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Strategic Management Concepts and Cases

Strategic Management Concepts and Cases. Examining the Internal Organization: Activities, Resources, and Capabilities. Chapter 2. External Environment. What the Firm Might Do. Sustainable Competitive Advantage. Chapter 3. Internal Environment. What the Firm Can Do.

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Strategic Management Concepts and Cases

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  1. Strategic Management Concepts and Cases

  2. Examining the Internal Organization: Activities, Resources, and Capabilities

  3. Chapter 2 External Environment What the Firm Might Do Sustainable Competitive Advantage Chapter 3 Internal Environment What the Firm Can Do

  4. The Challenge of Internal Analysis The strategic decisions managers make in terms of the firm’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies are nonroutine,31 have ethical implications,32 and significantly influence the firm’s ability to earn above-average returns.33 Making these decisions—identifying, developing, deploying, and protecting resources, capabilities, and core competencies— may appear to be relatively easy.

  5. When exercising judgment, decision makers often take intelligent risks. In the current competitive landscape, executive judgment can be a particularly important source of competitive advantage.

  6. Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies Resources Tangible resources are assets that can be seen and quantified. Intangible resources include assets that typically are rooted deeply in the firm’s history and have accumulated over time.

  7. Discovering Core Competencies Resources * Tangible * Intangible

  8. Resources What a firm Has... What a firm has to work with: its assets, including its people and the value of its brand name

  9. Resources What a firm Has... What a firm has to work with: its assets, including its people and the value of its brand name Resources represent inputs into a firm’s production process... such as capital equipment, skills of employees, brand names, finances and talented managers

  10. Resources What a firm Has... What a firm has to work with: its assets, including its people and the value of its brand name Resources represent inputs into a firm’s production process... such as capital equipment, skills of employees, brand names, finances and talented managers “Some genius invented the Oreo. We’re just living off the inheritance.” F. Ross Johnson, Former President & CEO, RJR Nabisco

  11. Financial * Physical * Human Resources * Organizational * Technological * Innovation * Reputation * Resources What a firm Has... What a firm has to work with: its assets, including its people and the value of its brand name Tangible Resources Resources represent inputs into a firm’s production process... such as capital equipment, skills of employees, brand names, finances and talented managers Intangible Resources “Some genius invented the Oreo. We’re just living off the inheritance.” F. Ross Johnson, Former President & CEO, RJR Nabisco

  12. Discovering Core Competencies Capabilities Teams of Resources Resources * Tangible * Intangible

  13. Capabilities represent: the firm’s capacity or ability to integrate individual firm resources to achieve a desired objective. Capabilities What a firm Does...

  14. Capabilities What a firm Does... Capabilities represent: the firm’s capacity or ability to integrate individual firm resources to achieve a desired objective. Capabilities develop over time as a result of complex interactions that take advantage of the interrelationships between a firm’s tangible and intangible resources that are based on the development, transmission and exchange or sharing of information and knowledge as carried out by the firm's employees. Capabilities become important when they are combined in unique combinations which create core competencies which havestrategic value and can lead tocompetitive advantage.

  15. Capabilities represent: the firm’s capacity or ability to integrate individual firm resources to achieve a desired objective. Capabilities What a firm Does... Capabilities develop over time as a result of complex interactions that take advantage of the interrelationships between a firm’s tangible and intangible resources that are based on the development, transmission and exchange or sharing of information and knowledge as carried out by the firm's employees.

  16. Discovering Core Competencies Discovering Core Competencies Core Competencies Sources of Competitive Advantage Capabilities Teams of Resources Resources * Tangible * Intangible

  17. Core Competencies What a firm Does... that is Strategically Valuable “…are the essence of what makes an organization unique in its ability to provide value to customers.” Leonard-Barton, Bowen, Clark, Holloway & Wheelwright McKinsey & Co. recommends identifying three to four competencies to use in framing strategic actions.

  18. Discovering Core Competencies Discovering Core Competencies Core Competencies Sources of Competitive Advantage Capabilities Criteria of Sustainable Teams of Resources Advantages Resources * Valuable * Tangible * Rare * Intangible Costly to Imitate * * Nonsubstitutable * Outsource

  19. Core Competencies What a firm Does... Valuable Rare Costly to Imitate Nonsubstitutable that is Strategically Valuable For a strategic capability to be a Core Competency, it must be:

  20. Core Competencies What a firm Does... that is Strategically Valuable Valuable Capabilities that help a firm neutralize threats or exploit opportunities Rare Capabilities that are not possessed by many others Costly to Imitate Capabilities that other firms cannot develop easily, usually due to unique historical conditions, causal ambiguity or social complexity

  21. What Criteria Make Core Competencies Costly to Imitate? Unique Historical Conditions An unusual evolutionary pattern of growth may contribute to the development of competencies in a manner that is unique to those particular circumstances Example: Disney created Mickey Mouse at a time when animated motion pictures were new Causal Ambiguity This occurs when competitors are unable to detect how a firm uses its competencies as a foundation for competitive advantage Social Complexity Occurs when the firm’s capabilities are the result of complex social phenomena, such as interpersonal relationships, trust and friendships among managers or a firm’s reputation with suppliers and customers

