ABSTRACT

Strategic Business Analysis shows students how to carry out a strategic analysis of a business, with clear guidelines on where and how to apply the core strategic techniques and models that are the integral tools of strategic management.

The authors identify the key questions in strategic analysis and provide an understandable framework for answering these questions.

Several case studies are used to focus understanding and enable a more thorough analysis of the concepts and issues, especially useful for students involved with case study analysis.

Accompanying the text is a CD-Rom containing the models, tutorial guidance, and a PowerPoint presentation. A blank template is provided for each model, enabling students to actively interact and enter their own data - an effective 'what if...' facility. This will enable students to appreciate the limitations as well as the advantages of the strategic models.

part |2 pages

Part One: The Four Big Questions You Need to Ask

part |2 pages

Part Two: Helping You Answer the Four Big Questions

chapter 5|15 pages

Organization structure and strategy

chapter 6|13 pages

Strategy-making processes

chapter 7|11 pages

Organization environments

chapter 8|15 pages

Competitive advantage

chapter 9|12 pages

Auditing resources

chapter 11|14 pages

Models for aiding strategic selection

part |2 pages

Part Three: Case Study Analysis and Case Studies

chapter 12|13 pages

Case study analysis

chapter 13|18 pages

Wm. Morrison Supermarkets PLC

chapter 14|31 pages

The UK supermarket sector in 1996

chapter 15|16 pages

Delamere Pottery Limited

chapter 16|7 pages

Alpha Toiletries Limited

chapter 17|25 pages

AB machine tools