Managing Strategy: Pestel Analysis Of The Firm’s Macro Environment

requirement
1. Introduction
State clearly what the report is about and the sequence of key tasks/events to follow.
2. Competitive Strategy
This section requires the description of the (Generic) Competitive Strategy your company has pursued in its attempt to gain real competitive advantage
3. Industry Overview
This section requires the analysis of the Macro environment (through the PESTEL model); the analysis of the Industry (through the Five Forces of Competition framework); and the identification of the main opportunities and threats.
4. Company Overview
This section requires a brief Background to the Company to provide a context for the report. You are expected to describe: the mission and vision of the company; the markets/regions it operates in; the number of firms competing in the industry; the company's competitive positioning (per product type) for respective geographic regions; and the main potential strengths and weaknesses of company.
5. Decisions Made
This section requires a detailed description of the KEY DECISIONS MADE each year (from Year 11 to Year 15 inclusive). For each year, you are expected to describe: What key decisions did your company make? Why did you make these decisions? What results were you hoping for? Where did the company place in the industry? Did demand increase; by how much; in which markets? Did market share increase; by how much; in which markets? Did retail coverage increase; by how much; in which markets? Did you meet investors' expectations? How did you perform in relation to competitors? You need to provide evidence of the decisions taken and results achieved every year by including the screenshots from the game in Appendix.
6. Final Results
This section requires to provide an assessment of how your company performed overall. You are expected to: discuss the retail coverage and market share for each of the markets you operated in; discuss your overall competitive positioning in your industry;
7. Reflection Discuss
how well or how poorly you performed. Your reflections and self-appraisal of either business success or failure is the key aspect of this section. The actual success or failure in the game is not the key issue: the most important aspect of this section of your ability to reflect and learn from the results achieved.
8. Underlying Strategic Principles
In this section you can provide some discussion and analysis on the need for strategic thinking, strategic visioning and strategic management of the company. BUSI 1324, Managing Strategy 2017-18 14
9. Key Learning Points about Strategy
Provide some discussion/analysis which might include the following: • Importance of assessing the macro-environment. • Importance of assessing the industry and competitors. • Complexities of running a company. • Importance of having a clear and shared focus for the company. • Strategic analysis and planning required for maintaining competitive position. • Complexities of meeting different stakeholder expectations.
10. Conclusion
In this section you are expected to reflect on the main issues uncovered and lessons learned through the simulation exercise as they relate to: the actual strategic decision making process; the interaction among team members; and your own personal performance and experience. Reference List (Alphabetical order and Harvard style. It is not included in the word count) Appendices (not included in the word count) 5.3.2 How to structure your Second Assignment: F