Course: International Strategic Management (M.

Phil 3 rd)

Assignment (Marks 30)

Individual Assignment due date 30th April

Recall the Class Discussion and Reading Chapters

Take one organization as an example and Comprehend and analyze its complete Strategic
Management Process and Application, moreover answer the following questions as a Strategist for that
organization and give your recommendations and conclusion.

1. What are vision and mission of that organization?

2. How would you describe their Work of Strategic Leaders in process of strategic management?
3. What is value for that organization? Why is it critical for the firm to create value? How does it
do so?
4. Who are their stakeholders and describe their ability to influence organizations. Moreover,
Describe their competitive landscape and explain how globalization and technological changes
affect them.
5. How do firms identify internal strengths and weaknesses? Why is it vital that managers (As a
Business Strategist) have a clear understanding of their firm’s strengths and weaknesses?
6. Why is it important for a firm to study and understand its internal organization? What must
firms do to create capabilities?
7. Why do firms outsource? Will outsourcing’s importance grow in the twenty-first century? If
so, why? Support your position
8. What are the four criteria used to determine which of a firm’s capabilities are core
competencies? Why is it important for these criteria to be used?
9. What is their Business-Level Strategy? Who is it aligned with overall strategy of the
organization?
10. How can each one of the Business-Level Strategies be used to position the firm relative to the
Five Forces of competition in a way that helps the firm earn above-average returns?
11. Elaborate in detail what are their specific risks associated with using each business level
strategy?
12. What is the relationship between a firm’s customers and its business-level strategy in terms of
who, what, and how? Why is this relationship important?
13. How do the five forces of competition in an industry affect their profit potential? Explain with
reasoning.
14. What is their Strategic Group? Of what value is knowledge of the firm’s strategic group in
formulating that firm’s strategy? Justify your answers.
15. Who are their competitors and what is the importance of collecting and interpreting data and
information about their particular competitors? What practices should a firm use to gather
competitor intelligence and why within the limitation of ethical consideration?