The Implementation Phase of the Strategic Analysis

Fix the Formulation If you didn’t firmly state the time frame of the case at the outset of the analysis If you didn’t state the source and analyze the quality of the mission statement If the general or industry environmental analysis was company specific If your scenarios were not broadly constructed If your LT objective was not sharp

You can reformulate your SWOT & LT Obj, You can change your mind!

1st Slides for 2nd Presentation Case Time Horizon Core Problem/Issue Long Term Objective

Strategic Alternatives Develop and Evaluate the pros and cons of two distinctly different corporate level strategy alternatives/options, then Develop and Evaluate the pros and cons of two distinctly different business level strategy alternatives/options.

Corporate and Business Level Strategy Choices Choose one of your CL options Choose one of your BL options

Implementation Triggered by translation of Long Term Objective into Short Term (aka annual) Objectives Make sure they relate to your LT objective which is to say they are dedicated to resolving your core issue/problem Three to Five Short Term Objectives

Identify Two Key Functional Areas Which two functional Areas – operations, finance & accounting, marketing, R&D/technology, or human resources – does your group think are more critical to the resolution of the core problem – which is to say more critical to the successful implementation of your strategy.

So perhaps something like this… ST objective by objective Short Term Objective Key Functional Area Short Term (aka Functional, aka Tactics) Strategies

Here’s what I would do regarding delegation… One person working on the CL alternatives One person working on the BL alternatives One persons for Short Term Objectives and ST Strategies One person for Institutionalization, Governance and Control Everyone for the company and industry updates Everyone for the Project Future Trends