of organizational culture in strategic analysis and choice. The overall objective is for students to understand how to analyze strategies using these various tools and frameworks.
This lecture discusses strategic management and the process of strategy generation and selection. It outlines a three-stage analytical framework for formulating strategies, including using tools like SWOT, SPACE, BCG, IE, and QSP matrices at each stage to generate and evaluate alternatives. The lecture also covers analyzing external factors, competitors, and an organization's internal strengths and weaknesses to inform strategic decision making. Key aspects of strategic management like forecasting, bargaining power, and ensuring strategies stay relevant are also addressed.
This document outlines a framework for strategic analysis and choice. It describes a three-stage process for selecting strategies: 1) collecting internal and external audit data as inputs, 2) generating alternatives by matching key factors using tools like SWOT, SPACE, BCG, and IE matrices, and 3) evaluating and choosing among the alternatives. Several analytical tools are explained for completing stages 2 and 3, including how to develop and interpret the results of SWOT, SPACE, BCG, and IE matrices to inform strategic option selection.
The document discusses strategic analysis and choice. It presents a three-stage framework for strategy formulation: 1) the input stage which involves developing matrices to assess external and internal factors, 2) the matching stage which matches factors to generate alternative strategies using tools like the SWOT matrix and SPACE matrix, and 3) the decision stage which evaluates strategies. It provides examples of how to develop and interpret the SWOT matrix and SPACE matrix to derive offensive, defensive, conservative, and competitive strategies.
This document outlines the learning objectives and content of a chapter on performance management and strategic planning. It discusses key concepts such as:
- The definition and purposes of strategic planning, including defining an organization's identity, preparing for the future, and allocating resources.
- The process of linking performance management to an organization's strategic plan, including developing strategic plans at the unit level, linking job descriptions to plans, and aligning individual performance.
- Components of strategic plans such as environmental analysis, mission and vision statements, goals, and strategies. It provides guidance on creating these elements and ensuring alignment across the organization.
The document aims to help readers understand how strategic planning informs performance management system design and builds support
The document discusses various strategic analysis and choice frameworks including the EFE matrix, IFE matrix, SWOT matrix, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, GE nine-cell matrix, and IE matrix. It provides details on how to conduct an analysis using each framework, including how to evaluate internal and external factors, match strategies, and determine the appropriate strategic position and actions. The frameworks help organizations generate strategies by analyzing their internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats.
The document discusses various strategic analysis and choice frameworks. It begins by defining strategic analysis and choice as involving objective information to make subjective decisions about long-term objectives, alternative strategies, and strategy selection. It then outlines several common frameworks used in the input, matching, and decision stages of strategy formulation:
In the input stage, the EFE and IFE matrices are used to evaluate external and internal factors. In the matching stage, frameworks like the SWOT, SPACE, BCG, GE Nine Cell, and IE matrices match internal and external factors. Finally, in the decision stage, the QSPM matrix quantitatively assesses alternative strategies based on weighted external and internal factors.
The document outlines several strategic planning and analysis tools including:
1. Developing alternative strategies and evaluating their advantages, disadvantages, and costs/benefits.
2. Using matrices like TOWS, SPACE, BCG, and IE to match internal strengths/weaknesses with external opportunities/threats and determine appropriate strategies.
3. Evaluating strategies using the Grand Strategy Matrix based on competitive position and market growth to identify strategies like market penetration, product development, divestment.
Competitive Intelligence Analysis Tools For Economic DevelopmemtIntelegia Group
This document provides an overview of 9 competitive intelligence analysis tools: SWOT analysis, TOWS analysis, Boston Consulting Group matrix, competitor profile, GE McKinsey screen matrix, STEEP analysis, Porter's five forces model, product life cycle analysis, and SPACE matrix. For each tool, a brief description is given of its objective and the types of information needed to conduct the analysis. Tips are provided at the end on applying the tools effectively and developing competitive intelligence skills.
This document outlines various analytical frameworks that can be used to formulate strategies, including the SWOT matrix, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, IE matrix, Grand Strategy matrix, and QSPM. It describes how to develop each tool and provides examples. The key stages in strategic formulation are the input stage to analyze external/internal factors, the matching stage to develop alternative strategies by matching factors, and the selection stage to quantitatively evaluate alternatives using tools like the QSPM. Overall, the document presents a three-stage process and multiple analytical techniques for strategy generation and selection.
This document discusses sector analysis and using the logical framework approach to analyze an education system. It describes sector analysis as collecting and critically examining internal and external factors relating to the education system. These include how the system functions internally and external conditions influencing the system. The logical framework approach is presented as an analytical technique to structure the situation analysis, establish objectives, and identify risks. Key aspects of the logical framework like the matrix, problem analysis, SWOT analysis, and stakeholder analysis are outlined.
The document provides an overview of SWOT analysis, including its definition, advantages, disadvantages, and framework. It describes SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool used to evaluate strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The key steps are to identify the internal/external environment by analyzing strengths/weaknesses and opportunities/threats. Advantages include helping formulate strategy by building on strengths and responding to opportunities/threats. Disadvantages include subjectivity and information overload. The document also outlines the steps in the strategy formulation process.
