ACCG3001 Organisational Planning and Control Session 1, 2020 Group Research Report – Due: Week 11 REQUIREMENTS - Group C Foleo Scapps GROUP RESEARCH REPORT / BUSINESS PROPOSAL – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:...

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ACCG3001 Organisational Planning and Control Session 1, 2020 Group Research Report – Due: Week 11 REQUIREMENTS - Group C Foleo Scapps GROUP RESEARCH REPORT / BUSINESS PROPOSAL – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: Students will be allocated to groups of five members, with each group being assigned a Foleo entity by their Tutor in Week 3. Each group will be required to submit a comprehensive business proposal for their assigned business unit or the parent company, which will support Foleo’s corporate-level strategy for expansion. Students who fail to arrange group membership by Week 5 will NOT be eligible to take part in this assessment task. To complete this task, students are expected to conduct their own research into their assigned entity’s specific industry as well as the academic literature. Students should also research all released Case Study chapters along with the in-class materials for relevant information regarding their assigned business unit and/or the company as a whole. NB: Each Foleo entity will have a different market and students need to research the real world’s relevant industry and academic literature to produce a viable proposal for their assigned business unit or the parent company. Therefore, each proposal must be supported by references to at least one academic journal in addition to other reliable sources of information. Each business proposal should follow the prescribed “Strategy for Growth” and include all the requirements outlined in the relevant “Scope of Proposal” for the assigned Foleo entity. Students should also note that the proposed initiative must not only be consistent with the business type, but also with the current competitive strategy of the assigned Foleo entity, and must not negatively impact other business units within the Foleo Group. Proposals are expected to be presented as a formal report to the Board, and as such, should comply with the following structure: i. Title Page ii. Abstract / Executive Summary iii. Table of Contents iv. Introduction v. Body vi. Conclusion and Recommendation vii. Appendices viii. List of References Proposals must be: • no more than twelve (12) pages in length, including tables, figures and appendices, but excluding title page, abstract/executive summary, table of contents and list of references • presented in Times New Roman font size 12 • presented with 2.5 cm margins and 1.5 line spacing • comprehensive and to the point - excessive verbosity, lack of precision or poor writing skill will affect the grade • properly referenced in accordance with the Harvard Referencing System (the referencing guide can be found on iLearn) Each proposal will receive a mark out of 100, which will be converted to the weighting for this assessment item (i.e. 7.5%). This grade will be available to all group members according to their agreed contribution percentage. Each submission will be assessed based on the criteria contained on the Group Assessment Coversheet found on iLearn. One electronic version of each group’s proposal (excluding the coversheet) must be submitted to Turnitin (plagiarism detection software) via the provided link on iLearn BEFORE 9am Monday 18 May (Week 11). Students are also required to submit a completed Group Assessment Coversheet (available on iLearn) to their tutors at the beginning of Week 11 tutorial. Late submissions will NOT be accepted (NB: the submission link will be deactivated after the deadline). Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will be penalised, so it is in student’s best interests to submit their own original work. Please note that only one submission per group is permitted, so members within groups must agree on who will submit their proposal. In Week 7, groups are required to submit a Group Progress Report which must address the following criteria: 1. The product/service/business your group suggested to support the growth strategy 2. The ‘real-life’ company you have selected to support your group’s proposal 3. Completeness status of the group report 4. Number of meetings held between the group members 5. Individual contributions of members up to that point 6. Your strategies and plans that are to be followed in order to complete the report until the submission date Submission of this report is mandatory and failure to submit will impact the final grade awarded to the group’s proposal. BRIEFING Foleo Scapps Business Unit Assume your group has been engaged by Foleo Group Limited as a team of consultants. At your initial meeting with the Board, your team has been asked to propose an initiative that will expand the current operations of the Foleo Scapps business unit. This project will require the team to suggest the introduction of a new product, service or business that will achieve growth for the business unit and ultimately, the organisation as a whole. It will involve research into the specific industry in which Foleo Scapps competes, in addition to an examination of its current operations. The Board of Foleo Group Limited have provided the following parameters for your research and proposal: Strategy for Growth: related diversification Scope of Proposal: The business proposal must contain the following elements: • The actual initiative being proposed. • An analysis of the external environment of Foleo Group Limited using Porter’s 5-Forces Model. (NB: each force examined should relate to the Foleo Scapps business unit’s specific circumstances, e.g. it should analyse the bargaining power of Foleo Scapps’ buyers, etc.) • An explanation of how the proposed initiative aligns with the current goals and strategies of the organisation. This explanation should include: i. an identification of the corporate mission and objectives of Foleo Group Limited, and ii. an identification of the current generic competitive strategy of Foleo Scapps. • Evidence that the proposed initiative will be viable for Foleo Scapps. This section should include: i. an explained example of a relevant ‘real-life’ company that has successfully introduced a similar growth initiative as that being proposed, and ii. reference to at least one academic journal that supports the initiative being proposed. • An analysis of the likely impact of the proposed initiative on the below stakeholders: 1. Customers 2. Suppliers 3. Competitors 4. Employees 5. Shareholders 6. The community in which Foleo Scapps operates. • An explanation of how performance will be measured – specific measures should be presented in a Balanced Scorecard and examples of useful/appropriate reports should also be suggested.
