- Joined
- May 1, 2008
- Messages
- 2
A) Introduction of the Company & its Industry:
1) Introduce the organization.
a. When was the organization founded, why and by whom?
b. What is company mission?
c. What is the business model of the company? In other words, what is
the basic profit generating idea behind the company?
d. Organizational information such as traditional hierarchical or modern flexible? Departmental structure? Organization chart? Organizational culture?
2) What is the specific industry and its competitors?
a. Who are major competitors? Intensity of rivalry?
b. Threat of new competitors entering the industry? Existence of barriers to entry?
B) Environments:.
1) What political/legal forces affect the industry?
a) Legislation, court judgments?
b) Environmental regulations and enforcement of antitrust regulations?
c) Trade regulations and tariffs?
d) Political stability?
2) What economic forces affect the industry?
a) Interest rates, inflation, exchange rates?
b) Energy costs? Material costs? Labor costs?
c) Stage of the economic cycle?
d) Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
3) What social forces affect the industry?
a) Social traditions, trends, values?
b) Consumer psychology, society?s expectations of business?
c) Concern with quality of life?
d) Expectations from the workplace?
e) Population and demographics?
f) Birth rates and life expectations?
g) Attitudes about career, family, women at work?
4) What technological forces affect the industry?
a) Effect of the Internet?
b) Scientific improvements, innovations, inventions?
c) Expenditures on research and development?
d) Rate of new product introductions?
C) Business functions of the company:
1) Talk about company?s marketing function.
a) What marketing efforts are underway? Provide examples of recent promotional or public relations campaigns.
2) Talk about company?s finance function.
a) Is the organization financially sound according to financial analysts?
3) Talk about company?s production function?
a) How does the company?s approach to production differ from that of its competitors?
4) Talk about company?s human resources function?
a) What human resource polices are in effect in the company? Is the organization able to meet future human resource needs?
D) Strategic Analysis:
1) What is the current firm level strategy?
a) Attempting to grow, maintain its present size, or downsize?
b) Which one of the Porter?s generic strategies is pursued? Cost leadership, cost focus, differentiation, focused differentiation
1) Introduce the organization.
a. When was the organization founded, why and by whom?
b. What is company mission?
c. What is the business model of the company? In other words, what is
the basic profit generating idea behind the company?
d. Organizational information such as traditional hierarchical or modern flexible? Departmental structure? Organization chart? Organizational culture?
2) What is the specific industry and its competitors?
a. Who are major competitors? Intensity of rivalry?
b. Threat of new competitors entering the industry? Existence of barriers to entry?
B) Environments:.
1) What political/legal forces affect the industry?
a) Legislation, court judgments?
b) Environmental regulations and enforcement of antitrust regulations?
c) Trade regulations and tariffs?
d) Political stability?
2) What economic forces affect the industry?
a) Interest rates, inflation, exchange rates?
b) Energy costs? Material costs? Labor costs?
c) Stage of the economic cycle?
d) Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
3) What social forces affect the industry?
a) Social traditions, trends, values?
b) Consumer psychology, society?s expectations of business?
c) Concern with quality of life?
d) Expectations from the workplace?
e) Population and demographics?
f) Birth rates and life expectations?
g) Attitudes about career, family, women at work?
4) What technological forces affect the industry?
a) Effect of the Internet?
b) Scientific improvements, innovations, inventions?
c) Expenditures on research and development?
d) Rate of new product introductions?
C) Business functions of the company:
1) Talk about company?s marketing function.
a) What marketing efforts are underway? Provide examples of recent promotional or public relations campaigns.
2) Talk about company?s finance function.
a) Is the organization financially sound according to financial analysts?
3) Talk about company?s production function?
a) How does the company?s approach to production differ from that of its competitors?
4) Talk about company?s human resources function?
a) What human resource polices are in effect in the company? Is the organization able to meet future human resource needs?
D) Strategic Analysis:
1) What is the current firm level strategy?
a) Attempting to grow, maintain its present size, or downsize?
b) Which one of the Porter?s generic strategies is pursued? Cost leadership, cost focus, differentiation, focused differentiation