This document discusses the application of the SPACE (Strategic Position and Action Evaluation) matrix to analyze the strategic position of Mahde Beton Concrete Construction Company. The SPACE matrix assesses four factors: 1) industry attractiveness, 2) environmental stability, 3) competitive advantage, and 4) financial strength. It can help identify whether an aggressive, conservative, defensive, or competitive strategy is most appropriate. The document provides details on how to evaluate each SPACE matrix factor, including examples of financial strength measures. Based on the combination of ratings across factors, the SPACE matrix guides the selection of an optimal strategic agenda.
This document provides an overview of strategic analysis and choice in strategic management. It discusses various frameworks and analytical tools used to generate, evaluate, and select strategies, including:
1) The strategy formulation analytical framework, which is a 3-stage process of gathering inputs, matching internal/external factors, and making strategic decisions.
2) Tools for strategic analysis such as SWOT, SPACE, BCG, IE, Grand Strategy matrices.
3) The Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) which allows for objective evaluation of alternative strategies based on critical success factors.
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ORIGINAL WORK ONLY. APA FORMAT WITH ABSTRACT AND REFERENCES. BELOW IS THE ASSIGNMENT AND READING NOTES
Strategic Audit (Assignment)
The strategic audit system is a diagnostic tool to pinpoint an organization’s strengths and weaknesses. Use the Strategic Analysis Framework and other tools in order to conduct a strategic audit.
You might consider using a SWOT analysis for both companies to analyze each of their situations.
For this assignment, a mini strategic audit will be conducted for two companies with an overall goal to compare how each company differs in the strategy management and implementation, while identifying the importance of strategic management.
•Conduct a Strategic Audit on two companies of your choice that are within the same industry. During this audit, you will be comparing each company, to do so be sure to create a SWOT analysis for each company.
•In addition, visit each company’s website and conduct research to identify key strategies that each company has. List a brief introduction of each company, to include the Mission Statement and compare key aspects of each company.
•Be sure to include the concepts identified in the readings for this week's topics.
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
•Write between 850 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
•Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
•Include cover page and reference page.
•At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
•No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
•Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
•Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.
READING
Role of Strategy
The focus of this lecture will be on the concepts of strategic management, the framework for strategy analysis and the link between strategy and the industry environment.
The Concept of Strategy
Key questions to consider:
1.Why are decisions important?
2.What is strategic management?
3.Why has strategic management become so important to today’s corporations?
Strategic Management is described as a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long-run performance of a corporation. It includes environmental scanning (both external and internal), strategy formulation (strategic or long-range planning), strategy implementation, and evaluation and control.
Importance of Strategic Managem.
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1. Ch 8 Strategic Generation
and Selection
• Input Stage, Matching Stage and Decision Stage
• Other factors and issues affecting Strategy Formulation
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2. Learning Objectives
8-1. Strategy analysis and choice process.
8-2. Diagram and explain the three-stage strategy-formulation analytical framework.
8-3. Diagram and explain the Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) Matrix.
8-4. Diagram and explain the Strategic Position and Action Evaluation (SPACE) Matrix.
8-5. Diagram and explain the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix.
8-6. Diagram and explain the Internal-External (IE) Matrix.
8-7. Diagram and explain the Grand Strategy Matrix.
8-8. Diagram and explain the Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM).
8-9. The role of organizational culture in strategic analysis and choice.
8-10. Important political considerations in strategy analysis and choice.
8-11. Role of a board of directors (governance) in strategic planning.
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3. I. The Strategy Analysis and Choice Process
Definition/ Scope: Strategy analysis and choice largely involve making subjective decisions
based on objective information
• The concepts:
1. generate feasible alternatives,
2. evaluate those alternatives,
3. choose a specific course of action
• Behavioural aspects of Strategy Formulation
1) politics,
2) culture,
3) ethics, and
4) social responsibility
• Tools for Formulating Strategies
• Role of BOD
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4. The Process of Generating and Selecting
Strategies1
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Figure 8-1
A Comprehensive
Strategic-Management
Model
5. The Process of Generating and Selecting Strategies2
❖ What strategies should be developed and selected?
• A manageable set of the most attractive alternative strategies must be developed, examined, prioritized,
and selected because there are an infinite number of possible actions that could benefit the firm and an
infinite number of ways to implement those actions.
• The advantages, disadvantages, trade-offs, costs, and benefits of these strategies should be determined
• Recommendations (strategies selected to pursue) come from alternative strategies formulated.
❖ Who should be involved and why?
• The managers and employees who previously assembled the organizational vision and mission
statements, performed the external audit, and conducted the internal audit
• Representatives from each department and division
• Involvement provides the best opportunity to gain an understanding of what the firm is doing and to
become committed to accomplish its objectives
❖ How does the strategy formulation team work?
• Propose strategies → Discuss and list the proposed strategies → rank the strategies individually (1 =
should not be implemented, 2 = possibly should be implemented, 3 = probably should be implemented,
and 4 = definitely should be implemented )
• List prioritized strategies
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6. II. The Strategy-Formulation Analytical Framework
I. Input
Stage
II. Matching
Stage
Decision
Stage
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Figure 8-2
The Strategy-Formulation
Analytical Framework
7. The Input Stage
• EFE Matrix, IFE Matrix, and CPM provides basic input information for the
matching and decision stage matrices
• The input tools require strategists to quantify subjectivity during early stages of
the strategy formulation process.
