Take home test

The company chosen is a Tasmanian Owned local business, Allgoods. The first Allgoods
store was first opened in Launceston in 1946 by the Lucks, it has since remained within this
family over its lifetime. Allgoods currently owns four store across the state offering outdoor
and camping equipment, hunting gear, knives and casual and work wear.
This Assignment will be focusing on the parent store in Launceston, and primarily on the
outdoor, camping and hunting departments.
Section A
What idea is the firms operation based upon? (i.e why do they exist? What are they trying to
achieve?)

What type of resource profile exists within the firm? (i.e do they have sufficient social, human
and financial capital?)

What forms of legitimacy does the firm and its operations have?

Describe the nature of the external environment.

Describe the nature of the selective and ecological environment.

Describe the nature of change in the firms industry with reference to the process of variation,
selection and retention.

Describe the processes through which you feel the firm is creating value (i.e value
chains/shops and networks).

Describe the strategic positioning of the firm (i.e. r vs k and specialist and generalist).

What forms of emergy do you think may relate to the operation of the firm?

Section B
Should the basic idea the firms operation are based upon be changed?

Could the resource profile within the firm be improved?

If legitimacy issues exist, what could be done to lessen their impact?

In terms of the firms immediate future, what factors in the external environment are of most
concern?

In terms of the firms immediate future, what factors in the selective and ecological
environment should be focused on?

In terms of the industrys immediate future, how do you see change coming?

In what ways could the firms create new forms of value through combinations of value
chains/shops and networks?

Should the firm be positioned differently vis--vis r vs K and specialist or generalist
positioning

What forms of emergy do you think the firm could better tap into?