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What is strategies?

Definition
“ A route to achieve the organization goal “

“ the decision and action that determine


the long run performance of an
organization”
Strategic Management
The set of managerial decisions
and actions that determines
the long-run performance
of an organization
Importance of strategic
management
1. It results in higher organizational
performance.
2. It requires that managers examine and adapt
to business environment changes.
3. It coordinates diverse organizational units,
helping them focus on organizational goals.
4. It is very much involved in the managerial
decision-making process.
The Strategic Management
Process
Strategic Management
Process
Step 1: Identifying the organization’s current
mission, objectives, and strategies
Step 2: Conducting an external analysis
Step 3: Conducting an internal analysis
Step 4: Formulating strategies

Step 5: Implementing strategies

Step 6: Evaluating Results


Explanations of Steps
STEP # 1
: Identifying the organization’s current mission,
objectives, and strategies
MISSION STATEMENT
Mission : the firm’s reason for being
 The scope of its products and services

Goals: the foundation for further planning


 Measurable performance targets
SAMPLE OF MISSION
STATEMENT
“PEPSI”
To be the world's premier consumer Products
Company focused on convenient foods and
beverages. We seek to produce healthy
financial rewards to investors as we provide
opportunities for growth and enrichment to our
employees, our business partners and the
communities in which we operate. And in
everything we do, we strive for honesty,
fairness and integrity."
STEP#2&3
SWOT ANALYSIS
Ø Strength

Ø Weakness

Ø Opportunity

Ø Threats
SAMPLE OF SWOT
ANALYSIS
 Strength
• Pepsi has a broader product line and outstanding reputation.
• Merger of Quaker Oats produced synergy across the board.
• Record revenues and increasing market share.
• Lack of capital constraints (availability of large free cash flow).
o Great brands, strong distribution, innovative capabilities
o Number one maker of snacks, such as corn chips and potato chips
• PepsiCo sells three products through the same distribution
channel.
For example, combining the production capabilities of Pepsi,
Gatorade and Tropicana is a big opportunity to reduce costs, improve
efficiency and smooth out the impact of seasonal fluctuations in
demand for particular product.

Weakness
• Pepsi hard to inspire vision and direction for large global company.
• Not all PepsiCo products bear the company name
Opportunity
• Food division should expand internationally
• Noncarbonated drinks are the fastest-growing part of the
industry
• There are increasing trend toward healthy foods
• Focus on most important customer trend - "Convenience".

Threats
• F&B industry is mature
• Pepsi is blamed for pesticide residues in their products in
one of their most promising emerging market e.g in India
• Over 50 percent of the company's sales come from Frito-
Lay; this is a threat if the market takes a downturn
• PepsiCo now competes with Cadbury Schweppes, Coca-
Cola, and Kraft foods (because of broader product line) which
are well-run and financially sound competitors.
• Size of company will demand a varied marketing program;
Social, cultural, economic, political and governmental
STEP#4
Formulating strategies
Develop and evaluate strategic alternatives
Select appropriate strategies for all levels in the
organization that provide relative advantage
over competitors
Match organizational strengths to environmental
opportunities
Correct weaknesses and guard against threats
STEP#5&6
Implementing strategies
 Implementation: effectively fitting organizational structure and
activities to the environment
 The environment dictates the chosen strategy; effective strategy
implementation requires an organizational structure matched to
its requirements.
 Implementation is the important part if implementation is wrong we
cannot get desire result
Evaluating Results
How effective have strategies been?
What adjustments, if any, are necessary?
Levels of Organizational
Strategy
Organizational Strategies
Corporate-Level Strategies

 Top management’s overall plan for the entire


organization and its strategic business units

III. GROWTH

V. STABILITY

VII. RENEWAL
Growth Strategy
Seeking to increase the organization’s business by
expansion into new products and markets.
Types of Growth Strategies
Concentration
Vertical integration
Horizontal integration
Diversification
Concentration
Focusing on a primary line of business and
increasing the number of products offered or
markets served.
Vertical Integration
Backward vertical integration: attempting to gain
control of inputs (become a self-supplier).
Forward vertical integration: attempting to gain
control of output through control of the
distribution channel and/or provide customer
service activities (eliminating intermediaries).
Horizontal Integration.
Combining operations with another competitor in
the same industry to increase competitive
strengths and lower competition among industry
rivals.
Related Diversification.
Expanding by merging with or acquiring firms in
different, but related industries that are
“strategic fits”.
Unrelated Diversification.
Growing by merging with or acquiring firms in
unrelated industries where higher financial
 Stability Strategy
 A strategy that seeks to maintain the status quo to deal
with the uncertainty of a dynamic environment, when the
industry is experiencing slow- or no-growth conditions, or if
the owners of the firm elect not to grow for personal
reasons.
 Renewal Strategies
 Developing strategies to counter organization weaknesses
that are leading to performance declines.
 Retrenchment: focusing of eliminating non-critical
weaknesses and restoring strengths to overcome current
performance problems.
 Turnaround: addressing critical long-term performance
problems through the use of strong cost elimination
measures and large-scale organizational restructuring
solutions.
Corporate portfolio
Analysis
BCG Matrix
Developed by the Boston Consulting Group
Considers market share and industry growth rate
Classifies firms as:
 Cash cows: low growth rate, high market share
 Stars: high growth rate, high market share

 Question marks: high growth rate, low market share

 Dogs: low growth rate, low market share


The BCG Matrix
Business-Level Strategy
Business-Level Strategy
A strategy that seeks to determine how an
organization should compete in each of its SBUs
(strategic business units).
Competitive Advantage
Competitive Advantage
An organization’s distinctive competitive edge
that is sourced and sustained in its core
competencies.
Quality as a Competitive Advantage
Differentiates the firm from its competitors.
Can create a sustainable competitive advantage.
Represents the company’s focus on quality
management to achieve continuous
improvement and meet customers’ demand for
quality.
Forces in the Industry
Analysis
FIVE COMPITATIVE
FORCES
Threat of New Entrants

Threat of Substitutes

Bargaining Power of Buyers

Bargaining Power of Suppliers

Current Rivalry
Competitive Strategies
Cost Leadership Strategy
Seeking to attain the lowest total overall costs
relative to other industry competitors.
Differentiation Strategy
Attempting to create a unique and distinctive
product or service for which customers will pay a
premium.
Focus Strategy
Using a cost or differentiation advantage to
exploit a particular market segment rather a
larger market
Strategic Management

The Rule of Three


Strategies for Applying e-
Business Techniques
Cost Leadership
On-line activities: bidding, order processing,
inventory control, recruitment and hiring
Differentiation
Internet-based knowledge systems, on-line
ordering and customer support
Focus
Chat rooms and discussion boards, targeted web
sites
Customer Service
Strategies
Giving the customers what they
want.
Communicating effectively with
them.
Providing employees with customer
service training.
Innovation Strategies
Possible Events
Radical breakthroughs in products.
Application of existing technology to new uses.
Strategic Decisions about Innovation
Basic research.
Product development.
Process innovation.
First Mover
An organization that brings a product innovation
to market or use a new process innovations.

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