• Making small decisions in the input matrices regarding the relative importance of
external and internal factors allows strategists to more effectively
1. generate,
2. prioritize,
3. evaluate,
4. select among alternative strategies.
• Good intuitive judgment is always needed in determining appropriate weights and
ratings, but keep in mind that small differences matter.
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8. The Matching Stage
• Strategy is sometimes defined as the match an organization makes between its internal resources and skills
and the opportunities and risks created by its external factors.
• 5 techniques of Matching Stage, relying on external O/T with internal S/W :
1. the SWOT Matrix,
2. the SPACE Matrix,
3. the BCG Matrix,
4. the IE Matrix,
5. Grand Strategy Matrix.
• Matching external and internal key factors is essential for effectively generating feasible alternative strategies.
• In most situations, external and internal relationships are more complex, and a successful matching of key
external and internal factors depends on those underlying key factors being specific, actionable, and
divisional to the extent possible (see Illustration in Table 8-1)
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Focuses on generating feasible alternative strategies
by aligning key external and internal factors
9. The Matching Stage
• The matching stage of the strategy-formulation framework consists of five techniques that can be used in any
sequence: the SWOT Matrix, the SPACE Matrix, the BCG Matrix, the IE Matrix, and the Grand Strategy
Matrix. - These tools rely on information derived from the input stage to match external opportunities and
threats with internal strengths and weaknesses.
• Matching external and internal key factors is the essential for effectively generating feasible alternative
strategies.
• For example, a firm with excess working capital (an internal strength) could take advantage of the cell phone
industry’s 20 percent annual growth rate (an external opportunity) by acquiring Cellfone, Inc. This example portrays
simple one-to-one matching.
• In most situations, external and internal relationships are more complex, and the matching requires multiple
alignments for each strategy generated. Successful matching of key external and internal factors depends on
those underlying key factors being specific, actionable, and divisional to the extent possible. The basic
concept of matching is illustrated in Table 8-1.
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• Focuses on generating feasible alternative strategies by aligning key external and internal factors
• Strategy is sometimes defined as the match an organization makes between its internal resources
and skills and the opportunities and risks created by its external factors
10. The Decision Stage
• Collective wisdom of the group can be achieved when participants could
individually rate strategies on a 1-to-4 scale as to desirability, and then sum the
ratings from all participants, so that a prioritized list of the best strategies could be
achieved.
• However using the QSPM, described later, offers a more robust procedure to
determine the relative attractiveness of alternative strategies.
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• Discuss and list the proposed strategies → rank the strategies individually (1
= should not be implemented, 2 = possibly should be implemented, 3 =
probably should be implemented, and 4 = definitely should be implemented )
• Use QSPM for better alternative
11. The SWOT Matrix
• The Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) Matrix is an important
matching tool that helps managers develop four types of strategies: SO (strengths-
opportunities) strategies, WO (weaknesses-opportunities) strategies, ST
(strengths-threats) strategies, and WT (weaknesses-threats) strategies.
• Matching key external and internal factors is the most difficult part of developing
a SWOT Matrix, as it requires good judgment—and there is no one best set of
matches. Note in Table 8-1 that the first, second, third, and fourth strategies are
SO, WO, ST, and WT strategies, respectively.
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12. Table 8-1 Matching Key External and Internal
Factors to Formulate Alternative Strategies
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13. SWOT Matrix
Leave Blank
Strengths – S
List Strengths
Weaknesses – W
List Weaknesses
Opportunities – O
List Opportunities
SO Strategies
Use strengths to take
advantage of
opportunities
WO Strategies
Overcoming weaknesses
by taking advantage of
opportunities
Threats – T
List Threats
ST Strategies
Use strengths to avoid
threats
WT Strategies
Minimize weaknesses and
avoid threats
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14. 8 Steps in constructing SWOT Matrix
There are eight steps involved in constructing a SWOT Matrix:
1. List the firm’s key external opportunities.
2. List the firm’s key external threats.
3. List the firm’s key internal strengths.
4. List the firm’s key internal weaknesses.
5. Match internal strengths with external opportunities, and record the resultant SO Strategies
in the appropriate cell.
6. Match internal weaknesses with external opportunities, and record the resultant WO
Strategies.
7. Match internal strengths with external threats, and record the resultant ST Strategies.
8. Match internal weaknesses with external threats, and record the resultant WT Strategies.
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16. The Strategic Position and Action Evaluation
(SPACE) Matrix
❖ The Strategic Position and Action Evaluation (SPACE)
Matrix, another important Stage 2 matching tool, is
illustrated in Figure 8-4.
❖ The Strategic Position and Action Evaluation (SPACE)
Matrix, is four-quadrant framework indicates whether
aggressive, conservative, defensive, or competitive
strategies are most appropriate for a given organization.
❖ The axes of the SPACE Matrix represent
• two internal dimensions (financial position [FP] and
competitive position [CP])
• two external dimensions (stability position [SP] and
industry position [IP]).
