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Assignment : Company Description and SWOT Analysis
In this assignment, you will conduct a SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat) analysis for the type of beverage you have selected, and for your company overall.
As you work on the assignment, consider why you have chosen one type of non-alcoholic beverage over another and the reasons for that choice.
As you complete your SWOT analysis, be sure to include external factors such as industry / market trends and competition, and internal factors such as your capabilities or abilities to reach certain market segments.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper, in which you:
1. Create your revised NAB company name and explain its significance. Describe the non-alcoholic beverage you will produce and sell.
2. Develop your revised company's Mission Statement and provide a rationale for its components.
o Extracting appropriate information from the NAB company portfolio, where applicable. You should fill in other required items in the template using your personal preferences.
3. Describe the trends in the non-alcoholic beverage industry, especially the specific type of beverage category you have chosen. Justify at least three (3) reasons why you have chosen this type of non-alcoholic beverage.
4. Choose one (1) strategic position from the course text (pp. 142-143) that you believe is the best strategic position for your company. Explain the approach you will use to implement this strategic position in order to distinguish your beverage from other non-alcoholic beverages.
5. Provide an overview of your company's distribution channels. Explain the manner in which your product will reach end users. Provide a rationale for your chosen method.
6. Outline at least three (3) types of risks (including any regulatory risks) that your business faces. Describe your company's plan to mitigate such risk.
7. Develop a SWOT analysis for your NAB company using the SWOT matrix worksheet in the course text (p. 153 | SWOT: Strengths / Weaknesses / Opportunities / Threats)
8. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:
a. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
b. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
c. Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Analyze the role of a company mission, vision, and objectives and the impact to business strategy.
· Describe strategic planning techniques used to formulate alternative strategies designed to achieve stated business goals.
· Analyze the external and internal environment for opportunities, threats, strengths, and weaknesses that impact the firm's competitiveness.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management.
· Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanics.
What are your company's threats? Is there a clear market leader that will be hard and expensive to displace? Are downward-pricing pressures in the segment making profit margins slim?
Are there little or no barriers-to-entry for new competitors; if you have a novel idea that succeeds, can the competition easily enter your market?
If you have a global aspect to your company, do factors such as currency flctuations, political instability, offshoring or outsourcing pose threats?