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Assessment - Case Analysis and Application of Strategy Models

Purpose of the assessment

Students are required to explain in report format, with reference to a case of your choice (from the list below) how any one of the following would be applied: Business Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Acquisitions and Structure, International Strategy, Cooperative Strategy, Sustainability.

Be sure to base your answer on the models studied in class and quote academic sources

Assignment : Specifications

Purpose:

This assignment aims at ensuring that students have familiarised themselves with at least one of the long case studies and are able to apply the relevant foundational strategy development models that are applicable to the case.

Details

Select any case from those listed from between weeks 1 and 9, select from the following aspects of competitive strategy and apply the theories of strategy development and implementation as relevant to the case you choose:

• Business Strategy

• Competitive Dynamics

• Corporate Strategy

• Acquisitions and Structure

• International Strategy

• Cooperative Strategy

• Sustainability

In this report, sub-headings are essential.

Be sure to use paragraphing.

Be sure to reference your sources in-text and provide a list of references at the end in Harvard style.

Assignment Structure

Report Format

Cover page

Executive Summary

Table of Contents

Section Headings - brief summary of the case; identification of strategic issues; relevant theoretical concepts.

Sub-sections numbered

Paragraphing

Page Numbers

Add a Reference List at the end.

Steps

1. Select a compant with a case from any News, Website, Journal, online.

Case can be News also like"XYZ Company Bought a Plane"

2. Read and Note the key points

3. Start Gathering information about the organization

Business strategy needs to cover (It means we need to select any one of the given strategy)

Q - Strategy in general

- Corporate Strategy

- Competitive Advantage startegy

- Acquisition strategy

(Teacher says to choose any of the four strategys above although there are many strategys to choose from in the group assessment outline in blackboard is because these four are simple and we can get information about these strategies easily)

If you select corporate strategy

- Discuss the Porter's five forces

- SWOT Analysis

- Discuss about horizontal, vertical integration, success and failures, value chain analysis

- Challenges hey faced

- Recommendation and conclusion

If you select acquisition strategy

- Indetify the Acquisition

- Share prices up or down before or after acquisition.

- How the restructuring helps in this strategy?

- Evidance is must