Birana College
Strategic Management Group Assignment
General instructions:
Each group should select different organization.
The group assignment account 30% of your total grade.
Select a real operating organization in your vicinity and then prepare a report to the
following questions: –
1. Ask the vision and mission of the organization, criticize it and prepare the correct vision
and mission statement for the organization.
2. What are the internal strength and weakness of the organization? Prepare the internal
Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix.
3. Identify the opportunities and threats of your selected organization. Prepare the
External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Matrix.
4. Develop an alternative strategy using The Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities–Threats
(SWOT) Matrix.
Strategic Management Individual Assignment
Case
Alliance Formation, both Globally and Locally, in the Global Automobile Industry
The academic literature on alliances has some interesting recent findings, one of which is the
rationale that because firms are often located in the same country, and often in the same region of
the country, it is easier for them to collaborate on major projects. As such, they compete
globally, but may cooperate locally. Historically, firms have learned to collaborate by
establishing strategic alliances and forming cooperative strategies when there is intensive
competition. This interesting paradox is due to several reasons. First, when there is intense
rivalry, it is difficult to maintain market power. As such, using a cooperative strategy can reduce
market power through better norms of competition; this pertains to the idea of “mutual
forbearance”. Another rationale that has emerged is based on the resource-based view of the
firm.
To compete, firms often need resources that they don’t have but may be found in other firms in