  22. Core Competencies What a firm Does... that is Strategically Valuable Core Competencies must be: Valuable Capabilities that either help a firm to exploit opportunities to create value for customers or to neutralize threats in the environment Rare Capabilities that are possessed by few, if any, current or potential competitors Costly to Imitate Capabilities that other firms cannot develop easily, usually due to unique historical conditions, causal ambiguity or social complexity Nonsubstitutable Capabilities that do not have strategic equivalents, such as firm-specific knowledge or trust-based relationships

  23. Resources • Inputs to a firm’s production process • Core Competence • A strategic capability Does the capability satisfy the criteria of sustainable competitive advantage? YES • Capability • Integration of a team of resources The source of NO • Capability • A nonstrategic team of resources Core Competencies

  24. Outcomes from Combinations of the Criteria for Sustainable Competitive Advantage Costly to Imitate Nonsub-stitutable Competitive Consequences Performance Implications Valuable Rare Below Average Returns Competitive Disadvantage NO NO NO NO Competitive Parity Average Returns YES NO NO YES/NO Temporary Competitive Advantage Aver./Above Average Returns YES YES NO YES/NO Sustainable Competitive Advantage Above Average Returns YES YES YES YES

  25. Discovering Core Competencies Discovering Core Competencies Core Competencies Sources of Competitive Advantage Capabilities Value Criteria of Chain Sustainable Teams of Resources Analysis Advantages Resources * Valuable * Tangible * Rare * Intangible Costly to Imitate * * Nonsubstitutable * Outsource

  26. Value Chain Analysis Identifying Resources and Capabilities That Can Add Value Support Activities Primary Activities

  27. Value Chain Analysis Identifying Resources and Capabilities That Can Add Value Support Activities Inbound Logistics Primary Activities

  28. Value Chain Analysis Identifying Resources and Capabilities That Can Add Value Support Activities Inbound Logistics Operations Primary Activities

  29. Value Chain Analysis Identifying Resources and Capabilities That Can Add Value Support Activities Inbound Logistics Outbound Logistics Operations Primary Activities

  30. Value Chain Analysis Identifying Resources and Capabilities That Can Add Value Support Activities Marketing & Sales Inbound Logistics Outbound Logistics Operations Primary Activities

  31. Value Chain Analysis Identifying Resources and Capabilities That Can Add Value Support Activities Service Marketing & Sales Inbound Logistics Outbound Logistics Operations Primary Activities

  32. Value Chain Analysis Identifying Resources and Capabilities That Can Add Value Support Activities Procurement Service Marketing & Sales Inbound Logistics Outbound Logistics Operations Primary Activities

  33. Value Chain Analysis Identifying Resources and Capabilities That Can Add Value Support Activities Technological Development Procurement Service Marketing & Sales Inbound Logistics Outbound Logistics Operations Primary Activities

  34. Value Chain Analysis Identifying Resources and Capabilities That Can Add Value Human Resource Management Support Activities Technological Development Procurement Service Marketing & Sales Inbound Logistics Outbound Logistics Operations Primary Activities

  35. Value Chain Analysis Identifying Resources and Capabilities That Can Add Value Firm Infrastructure Human Resource Management Support Activities Technological Development Procurement Service Marketing & Sales Inbound Logistics Outbound Logistics Operations Primary Activities

  36. Value Chain Analysis Identifying Resources and Capabilities That Can Add Value Firm Infrastructure Human Resource Management Support Activities MARGIN Technological Development Procurement Service Marketing & Sales Inbound Logistics Outbound Logistics MARGIN Operations Primary Activities

  37. Outsourcing Strategic Choice to Purchase Some Activities From Outside Suppliers Firm Infrastructure Human Resource Management Support Activities MARGIN Technological Development Procurement Service Marketing & Sales Inbound Logistics Outbound Logistics MARGIN Operations Primary Activities

  38. Outsourcing Strategic Choice to Purchase Some Activities From Outside Suppliers Firm Infrastructure Human Resource Management Human Resource Management Firms often purchase a portion of their value-creating activities from specialty external suppliers who can perform these functions more efficiently Support Activities Technological Development MARGIN Technological Development Procurement Procurement Service Service Marketing & Sales Inbound Logistics Outbound Logistics MARGIN Operations Outbound Logistics Marketing & Sales Operations Inbound Logistics Primary Activities

  39. Strategic Rationales for Outsourcing Improve Business Focus Lets company focus on broader business issues by having outside experts handle various operational details Provide Access to World-Class Capabilities The specialized resources of outsourcing providers makes world-class capabilities available to firms in a wide range of applications Accelerate Business Re-Engineering Benefits Achieves re-engineering benefits more quickly by having outsiders--who have already achieved world-class standards--take over process Share Risks Reduces investment requirements and makes firm more flexible, dynamic and better able to adapt to changing opportunities Free Resources for Other Purposes Permits firm to redirect efforts from non-core activities toward those that serve customers more effectively

  40. Discovering Core Competencies Strategic Competitiveness Discovering Above-Average Returns Core Competencies Core Competencies Sources of Competitive Advantage Capabilities Value Criteria of Chain Sustainable Teams of Resources Analysis Advantages Resources * Valuable * Tangible * Rare * Intangible Costly to Imitate * * Nonsubstitutable * Outsource

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