ROW BUSINESS/FOR- NON-PROFIT/ PUBLIC/

PROFIT CHARITY GOVERNMENT

1.Sector Environment Competition for Competition for Competition for budget,

sales, substitute donations, substitute elected officials, party
goods, short-range services, medium-range politics, long-range view,
view, the rapid pace view, the moderate pace the slow pace of change,
of change, the high of change, limited very low authority to
authority to make authority to make change things, external
change things, change things, reactive decision-making
proactive decision- decentralized decision-
making authority making

2. Team Name and The Strategic The Other A team Coast2Coast Consultants
Org Name Strangers (OAT)
NASA
AMC Theaters The American Red
Cross

3.List Aspect
Matches from Row 1
Competition for Very low authority to
sales, rapid pace of change things, long-range
The moderate pace of
change, proactive view, competition for a
change, Competitions
decision-making budget.
for donations, and
authority
decentralized decision-
making

4. List Aspect Non- Proactive decision Substitute Services: Competition for budget:
Matches from Row 1 making:
As stated in the The presentation states
The idea of proactive Environmental that an advantage of theirs
decision making is Analysis, the is their ability to obtain
mismatched in the presentation states resources (slide 7) and
presentation when (slide 10) that there is doesn’t state competition
addressing the topic no worry for the “threat for their budget. This
of the pandemic. of substitutes”. This implies that there is little
Sales are low (slide mismatches the idea of competition for the
9) due to the effects competition against budget given by the
of COVID and it’s substitute services that government and therefore
said that it’s “the are prominent in non- does not match this idea.
lowest in company profit/charity
Low authority to change
history”. This organizations.
things/ slow pace of
indicates a
Competition for change:
reactionary approach
Donations:
to decision making While mentioning that the
instead of a proactive In the presentation there organizational structure
one. is no mention of hasn’t changed over 60
donations, but only of years, the presentation
Authority to change
blood-donors. This does suggests (slide 4) that
things:
not match up with a NASA should undergo a
The presentation non-profit/charity’s structural change. This
states “Porter’s 5 need for and indicates that they have
Forces gives AMC competition for the authority to change
no power” because donations. This may be this, which conflicts with
the bargaining power mitigated by their low authority to
for both buyers and mentioning (slide 13) change things. It also
suppliers is high. funding from the conflicts with a
This also indicates a government. However, government sector’s slow
low authority to donations aren’t pace of change by
make a change mentioned at all in the suggesting that they can
instead of high presentation. impede this immediately,
authority. There is as implied by the
also conflicting presentation.
information when
Party Politics/ Elected
comparing their
Officials:
“RBV” view, where
the presentation There is no party
states the company affiliation mentioned or
has “significant recognition of elected
resources and officials that would affect
capabilities at [their] the organization. This
disposal” which paints a picture of an
contradicts the organization that is only
actuality of the high somewhat under any
bargaining power of influence of government
suppliers. If this is which conflicts with the
 the case, the given environment of
presentation leads us public/government
to believe that while organizations.
AMC has many
resources, they have
no power to use
them.
Lastly, the AMC
Cares Charitable
Grant is said (slide 5)
to be failing, as AMC
is not giving. This
also indicates the
company has a low
authority to make a
change in terms of
social impact
Short-Range View:
A mismatch of the
short-range view is in
the presentation’s
suggestion of global
expansion through
“emerging markets”
which is also cited as
being “long-term”.
This does not align
with a short-range
view of the
environment.

5. What is the biggest AMC’s biggest The biggest The biggest

environmental driver motivator is the long- environmental driver environmental driver of
of strategy in each term sales that will for ARC is their strategy for NASA is their
sector shown above? come after the competition for reactive decision making.
Why? COVID-19 donations.
In the presentation,
pandemic, as they
The presentation reactive decision making
have stood as one of
mentions the need for is shown when comparing
the largest and most
donors, which can also NASA to organizations
profitable
apply here. like SpaceX. This is a
entertainment
direct reaction based on
 companies in the In addition to this, competition.
world (slide 3). When donations also allow
Reactive decision making
“providing the this organization to
also drives research,
highest quality and function.
which highlights an
best movie-going
advantage that continues
experience to its
to drive strategy.
broad customers”
AMC doesn’t have to
worry about new
entrants.

6. What is the biggest The biggest The biggest The biggest

environmental environmental environmental strategy environmental outcome
outcome strategy in outcome strategy includes the use of strategy includes social
each sector above? includes applying a social media marketing media campaigns and
Why? more artisanal to expand their retrenchment marketing
approach to maintain. network. strategies for launches.

7. What is the biggest The biggest threat to The biggest threat to The biggest threat to
environmental threat AMC Theaters is the the American Red NASA is the competition
in each sector above? threat of substitution. Cross is the bargaining for government funding.
Why? The Strategic power of suppliers. This is true of any
Strangers mentioned Because the ARC government organization
that streaming depends on blood because budgets are
services have been donations to stay in allocated to hundreds of
extremely popular in business, they are different programs every
recent years, and almost completely year. To receive its
especially during the dependent on their funding, NASA
current pandemic. suppliers, therefore essentially asks the
Just this year almost giving them high federal government for
every streaming bargaining power. The the amount of money that
service saw at least a business of blood they predict they will
1% growth in donation is that of high need to accomplish their
subscribers, which is demand and relatively goals for the year. They
an even bigger threat low supply, which are restricted to whatever
to AMC when you creates a sense of the government decides is
consider that movie urgency for the ARC to appropriate and often get
theaters haven’t even keep their current pieces of their budget
been able to operate suppliers and attract taken away from them to
for most of the year. new ones with fund other organizations.
incentives.
8. What is the best The best The best performance The best performance
performance performance measurement of measurement of strategy
measurement of measurement of strategy for ARC would for NASA would be
strategy in each strategy for AMC be the number of annual public interest and
sector above? Why? would be annual donations. Blood approval. It is difficult to
profits and customer donations act as measure performance for
satisfaction. For- currency for the a government agency
profit businesses American Red Cross, because there is not
have a fairly simple therefore it is fitting to always a clear indication
way to measure the measure the of success or failure. The
performance of their performance of their purpose of NASA is to
strategies, because strategy through the pursue knowledge
profits directly reflect number of donations through research and
the number of people they receive annually. exploration, and to
buying their provide their findings to
products. the public. Surveying
Additionally, because public interest and
customer ratings and approval of NASA would
reviews are of great help them understand how
value to consumers, successful their outreach
businesses will often is and if citizens want to
refer to these as a continue funding them
measurement of their with their tax dollars.
performance as well.