Ge9 Matrix
GE-M C K INSEY M ATRIX
MS-Excel & MS-Word Templates User Guide
The GE/McKinsey Matrix is a nine-cell (3 by 3) matrix used to perform business portfolio analysis as a step in the strategic planning process. The template allows the user to generate the matrix using MS-Excel. The MSWord template allows the user to tabulate and present the results of portfolio analysis in a Word document.
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GE-MCKINSEY MATRIX
MS-Excel & MS-Word Templates User Guide
1 1.1 INTRODUCTION
The GE/McKinsey Matrix is a nine-cell (3 by 3) matrix used to perform business portfolio analysis as a step in the strategic planning process. The GE/McKinsey Matrix identifies the optimum business portfolio as one that fits perfectly to the company's strengths and helps to exploit the most attractive industry sectors or markets. Thus, the objective of the analysis is to position each SBU on the chart depending on the SBU's Strength and the Attractiveness of the Industry Sector or Market on which it is focused. Each axis is divided into Low, Medium and High, giving the nine-cell matrix as depicted below.
SBUs are portrayed as a circle plotted on the GE/McKinsey Matrix, where the size of the circle represents a factor such as Market Size. The GE/McKinsey Matrix differs from other tools, like the Boston Consulting Group Matrix, in that multiple factors are used to define Industry Attractiveness and Business Unit Strength.
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Each factor can be given a different weighting in calculating the overall attractiveness of a particular industry. Typically: Industry Attractiveness = Attractiveness Factor 1 Value by Factor 1 weighting + Attractiveness Factor 2 Value by Factor 2 weighting, etc. Business Unit Strength = Strength Factor 1 Value by Factor 1 weighting + Strength Factor 2 Value by Factor 2 weighting, etc. This
MS-Excel & MS-Word Templates User Guide
The GE/McKinsey Matrix is a nine-cell (3 by 3) matrix used to perform business portfolio analysis as a step in the strategic planning process. The template allows the user to generate the matrix using MS-Excel. The MSWord template allows the user to tabulate and present the results of portfolio analysis in a Word document.
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11/1/2009
GE-MCKINSEY MATRIX
MS-Excel & MS-Word Templates User Guide
1 1.1 INTRODUCTION
The GE/McKinsey Matrix is a nine-cell (3 by 3) matrix used to perform business portfolio analysis as a step in the strategic planning process. The GE/McKinsey Matrix identifies the optimum business portfolio as one that fits perfectly to the company's strengths and helps to exploit the most attractive industry sectors or markets. Thus, the objective of the analysis is to position each SBU on the chart depending on the SBU's Strength and the Attractiveness of the Industry Sector or Market on which it is focused. Each axis is divided into Low, Medium and High, giving the nine-cell matrix as depicted below.
SBUs are portrayed as a circle plotted on the GE/McKinsey Matrix, where the size of the circle represents a factor such as Market Size. The GE/McKinsey Matrix differs from other tools, like the Boston Consulting Group Matrix, in that multiple factors are used to define Industry Attractiveness and Business Unit Strength.
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Each factor can be given a different weighting in calculating the overall attractiveness of a particular industry. Typically: Industry Attractiveness = Attractiveness Factor 1 Value by Factor 1 weighting + Attractiveness Factor 2 Value by Factor 2 weighting, etc. Business Unit Strength = Strength Factor 1 Value by Factor 1 weighting + Strength Factor 2 Value by Factor 2 weighting, etc. This