The organizational strategy process is important for every organization but shouldn’t complicate or delay operational improvements. Many frameworks and models can structure strategy but also drive the risk of over-analysis. Strategy design activities integrate with all other organizational functions and capabilities and serve as an input for them. The challenge isn’t to develop a strategy but to execute it effectively, efficiently, and sustainably.
Section selection section
- Which kind of task do you want to do?
- Who is the interviewee?
- Is this a test form response?
PESTEL analysis section
- Politics: What’s your evaluation of the government policy?
- Politics: What’s your evaluation of the political stability?
- Politics: What’s your evaluation of the corruption?
- Politics: What’s your evaluation of the tax policy?
- Politics: What’s your evaluation of the trade restrictions?
- Economy: What’s your evaluation of the economic growth?
- Economy: What’s your evaluation of the exchange rate?
- Economy: What’s your evaluation of the interest rate?
- Economy: What’s your evaluation of the inflation rate?
- Economy: What’s your evaluation of the disposable income?
- Economy: What’s your evaluation of the unemployment rate?
- Socio-culture: What’s your evaluation of the population growth?
- Socio-culture: What’s your evaluation of the age distribution?
- Socio-culture: What’s your evaluation of the career attitudes?
- Socio-culture: What’s your evaluation of the safety emphasis?
- Socio-culture: What’s your evaluation of the health consciousness?
- Socio-culture: What’s your evaluation of the lifestyle attitudes?
- Socio-culture: What’s your evaluation of the cultural barriers?
- Technology: What’s your evaluation of the technology incentives?
- Technology: What’s your evaluation of the level of innovation?
- Technology: What’s your evaluation of the automation?
- Technology: What’s your evaluation of the R&D activity?
- Technology: What’s your evaluation of the technological change?
- Technology: What’s your evaluation of the technological awareness?
- Environment: What’s your evaluation of the weather?
- Environment: What’s your evaluation of the climate?
- Environment: What’s your evaluation of the environmental policies?
- Environment: What’s your evaluation of the pressures from NGOs?
- Legal: What’s your evaluation of the discrimination laws?
- Legal: What’s your evaluation of the antitrust laws?
- Legal: What’s your evaluation of the employment laws?
- Legal: What’s your evaluation of the consumer protection laws?
- Legal: What’s your evaluation of the copyright and patent laws?
- Legal: What’s your evaluation of the health and safety laws?
SWOT analysis section
- What are your organization’s internal strengths?
- What are your organization’s internal weaknesses?
- What are your organization’s external opportunities?
- What are your organization’s external threats?
Organizational culture analysis section
How would you describe your organization’s culture in the following areas?
- What’s your organization’s vision?
- What’s your organization’s mission?
- What’s your organization’s strategy?
- How do you define your organization’s operations from a cultural viewpoint?
- How do you define your organization’s leadership approach?
- How do you evaluate your organization’s teamwork?
- How do you evaluate your organization’s coaching and feedback culture?
- How do you evaluate your organization’s mentoring and sponsorship culture?
Ansoff strategy analysis section
What are your comments regarding the following strategic areas?
- Existing Products, Existing Markets: Market Penetration Strategy
- New Products, Existing Markets: Product Development Strategy
- Existing Products, New Markets: Market Development Strategy
- New Products, New Markets: Diversification Strategy
Business strategy analysis section
What are your comments regarding the following strategic areas?
- Category: Economic logic: How will returns be obtained? - Area: Lowest costs through scale advantage
- Category: Economic logic: How will returns be obtained? - Area: Lowest costs through scope and replication advantages
- Category: Economic logic: How will returns be obtained? - Area: Premium prices due to proprietary product features
- Category: Economic logic: How will returns be obtained? - Area: Premium prices due to unmatchable services
- Category: Arenas: Where will be active? - Area: Which product categories?
- Category: Arenas: Where will be active? - Area: Which channels?
- Category: Arenas: Where will be active? - Area: Which market segments?
- Category: Arenas: Where will be active? - Area: Which geographic areas?
- Category: Arenas: Where will be active? - Area: Which core technologies?
- Category: Arenas: Where will be active? - Area: Which value creation stages?
- Category: Vehicles: How will you get there? - Area: Internal development?
- Category: Vehicles: How will you get there? - Area: Joint venture?
- Category: Vehicles: How will you get there? - Area: Strategic alliances?
- Category: Vehicles: How will you get there? - Area: Licensing?
- Category: Vehicles: How will you get there? - Area: Franchising?
- Category: Vehicles: How will you get there? - Area: Mergers & acquisitions?
- Category: Differentiators: How will you win? - Area: Image?
- Category: Differentiators: How will you win? - Area: Customization?
- Category: Differentiators: How will you win? - Area: Price?
- Category: Differentiators: How will you win? - Area: Styling?
- Category: Differentiators: How will you win? - Area: Reliability?
- Category: Differentiators: How will you win? - Area: Speed to market?
- Category: Staging: What will be our speed and sequence of steps? - Area: Speed of expansion?
- Category: Staging: What will be your speed and sequence of steps? - Area: Sequence of initiatives?
- Category: Staging: What will be your speed and sequence of steps? - Area: Interval between events?
Short organizational strategy analysis 1 section
What are your comments regarding the following statements?
- Growth/Acquisition: The enterprise has a focus on growing (revenues)
- Innovation/Differentiation: The enterprise has a focus on offering different and/or innovative products and services to their clients
- Cost Leadership: The enterprise has a focus on short-term cost minimization
- Client Service/Stability: The enterprise has a focus on providing a stable and client-oriented service
Short organizational strategy analysis 2 section
What are your comments regarding our organization’s strategy?
- What’s our winning aspiration?
- Where will you play?
- How will you win?
- What capabilities do you need for that?
- What management system do you need for that?
Business model idea reporting section
What’s your business model idea?
- Customer segment
- Early adopter
- Problem
- Existing alternatives
- Solution
- High-level concept
- Unique value proposition
- Unfair advantage
- Positioning strategy
- Power factor
- Channels
- Revenue stream
- Cost structure