These four factors are perhaps the most important
determinants of an organization’s overall strategic position
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17. SPACE Matrix
.The difference between the SP and IP axes
• SP refers to the volatility of profits and revenues for firms in a
given industry. Thus, SP volatility (stability) is based on the
expected impact of changes in core external factors such as
technology, economy, demographic, seasonality, and so on.
The higher the frequency and magnitude of changes in a given
industry, the more unstable the SP becomes
• An industry can be stable or unstable on SP, yet high or low
on IP. The smartphone industry, for instance, would be
unstable (–6 or –7) on SP yet high growth on IP, whereas the
canned food industry would be stable (–1 or –2) on SP yet low
growth on IP.
• Depending on the type of organization, numerous variables
could make up each of the dimensions represented on the axes
of the SPACE Matrix.
• Factors that were included in the firm’s EFE and IFE Matrices
should be considered in developing a SPACE Matrix
• Other variables commonly included are given in Table 8-2.
For example, return on investment, leverage, liquidity,
working capital, and cash flow are commonly considered to
be determining factors of an organization’s financial position
(FP)
• Like the SWOT Matrix, the SPACE Matrix should be both
tailored to the particular organization being studied and
based on factual information as much as possible.
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On the FP and CP axes, make
comparisons to competitors
On the IP and SP axes, make
comparisons to other
industries
18. Table 8-2 Example Factors That Make Up the SPACE Matrix Axes
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19. Developing a SPACE Matrix
The process of developing a SPACE Matrix can be summarized in six steps:
1. Select a set of variables to define financial position (FP), competitive position (CP), stability position (SP),
and industry position (IP).
2. Assign a numerical value ranging from +1 (worst) to +7 (best) to each of the variables that make up the FP
and IP dimensions. Assign a numerical value ranging from –1 (best) to –7 (worst) to each of the variables
that make up the SP and CP dimensions. On the FP and CP axes, make comparisons to competitors. On
the IP and SP axes, make comparisons to other industries. On the SP axis, know that a –7 denotes highly
unstable industry conditions, whereas –1 denotes highly stable.
3. Compute an average score for FP, CP, IP, and SP by summing the values given to the variables of each
dimension and then by dividing by the number of variables included in the respective dimension.
4. Plot the average scores for FP, IP, SP, and CP on the appropriate axis in the SPACE Matrix.
5. Add the two scores on the x-axis and plot the resultant point on X. Add the two scores on the y-axis and
plot the resultant point on Y. Plot the intersection of the new (x, y) coordinate.
6. Draw a directional vector from the origin of the SPACE Matrix (0,0) through the new (x, y) coordinate.
That vector, being located in a particular quadrant, reveals particular strategies the organization should
consider
In performing strategic-management case analysis,
• Prepare the SPACE Matrix (and all matrices) based on the point in time of your analysis rather than a desired
future point in time.
• Be sure to comment on what you recommend the firm should do to improve its situation. Focus more on
implications of matrices than on “number crunching” in your actual oral delivery of a case analysis.
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20. Fig. 8.5 Example Strategy Profiles1
• The directional vector associated with
each profile suggests the type of strategies
to pursue: aggressive, conservative,
defensive, or competitive.
• Specifically, when a firm’s directional
vector is located in the Aggressive
Quadrant (upper right) of the SPACE
Matrix, an organization is in an excellent
position to use its internal strengths to
1. take advantage of external opportunities,
2. overcome internal weaknesses, and
3. avoid external threats
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21. Fig. 8.5 Example Strategy
Profiles2
• The directional vector associated with
each profile suggests the type of strategies
to pursue: aggressive, conservative,
defensive, or competitive.
• Specifically, when a firm’s directional
vector is located in the Aggressive
Quadrant (upper right) of the SPACE
Matrix, an organization is in an excellent
position to use its internal strengths to
1. take advantage of external opportunities,
2. overcome internal weaknesses, and
3. avoid external threats
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23. SPACE Matrix has some limitations
1. It is a snapshot in time.
2. There are more than four dimensions that firms could/should be rated on.
3. The directional vector could fall directly on an axis, or could even go nowhere if
the coordinate is (0,0).
4. Implications of the exact angle of the vector within a quadrant are unclear.
5. The relative attractiveness of alternative strategies generated is unclear.
6. Key underlying internal and external factors are not explicitly considered.
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24. SPACE Matrix for Domino’s Pizza, Inc
A SPACE Matrix for Domino’s Pizza, Inc. is provided in
Figure 8-6.
• Note the SPACE vector for Domino’s is located in the
Competitive Quadrant (lower right), based primarily on
three factors:
• the company’s $1.5 billion in long-term debt,
• intense competition within the fast-food industry, and
• offering products that are generally not a healthy food
choice.
• Domino’s should consider adding a line of salads to their
menu to shift the SPACE vector into the Aggressive
Quadrant (upper right); adding salads would likely
benefit Domino’s financially, thus moving the SPACE
point on the vertical (y-axis) up.
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25. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix1
• Based in Boston: 6,200 consultants worldwide
• has 87 offices in 45 countries, and annually ranks in the top five of Fortune’s list of the “100 Best
Companies to Work For.”
