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Business Technology and Finance 2020 Study Manual for Vietnam trang 109 111 đã chuyển đổi
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Definitions
Planning: The establishment of objectives and the formulation, evaluation and selection of
the policies, strategies, tactics and action required to achieve them. Planning comprises long-
term/strategic planning, and short-term/operational planning.
Strategic plan: A statement of long-term goals along with a definition of the strategies and
policies which will ensure achievement of these goals.
of mission, goals and strategic objectives. Any resulting gap between where the business is currently headed and where the strategy process has indicated i
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analysis in the business's external Porter's five forces analysis
(analysing the environment Competitor analysis
environment)
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Step 2 Internal Identify strengths and Resource audit
analysis weaknesses. Analyse the Distinctive competencies
(analysing the business's current resources, Value chain
business) products, customers, systems, Supply chain
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structure, results, efficiency, Product life cycle
effectiveness BCG matrix
Step 3 Corporat Combines Steps 1 and 2 SWOT analysis
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appraisal
Step 4 Mission, goals Mission denotes values, the Stakeholder analysis
and business's rationale for existing; Mission statement
objectives goals interpret the mission for
different stakeholders; objectives
are quantified embodiments of the
mission
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At the end of the process, the business should have three types of strategy:
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Competitive strategies: the generic strategies for competitive advantage a business
will pursue. They determine how it competes
Product-market strategies determine where it competes and the direction of growth
(which markets a business should enter or leave)
Institutional strategies determine the method of growth (ie, relationships with other
businesses)
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he business's external environment incorporates the physical, the general and the task environments.
he task environment may be simple or complex.
ach environment may be static or dynamic.
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ESTEL analysis is used to analyse the general environment, namely its political, economic, social/demographic, technological, ecological and legal factors.
olitical factors: capacity expansion, demand, divestment/rationalisation, emerging industries, entry barriers and competition.
conomic factors: wealth (changes in GDP), inflation, interest rates, tax, government spending, the business cycle and productivity.
ocial factors (demography): growth, age and geography of population, household and social structure, employment and wealth.
echnological factors: the nature and pace of change in technology in the industry and its cost/opportunity cost.
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