Aboutyourassignmenttask:

Accordingtotheassignmentinstruction,therearethreemainareasyoucanchoosetoresearchand
write:
Thestrategicanalysismustberelatedto
1. arecognisedaspectofbusinesspolicy,
2. strategicmanagementor
3. thephilosophicalunderpinningofaparticularmethodology
withinthepublicorprivatesectorstrategicmanagementdomain.

So,youcanfocusononeofthethreeareasmentionedabovewithinpublicorprivatesector.

But,donot
analysesthemobilephoneindustryandoramobilephonecompany.
conductafunctionalanalysis

So,toachievethelearningoutcomes,youshouldidentifyandcriticallyanalysefundamentalissues
relatedtostrategicmanagement.

Howtostartmypaper?

Theremightbeanumberofwaystoconductyourpaper.Yet,basically,thepapershouldprovethat
righttheorieschosen,understoodandappliedtospecificcase(s).

So,throughoutthecourse,wehavecoveredvarioustheories,modelsandphilosophiese.g.:
MintzbergsModels10StrategySchools
Voluntarismvs.determinism
PESTLE
Porters5Forces
Internalanalysis
o ValueChainAnalysis
o CultureAnalysis
o ResourceAnalysis
o LeadershipAnalysis
o BCGMatrix
StrategicChoices
o PortersGenericStrategies
o AnsoffMatrix
o NetworkLevelStrategies
o Forward,backward,horizontalintegration
BalancedScorecard
ChaosStrategyView
o LearningOrganization
Leadershipanditsinfluenceonaction
Deliberatevs.EmergentStrategies
GreinersModel
Scenarioanalysis
TheMaslinMultiDimensionalModel
Riskmanagement
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o Typesofrisk
o Howtomanagetherisks
Andmore

Yet,itdoesntmeanyouhavetousetheallabovemodel,theoriesandphilosophies.Youneedto
chooserightonesandapplyinthecertaincontextinachosenway.

Ibelievethereareseveralwaystointegratebetweentheoriesandpractices:
Choose(a)theories,modelsorphilosophiesfirst.Andthenapplyittoacase(s)
Chooseacase(s)first.Andthenapplyitto(a)certaintheories,modelsorphilosophies
Chooseacase(s)first.Andthenapplyittovarioustheories,modelsorphilosophies
Choose(a)theories,modelsorphilosophies.Andthenapplyittomultiplecasestocompare
andcontrast

Andthepurposeofapplicationcanbeeither:
Topredicttheoutcome
Toevaluatetheeffectivenessoftheories,modelsorphilosophies
Toevaluate(a)organizationsstrategiesanditscontexts
Torecommend(a)organizationstoperformbetter
Torecommendhow(a)organizationstomanagerisks
Andmorebasedonyourownidea

But,youcanthinkofmorecreativewaystodotheabovetask.Themaingoaloftheassignmentisto
encouragetothinkcreativelyasastrategist.

So,atthebeginning,thinkcarefullyaboutyourmethodologyfirst.Andthenformanoutlineofyour
paper.Thisfirstpartcanbeveryimportant.Otherwise,youmayneedtospendalotoftimelaterto
redoeverythingfrombeginning.

Ifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutyourideainthemethodology,pleasefeelfreetocontactMs.Ngoc
orme.

Goodluck!

HanJungWoo

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