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Chapter 4

The Internal Assessment

Strategic Management: Concepts & Cases 13th Edition Fred David

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Internal Assessment
Great

spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein

Weak leadership can wreck the soundest

strategy. Sun Tzu

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Internal Audit

Identify strengths and weaknesses in


Management Marketing Finance and accounting Production and operations Research and development Management information systems

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Nature of an Internal Audit Basis for Objectives & Strategies

Internal strengths/weaknesses External opportunities/threats Clear statement of mission

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Key Internal Forces Distinctive Competencies:


Firms

strengths that cannot be easily matched or imitated by competitors

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Key Internal Forces Distinctive Competencies:


Building

competitive advantage involves taking advantage of distinctive competencies

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Internal Audit Process


Parallels process of external audit
Information

gathered from:

Management Marketing Finance/accounting Production/operations Research & development Management information systems
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Internal Audit

Involvement in performing an internal strategic-management audit provides a vehicle for understanding the nature and effect of decisions in other functional business areas of the firm
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Internal Audit
Managers

and employees from all areas provide information


A

team of managers then selects 10 to 15 key organizational strengths and weaknesses to focus on
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Internal Audit
Financial Ratio Analysis

Exemplifies complexity of relationships among functional areas of the business

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Resource Based View (RBV)


Approach to Competitive Advantage

Internal resources are more important than external factors

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Resource Based View (RBV)


Three All-Encompassing Categories
1. 2. 3.

Physical resources Human resources Organizational resources


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Resource Based View (RBV)


Empirical Indicators

Rare Hard to imitate Not easily substitutable


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Integrating Strategy & Culture


Organizational Culture
Pattern of behavior developed by an

organization as it learns to cope with its problem of external adaptation and internal integration . . . is considered valid and taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel

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Integrating Strategy & Culture


Organizational Culture

Resistant to change May represent:


Strength Weakness
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Integrating Strategy & Culture


Values Legends Beliefs

Heroes

Cultural Products

Rites

Symbols

Myths

Rituals

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Integrating Strategy & Culture


Organizational Culture Can Inhibit Strategic Management

Miss external changes due to strongly held beliefs Natural tendency to hold the course even during times of strategic change
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Management
Functions of Management
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Planning Organizing Motivating Staffing Controlling


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Management
Function Planning Organizing Motivating Staffing Controlling
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Stage When Most Important


Strategy Formulation

Strategy Implementation

Strategy Implementation

Strategy Implementation Strategy Evaluation


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Management
Planning

Beginning of management process Bridge between present & future Improves likelihood of attaining desired results
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Management
Developing a mission Forecasting future events and trends Planning Establishing objectives Choosing strategies to pursue

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Planning
Synergy

Can develop through planning Exists when everyone pulls together as a team that knows what it wants to achieve

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Management
Organizing

Achieves coordinated effort Defines task & authority relationships Determines who does what Determines who reports to whom
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Management
Organizing

Breaking down tasks into jobs Combining jobs to form departments Delegating authority

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Management
Motivating

Influencing to accomplish specific objectives Four components include:


Leadership Group dynamics Communication Organizational change


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Management
Staffing

Personnel management Human resource management

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Management
Staffing

Recruiting Interviewing Testing Selecting Orienting Training Developing Caring for

Evaluating Rewarding Disciplining Promoting Transferring Demoting Dismissing


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Management
Controlling

Establishing performance standards Ensure actual operations conform to planned operations Taking corrective actions

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Management
Controlling
1. Establish performance standards 2. Measure individual and organizational

performance
3. Compare actual performance to

planned performance standards


4. Take corrective action
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Management Audit Checklist


Does the firm use strategic management concepts? Are objectives/goals measurable? Well communicated? Do managers at all levels plan effectively?

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Management Audit Checklist


Do managers delegate well? Is the organizations structure appropriate? Are job descriptions clear? Are job specifications clear? Is employee morale high?

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Management Audit Checklist


Is employee absenteeism low? Is employee turnover low? Are the reward mechanisms effective? Are the organizations control mechanisms effective?

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Marketing
Customer Needs or Wants for Products and Services
1. Defining 2. Anticipating 3. Creating 4. Fulfilling
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Marketing
Marketing Functions
1. Customer analysis 2. Selling products/services 3. Product & service planning 4. Pricing 5. Distribution 6. Marketing research 7. Opportunity analysis
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Marketing
Customer surveys Consumer information Customer Analysis Market positioning strategies Customer profiles Market segmentation strategies
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Marketing

Selling Products/Services

Advertising Sales Promotion Publicity Personal Selling Sales force management Customer relations Dealer relations

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Marketing
Test marketing Brand positioning Devising warranties Packaging Product features/options Product style Quality Deleting old products Providing for customer service

Product/Service Planning

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Marketing

Pricing Major Stakeholders

Consumers Governments Suppliers Distributors Competitors

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Marketing

Distribution

Warehousing Distribution channels Retail site locations Sales territories Inventory levels Transportation Wholesaling Retailing

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Marketing

Gather data
Marketing Research

Record data Analyze data

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Marketing

Assessing costs
Cost/Benefit Analysis

Assessing benefits Assessing risks

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Marketing Audit
1. Are markets segmented effectively? 2. Is the organization positioned well among

competitors?
3. Has the firms market share been

increasing?
4. Are the distribution channels reliable &

cost effective?
5. Is the sales force effective?
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Marketing Audit
6. Does the firm conduct market research? 7. Are product quality & customer service

good?
8. Are the firms products and services

priced appropriately?
9. Does the firm have effective promotion,

advertising, and publicity strategies?


