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2.2 - Strategic Plans Flashcards

1
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what are the two views of strategic planning?

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Positioning based

resources based

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What are the 4 stages of the Rational Planning Model?

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Stategic analysis - OT (EX) , SW (IN), SWOT, Mission Goals and Obs
Strategic Choice - gap
Stat implementation
Review and control

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what are the adv of RPM (4)

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best of limited resources
ensure goal Congurence
communicated plans to stakeholders
detailed understanding of SWOT

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what si Ex Anal adn what toolls do we use to do it?

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indentifying Opertunities and Threats to business exnternal environment

PESTEL Analysis
Portes five choices
Cometitor anal

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what are the two step sin strategic choice?

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Strategic options generation

Strategic options evaluation

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what do we need to consider during strategic options evaluation? tools?

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SAF
Suitability
Acceptability
Feasability

Stakeholder anal
Risk Anal

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What types of stategic choice are there?

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Competitive - how is competes
Product-market - where is competes
Intitutional - method of growth

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EX Anal - what differnt business environments are there

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Physical - materials
general - PESTEL
Task - Competitors, customers

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EX anal - Static environments are less uncertain => change is slow and past is good for predictions
how can a static enviro be described?

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Static
Simple
Single
Safe

e.g. Pencil

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Ex anal - Dynamic environemtns are uncertain => change is high and the past isn’t a good predictor.
how can you describe these?

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Dynamic
Diverse
Difficult
Dangerous

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Ex anal - what environemn do you use PESTEL anal?

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General

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Ex anal - what environemtn to you use Porters Five forces?

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Competitive

Task

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Ex anal - what is the diff between markets and industry

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Market - customers and potential customers

Industry - business that competent or the same market.s

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Ex anal - what types of competitor are there? Kotler

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Brand
Industry
Generic Competitors
Form competitors

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Ex anal - what are Kotlers 4 response profiles

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Laid back - no response , niche market
tiger - agressive responses
selective - some and not others
stochastic - random and unpredictable

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IN Anal - What are the 9Ms of position/resource audit?

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Macheinery 
Make up - culture and patence
management - Size, skill Loyality, career prgression
Managment information - ability to generate and disseminate ideas, innovation, information sytems.
Markets
Materials
Men and Women HRM
Methods
Money ( debt or Equity)
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IN - Anal What is a limiting or key factor?

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anything that limits the activity of the entity e.g. shortage of supply

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IN - what does Porters Value Chain allow?

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a bird’s eye view of the business and what the business does.

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IN Anal - when does competeve advtange com about?

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when you are performing actiities in a way that means the selling rce exceeds the cost of the inputs to the production process.

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IN Anal - what are value drivers?

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Elemnts of the product or service nd activities that increase the amount of value consumers place on it. e.g. Intangables such a branding

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IN Anal - what are cost drivers?

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Any activity that affects the cost of a product or service e.g. ultisation rates or machinery nd subsequent downtime.

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In Anal - What are the two types of activities in Porters value chain?

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In bound logistics - supply, handling
operations - creating final product
Outbound logistics - storing the product and its distribution to customers
Marketing and sales - informing customers
Service - e.g. warranty, installation

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IN anal - what are the support activities in Porters Value Chain?

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Procurement - aquire the resources inputs to primary activities
HRM - recruiting training, rewarding people
Technology
Firm infrastructure - planning, finnce and quality control.

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IN Anal - what si SCM?

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Supply chain managment - optimising the activties of business working together to produce goods and services.

25
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IN Anal - what si the difference between Product Class, Form and Brand

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CLASS - broad category. (Diff Business in same industry)
FORM - witihin product clas there are forms that specific product it (Business multiple products)
BRAND - type of product form (SPecfic product)

Fizzy drinks - Cola - Diet Coke

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IN Anal - what are the 4 stages of a product life cycle pattern?

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Introduction - low renvue adn high R&D
Growth - break even and increase in revenue
Maturity - Pek profits here
Decline - losses and product no longer viable

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IN Anal - in terms of the product life cycle what are the differences between product form and classes.

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Classes - tend to have long maturity adn erratic life cyles

Forms - more classic life cycle

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IN anal - when would you use BCG?

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planning products ad markets

29
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what is a mrket share

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an entitys percentgae of total sales by all entities offering that product

30
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in anal - what are the 4 matrix definitions and what actions do your take?

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Stars - invest and R & D
Cash Cows - harvets cash and invest elsewhere
Questions MArks - invest to make star or harvest
Dogs - either hold or divest

31
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what analytical rocesses are used suring EXTERNAL ANALYSIS

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Portes 5 Forces, Competitor Analysis

32
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what analytical processes are used using INTERNAL ANALYSIS

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Resource Audit, Value Chain, BCG MATRIX

33
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what us SWOT anaylsis? what do the letters stand for?

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he bringing together of exernal and internal anal and creating coperte appraisal.
S - Stregth (IN)
W - Weakess (IN)
O - Oppertunities (EX)
T - Threats (EX)
34
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To formulate business’ mission and objectives what to do we have to carry out?

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Stakeholder Analysis

35
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What are the 4 outcomes of Mendalows SHM?

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Minimal effof
Keep informed
Keep statified
Keyplayers

keep informed and staified are important because they risk becoming key players which we want to minimise.

36
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what is gap analysis?

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desired future performance level (profit) against the expected performance of projects both planned adn underway

37
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How do you choose your corperate strategy?

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Porters generic competitive strategies

Ansoffs matrix

38
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what are porters 3 GCSs?

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Cost leadership
Differnenttaion
Focus (niche) - can be either cost or differentiation

39
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What are the 4 putcomes of Ansoffs matrix?

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Product vs Market
Market penetration
Product development
Maret Development
Diversification
40
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When faced with having to close the gap with alternative strategies how do we do this?

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Johnsons and Scholes

evaluate and choose

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