Strategic Management (MGT 401)

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education Saudi Electronic Universityالمملكة العربية السعودية وزارة التعليم الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية  

                          College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 1

Strategic Management (MGT 401)

Course Name: Strategic ManagementStudent’s Name:
Course Code: MGT401Student’s ID Number:
Semester: ThirdCRN: 30171
Academic Year:2022-23-3rd
 

For Instructor’s Use only

Instructor’s Name:  Nouf Alattas
Students’ Grade:  Marks Obtained/Out of 15Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

  • The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
  • Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
  • Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
  • Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
  • Late submission will NOT be accepted.
  • Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
  • All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
  • Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Learning Outcomes:

CLO1. Recognize the basic concepts and terminology used in Strategic Management. 

CLO2.Describe the different issues related to environmental scanning, strategy formulation, and strategy implementation in diversified organizations  

CLO.4.  Distinguish between different types and levels of strategy and strategy implementation.

Critical Thinking:

Question 1. (8 marks)

What is a learning organization? Discuss why is this approach to strategic management better than the more traditional top-down approach in which strategic planning is primarily done by top management.    3 marks (max 350 words)

Give an example of a learning organization from the SAUDI market. Describe the mission statement and vision of this organization. In which way this organization is considered a learning organization? Is it successful? What are the main problems faced by this organization to implement this approach?   Justify.  5 marks (max 350 words)

Question 2. (7 marks)

Refer to Porter’s forces driving industry competition to answer the following questions: (max 500 words)

  1. In your opinion, what is/are the most important force(s) in Porter’s industry forces? Why? 1 mark
  2. What determines the level of competitive intensity in an industry?    1 mark
  3. How can a decision maker identify strategic factors in a corporation’s external international environment?   1 mark
  4. What are the main limits and drawbacks of Porter’s forces?  1 mark
  5. Choose an example of an organization from the Saudi market and draw the matrix of Porter’s forces. What is the main force in this case? Assess the competitive advantage of your chosen organization in relation to these forces. Suggest solutions to improve its position in the market 3 marks

Note. To improve your answers, you are requested to use at least 5 recent scientific references, following the APA style.