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ACCG3001 ORGANISATIONAL PLANNING AND CONTROL: GROUP RESEARCH REPORT
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
The Proposed Initiative    3
Analysis of the Market Mix: Porter’s Five Forces    4
Competitive Rivalry    4
Supplier Power    5
Buyer Power    5
Threat of Substitution    6
Threat of New Entry    6
Current Goals and Strategies: The Alignment with Initiative    7
Conclusion    7
Abstract
Organizational planning and control are two major interventions that lead to successful business ventures. The following is
the examination of the case study of Foleo Groups. This report has been structured around the positive interventions that the organization can make during the future operations in marketing and business. Based on market potential, the company is currently proposing a strategy to expand its services as an internet service provider as well, because this market/sector offers huge growth and success opportunities.
Introduction
The modern propositions of value are determined by the growth that every organization thrives to achieve in the given period of time (Chofreh et al, 2020). What makes this growth possible is the implication of certain business strategies with a view to accomplish desired penetration of the market and cover the needs and expectations of the diversified range of customers (Bibby & Benjamin, 2018). In this context, the companies having business in electronic sales and services are anticipated to work constantly over enhancing their products and their variants at the right time. At the same time, the best value is that which is given to the customers as well as it should be satisfying the both types of stakeholders (Calabrese et al, 2020). The following is the analysis of the Foleo Groups that is one of the leading Australian companies which produces mobile phones and related services. Based on the market possibilities, the company is now proposed with the strategy of expanding its services as the internet service provider too because this market/sector is laced with enormous opportunities of growth and success.
The Proposed Initiative
At first, it is significant to note here that the telecommunication industry in Australia has remained ludicrous in the sense that the sector got de-regularized in 1996 and since then, there are only three major competitors in business namely, Telstra, Optus and Vodafone Australia. In spite of the market posing several possibilities, Telstra is the only company that has taken the dominance in the internet service provisions. It is because the company has overtaken the wireless and wired both types of the internet services in the local regions—even in the remotest locations of the nation, Telstra has successfully built the infrastructure of fibre optics, giving way to high-speed connectivity to all users. Optus stands in line with Telstra to challenge the monopoly of Telstra by developing portals and services, which enhance the user experience through high speed seamless connectivity. Optus became the first private company to provide wireless internet service in nation against the wired networks established on behalf of Telstra across nation.
In the light of the above market segmentation, the monopolistic perceptions about the internet market in Australia pose two possibilities for Foleo groups. The first one belongs to the development of the wireless service network in the major cities as the pilot project on experimental bases whose success will be taken as the foundation to expand the services into other regions of Australia (Chofreh et al, 2020). However, given that the market of internet service in Australia is under extremely controlling of the two companies mentioned above, the second business proposition is that Foleo Groups will collaborate with either of the companies to help sustain the seamless connectivity along with a range of new services offered to the potential customers. This will be to target the customers who prefer buying tablets over mobile phones; Foleo Group will dedicate its tablet ranges along with the new offers given to the possible customers. In other words, Telstra or Optus, whichever company shows interest in this business proposition, will likely receive the offer of service inclusion of wireless internet service along with the tablet.
Foleo Enterprises Pty Ltd grew at a breakneck pace during the next decade, and while the increased demand for their Australian-made phones was welcome, it was unexpected and unanticipated. James and Leon tried to keep up with their business's expansion by borrowing significantly from their bank, hiring more people, and introducing new phone models, but they looked to be at the mercy of events rather than being able to adopt a proactive and controlled approach (Pellerin & Perrier, 2019). As a result, the lads were always playing catch-up. They had good ideas in reaction to changes in their business and put them into action, but there appeared to be no long-term strategic strategy in place.
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