3 2 MODELS OF STRATEGY 4 1. Porter’s Generic Strategies 4 2. Mintzberg’s 5 P’s of Strategy 5 3 OVERVIEW OF STRATEGIC DECISIONS 7 4 CONCLUSION 8 INTRODUCTION “Decisions‚ whether explicitly or implicitly arrived at‚ precede every action.” Ansoff 1965 Our choices or decisions precedes everything‚ from day to day operations to the direction we steer our organisations in. According to Mintzberg and Walters strategy is “a pattern in a stream
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Section 6 Lecture Notes for Chapter 5 369 Chapter Chapter Summary 5 The Five Generic Competitive Strategies Chapter Five describes the five basic competitive strategy options – which of the five to employ is a company’s first and foremost choice in crafting overall strategy and beginning its quest for competitive advantage. Lecture Outline I. Introduction 1. There are several basic approaches to competing successfully and gaining a competitive advantage‚ but they all involve giving buyers what
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Porter’s Generic Strategies Explained Michael Porter is considered the genius of competitive strategies application. Starting in the early 1980s‚ he published three books that developed and outlined successful strategies and how to apply them. His most popular books cover his three theories of generic strategy‚ cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ and focus‚ theories that have remained popular and applicable throughout the decades. Generic‚ as defined by Webster’s dictionary‚ means having no
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to Michael Porter‚ management must select a competitive strategy that will give it a distinct advantage by capitalizing on the strengths of the organization and the industry it is in. He has argued that a firm’s strengths ultimately falls into either cost advantage or differentiation‚ which applied either broadly or narrowly results in three generic strategies: cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ and focus. They are called generic strategies because they are not firm or industry dependent and are applied
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Product‚ Pricing‚ and Channels Paper MKT/421 - Marketing Blue Ocean Strategy Description of Blue Ocean strategy and its Importance The Blue Ocean Strategy is derived from the book “Blue Ocean Strategy” by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. The book is based on a study of 150 strategic moves made by companies in 30 industries over 100 plus years. Per the book‚ the term blue ocean means untouched market space that makes competition none existent in a known industry. The term describes how ideal
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Blue ocean strategy is a business concept that focuses on doing business along the line where there is no competitor or little or no competition; rather it seeks to create new opportunities for business instead competing for space in the already saturated horizon. It does this by either creating entirely new product in a market or reinventing already existing product in such a unique way that will meet the needs the of the market in a way that has not existed before. It adds value to the market while
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but also do not give an insightful explanation either‚ as a good theory should be. 3. The thought that industry conditions can be shaped is not new either. are based on the Schumpeterian view that business strategies should be entrepreneurial and creative and should follow a strategy that breaks the market and industry rules. And because this assumption is not new‚ it creates little insights to the development in this research area. The Blue Ocean theory therefore does not
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Blue Ocean Strategy A Case Study on Salesforce.com Presented by : Ashley Molina Niranjan Zende Siddharth Kumar Zain Yusuf What is a Blue Ocean ??? Blue ocean is nothing but an analogy to describe the wider‚ deeper potential of a market space that is yet to be explored. They may be termed as industries which are • non-existent today • Untainted by Competition • Demand is created and not fought over • Growth is profitable and rapid • Competition is made irrelevant The theory is in direct opposition
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper MKT/421 July 21‚ 2014 Anatomy of Blue Ocean Strategy In order to process the nature of a blue ocean entity‚ it is imperative to grasp the point of derivation‚ which is otherwise known as a red ocean. A red ocean‚ which is polar to a blue ocean‚ generates its namesake from a literal representation. Imagine a feeding frenzy in the middle of the ocean; the water turns red with the victim’s blood as predators compete for survival. Now‚ apply
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Cost Leadership By definition‚ a cost leadership strategy involves placing great emphasis on efficiency in all organizational activities in order to reduce the overall costs of products delivered to customers. Low cost leadership strategy will work effectively when the organization can provide products/services at a lower cost than the competition. The followings are the realms that we identified as factors for IKEA’s pursuit for “Cost-Leadership” 1. Mail-Order Service‚ Distribution of Catalogue
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