Building on your work from Assignment 1, the vice president of strategy has now tasked you with providing a business analysis of the organization’s business strategy. This includes level of diversification (product scope), geographical and vertical scope, and the overall fit with the business strategy or strategies.
Your Role
You are a strategic analyst for the company you have selected to use in this course.
Requirements
Write a business analysis that includes:
Explain the generic business strategies for the company. Include cost, differentiation, and focus or hybrid information.
Analyze the business strategy the company uses in its marketplace approach. Provide examples of how the strategy is used to position the company in a competitive environment.
Analyze the companys business model.
What are the core products?
How does the organization make money?
What is the customer value proposition?
What is the profit proposition?
Analyze the corporate strategy of the company. Include the product, geographical, and vertical scope in which it operates.
Has the company expanded from its original product line or field of operation?
Does the company own vertically related activities along the value chain for its products?
Analyze the overall corporate structure and key management systems.
Does the company employ diversification, vertical integration, or globalization?
Are global alliances part of the corporate strategy?
Analyze the strategic fit between the business and corporate strategies of the company.
In addition to the analysis, include:
Title page.
References page.
APA formatted references from at least five sources.
7 pages in length, in addition to the title and references pages.
Written for executive leadership.
Evaluation
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide criteria:
Competency 3: Analyze the internal and external environments of an organization in order to formulate and implement successful strategies.
Explain the generic business strategies for a company.
Analyze the business strategy a company uses in its marketplace approach.
Competency 4: Apply strategic concepts and models to ensure the fit between strategy, organizational structure, capabilities, and goals; and the external environment.
Analyze a company’s business model.
Analyze the corporate strategy of a company.
Analyze the overall corporate structure and key management system of a company.
Analyze the strategic fit between the business and corporate strategies of a company.
Competency 5: Communicate business needs, opportunities, and strategies with multiple stakeholders.
Address assignment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
Apply the standard writing conventions for the discipline, including structure, voice, person, and tone.
