Formulate strategic business decisions from a management, leadership and organizational design perspective. Your goal is to make strategic decisions from a management, leadership, and organizational design perspective by meeting the following criteria:
Identify two companies that operate within the same industry from the list of industries and companies that your Professor has provided. You will assume the role of CEO for one of your chosen companies, and the other company will be a competitor that operates in the same industry with similar products. Your audience is the executive management team of your organization.
Use 100- 150 words per bullet point; 2-3 bullets point per page
Page 1
- As the CEO, provide a thorough synopsis of your chosen company (Tesla) by introducing the brand, industry, products, target market, etc.
- From a management perspective, provide a high-level synopsis of the organizational design of your chosen company (Tesla).
- From a management perspective, provide a thorough environmental analysis on the state of your chosen industry and your company’s market position within the industry.
Page 2
- From a management perspective, analyze the financial condition of your chosen company. From a management perspective, conduct a thorough analysis of your competitor (Ford) to explain its market position and competitive advantages within your chosen industry.
- Using strategic decision-making abilities, decide on which of the five generic strategies your company employs, and why this strategy works better than others for your company.
- From a leadership perspective, explain how your chosen generic strategy positions your company within the market by building competitive advantages against your chosen competitor company.
Page 3
- From a management perspective, provide reasoning on the potential for your company to achieve a competitive advantage in the market based on lower costs. If your company is not positioned as a low-cost leader, explain why not. If it is positioned as a low-cost leader, explain why it leads to sustainable competitive advantage.
- From a management perspective, provide reasoning on the potential for your company to achieve a competitive advantage in the market based on differentiating the company’s products from the offerings of rivals. If your company is not positioned as a differentiator, explain why not. If it is positioned as a differentiator, explain why it leads to sustainable competitive advantage.
Page 4
- From a management perspective, provide reasoning on the potential for your company to achieve a competitive advantage in the market based on being a best-cost provider. If your company is not positioned as a best-cost provider, explain why not. If it is positioned as a best-cost provider, explain why it leads to sustainable competitive advantage. From a management perspective, formulate and explain your company’s offensive or defensive strategy to improve its market position in the next year.
- From a leadership perspective, design a plan to position your chosen company to be a first mover, a fast follower, or a late mover to ensure competitive advantage. From a management perspective, compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of extending your company’s scope of operations via vertical integration. From a management perspective, determine the conditions that favor outsourcing certain value chain activities to outside parties for your company.
