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BMGT7009 Leadership in Business Assignment - Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, New Zealand

Assessment - Case Study Analysis

LEARNING OUTCOME - Critically analyse strategic process in terms of decision making.

Assessment - Pohutu Wines Ltd Case Study - A Critical Analysis -Word limit: 3500 - 4000 words

You are required to complete this assignment on your own.

This assessment requires you to analyse the case study, Pohutu Wines Ltd, and answer the questions. In this assessment you will need to demonstrate your knowledge of strategic processes in terms of leadership decision making.

Questions -

1. (1500 - 2000 words)

Critically analyse THREE different strategic management tools that can support decision-making for the leaders of Pohutu Wines Ltd. Your analysis should be supported by literature and could include the following strategic management planning tools:

SWOT

PEST

Porter's 5 forces (Or other relevant strategic management tool/s)

Your analysis should include:

a) An introduction, explanation and evaluation of the tools: Why is a particular tool relevant to the organisation, what are the strengths and weaknesses of the tool?

b) How can these strategic management tools help the leaders at Pohutu make better decisions in a dynamic, complex and uncertain business environment?

c) What decision-making approach/s should the leaders consider? For example: centralised or de-centralised approaches (who should be involved?), team decision-making, outside expertise, other considerations, with justification.

2. Analyse the core values that underpin Pohutu Wines and explain why these core values are crucial in the short-term and in the long term. Evaluate how the values might affect customer relations and employee motivation. (1000 words)

3. Critically analyse Mintzberg's Modes of Strategic Decision-Making and suggest how this model could be used to facilitate "plans for growth" for Pohutu Wines Ltd. (1000 words).

WIDER READING FROM SCHOLARLY SOURCES

This assessment requires you to research a range of sources. Most of these will be reputable books, academic journal articles and credible websites including the case study's own online material and relevant government websites. To support your argument you may also sparingly use media such as newspapers and social media.

Your critical analysis should include:

Title Page Title page with course number, assessment number and title, student ID and due date and word count.

Introduction: an overview of the organisation, and key internal and external issues.

Subheadings for main topics:

Section 1: Strategic Management Tools

Section 2: Decision-making

Section 3: Values

Section 4: Mintzberg's modes

Conclusion