Research Portfolio - Strategic Management

Order Description Melin" rel="nofollow">inda Gates and Priscilla Chan have recently attended the biennial World Advancement Conference where a number of aid delivery, engin" rel="nofollow">ineerin" rel="nofollow">ing, in" rel="nofollow">information technology, and education firms have showcased their products for use in" rel="nofollow">in the development of in" rel="nofollow">infrastructure in" rel="nofollow">in developin" rel="nofollow">ing countries. Gates and Chan are very in" rel="nofollow">interested in" rel="nofollow">in stabilisin" rel="nofollow">ing developin" rel="nofollow">ing regions and enablin" rel="nofollow">ing Project Loon as a method of distributin" rel="nofollow">ing knowledge and advancin" rel="nofollow">ing these countries. Of particular in" rel="nofollow">interest to Gates and Chan are the Pouncer Drone, the Spider Light Strike Vehicle and the Rokon two wheel drive motorcycle, specifically for rapid aid delivery. Followin" rel="nofollow">ing this showcase, the Bill and Melin" rel="nofollow">inda Gates Foundation, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, have engaged you to provide strategic advice for the creation of a permanent aid delivery corporation. Form a corporation, and its immediate mission is to enable the acquisition, delivery, and operation of essential life support items. The corporation has been named the StratSynth Group. StratSynth is not-for-profit and will be funded by the Givin" rel="nofollow">ing Pledge. You have received an immediate in" rel="nofollow">instruction from Priscilla Chan statin" rel="nofollow">ing Synstrat's first objective will be to address, in" rel="nofollow">in a very public manner, the East African Drought Crisis. Your mission is to design an organisation to meet not only the current Chan directive, but to meet future requirements in" rel="nofollow">in flood and disease stricken areas, or areas that have been disadvantaged by decades of warfare or economic denial. Your response should in" rel="nofollow">include the followin" rel="nofollow">ing: 1) Introduction 2) Background to the situation 3) A PESTEL analysis describin" rel="nofollow">ing the busin" rel="nofollow">iness landscape upon which StratSynth will operate 4) A Five Forces analysis of the likely competitors to StratSynth 5) The busin" rel="nofollow">iness level resources and capabilities required for the StratSynth mission 6) Identification of five (5) organisations with the resources and capabilities with which StratSynth may engage usin" rel="nofollow">ing Corporate Level Strategies. A rationale explain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing why each organisation should be in" rel="nofollow">included. i. The advice will in" rel="nofollow">include recommendations regardin" rel="nofollow">ing implementin" rel="nofollow">ing Join" rel="nofollow">int Venture, Equity Alliance, or NonEquity Alliance in" rel="nofollow">in each case. 7) Address Melin" rel="nofollow">inda Gates' in" rel="nofollow">interests in" rel="nofollow">in the firms producin" rel="nofollow">ing the Pouncer Drone, the Spider Light Strike Vehicle and the Rokon two wheel drive motorcycle, and provide advice on whether these firms should be in" rel="nofollow">included in" rel="nofollow">in the cooperative strategic relationships. 8) Provide an organisational structure for a six (6) person Syntrat Headquarters group, and in" rel="nofollow">include a brief role statement and rationale for each in" rel="nofollow">individual employed. 9) Provide a vision and mission statement for the Systrat Group. This should in" rel="nofollow">include a positionin" rel="nofollow">ing statement defin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing the cooperative stance of Synstrat with other similarly aligned organisations.