Identify an organisation whose strategies you will examine. It is strongly recommended that you review your own organisation or one you are personally familiar with or work for it. AVOID famous name organisations like Google, IBM, Nestle, etc. Depending on the concept selected in point 4, you may want to reduce the scope to a strategic business unit. 2. Do a SWOT analysis. Only give the 3 most important items for each S, W, O and T. An explanation of how the SWOT was produced, where the data was collected from, and how you chose the top 3 items for each S, W, O and T. You need to provide some “hard” evidence .Recommendations how the organisation might address the issues identified in the SWOT
Microsoft Word - assessment-2021.docx General Instructions – Please read carefully 1. You are required to complete the Assignment outlined below and submit your completed final paper through MS Teams and a bound hard copy. 2. The assessment is in two parts, namely continuous assessment and Term paper totalling 4500 words paper. REQUIREED: 1. Identify an organisation whose strategies you will examine. It is strongly recommended that you review your own organisation or one you are personally familiar with or work for it. AVOID famous name organisations like Google, IBM, Nestle, etc. Depending on the concept selected in point 4, you may want to reduce the scope to a strategic business unit. 2. Do a SWOT analysis. Only give the 3 most important items for each S, W, O and T. An explanation of how the SWOT was produced, where the data was collected from, and how you chose the top 3 items for each S, W, O and T. You need to provide some “hard” evidence .Recommendations how the organisation might address the issues identified in the SWOT.(DUE 2nd Thursday of OCTOBER 2021.) 3. Write a short evaluation of the current position of the organisation, its environment and the degree of uncertainty and change going on, its strategies in use and the strategic issues it faces. 4. From the evaluation, you need to propose future strategies for the organisation. There may be many alternative options open to the organisation, what are they? Then choose one direction you recommend the organisation goes in? Choose ONE concept from the following list that you argue is the number one priority concept the organisation should focus on: o Core competencies o Generic strategies – either cost leadership or differentiation, or focused cost leadership or differentiation, or outpacing. o Mergers and acquisitions o Alliances o Outsourcing o CSR and shared value o Blue ocean strategy o BSC o Capability development and agility o Culture change Make an argument to justify your choice. 5. You must demonstrate you have a deep understanding of the concept you apply. You must do this by critically examining the concept. Research a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed articles about the concept from the research literature. Examine what different researchers say about how the concept is used in practice, what its strengths and weaknesses are, and how the concept can be adapted or strengthened to make it effective. (DUE LAST DAY OF CLASSES) The paper should be structured following questions in a three-part structure: 1. SWOT and its explanation - Where is the organisation now, i.e. its SWOT? What are its current strategies and how effective are they? What are the organisation’s main challenges and opportunities? (Approximately 1000 words, 40% of the marks) 2. Recommended strategy - Of the alternative futures for the organisation, which direction do you recommend the organisation go in, and what needs to be done to go in that direction? What is your argument for your recommendation? Within that recommended strategy for the desired future, which ONE concept do you recommend the organisation focuses on, as its number one priority? Exploiting its core competencies? Or adapting its choice of generic strategy; or changing its value chain through M and A or alliances or outsourcing; or improving its relationship to society and the environment through better CSR strategies; or developing its own new and unique market through BOS; or carrying on doing what it is doing but improving the way it implements its current strategies through a BSC or similar framework; or developing its current capabilities to become more agile and robust? What is your argument for your recommendation? (Approximately 1500 words 20% of the marks) 3. Academic analysis - What do the different researchers say are the strengths and weaknesses of the ONE concept you recommend is the main priority, and what is the best way to make the concept work in practice? What does your chosen organisation need to pay attention to make the concept work? (You MUST critically examine the academic literature about the concept, including at least 10 peer-reviewed articles.) (Approximately 2000 words 40% of the marks) All sources should be correctly referenced using the APA system, as for any professional academic document. The overall structure should be as follows: 1. Cover Page (1 page) 2. Table of Contents/List of Appendices (1 page) 3. Executive Summary 4. Main Report in 3 sections - SWOT, Recommendations, Academic analysis 5. Appendices 6. List of references Submit only one document.