Stabilizing an organization’s financial position

1. Introduce the organization: basic facts and brief history Pg. 14
2. Specifically identify the industry, life-cycle stage and the competitors – see IBIS World database Pg. 25
3. Who has succeeded and failed in the industry? What are the Critical Success Factors (or KSF)? Pg. 38
4. What political/legal forces affect the industry? Pg. 55
5. What economic forces affect the industry? What is the market structure? Pg. 62
6. What social forces affect the industry? Pg. 81
7. What technological forces affect the industry? Pg. 87
8. What is the current firm-level or corporate-level strategy? Pg. 141
9. What is the current business-level [generic] strategy? Pg. 172
10. What is the organization’s financial position and financial strategy – how do they make and invest their money? Pg. 194
    11./12. What are the organization’s Strengths and Weaknesses? On what competencies should they build? Pg. 215
    13./14. What are the organization’s Opportunities and Threats? How should they address or overcome them? Pg. 217
11. What strategic alternatives are available to the organization?

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