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Four Planning Activities
1. Defining the Corporate Mission
2. Establishing Strategic Business Units
3. Assigning Resources to each SBU
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities
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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
1. Defining the Corporate Mission
Peter Drucker’s classic questions
What is our business?
Who is the customer?
What is of value to our customer?
What will our business be?
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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
1. Defining the Corporate Mission (…contd.)
Mission Statements
Focus on LIMITED goals
Stress company’s major policies & values
Define the major competitive:
Industry (in which company operates)
Products & Applications
Competence
Market Segment
Geographical
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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
2. Establishing SBUs
A business is?
Customer-satisfying process
NOT: Goods-producing process
Company Product Market
Missouri-Pacific Railroad We run a railroad We are a people-and-
goods mover
Standard Oil We sell gasoline We supply energy
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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
3. Assigning Resources to each SBU
A SBU:
Single business or collection of related
businesses which can be planned from the rest
of the company
It has its own set of competitors
It has a manager who is responsible for
strategic planning and profit performance and
who controls most of the factors affecting profit
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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities
Strategic Planning Gap
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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)
Intensive Growth
Product-Market Expansion Grid
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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)
Intensive Growth (Market Penetration)
The firm seeks to achieve growth with existing
products in their current market segments,
aiming to increase its market share.
Effective when the market is growing.
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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)
Intensive Growth (Market Development)
The firm seeks growth by targeting its existing
products to new market segments.
Effective when a local business looks to wider its
market, new market segments are emerging due
to changes in consumer lifestyle/demographics.
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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)
Intensive Growth (Product Development)
The firms develops new products targeted to its
market segments
Effective when the firm has a core of strong
brands
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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)
Intensive Growth (Diversification)
The firm seeks growth by targeting its new
products to new market segments
Diversification is utilized so that the firm does
not become overly dependent on one product
line.
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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)
Integrative Growth
‘Integrations’
Backward: Acquire Suppliers
Forward: Acquire distributors
Horizontal: Acquire Competitors
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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)
Diversification Growth
When good opportunities can be found outside
new business
New line of business
Downsizing
Pruning current portfolio
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