Assignment Report Outline
Page 1: Cover-sheet
Page 2: Title page
Page 3: Executive Summary
- What is the report all about?
- What you tried to cover in report?
- What theories and models you have tried and discussed in the report?
- What the report tries to find out?
Page 4: Table of contents (Or can use the Microsoft Office auto table of contents)
Chapter no. Title Page No.
Page 5: Chapter 1: Introduction
- Brief intro to strategic management. (Authors Definition)
- Importance of strategic management for business organization.
- Brief introduction of Selected Company. (Properly referred)
Chapter 2: IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
2.1 Strategic management and its key attributes
- Describe the features of strategic management
- Explain the stages of the strategic management process.
- Explain the role of vision in strategic management
- Explain the role of mission in strategic management
- Explain the role of objectives in strategic management.
- Enumerate the steps involved in preparing strategic objectives.
- State the vision, mission and objectives of the selected company
2.2 Strategic Management Analysis Tools
- Briefly discuss environmental scanning, environmental monitoring, and collecting competitive intelligence as inputs to forecasting.
- Identify the tools used in analyzing the firm’s external environment
- Describe the tools identified above.
- Identified the tools used in analyzing the firm’s internal environment
- Describe the tools identified above.
- How the Internet and digitally based capabilities are affecting the five competitive forces and industry profitability.
Chapter 3: Strategies practised in sustaining competitive advantage
3.1 Business-level strategy practised in sustaining competitive advantage
- Discuss the generic business level strategies.
- Briefly discuss the difference between focus strategy from differentiation strategy and cost leadership strategy.
- Explain the various generic competitive advantage strategies in relevance to selected company.
- Briefly discuss the Blue Ocean Strategy and how is it different from Red Ocean Strategy.
- Discuss the strategies followed in the stages of the life cycle of the Industry and its implications,
- Identify the stage in which selected company as per life-cycle
3.2 Formulating corporate level and international strategy by an organization
- Discuss the various corporate level strategies followed.
- Discuss the various types of diversification in creating organizational value
- Briefly discuss the reasons for firms to go International.
- Explain the various types of international strategies for creating value in global markets
- Discuss the various types of international strategies for creating value in global m
- Explain the various generic competitive advantage strategies in relevance to selected company.