Strategic Plan, Part Ii: Swott Analysis

G.G. Dess, G.T. Lumpkin, M.L. Taylor, A.A. Thompson, and A.J. Strickland III, Strategic Management (Boston, McGraw Hill, 2004) pp. 141-148.

The organization strategic plan consists of addressing clinical quality, growth, and becoming a larger part of the community, and providing long term value. The annual report states the following strategic goals (Bon Secours, 2012):

"Strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that determine the long-run performance of a corporation" (Wheelen & Hunger, 2006, p.3). The benefits of strategic management helps the firm focus on the objectives and develop the steps involved in obtaining the vision and financial wealth of the organization. An effective strategic management plan should include the following three questions: (1) Where is the organization now? (2) If no changes are

The socio-culture of targeted audience also impacting the company. Alcohol is serve on this establishment; clients over 21 is the target market. The BARbershop is following cultures and values according to the needs of its clients. Its services represent different cultures, attracting clients from different societies. It offers a multicultural service, giving priority to the values of integrity to obtain the full support of its clients. The BARbershop has essential interaction within the community, it

Pearce, J. A. & Robinson, R. B. (2013). Strategic Management: Planning for Domestic and Global Competition (13th ed). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

Pearce, J. A., II, Robinson, R. B. (2011). Strategic management: Formulation, implementation, and control (12th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Kudler fine foods is a premium food retailer whose business is primarily based on sales of bakery, meat, seafood, produce, dairy, and wine. It has ambitious plans but the tightening economy threatens its quality proposition and further expansion. A strategic focus on Kudler fine foods is to improve the level of convenience offered to customers. This strategy would enable its customers to buy more of what they want at Kudler fine foods. Facing the fierce global market competition, Kudler fine foods launches the developing innovative choices for consumers. With the concept of customers as “the foundation of

Hunger, J. D., & Wheelen, T. L. (2011). Essentials of strategic management (5th ed.). Upper

As of the end of fiscal 2012, Kohl’s achieved 752 Energy Star-certified locations, adding 75 stores in 2012 with a goal to reach 800 certified locations by 2015. The retailer also purchased more than 1.5 billion kWh of renewable energy credits; offsetting 100 percent of the company’s purchased electricity use and achieving net zero emissions for the third consecutive year. It also operated 137 solar arrays at stores and corporate facilities, including 16 new locations added in 2012.

The organizations that will be discussed are Century 21 Powerhouse Realty where I am employed at as a real estate agent and the Disney organization, which is an organization that has adopted total quality management. In the following paragraphs I will evaluate my organization’s mission, vision, goals, and objectives as well as discuss the relationship

Prepared by: Martin Witthoeft Module Title: Strategic Management Module Leader: Graham Webster Module Code: BC315017S Academic Year: 2008/9 Semester: One Level: 3 Submitted: 17 December 2008

1. Hanson, D., Hitt, M.A., Ireland, R.D., & Hoskisson, R.E. (2014). Strategic management: Competitiveness and globalization (5th Asia-Pacific Edition). South Melbourne: Cengage Learning Australia. ISBN: 9780170227643 (paperback)

Strategic management is vital to business and ensuring profitability. “Businesses see survival, improvement and success” as objectives (Pickton & Wright, 1998, p.103). Successful strategies are created through analysis of the business industry environment, and involves trade-off’s between operational effectiveness, benchmarks, and cost minimisation (Abdolvan & Asadollahi, 2012; Agarwal, Grassi & Pahl, 2012; Stonehouse & Showdon, 2007). Gary Hemmel comments, in Porter (2010, p.1), that, “Strategy is, above all

‘Strategic Management’ is a very complex term as many eminent researchers and scholars have had different views and conclusions on strategy. According to White (2004), “Strategic Management involves both systematically developing an idea together with its implications and testing the empirical validity & usefulness of that idea against the real world.” Thus strategy is not only about planning for future but also about confirming the validity of the hypothesis considered and implementing it successfully. Strategy formation may take various forms such as implicit, explicit or emergent. Implicit strategy is a strategy formed by intuitions of an individual. As per implicit strategists, strategic management is about reading the environment

The definition of strategic management continues to transform over time which coincides directly with the unremitting modernization of business. Strategic management is understood as the implementation of a strategy statement to establish competitive advantage and innovation within a business or industry. There is no concise, comprehensive definition of strategic management, but there are common themes that assist in understanding strategic management today. Effective strategic management is implemented from top management; when management demonstrates a clear knowledge of their strategy statement, their subordinates are much more efficient in accomplishing their objectives. Strategic management can be