MGMT 1P96
Fall 2015
Sections 1/2/3/4
Quantitative Method of Case Analysis
SWOT Analysis
Financial Analysis
Case analysis guideline description
This document was prepared by Frances Tuer and edited by Jacqueline Glenney and Michael Robertson. It was designed to help students in MGMT 1P96 understand the case analysis process.
STEP # 1 - SITUATION ANALYSIS
The situation analysis is where you have to clearly demonstrate that you understand the company and its current situation. The two parts to this analysis are the Overview, which is a tightly focused summary or size-up of the company; and a SWOT Analysis, which is an analysis of the company’s ability to handle the current problem.
In most case studies there is more information
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From this section you will be able to see how to solve the problem and what the action plan might look like.
Causes
The first thing we need to know is why has this happened? What you may be seeing are just symptoms and the causes may vary. You may have discovered some ongoing factors while you were doing your SWOT Analysis. This is a section where you have to dig below the surface to make sure you really understand what’s going on otherwise you run the risk of solving the wrong problem!
We would like you to come up with the three most direct reasons why this problem exists. One technique is to use “Why is that”? For every answer you give yourself to the question, then turn around and in turn question that answer. This will take you down to the heart of things and you will be surprised by what you find! In many cases you won’t have all the facts to work with but can hypothesize why certain things may have happened.
Significance & Urgency
When we ask ‘how significant is it?” we want to know how much it gets at the heart of what this company is/does. So your starting point is the competitive advantage that you talked about in the overview. Be careful though as sometimes things look unrelated but if you play the situation out then strong connections become apparent.
Urgency tells us how fast the person has to a) come to a decision and/or b) implement the decision. Implementation has to be taken into account probably more
The SWOT analysis is commonly known as a tool for business analysis. Its main use is for looking at strengths and weaknesses to do with the organisation, current or future opportunities and possible internal and external threats. These can then be dealt with to make them into a positive.
SWOT analysis provides a structure for analyzing either your own strengths and weaknesses, and the opportunities and threats you face, or in a work context for analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats a business or event faces. Ideally it is one step in a process which helps you to
A SWOT analysis is a method used to illustrate the current position of a business. The model helps identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of an organisation. The model below is an analysis of the current position of Brompton Bicycles. Brompton Bicycles is a manufacturer of folding bicycles and are based in London.
1) Complete summary of the case study that identifies the key problems and issues, provides background information, relevant facts, the solution employed, and the results achieved.
A formal, in-depth case study analysis requires you to utilize the entire strategic management process. Assume your group is a consulting team asked by the ABC Corporation to analyze its external/internal environment and make strategic recommendations. You must include exhibits to support your analysis and recommendations.
In this assignment you will demonstrate your understanding of capital investment techniques by evaluating the following three case studies.
SWOT Analysis is a simple but useful framework for analyzing your organization's strengths and weaknesses, and the opportunities and threats that the company face. It helps you focus on your strengths, minimize threats, and take the greatest possible advantage of opportunities available to you will giving you the opportunity to ward off possible threats from external sources.
1. Use the decision-making model (page 196) presented in the chapter to map the decisions being made in these situations. Identify how, where, and why different decisions might be made.
To understand our firm’s capabilities, business environment, and customers, we need to conduct a situational analysis. First, we perform a SWOT analysis so we can come up with a plan for current or future scenarios.
A situational analysis is important as it provides a clear and precise understanding of the business’s current position and where it is heading. For example, prior to Aldi entering the Australian grocery market it conducted an analysis of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis) and saw an opportunity to expand its operations to Australia selling low cost grocery items. For a situational analysis to be reliable it must always be based on meaningful market research.
SWOT analysis covers the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats which a company is facing in its internal & external environment. Strengths & weaknesses fall under the internal environment of the company and opportunities & threats fall under the
3. The acronym SWOT stands for an organizations strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. A SWOT analysis is strategic planning method that evaluates the internal and external performance of an organization to see if it’s favorable or unfavorable to achieve whatever objective you are set out to accomplish. Strengths and weaknesses usually arise from the internal aspect of an organization, whereas opportunities and threats evolve from external components. By performing a SWOT analysis it provides information to managers to help formulate a successful strategy to achieve goals.
A SWOT analysis is another name for a situation analysis. The Acronym SWOT stands for “Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.” (Chapter 6, pg 32.). A SWOT analysis should reflect a particular goal, such as “gaining more followers on the company’s social media pages”. If used
The process of SWOT analysis is a universal method widely approached in corporations to scan the internal and external environment so that companies can deploy relevant countermeasures to make improvements. It contains four elements, they are strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (Helms & Nixon, 2010).
SWOT analysis is a useful tool for understanding and decision-making for all sorts of situations in business and organization. SWOT analysis can be classified into internal and external factors affecting a company. The Strengths and Weaknesses of the SWOT analysis represent the internal factors that influence the viability of the company. While the Opportunities and Threats, on the other hand, are the external factors that may affect the company's performances. A SWOT analysis provides more understanding of the organization in relation to its internal and external environment so that manager can formulate better strategy in pursuit of its mission.