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EMB 690 SM Lecture 2 NSU Final
EMB 690 SM Lecture 2 NSU Final
EMB 690 SM Lecture 2 NSU Final
Organisation
Environment
Igor Ansoff (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
Vague or Is short on specifies about where the company is headed or what the
incomplete company is doing to prepare for the future.
Not forward Does not indicate whether or how management intends to alter the
looking company’s current product/market/customer/technology focus.
Too broad Is so umbrella-like and all-inclusive that the company could head in
almost any direction, pursue most any opportunity, or enter most any
business.
Bland or Lacks the power to motivate company personnel or inspire
uninspiring shareholder confidence about the company’s direction or prospects.
Challenges
❑ Change & competition.
❑ Current success (guarantee of future???).
❑ The right strategy and effective implementation.
❑ Expect unexpected (any time).
❑ No borders/boundaries.
Strategic Management Process
Strategic Intent
Strategic Mission
The Internal
Environment
Organizational
Business-level Competitive Corporate- Corporate
Structure &
Strategy Dynamics level Strategy Governance
Controls
Acquisition &
International Cooperative Strategic Strategic
Restructuring
Strategies Strategies Leadership Entrepreneurship
Strategies
outcomes
Strategic
Strategic Competitiveness
Feed back Above Average Returns
Business Model
❑ A company’s Business Model is the ‘Plan of doing business
related to its cost and revenue’ or ‘How to make money in
this business’?
❑ Both start-up ventures and established companies need a
well-defined business model to take on new products and
services.
❑ The process of business model design is part of business
strategy. The company’s strategy is complementary to its
business model.
❑ Implementation of the company’s business model is part of
Business Operations (organization structure, human
resources, sequence of operations, and systems e.g.
information technology architecture, production lines).