Strategic Management
SBS MBA / MSc
Assignment – Al Ain 2020
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
● All assignments are to be submitted on 9
th July 2020 to
examinationboard@atmsedu.org , assignmentsubmission2019@gmail.com and cc
to azrafatima@atmsedu.org.
● If assignment is not submitted on date, will follow with penalty of 10% deduction
of marks for every day.
● Similarity between students work is strictly not accepted, any student found with
similar work will be graded Zero and fail for the course. However, Plagiarism is
an academic offence and will not be tolerated under SBS
● Any re evaluation request should come in one week of grade release. Any late
request will not be obliged. (Form and other details shall be shared based on
request)
● Assignment once submitted to exam board is final for marking.
Total 90 marks. 10 Marks for Class Participation.
GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENT
1. If assignment is Question & Answer based then.
Introduction is needed for each question.
Question has to be answered based on the mark allotted for each question
with references if any idea or information is taken from other source.
2. If assignment is case based then,
Executive summary
Table of content
Body of assignment (questions related to case need to be answered)
Conclusion / Recommendation if any
References (in-text + citation) to be used.
Total Marks / 90
PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is a form of cheating, by representing someone else’s work as your own or
using someone else’s work (another student or author) without acknowledging it with
a reference. This is a serious breach of the Academic Regulations and will be dealt
with accordingly. Students found to have plagiarised can be excluded from the
program.
Plagiarism occurs whenever you do any of the following things without
acknowledging the original source:
Copy information from any source (including the study guide, books, newspapers, the
internet)
Use another person’s concepts orideas
Summarise or paraphrase another person’s work.
How do I avoid plagiarism?
To ensure you are not plagiarising, you must acknowledge with a reference whenever
you:
use another person’s ideas, opinions or theory
include any statistics, graphs or images that have been compiled or created by
another person or organization
Paraphrase another’s written or spokenword.
What are the penalties?
The penalties for plagiarism are:
Deduction of marks,
A mark of zero for the assignment or the unit, or
Exclusion from the program.
Plagiarism is dealt with on a case-by-case basis and the penalties will reflect the
seriousness of the breach.
Please note claiming that you were not aware of need to reference is no excuse.
Preamble
This assignment should be based on your current employer/business or a business with which
you have had some recent exposure and with which you are familiar.
Presenting your findings
Your report should be presented in a management report format which includes an:
Executive summary (make it brief, no more than 2 pages),
Also Introduce the business entity in consideration, its history, milestones it has achieved in
past, market share, industry it operates, industry analysis etc.
Your report should incorporate the following steps:
1. Identify the firm’s existing vision, and mission statement. Develop vision and mission
statements for the organization, what you think it should be as, per knowledge
developed in your study.
2. (a) Do PESTEL analysis of business.
(b) Do SWOT analysis
3. Construct a Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM).
4. Construct an External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Matrix
5. Construct an Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix.
6. Recommend long-term objectives for your company.
7. What strategies would you be recommending to achieve your long term organizational
objectives as you have stated in previous question. You may use StrengthsWeaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) Matrix, Strategic Position and Action
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Evaluation (SPACE) Matrix, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix, InternalExternal (IE) Matrix, Grand Strategy Matrix, and Quantitative Strategic Planning
Matrix (QSPM) to substantiate your strategy choice. {Use as many as necessary, need
not be all. Like, you may not need QSPM, unless you need to choose out of alternative
strategies.}
8. What Management, Marketing, Finance/Accounting, R&D and CIS issue, if any you
foresee. Your recommendations to address them.
9. Recommend procedures you’ll have in place for strategy review, evaluation and control
specific to your business entity.
Type of organization
If your organisation is part of a larger international organization, you may consider only
your country’s division. Avoid considering individual departments or sections of an
organisation as this will constrain you to deal with functional-level strategy only.
If your organisation is a government department, proceed with an analysis of that
division, providing, it is a budgetary center. Dealing with a subdivision will constrain
you to deal with functional-level strategy only.
If your organisation is an independent, not-for-profit entity, proceed according to the
advice above.
Make sure the conclusion is not just a summary of your recommendations. Emphasize the key
recommendations in your conclusion and consider how they might be actioned.