Essay Instructions: I've got a case study regarding to Strategic
Management, which requires the case in the text
book named "Strategic Management Concepts and Cases"
by
Text book
Thompson, AA & Strickland, AJ 2003, Strategic management, 13th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.
The assignment require the case study in this textbook
in the topic of "Case : ZAP and the Electric Vehicle Industry?
Length : the length is expected to be 16 pages.
Executive Summary = 1 page.
Body = 14-15 pages.
Appendices = 1-2 pages.
** I?ll do the table of contents by myself.
Course Objectives
This assessment item links the Course objectives 1-5 are as follows:
1. describe and discuss the theoretical concepts and principles of strategic management, including the formulation and implementation of strategy
2. apply the tools and techniques of strategic management to a variety of organisations in case studies and assignments
3. analyse strategic programs at the corporate, strategic business Unit (SBU), and functional department levels
4. bring together the other courses of your Bachelor?s degree into an integrated approach to business strategy.
5. to write an Executive Report on a pany as if you were a professional Strategic Management Consultant.
You are required to read the Guide for Students and to follow the format of the Executive Report structure given. (Chapter 3). The heading and sub-heading of that structure will guide you in the right direction( can be viewed at this link below)
http://www.bus..edu.au/CStudent/Guide/default.htm
As you read the case, look out for:
1. important questions posed by people in the case or the case-writer; and
2. the main issues, problems and opportunities
and then include your answers to them within the Executive Report structure.
Similarly, if a case actually poses a number of questions, you should include the answers to those questions inside your Executive Report.
Also note that all cases have different emphases, so some sub-headings will require more attention and a few might not appear at all (as the case does not involve them at all).
For example, if a business does not have a portfolio of SBU?s (Strategic Business Units), divisions or products at all, or if they are not important to the case, then you would not include a Portfolio Analysis Section in your Executive Report.
In some cases the pany is doing well and students then wonder what they are supposed to do. In such cases you need to focus on:
1. why they are doing well
2. what can they do about their weaknesses and
3. how can they do even better, including their possible opportunities in the future.
Assessment criteria and marking criteria
1. Report structure written presentation and referencing 5%
2. Investigative and research skills shown 20%
3. Knowledge of unit concepts, and analysis and synthesis shown 30%
4. Solution of the task set and strength of arguments 40%
5. Overall impression of quality and excellence 5%
TOTAL (100%) 100%
I will send the case study material, important structure guidelines, remended references source and all information to you via this email address
Please be careful regarding to SWOT analysis, as last time I used your service, and the lecturer remended about the report that there was no analysis provided to turn weaknesses into strengths etc.
Also Porter?s Five Forces Model should have final analysis (see porter model.PNG).
SWOT analysis
? Turn Weakness to Strength.
? Turn Threat to Opportunity
? Strength and Opportunity have to match (each point have to match for both side)
? Don?t forget to analyse SWOT (what is that mean, remendation, explain, how it?s work, etc.)
The lecturer also said ? should use the marking criteria as a guideline to do the assignment?, please see ?Assesment Criteria.PNG?
The report needs only references not bibliography (see additional resource.doc).
P.S. This is my second time to use your service. Last time I got the mark 19.50 out of 30. For this one the total mark is 40, I would expect to receive around 30 out of 40. Because if I got 30 score from this one, so my total mark could pass this course. However, please be aware of plagiarism (see additional resource.doc).
(My first work Order ID 37211 : Order Number: A1055544
My contact no. : +71
Please feel free to contact me, if you have any problem or are concerned on the report and send your work to all these email addresses:
Email Add. :
u.au
Thank you very much.
Darin
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Additional resources
The Faculty has now adopted the Commonwealth of Australia 2002, Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 6th edn, rev. Snooks & Co. Study Guides and Resource Materials may have been printed prior to this Course Profile being prepared so those documents may still reflect the referencing style as set out in the 5th edition of the Style manual. Students should refer to the referencing style set out in the 6th edition and in Chapter 5 of the Faculty of Business and Law 2004, Guide for students, 5th edition.
Remended references
Aaker, DA 2002, Developing business strategies, 5th edn, Wiley, New York.
David, FR 2003, Strategic management, 8th edn, Macmillan, New York.
Lewis, G, Morkel, A & Hubbard, G 2003, Australian strategic management: concepts, context and cases, 4th edn, Prentice Hall, Sydney.
Ohmae, K 1985, The mind of the strategist: business planning for petitive advantage, Penguin, New York.
Stacey, RD 2002, Strategic management and organisational dynamics, 2nd edn, Pitman, London.
Viljoen, J & Dann, S 2003, Strategic management: planning and implementing successful corporate strategies, 3rd edn, Longman Business and Professional, Melbourne.
Journal Articles
Some of the most useful journals are:
Australian Business
Business Review Weekly
Fortune International
Harvard Business Review
Journal of Marketing
Long Range Planning
Strategic Management Journal
Policies and procedures for assessment
Students must familiarise themselves with the following policies and procedures:
Assignment preparation and presentation Faculty of Business and Law Guide for students
http://www.bus..edu.au/CSTUDENT/Guide/default.htm
Referencing style Faculty of Business and Law Guide for students
http://www.bus..edu.au/CSTUDENT/Guide/default.htm
or the University site
http://www..edu.au/referencing/
Please note: the Faculty of Business and Law uses the Harvard (Author/date) style of referencing.
Assignment submission Faculty of Business and Law Guide for students
http://www.bus..edu.au/CSTUDENT/Guide/default.htm
Assignment Extension Policy Course website
http://www.bus..edu.au/CSTUDENT/admin/
Assignment grading Faculty of Business and Law Guide for students
http://www.bus..edu.au/CSTUDENT/Guide/default.htm
Plagiarism policy http://www..edu.au/ppmanual/academic/plagiarism.pdf
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