Your task You are required to write a 1750 word report analysing an Australian company’s underlying strategy, which has resulted in international expansion or outsourcing. Assessment Description. In...

Your task You are required to write a 1750 word report analysing an Australian company’s underlying strategy, which has resulted in international expansion or outsourcing. Assessment Description. In this individual assignment, you will be given an opportunity to explore factors that influence the to define and discuss business strategy based on a comprehensive situational analysis and then to describe the determinants of competitive advantage. Assessment Instructions To start working on this assessment, please choose ONE of the following companies: Flight Centre [www.flightcentre.com.au] Price Waterhouse Coopers [www.pwc.com.au] Mantra Group [www.mantragroup.com.au] Vodafone Hutchison Australia [www.vodafone.com.au] Suncorp Australia [www.suncorp.com.au] Collins Foods [www.collinsfoods.com] Once you’ve made a selection, imagine that you are a strategic analyst for a large consulting firm and specialise in the analysis of Australian companies. You have been asked by your manager to write a report analysing an Australian company’s underlying strategy that has resulted in it moving some of its activities offshore with the loss of several local jobs and/or expanding into other international markets. Based on this scenario, you are required to: • apply analytical frameworks discussed in class to identify and discuss both the internal and external issues that are affecting the company and have driven it to consider moving jobs Assessment Information COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969 This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of Kaplan Business School pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (‘Act’). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. Kaplan Business School is a part of Kaplan Inc., a leading global provider of educational services. Kaplan Business School Pty Ltd ABN 86 098 181 947 is a registered higher education provider CRICOS Provider Code 02426B. offshore and/or overseas expansion; • identify the stakeholders in this company and discuss how the changes will affect these stakeholders; • identify and discuss the company’s competitive advantage: what is their strategy in seeking to be more successful than their competitors?; • list and assess the issues of this strategy, including risks, cost savings and/or revenue increases. Evaluate any other issues that you see are relevant to its success or otherwise. What are the strategic implications? In preparing your report submission, you must follow a standard report format as per the structure below: Title page* Executive Summary* Introduction Analysis of internal and external issues Stakeholder discussion Competitive advantage and Strategic issues Reference list* *Your word count will not include these parts. Words included within diagrams or tables will also not be included in the word count. You are also required to use at least 6 sources of information and reference these in accordance with the Kaplan Harvard Referencing Style. These may include corporate websites, government publications, industry reports, census data, journal articles, and newspaper articles. Wikipedia and other ‘popular’ sites are not to be used.