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Mgt. 499
Summer Quarter 2007
2. Use Porter’s Five Forces Model to analyze the global airline industry.
Identify each force as strong, moderate, or weak. Given your analysis, is
the industry attractive or unattractive?
9. What factors are critical to the success of Humana (key success factors)?
10. What are Humana’s tangible and intangible resources? Which of these
will be critical in developing capabilities and core competencies?
11. Perform a SWOT Analysis on Humana.
12. What are Humana’s strategic options to achieve their goal of becoming
the nation’s leading internet-enabled, customer-focused health services
company?
14. Use Porter’s Five Forces Model to analyze the global retailing industry.
Given this analysis, is the industry attractive or unattractive?
15. Who are the main competitors of Wal-Mart and how does Wal-Mart
measure up against these competitors? (Consider future objectives,
current strategy, assumptions, and strengths and weaknesses.
16. Evaluate Wal-Mart’s tangible and intangible resources. Which are more
important as a source of competitive advantage? Why?
17. Apply the value chain model to Wal-Mart. Based on this model, in which
activities does Wal-Mart have its main competencies?
21. Which of the general environment segments are most relevant to Whole
Foods Market? What are the main opportunities and threats affecting the
company?
22. Apply Porter’s Five Forces Model of Competition to the natural and
organic foods industry. Is this an attractive industry in which to compete?
23. What are Whole Foods Market’s tangible and intangible resources?
Which of these will be critical in developing capabilities and core
competencies?
25. How should Whole Foods Market deal with anticipated shortages of
natural and organic products in the future? How will mainstream
acceptance of natural and organic products affect Whole Foods Market?
To what extent should Whole Foods Market pursue international
expansion?
26. Which of the general environment segments are most relevant to Tata
Steel? What are the main opportunities and threats affecting the
company?
27. Apply Porter’s Five Forces Model of Competition to the global steel
industry. Is this an attractive industry in which to compete?
28. What are Tata Steel’s tangible and intangible resources? Which of these
will be critical in developing capabilities and core competencies?
30. How can social giving be considered enlightened self-interest? What has
driven Muthuraman to reexamine the vision for Tata Steel? Are the two
pillars of Tata Steel’s vision contradictory? What are the benefits of Tata’s
strong brand equity in India and in the global marketplace?