Intensity of competitive rivalry: Does the industry have a sustainable competitive advantage

The company that you are working for is considering buying another smaller firm. However, there is some business analysis needed for your company to make its final decision about purchasing. Throughout this course, you will be working on creating the Business Strategy and Management Plan.

Keep in mind that the final Business Strategy and Management Plan template should contain the following elements:

Title page

Course number and name (part of the title page)

Project name (part of the title page)

Your name (part of the title page)

Date (part of the title page)

Table of contents

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Section headings As a preview, each section will contain the following subsections:

Qualitative Evaluation of the Industry’s Strategic Position

Choose an aspect of the information technology (IT) industry that has not been previously used as an example in this course. Use Porter’s five forces to make a qualitative evaluation of the industry’s strategic position. Be sure to explain each of the five forces as well as explain how they relate to your chosen industry.

Note: The mobile phone industry was provided as an example in the video material and may not be used as the subject for this assignment.

Remember to include the following elements (Porter’s five forces):

Threat of new entrants: Are new entrants being attracted to the market, and are there barriers to entry in the industry?

Threat of substitute products or services:Are there other products that could be alternatives to offerings in the chosen industry?

Bargaining power of customers: What degree of bargaining power do the buyers have in terms of putting the industry under pressure to provide more products or less cost?

Bargaining power of suppliers: What is the importance of raw materials, components, labor, and services that are required for the industry, and are there substitutes for those inputs? Discuss the possibility of switching suppliers, if necessary.

Intensity of competitive rivalry: Does the industry have a sustainable competitive advantage?

Strategic Information Systems Assessment

Analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for the case study organization that are related to its present information systems environment.

Assess the forces that are presently governing competition for the case study organization.

Using Wiseman’s framework of strategy development, define the strategic thrusts (and related advantages) that the case study organization should use to build a business case for implementing an information systems management plan.

Information Systems Business Case

Based on the information contained in the Business Systems Plan and the Strategic Information Systems Assessment, write an IT strategy statement that details the following:

Critical success factors for the IT manager

A general strategy for how the IT department will determine congruence between the goals of the IT department and the goals and objectives of the case study organization

A general strategy for how the IT department will support the goals and objectives of the case study organization

Strategic Business Plan (Your company was impressed with the information that you provided about Porter’s five factors and your qualitative evaluation of the industry’s strategic position. Your management has now asked you to create a Strategic Business Plan for the newly acquired company. You must provide this new plan and incorporate the information about Porter’s five factors.)

Executive summary

Marketing analysis

You should identify a target market.

You should establish a strategy for acquiring a customer base.

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis

Financial statements

Summary of the relevance of Porter’s five factors

Conclusion

Project Management Plan (Your input was greatly valued. Senior management believes that you have a firm grasp on how to handle the new business; therefore, you have been assigned the role of project manager.Your boss has asked you to write a Project Management Plan. Your plan should contain the following sections:)

Initiating

Planning

Executing

Monitoring and Controlling

Closing

In addition, your plan should touch upon the following components:

Integration

Cost

Human resources

Stakeholder management

Scope

Quality

Communications

Time

Procurement

Risk management

These components should be worked into the sections of your assignment noted above.