• The Boston Consulting Group is a private management consulting firm that specializes in strategic planning.
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26. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix2
• Autonomous divisions (= segments or profit centers) of an organization make up what is called a
business portfolio.
• When a firm’s divisions compete in different industries, a separate strategy often must be
developed for each business.
• The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix and the Internal-External (IE) Matrix are designed
specifically to enhance a multidivisional firm’s efforts to formulate strategies.
• Allocating resources across divisions is arguably the most important strategic decision facing
multidivisional firms.
• Multidivisional firms range in size from small, three-restaurant, mom-and-pop firms, to huge
conglomerates such as Walt Disney Company, to universities that have various schools or
colleges—and they all need to use portfolio analysis
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Competing of Divisions ( SBU) in different industries
27. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix3
• The BCG Matrix graphically portrays differences among divisions based on two dimensions: (1) relative market
share position on the x-axis and (2) industry growth rate on the y-axis
• The BCG Matrix allows a multidivisional organization to manage its portfolio of businesses by
examining these two dimensions for each division relative to other divisions in the organization.
Relative market share position (RMSP) is defined as the ratio of a division’s own market share
(or revenues) in a particular industry to the market share (or revenues) held by the largest rival
firm in that industry
• Other variables can be used in this analysis besides revenues. For example, number of stores, or number of
restaurants, or, in the airline industry, number of airplanes could be used for comparative purposes to determine
relative market share position
• Relative market share position is given on the x-axis of the BCG Matrix. The midpoint on the x-axis usually is set at
0.50, corresponding to a division that has half the market share of the leading firm in the industry.
• The y-axis represents the industry growth rate (IGR) in sales, measured in percentage terms—that is, the average
annual increase in revenue for all firms in an industry. The growth rate percentages on the y-axis could range from -
20 to +20 percent, with 0.0 being the midpoint.
• The average annual increase in revenues for several leading firms in the industry would be a good estimate of the
value.
• Also, various sources such as the S&P Industry Surveys and www.finance.yahoo.com (click on Competitors) would
provide this value. These numerical ranges on the x- and y-axes are often used, but other numerical values could be
established as
deemed appropriate for particular organizations, such as –10 to +10 percent on the y-axis.
Based on each division’s respective (x, y) coordinate, each segment can be properly positioned (centered) in a BCG
Matrix
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Newport’s relative
market share position
is 12.2/40.2 = 0.303,
and Miller Lite’s
relative market share
position is 137/381 =
0.359.
31. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix4
The Four BCG quadrants
1. Question Marks— have a low relative market share position, yet they compete in a high-growth industry. Generally
the cash needs are high and their cash generation is low. These businesses are called question marks because the
organization must decide whether to strengthen them by pursuing an intensive strategy (market penetration, market
development, or product development) or to sell them.
2. Stars— represent the organizations’best long-run opportunities for growth and profitability, and are therefore
called stars. Should receive substantial investment to maintain or strengthen their dominant positions. Forward,
backward, and horizontal integration; market penetration; market development; and product development are
appropriate strategies for these divisions to consider, as indicated in Figure 8-7.
3. Cash Cows—have a high relative market share position but compete in a low-growth industry. They generate cash
in excess of their needs, they are often milked. Many of today’s cash cows were yesterday’s stars. Cash cow
divisions should be managed to maintain their strong position for as long as possible. Product development or
diversification may be attractive strategies for strong cash cows. However, as a cash cow division becomes weak,
retrenchment or divestiture can become more appropriate.
4. Dogs— have a low relative market share position and compete in a slow- or no-market-growth industry; they are
dogs in the firm’s portfolio. Because of their weak internal and external position, these businesses are often
liquidated, divested, or trimmed down through retrenchment. When a division first becomes a dog, retrenchment
can be the best strategy to pursue because many dogs have bounced back, after strenuous asset and cost reduction,
to become viable, profitable divisions.
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The basic BCG Matrix appears in
Figure 8-7. Each circle represents
a separate division.
The size of the circle
corresponds to the proportion of
corporate revenue generated by
that business unit, and the pie
slice indicates the proportion of
corporate profits generated by
that division
35. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix5
• The major benefit of the BCG Matrix is that it draws attention to the cash flow, investment
characteristics, and needs of an organization’s various divisions.
• The divisions of many firms evolve over time: dogs become question marks, question marks become
stars, stars become cash cows, and cash cows become dogs in an ongoing counterclockwise motion.
• Less frequently, stars become question marks, question marks become dogs, dogs become cash cows,
and cash cows become stars (in a clockwise motion). In some organizations, no cyclical motion is
apparent. Over time, organizations should strive to achieve a portfolio of divisions that are stars.
The BCG Matrix, like all analytical techniques, has some limitations, for example,
• Viewing every business as a star, cash cow, dog, or question mark is an oversimplification; many businesses fall
right in the middle of the BCG Matrix and thus are not easily classified
• It is a snapshot of an organization at a given point in time.
• Other variables besides relative market share position and industry growth rate in sales, such as size of the market
and competitive advantages, are important in making strategic decisions about various divisions.
