This essentially should incorporate current as well potential businesses. The analysis should address the following two issues: What businesses will the organization be in? How will the organization allocate its resources among the businesses? These two issues give rise to Read More …
Month: January 2022
STRATEGIC DECISIONS
This focuses on effectiveness or performance of the organization as a whole. Effectiveness or performance of an organization as a whole may depend on various factors e.g. role in social responsibility, corporate image, and business portfolio. Business portfolio i.e. the Read More …
Factors Affecting use of Environmental analysis in Strategy Formulation
• Managerial Philosophy. The managerial philosophy determines the actions which managers take towards various factors affecting their decisions. Such factors may include the environmental forces as well as the various internal forces. If the managerial philosophy is positive, the managers Read More …
FORMULATION OF CORPORATE AND BUSINESS STRATEGY
Strategy Formulation is designed to guide executives in defining the business, their company, the aims it seeks, and the means it uses to accomplish these aims. Strategy formulation involves an improved approach to traditional long-range planning. Strategy formulation joins a Read More …
Environmental scanning
External • PESTEL – Political, Economic, Societal, Technological, Ecological and Legal and regulatory factors • Competitive environment-Industry Analysis – Porter‘s Model, • Strategic groups Internal: • Organizational Capability analysis- SWOT matrix, Value Chain analysis • Organization Structure • Culture (Belief, Read More …
Strategy is the link between the organization and its environment
External environment 1.Environmental changes shape opportunities and challenges facing organizations in Kenya. 2.Need to adjust to these changes to remain successful in future. 3.Nature of environmental changes:- Global, regional, national (local). The questions to ask are:- 1.What is the direction Read More …
