SIM336 (Off Campus) Strategic Management - January 2013 - Sunderland Business School Individual Assignment Case Study – ‘The Comeback of Caterpillar‚ 1985-2001’ in De Wit & Meyer (2004:755-772) Submission Date: Monday 7th January 2013 Word Count: 3‚000 words Introduction: This individual assignment will be assessed by means of a 3‚000 word report. The assignment has been designed to allow you to develop and use your knowledge and skills in understanding key strategic
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1 Human resource management: A critical approach David G. Collings and Geoffrey Wood Introduction Despite almost two decades of debate in the mainstream literature around the nature of human resource management (HRM)‚ its intellectual boundaries and its application in practice‚ the field continues to be dogged by a number of theoretical and practical limitations. This book is intended to provide students with a relatively advanced and critical discussion of the key debates and themes around HRM
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businesses it will engage in c. aligning the firms resources and competencies to the external environment – the notion of strategic fit d. meeting the expectations of various stakeholders 4. Adapted from Johnson‚ Scholes and Whittington (2008): Strategy is the long term direction and scope of the organization which achieves competitive advantage in a changing environment through its configuration of resources and competencies with the aim of meeting stakeholder objectives.
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Definition 3 2.1.2. Discussion 3 2.1.3. Limitation 4 2.2. The Culture school 4 2.2.1. Definition 4 2.2.2. Discussion 4 2.2.3. Limitation 4 2.3. The Positioning School 5 2.3.1. Definition 5 2.3.2. Discussion 5 2.3.3. Limitation 5 3. Whittington - school of strategies 6 4. Global Retail Strategic Decision 7 4.1. Tesco Strategy overview 7 4.2. Porter ’s Five Force 8 4.2.1. Discussion 8 4.2.2. Challenges 9 4.3. Porter Diamond strategy 9 4.3.1. Discussion 9 4.3.2. Challenges 9
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Module Guide Strategic Management BBM_6_STM FACULTY OF BUSINESS 2014 - 2015 Semester One Level six Table of Contents 1. Module Details 3 2. Short Description 3 3. Aims of the Module 3 4. Learning Outcomes 3 4.1 Knowledge and Understanding 4 4.2 Intellectual Skills 4 4.3 Practical Skills 4 4.4 Transferable Skills 4 5. Assessment of the Module 5 6. Feedback 5 7. Introduction to Studying the Module 6 7.1 Overview of the Main Content 6 7.2 Overview of Types of Classes 6 7.3 Importance
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advantage. Pestle analysis looks at the political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ legal and environmental factors that affect an organisation providing a ‘comprehensive list of influences on the possible success or failure of strategies’ (Johnson‚ Whittington‚ Scholes‚ 2011). However‚ the three main changes that focused on in this essay are Economic‚ Social and Environmental factors. The economy within China is currently very stable; being a part of the 4 fastest growing economies in the world (BRIC:
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the emergency strategy to do new things. But both approaches are needed to be able to apply in practice. Therefore‚ some advocate that ‘we shall get nowhere without emergent learning alongside deliberate planning’ (Harrison‚ 2005). In the view of Mintzberg and Waters‚ strategy is a combination of deliberate plans and emergent adjustments over time (De Wit and Meyer‚ 2004). That is‚ both approaches are necessary if an organization is to succeed. In this essay‚ I will assess the balance of planned and
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London; cited in SIM336 Module Workbook‚ 2011‚ Unit 7‚ page 203). Johnson‚ G.‚ Scholes‚ K. and Whittington‚ R. (2005) Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases‚ 7th Edition‚ Financial Times‚ Prentice Hall. Lynch‚ R. (2006) Corporate Strategy‚ Fourth Edition‚ Financial Times‚ Prentice Hall. Mintzberg‚ H.‚ Ahlstrand‚ B. and Lampel‚ J. (1998) Strategy Safari‚ Financial Times‚ Prentice Hall Whittington‚ R
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is used in order to set priorities‚ focus energy‚ strengthen operations‚ ensure common goals are met‚ establish agreement around intended outcomes/results‚ and assesses/adjust the organization ’s direction in response to a changing environment. Mintzberg‚ (2000) denotes that when strategic planning arrived on the scene‚ in the mid 1960’s‚ corporate leaders embraced it as “the one best way” to devise and implement strategies that would enhance the competitiveness of each business unit. Throughout
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the environment and change the environment for those who follow. Emergent strategies on other hand are realized by patterns which are formed over a period of time‚ by iterative and selective process. (White‚ 2004; Mintzberg et al.‚ 2005) According to Johnson‚ Scholes and Whittington (2005)‚” Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long term which achieves advantage for the organization through its configuration of resources within a changing environment‚ to meet the needs
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