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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS

1. Your assignment should be typed using 12 point Times New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing.

2. Do NOT plagiarize.

3. Your assignment should contain about 3,500words, not including appendix and reference

4. Your assignment must include in-text citation and a reference list. Referencing needs to follow APA style.

5. References should be from the latest publications (year 2005 and onwards) but older references are acceptable if seminal or theoretical perspectives are given ONLY, otherwise must be 2005 and onwards.

ASSIGNMENT

PURPOSE

The aim of this assignment is to develop learners' ability to write a strategic management case study report based on a selected business organization.

REQUIREMENT

There are certain good good reasons to keep the strategy process and strategies themselves visible and open rather than hidden and secret.
There are also good reasons to keep strategies hidden from all but top-level executives.

Strategists must decide for themslves what is best for their firms.

Assuming that you are strategy specialist, select any organization listed in the Stock Exchange of Bahrain. You are then required to write a strategic management case study report for the selected organization focusing on the following:

1. The organization's background, vision and mission.

2. The organization's SWOT analysis in the form of a matrix.

3. Discuss reasons for the organization to be completely open with the strategy process.

4. Discuss reasons why the chosen firm may prefer to conduct strategic planning in secret and keep strategies hidden from all but the highest-level executives.

5. Suggest and discuss Two startegies to further improve the organization's competitive position with proper justification.

Note:

The report should be based on your OWN analysis and judgement of the organization. All facts and figures(if any) from the company's annual reports or webpage should be fully referenced. Any form of plagiarism will not be tolorated and will be penalised.