Presenting your findings
Your report should be presented in a management report format which includes an:
Executive summary (make it brief, no more than 2 pages),
Also Introduce the business entity in consideration, its history, milestones it has achieved in
past, market share, industry it operates, industry analysis etc.
Your report should incorporate the following steps:
1. Identify the firm’s existing vision, and mission statement. Develop vision and mission
statements for the organization, what you think it should be as, per knowledge
developed in your study.
2. (a) Do PESTEL analysis of business.
(b) Do SWOT analysis
3. Construct a Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM).
4. Construct an External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Matrix
5. Construct an Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix.
6. Recommend long-term objectives for your company.
7. What strategies would you be recommending to achieve your long term organizational
objectives as you have stated in previous question. You may use Strengths-
Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) Matrix, Strategic Position and Action
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Evaluation (SPACE) Matrix, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix, Internal-
External (IE) Matrix, Grand Strategy Matrix, and Quantitative Strategic Planning
Matrix (QSPM) to substantiate your strategy choice. {Use as many as necessary, need
not be all. Like, you may not need QSPM, unless you need to choose out of alternative
strategies.}
8. What Management, Marketing, Finance/Accounting, R&D and CIS issue, if any you
foresee. Your recommendations to address them.
9. Recommend procedures you’ll have in place for strategy review, evaluation and control
specific to your business entity.
Type of organization
If your organisation is part of a larger international organization, you may consider only
your country's division. Avoid considering individual departments or sections of an
organisation as this will constrain you to deal with functional-level strategy only.
If your organisation is a government department, proceed with an analysis of that
division, providing, it is a budgetary center. Dealing with a subdivision will constrain
you to deal with functional-level strategy only.
If your organisation is an independent, not-for-profit entity, proceed according to the
advice above.
Make sure the conclusion is not just a summary of your recommendations. Emphasize the key
recommendations in your conclusion and consider how they might be actioned.