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36. III. The Internal-External (IE) Matrix1
• The Internal-External (IE) Matrix positions an organization’s various divisions (segments) in a nine-cell
display, illustrated in Figure 8-10.
• The IE Matrix is similar to the BCG Matrix in that both tools involve plotting a firm’s divisions in a
schematic diagram; this is why they are both called portfolio matrices. Also, in both the BCG and IE
Matrices, the size of each circle represents the percentage of sales contribution of each division, and pie slices
reveal the percentage of
profit contribution of each division.
• There are four important differences between the BCG Matrix and the IE Matrix, as follows:
1. The x and y axes are different.
2. The IE Matrix requires more information about the divisions than does the BCG Matrix.
3. The strategic implications of each matrix are different. For these reasons,
4. The IE Matrix has nine quadrants versus four in a BCG Matrix.
For the previous four reasons, strategists in multidivisional firms often develop both the BCG Matrix and the IE
Matrix in formulating alternative strategies. A common practice is to develop a BCG Matrix and an IE Matrix
for the present, and then develop projected matrices to reflect expectations of the future.
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37. III. The Internal-External (IE) Matrix2
• The IE Matrix is based on two key dimensions: (1) the IFE total weighted scores on the
x-axis and (2) the EFE total weighted scores on the y-axis. Recall that each division of an organization should
construct an IFE Matrix and an EFE Matrix for its part of the organization,
but oftentimes in performing case analysis, strategic-management students are asked to simply
estimate divisional IFE and EFE scores, rather than prepare those underlying matrices for every
division. Anyway, the total weighted scores derived from the divisions allow construction of the
corporate-level IE Matrix. On the x-axis of the IE Matrix, an IFE total weighted score of 1.0 to
1.99 represents a weak internal position; a score of 2.0 to 2.99 is considered average; and a score
of 3.0 to 4.0 is strong. Similarly, on the y-axis, an EFE total weighted score of 1.0 to 1.99 is considered low; a
score of 2.0 to 2.99 is medium; and a score of 3.0 to 4.0 is high. Circles, representing divisions, are positioned
in an IE Matrix based on their (x, y) coordinate
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38. III. The Internal-External (IE) Matrix3
• Despite having nine cells (or quadrants), the IE Matrix has three major regions that have
different strategy implications, as follows:
• Region 1—The prescription for divisions that fall into cells I, II, or IV can be described as
grow and build. Intensive (market penetration, market development, and product development) or integrative
(backward integration, forward integration, and horizontal integration)
strategies can be most appropriate for these divisions. This is the best region for divisions,
given their high IFE and EFE scores. Successful organizations are able to achieve a portfolio of businesses
positioned in Region 1.
• Region 2—The prescription for divisions that fall into cells III, V, or VII can be described
as hold and maintain strategies; market penetration and product development are two
commonly employed strategies for these types of divisions.
• Region 3—The prescription for divisions that fall into cells VI, VIII, or IX can be described as harvest or
divest
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As indicated by the
positioning of the four circles,
grow and build strategies are
appropriate for Divisions 1, 2,
and 3. But Division 4 is a
candidate for harvest or
divest. Division 2 contributes
the greatest percentage of
company sales and thus is
represented by the largest
circle. Division 1 contributes
the greatest
proportion of total profits; it
has the largest-percentage
pie slice.
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An example five-division IE
Matrix. Note that Division 1
has the largest revenues and
the largest profits.
Firms often prepare a “before
and after” IE (or BCG) Matrix
to reveal the situation at
present versus the expected
situation after one year.
This latter idea minimizes the
limitation of these matrices
being a “snapshot in time
42. The Grand Strategy Matrix1
• Grand Strategy Matrix has become a popular tool for formulating alternative
strategies. All organizations can be positioned in one of the Grand Strategy
Matrix’s four strategy quadrants. A firm’s divisions likewise could be positioned.
• Figure 8-13, the Grand Strategy Matrix is based on two evaluative dimensions:
1. competitive position on the x-axis
2. market (industry) growth on the y-axis. Any industry whose annual growth in sales exceeds
5 percent could be considered to have rapid growth.
• Appropriate strategies for an organization to consider are listed in sequential
order of attractiveness in each quadrant of the Grand Strategy Matrix.
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44. The Grand Strategy Matrix2
• Firms located in Quadrant I of the Grand Strategy Matrix are in an excellent strategic position. Continued concentration on
current markets (market penetration and market development) and products (product development) is an appropriate strategy. It is
unwise for a Quadrant I firm to shift notably from its established competitive advantages. When a Quadrant I organization has
excessive resources, then backward, forward, or horizontal integration may be effective strategies. When a Quadrant I firm is too
heavily committed to a single product, then related diversification may reduce the risks associated with a narrow product line.
Quadrant I firms can afford to take advantage of external opportunities in several areas. They can take risks aggressively when
necessary.
• Firms positioned in Quadrant II need to evaluate their present approach to the marketplace seriously. Although their industry is
growing, they are unable to compete effectively; they need to determine why the firm’s current approach is ineffective and how
the company can best change to improve its competitiveness. Because Quadrant II organizations are in a rapid market growth
industry, an intensive strategy (as opposed to integrative or diversification) is usually the first option that should be considered.
