STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, FALL 2018
Length: 10-15 pages depending upon content, typeface and spacing
Assignment overview:
Each Analytical Review presents a situation fromSaudi Vision 2030(based onONEProgram). The assignment requires you to read and analyze Saudi Vinson 2030 and use what you have learned about strategic management (SM) over the course of the semester to write an analytical review and make justified recommendations to one of the main programs of the vision. It is your opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of SM concepts and your ability to apply the principles and theories to a real situation in Saudi Arabia. You must work with the information that is provided in the (Official Document) of Saudi Vision2030. Any supplemental information you use, eg., from the web, must be for the program in which the review was written about and not from other irrelative programs.
The information sources you will need for this assignment are books, journals, your textbook andOfficial Document) of Saudi Vision2030. (Vision2030 website, in some cases, will provide information about your analytical reviewof the program/strategies in which the paperis going to be written and will therefore be useful in your analysis.)
ExternalAssessment (2-3 pages)
The General Environment (p. 81-89):
The Specific Environment (p. 90-100)
Internal Assessment (2-3 pages)
What are the following and what is your assessment of them?
What are the strengths and weaknesses in the following categories (Where it is applicable to your chosen program)?
SWOT(1 page)
Use the information you stated in your Internal and External Assessments to create a SWOT Chart that depicts the program’s Opportunities, Threats, Strengths and Weaknesses.
Financial Analysis (1-2 pages)
Carefully analyze whatever financial information is offered using the appropriate ratios.Summarize what you discover with a narrative that tells what the numbers say about the financial health of the vision2030. (p. 118-119)
Data Analysis (2-3 pages)
You now have a lot of information about Vision2030.
Recommendations (1-3 pages)
Using the information in your Data Analysis, what are the specific competitive strategies do you recommend it use to reach the strategic objectives. How much will these strategies cost? (estimate) Compare your recommendations with what the program is actually doing in the vision and explain why your strategies are better (or why you think what it is already doing is smart).