9th July Meeting
Fragment of a discussion from Talk:EDSLIONS/weekly discussions/Strategic Management Assignment 2
AGENDA ITEM1: Confirmation of Case Reading and Understanding[edit]
Lets confirm if all have read and understand the case very well? If not where lies your main challenge?
NB: Reply here only
the question asks for a detailed analysis of co. + industry (30) recommendations (60) & presentation (10)
The Question:
The questions requires for two main parts:
a) A detailed analysis of the company and the industry (30 marks)
b) Your recommendations on appropriate strategic interventions that the organisation should implement in order to counteract the threat of the merger of its two largest competitors (60 marks)
Part b) however has three divisions as follows:
Your recommendations must include:
- A focus on the entrepreneurial process, intrapreneurship, innovation and creativity.(20 marks)
- An organisation design that will facilitate effective monitoring and control of divisions,stores and management performance, without sacrificing the independence and creativity of individual managers. (20 marks)
- The strategic implementation process together with the controls that should be in place to support the monitoring of the implementation of your recommendations. (20 marks)
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: detailed discussions in the next agenda item)