However, if the firm is lacking a distinctive competence or competitive advantage, then horizontal integration is often a desirable
alternative. As a last resort, divestiture or liquidation should be considered. Divestiture can provide funds needed to acquire other
businesses or buy back shares of stock.
• Quadrant III organizations compete in slow-growth industries and have weak competitive positions. These firms must make some
drastic changes quickly to avoid further decline and possible liquidation. Extensive cost and asset reduction (retrenchment)
should be pursued first. An alternative strategy is to shift resources away from the current business into different areas (diversify).
If all else fails, the final options for Quadrant III businesses are divestiture or liquidation.
• Quadrant IV businesses have a strong competitive position but are in a slow-growth industry. These firms have the strength to
launch diversified programs into more promising growth areas: Quadrant IV businesses have characteristically high cash-flow
levels and limited internal growth needs and often can pursue related or unrelated diversification successfully. Quadrant IV firms
also may pursue joint ventures
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46. The Grand Strategy Matrix
• In addition to the SWOT Matrix, SPACE Matrix, BCG Matrix, and IE
Matrix, the Grand Strategy Matrix has become a popular tool for
formulating alternative strategies.
• All organizations can be positioned in one of the Grand Strategy
Matrix’s four strategy quadrants. A firm’s divisions likewise could be
positioned.
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Quadrant IV
1. Concentric diversification
2. Horizontal diversification
3. Conglomerate diversification
4. Joint ventures
Quadrant III
1. Retrenchment
2. Concentric diversification
3. Horizontal diversification
4. Conglomerate diversification
5. Liquidation
Quadrant I
1. Market development
2. Market penetration
3. Product development
4. Forward integration
5. Backward integration
6. Horizontal integration
7. Concentric diversification
Quadrant II
1. Market development
2. Market penetration
3. Product development
4. Horizontal integration
5. Divestiture
6. Liquidation
RAPID MARKET GROWTH
SLOW MARKET GROWTH
WEAK
COMPETITIVE
POSITION
STRONG
COMPETITIVE
POSITION
48. IV. The Decision Stage: The Quantitative
Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM)1
• There is only one analytical technique in the literature designed to determine the relative attractiveness of
feasible alternative actions.
• The Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM), which comprises Stage 3 of the strategy-formulation
analytical framework, objectively indicates which alternative strategies are best.
• The QSPM uses input from Stage 1 analyses and matching results from Stage 2 analyses to decide objectively
among alternative strategies. That is, the EFE Matrix, IFE Matrix, and CPM that comprise Stage 1, coupled
with the SWOT Matrix, SPACE Matrix, BCG Matrix, IE Matrix, and Grand Strategy Matrix that comprise
Stage 2, provide the needed information for setting up the QSPM (Stage 3).
• The QSPM is a tool that allows strategists to evaluate alternative strategies objectively, based on previously
identified external and internal key success factors. Like other strategy-formulation analytical tools, the
QSPM requires assignment of ratings (called attractiveness scores), but making “small” rating decisions
enables strategists to make effective “big” decisions, such as which country to spend a billion
dollars in to sell a product.
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49. IV. The Decision Stage: The Quantitative Strategic
Planning Matrix (QSPM)2
• Six steps required to develop a QSPM:
Step 1: Make a list of the firm’s key external opportunities and threats and internal strengths and weaknesses in
the left column of the QSPM. This information should be taken directly from the EFE Matrix and IFE Matrix
Step 2: Assign weights to each key external and internal factor.
Step 3: Examine the Stage 2 (matching) matrices, and identify alternative strategies that the organization should
consider implementing. Record these strategies in the top row of the QSPM. Group the strategies into mutually
exclusive sets if possible.
Step 4: Determine the Attractiveness Scores (AS), defined as numerical values that indicate the relative
attractiveness of each strategy considering a single external or internal factor. Attractiveness Scores (AS) are
determined by examining each key external or internal factor, one at a time, and asking the question, “Does this
factor affect the choice of strategies being made?” If the answer to this question is yes, then the strategies should be
compared relative to that key factor. Specifically, AS should be assigned to each strategy to indicate the relative
attractiveness of one strategy over others, considering the particular factor.
The range for AS is 1 = not attractive, 2 = somewhat attractive, 3 = reasonably attractive, and 4 = highly attractive.
By “attractive,” we mean the extent that one strategy, compared to others, enables the firm to either capitalize on the
strength, improve on the weakness, exploit the opportunity, or avoid the threat. Work row by row in developing a
QSPM. If the answer to the previous question is no, indicating that the respective key factor has no effect on the
specific choice being made, then do not assign AS to the strategies in that set. Use a dash to indicate that the key
factor does not affect the choice being made. Note: If you assign an AS score to one strategy, then assign an AS
score(s) to
the other—in other words, if one strategy receives a dash—then all others must receive a dash in a given row. Also,
in the Excel template provided at www. strategyclub.com, zeros are used instead of dashes.
Step 5: Compute the Total Attractiveness Scores. Total Attractiveness Scores (TAS) are defined as the product of
multiplying the weights (Step 2) by the AS (Step 4) in each row.
