How to Tackle a Strategy Case

Name: How to Tackle a Strategy Case (English version)
SKU: 9B21M040

Cara C. Maurer

Product #:9B21M040

Supplier:Ivey

Discipline:General Management, Strategy

Setting:2021

Details:Note (PDF) • 3 pages • 2021-04-22 (Rev: 2021-05-05)

Subjects:

Strategic analysis Strategy Management

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This short technical note offers a multi-step process for how to analyze a strategy case. The technical note makes reference to frameworks and tools found in the following strategy textbook: Mary M. Crossan, Cara C. Maurer, W. Glenn Rowe, and Michael J. Rouse, Strategic Analysis and Action, 10th ed. (Toronto, ON: Pearson Publishing, 2021) [forthcoming]. This note explains that cases have no single correct answer and that if the analysis has no tensions, chances are that something is missing! Linkages between different elements may need to be reassessed; also, teams are a great asset for generating different perspectives and opinions. Finally, analysts must ask themselves if they are able to actually deliver the value they are promising to their customers and if their strategic goals are realistic given external conditions.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this technical note, students should be able to

systematically work through comprehensive analysis of a strategic management case, including external and internal analysis, to arrive at sound recommendations for action; and
take all of the competing forces into account and find a reasonable way to proceed.