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Assignment - Tesla Motors External and Internal Analysis Discussion
CASE - Tesla's Strategy in 2020: Can It Deliver Sustained Profitability?
Choose one question in-depth per post (rather than multiple questions in a single post).
External Analysis Questions -
1. What external driving forces are impacting U.S. car manufacturers? Which of these forces are most relevant to Tesla?
2. Identify and discuss a couple of the forces from Porter's 5 Forces in the context of Tesla. What type of bargaining power (high, low, moderate) do you think they have in each of the forces?
3. If you draw a strategic group map of the US auto industry. What would it look like? What information would it reveal that is strategically important?
4. Have you read anything interesting about Tesla or Elon Musk lately in the news? If so share your observations and thoughts relating to it.
Internal Analysis Questions -
1. Identify and discuss some of the most important resources/capabilities/competencies of Tesla. Considering the timeline of the case, which 2 do you think will emerge to be the most crucial to Tesla's success in the next decade?
2. Identify the 2 most important factors for the internal strengths & weaknesses and external opportunities & threats for Tesla.
3. What, if any, changes/adjustments in Tesla's strategy would you recommend that Elon Musk consider?
4. What was the most useful and/or interesting thing you learned from this module of internal environmental analysis?