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| Most successful companies utilize business strategic planning to set priorities and goals for the organization's future; outcomes include short-term goals and long-term strategies.  A clearly written, well designed strategic plan can align business units, divisions and employees so that the vision of the management team and the mission of the company can be fulfilled.  As companies evolve and the environment changes it is critical for companies to maintain a disciplined execution of the strategic plan.However, if they are not

(P1.1) In formulating a business strategy, it is a crucial factor to determine what the organization’s mission, vision, objectives and core competencies are because it sets an idea on what the organization should do and what purpose do they have in the industry to contribute to their customers. It also helps what markets should they target and what action should they plan to have a competitive advantage.

While value is a competitive advantage for Barnes and Noble’s retention of market share, their prices are not low enough to impose a low cost strategy.

A lone yellow stagecoach tracks across the Missouri sands, pulled by two exhausted, well groomed horses. The sharp crack of a whip is heard, and shouts of “Giddyup!” echo from the coachman. Inside, a passenger sits patiently, a stack of mail and goods beside him. A cloud of dust rises up behind the coach, and the constant motion of the wheels kicks up small rocks that fly like bullets.

Strategic planning within a company is a tool used in companies that help mature areas in total quality management. This type of planning creates a cohesive management system for lower level employees to better adapt in. “Strategic planning determines where an organization is going over the next year or more and how it 's going to get there. Typically, the process is organization-wide, or focused on a major function such as a division, department or other major function”(McNamara, 2008). In order to plan effectively one must first make a clear assessment of the plan and have an analysis on the corporations mission statement and objective.

Three key challenges facing the Canadian book publishing industry are the concentration in retail market, the competition for multinationals, and the cost of adapting to new technologies and entering the export market. Policy source 14, Summative Evaluation of the Book Publishing Industry Development Industry Program discusses these challenges.

It is the execution of strategies and policies through programs, budgets and procedures to reach its goals. In this process plans are assigned, costs are allocated to tasks for better measurement of return on investment. The firm’s resources are used and a detailed system is given on how to perform specific jobs. This strategy turns strategies into concrete results and helps implement changes that are documented for future references. It also provides good measurements of projects with a time frame. It gives employees a clear step by step on how to perform their day-to-day tasks that will improve overall efficiency and sets the tone for quality work in all levels of management.

2-B&N and the book publishers are changing their business models to deal with the Internet and e-book technology by B&N developing its own e-readable devised called Nook. In order to meet demand and supply, they started to be actively in control of its supply chain by developing,

One way Will could sell more books is by selling them online. He has already started by building a low cost website which describes his product and offers his product for purchase. He could also create an online store on a website such as EBay, and sell his product there. A basic EBay store costs $15.95 a month to operate and a percentage fee based on the amount of sales made each month. (Fees For Ebay Stores, 2012) Using technology to sell his new technology makes the most sense and can be done for relatively low prices.

This is investigates success of three online book websites and how or if they have expanded their markets.   Amazon.com is the largest online book retailer and now is the largest online retailer.

The book market is in fact growing ‘with the exception of weak fortnights in both March and April, sales figures for the overall book market have shown sustained growth in 2005. ...

Textbook prices have been on the rise since the late 1970s. A book that would have cost 25 dollars in 1978 had risen in cost to 208 dollars in 2013, an increase of 812 percent (Follett 1), and with an 82 percent increase between the years of 2002 and 2013 (Sennack 6). This is a higher increase in the price percentage wise than medical care, housing, and even the consumer

Many people believe that bookstores are a dying industry, however due to all its business strategies, Half Price Books keeps growing and expanding, it opens about five stores a year and revenues had increased dramatically from $50 million in 1995 to $240 million in 2013. Nevertheless the number of firms that are surviving and still profitable is decreasing everyday in the consequence of the new era of digital choices available in websites such as Amazon.com; today bookstores are aware of the fact that people can get any book that they desire while resting in their own homes. As the result, the demand for printed books has decreased, what has caused prices to decline and sales at bookstores to impressively drop, bookstores are shuttered and the industry revenue in United States

１．To translate the strategy of the business into a detailed plan to create value. This helps managers quantify trade-offs and provides a

Strategic objectives- pertain to value creation management makes on behalf of shareholders. Longterm strategies look