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Marketing Audit

10. Are the marketing, planning, and

budgeting effective?
11. Do the firms marketing managers have

adequate experience and training?


12. Is the firms Internet presence excellent

as compared to rivals?
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Finance/Accounting

1. Investment decision (Capital

budgeting)
2. Financing decision 3. Dividend decision

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Basic Financial Ratios

Firms ability to meet its short-term obligations


Liquidity Ratios

Ratios Current ratio Quick (or acid test) ratio

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Basic Financial Ratios


Extent of debt financing Ratios Debt-to-total assets Debt-to-equity Long-term debt-to-equity Times-interest-earned

Leverage Ratios

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Basic Financial Ratios


Effective use of firms resources
Activity Ratios

Ratios
Inventory turnover Fixed assets turnover Total assets turnover Accounts receivable turnover Average collection period

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Basic Financial Ratios


Effectiveness shown by returns on sales and investment
Profitability Ratios

Ratios
Gross profit margin Operating profit margin Net profit margin Return on total assets (ROA)

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Basic Financial Ratios


Effectiveness shown by returns on sales & investment
Profitability Ratios (contd)

Ratios Return on stockholders equity (ROE) Earnings per share Price-earnings ratio

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Basic Financial Ratios


Firms ability to maintain economic position
Growth Ratios

Ratios Sales Net Income Earnings per share Dividends per share

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Growth Ratios
Ratio

Sales Net Income Earnings per share Dividends per share

Annual percentage growth in Total sales Profits EPS Dividends per share
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Finance/Accounting Audit
1.

2. 3.

4. 5.

Where is the firm financially strong/weak as indicated by financial ratio analysis? Can the firm raise needed short-term capital? Can the firm raise needed long-term capital through debt and/or equity? Does the firm have sufficient working capital? Are capital budgeting procedures effective?

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Finance/Accounting Audit
6. 7.

8.

9.

Are dividend payout policies reasonable? Does the firm have good relations with its investors and stockholders? Are the firms financial managers experienced and well trained? Is the firms debt situation excellent?

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Production/Operations
Production/Operations Functions

Process Capacity Inventory Workforce Quality


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Production/Operations Audit
Are Are suppliers suppliers of of materials, materials, parts, parts, etc. etc. reliable reliable and and reasonable? reasonable? Are Are facilities, facilities, equipment, equipment, machinery, machinery, and and offices offices in in good good condition? condition? Are Are inventory-control inventory-control policies policies and and procedures procedures effective? effective?

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Production/Operations Audit
Are Are quality-control quality-control policies policies & & procedures procedures effective? effective? Are Are facilities, facilities, resources, resources, and and markets markets strategically strategically located? located? Does Does the the firm firm have have technological technological competencies? competencies?

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Research & Development


Research & Development Functions

Development of new products before competitors Improving product quality Improving manufacturing processes to reduce costs These functions can be done internally or externally
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Research & Development


Financing as many projects as possible Use percent-of-sales method
R&D Budgets

Budgeting relative to competitors How many successful new products are needed
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Research & Development Audit


Are Are the the R&D R&D facilities facilities adequate? adequate? If If R&D R&D is is outsourced, outsourced, is is it it cost-effective? cost-effective? Are Are the the R&D R&D personnel personnel well well qualified? qualified? Are Are R&D R&D resources resources allocated allocated effectively? effectively?

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Research & Development Audit


Are Are MIS MIS and and computer computer systems systems adequate? adequate? Is Is communication communication between between R&D R&D and and other other organizational organizational units units effective? effective? Are Are present present products products technologically technologically competitive? competitive?

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Management Information Systems


Purpose

Improve performance of an enterprise by improving the quality of managerial decisions

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Management Information Systems Audit


Do all managers use the information system to make decisions? Is there a CIO or Director of Information Systems position in the firm? Are data updated regularly? Do managers from all functional areas contribute input to the information system? Are there effective passwords for entry into the firms information system?
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Management Information Systems Audit

Are strategists of the firm familiar with the information systems of rival firms? Is the information system user-friendly? Do all users understand the competitive advantages that information can provide? Are computer training workshops provided for users? Is the firms system being improved?
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Value Chain Analysis

The process whereby a firm determines the costs associated with:


Purchasing raw materials Manufacturing products Marketing products

And compares them to the value chain of rival firms


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Value Chain Analysis

Core competencies Distinctive competencies Benchmarking


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Transforming Value Chain Activities into Sustained Competitive Advantage

Value Value Chain Chain Activities Activities Are Are Identified Identified and and Assessed Assessed

Core Core Competencies Competencies Arise Arisein inSome Some Activities Activities

Some SomeCore Core Competencies Competencies Evolve Evolveinto into Distinctive Distinctive Competencies Competencies

Some Some Distinctive Distinctive Competencies Competencies Yield Yield Sustained Sustained Competitive Competitive Advantages Advantages

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Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix

1. List key internal factors 2. Assign a weight ranging from 0.0 to 1.0 3. Assign a 1 to 4 rating to each factor 4. Multiply the weight times the rating 5. Sum the weighted scores

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How to analyze a case


Introduction Input stage External Audit Opportunities and threats CPM, EFE Internal Audit Strengths and weaknesses IFE Matching stage-- Minor problems and Major problems Decision stage-Current Copyright 2011 Pearsonstrategies Education, Inc. Ch 4 -77
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