Step 6: Compute the Sum Total Attractiveness Score
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50. Positive Features and Limitations of the QSPM
A positive feature of the QSPM
• is that sets of strategies can be examined sequentially or simultaneously
• Requires strategists to integrate pertinent external and internal factors into the decision process.
Developing a Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix makes it less likely that key factors will be
overlooked or weighted inappropriately draws attention to important relationships that affect strategy
decisions
• Attractiveness Scores (AS) decisions enhance the probability that the final strategic decisions will be
best for the organization
• A QSPM can be used by small and large, for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
The Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix has two limitations
• always requires informed judgments regarding AS scores, but quantification is helpful throughout the
strategic planning process to minimize halo error and various biases
• it can be only as good as the prerequisite information and matching analyses on which it is based
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• The basic format of the QSPM is
illustrated in Table 8-5.
• The left column of a QSPM
consists of key external and
internal factors (from Stage 1)
• The top row consists of feasible
alternative strategies (from Stage
2). Specifically, the left column of
a QSPM consists of information
obtained directly from the EFE
Matrix and IFE Matrix
• The top row of a QSPM consists
of alternative strategies derived
from the SWOT Matrix, SPACE
Matrix, BCG Matrix, IE Matrix,
and Grand Strategy Matrix
• The QSPM determines the
relative attractiveness of various
strategies based
on the extent that key external
and internal factors are
capitalized on or improved
53. Cultural Aspects of Strategy Analysis and
Choice1
• organizational culture includes the set of shared values, beliefs, attitudes, customs, norms, rites, rituals, personalities,
heroes, and heroines that describe a firm.
• Culture is the unique way an organization does business. It is the human dimension that creates solidarity and
meaning, and it inspires commitment and productivity in an organization when strategy changes are made.
• All human beings have a basic need to make sense of the world, to feel in control, and to make meaning. When
events threaten meaning, individuals react defensively. Managers and employees may even sabotage new strategies
in an effort to recapture the status quo. For these reasons, it is beneficial to view strategy analysis and choice from a
cultural perspective, because success often rests on the degree of support that strategies receive from a firm’s culture.
If a firm’s strategies are supported by an organization’s culture, then managers often can implement changes swiftly
and easily.
• However, if a supportive culture does not exist and is not cultivated, then strategy changes may be ineffective or
even counterproductive. A firm’s culture can become antagonistic to new strategies, and the result of that antagonism
may be confusion and disarray.
• Strategies that require fewer cultural changes may be more attractive because extensive changes can take
considerable time and effort. Whenever two firms merge, it becomes especially important to evaluate and consider
culture-strategy linkages
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54. The Politics of Strategy Analysis and Choice
• All organizations are political. Unless managed, political maneuvering consumes valuable
time, subverts organizational objectives, diverts human energy, and results in the loss of some
valuable employees.
• Sometimes political biases and personal preferences get unduly embedded in strategy choice
decisions. Internal politics affect the choice of strategies in all organizations.
• In the absence of objective analyses, strategy decisions too often are based on the politics
of the moment
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55. The Politics of Strategy Analysis and Choice
Because strategies must be effective in the marketplace and capable of gaining internal commitment, the
following tactics used by politicians for centuries can aid strategists:
1. Achieving desired results is more important that imposing a particular method; therefore,
consider various methods and choose, whenever possible, the one(s) that will afford the
greatest commitment from employees/managers.
2. Achieving satisfactory results with a popular strategy is generally better than trying to
achieve optimal results with an unpopular strategy.
3. Often, an effective way to gain commitment and achieve desired results is to shift from
specific to general issues and concerns.
4. Often, an effective way to gain commitment and achieve desired results is to shift from
short-term to long-term issues and concerns.
5. Middle-level managers must be genuinely involved in and supportive of strategic decisions,
because successful implementation will hinge on their support
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56. V. Boards of Directors: Governance Issues
• A board of directors is a group of individuals elected by the ownership of a corporation to have
oversight and guidance over management and to look out for shareholders’ interests. The act
of oversight and direction is referred to as governance
• The National Association of Corporate Directors defines governance as “the characteristic of ensuring that
long-term strategic objectives and plans are established and that the proper management structure is in place
to achieve those objectives, while at the same time making sure that the structure functions to maintain the
corporation’s integrity, reputation, and responsibility to its various constituencies.”
• Boards are held accountable for the entire performance of an organization. Boards of directors are
increasingly sued by shareholders for mismanaging their interests.
• New accounting rules in the United States and Europe now enhance corporate-governance codes and require
much more extensive financial disclosure among publicly held firms. The roles and duties of a board of
directors can be divided into four broad categories, as indicated in Table 8-7
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1. No more than 2 directors current or former company executives
2. No directors do business with the company
3. Audit, compensation, and nominating committees made up
of outside directors
4. Each director attends at lest 75% of all meetings
5. Audit committee meets at least four times a year
6. CEO is not also the Chairperson of the Board
7. Shareholders have considerable power and information to
choose & replace directors
8. Stock options are considered a corporate expense
9. No interlocking directorships
Business Week’s “principles of good governance”