Strategic Management For Tourism Hospitality And Events 2nd Edition Nigel Evans - Solutions

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=+4. What are some advantages and disadvantages of collocation?
=+For what types of projects are virtual teams inappropriate?
=+1. What factors do you think enabled Sega to break Nintendo’s near monopoly of the U.S. video game console market in the late 1980s?
=+2. Why did Nintendo choose not to make its early video game consoles backward compatible? What were the advantages and disadvantages of this strategy?
=+3. What strengths and weaknesses did Sony have when it entered the video game market in 1995?
=+What strengths and weaknesses did Microsoft have when it entered the video game market in 2001?
=+4. In what ways did Nintendo’s Wii break with the norms of competition in the video game industry? How defensible was its position?
=+5. Comparing the deployment strategies used by the firms in each of the generations, can you identify any timing, licensing, pricing, marketing, or distribution strategies that appear to have influenced firms’ success and failure in the video game industry?
=+3. Pick a product you know well. What intermediaries do you think are used in bringing this product to market?
=+What valuable services do you think these intermediaries provide?
=+4. What marketing strategies are used by the producers of the product you identified for Question 3?
=+What are the advantages and disadvantages of these marketing strategies?
Explain why strategic mapping is important to the BSC process. p-968
What are the four perspectives in a typical BSC? p-968
Explain how the BSC framework can be utilized in strategic implementation. p-968
Define and distinguish between step and incremental change. p-968
Explain Lewin’s three-step model of change. p-968
What is inertia and how is it applied to organizational change? p-968
What might the organizers of the festival have done to prevent failure in this case? p-968
What is meant by the term ‘strategic drift’ and how it is illustrated in this case? p-968
What sort of difficulties might easyJet and Ryanair encounter in trying to change their organizational cultures? p-968
Why is change necessary at easyJet and Ryanair? p-968
What are the five major methods of divisionalization? p-968
In THE contexts why might a strict hierarchy not always be the most suitable structural arrangement? p-968
Explain the advantages of centralization and decentralization in THE contexts. p-968
What difficulties might easyJet encounter in relation to culture and structure as it continues to grow? p-968
Explain the main features of the easyJet culture and consider why these features might have been adopted. p-968
To what degree does the formal organization chart represent the way in which decision making really takes place? p-968
How efficient is the structure in ensuring that key information and decisions are disseminated appropriately? p-698
How easy is it to change the structure when circumstances change? p-698
Explain what you think the lessons to draw from BA’s cultural change programme might be. p-698
Explain the main features of the cultural change programme adopted by BA after privatization. p-698
Why might a ‘traffic light’ approach to presentation be useful in considering an organization’s resources? p-698
Explain why a resource audit is useful to the organization in this case illustration. p-698
What key considerations might managers in THE contexts need to consider in the implementation phase of strategy? p-698
Explain the major features of a resource audit. p-698
Explain where implementation fits into the strategic process. p-698
provide examples of implementation issues being addressed in THE contexts. p-698
explain the use of the Balanced Scorecard as a tool to be used in strategic implementation; and p-698
assess the management and leadership styles necessary to implement changes; p-698
evaluate the essentials of change management; p-698
understand the link between structure and strategy; p-698
explain how and why corporate culture plays an important part in implementation; p-698
explain the role of resource planning in strategic implementation; p-698
understand how the characteristics of THE might have an impact on the implementation process; p-698
describe where implementation fits into the strategic process; p-698
Assess the limitations that emergent strategies may have at the strategic evaluation stage. p-698
Explain what is meant by the three Rs of acceptability? p-698
Explain why a screening stage is often inserted between suitability and feasibility in strategic evaluation. p-698
What are the possible limitations of a cost–benefit analysis? p-698
Explain the limitations that emergent strategies may have in the strategic evaluation stage. p-698
What are the limitations of a cost–benefit analysis? p-698
Explain the differences between the main investment appraisal techiques. p-698
Explain what is meant by sensitivity analysis and consider in what circumstances it might be useful to THE organizations. p-698
Explain why Air New Zealand is concerned about jet fuel prices. p-698
In what general ways might managers respond to the risks identified in a case such as Live Nation? p-698
Explain why a company like Live Nation needs to identify the risks it is subject to. p-698
What stakeholders other than the IOC members may have a view on the ‘acceptability’ of the Olympic bids? p-698
Explain why the Olympic Games goes through this structured evaluation process. p-698
When will the organization receive its return on investment? p-698
How much will the organization make against each investment option? p-698
Explain what is meant by first mover advantage and a me-too strategy in relation to this illustrative case. p-698
Explain why an organization such as Home Inn should consider the reactions of competitors in considering feasibility. p-698
What options might be feasible for an airline seeking to expand operations focused on London? p-698
Explain the difference between ‘suitability’ and ‘feasibility’ illustrated by this case. p-698
What factors might it be useful for Kenes to take into account when considering opening new international offices? p-698
Explain why a screening process might be beneficial in this case when assessing international expansion? p-698
What are the advantages and possible disadvantages to the country placing restrictions on foreign ownership imposed in this example? p-698
Explain the issue of suitability highlighted by this case. p-698
In relation to the direction of development outline the main product-market decisions which are required? p-698
Describe the three criteria that can be used to evaluate strategic options. p-698
Explain where strategic evaluation and selection fit into the strategic process. p-698
explain the limitations of an ‘emergent’ approach to strategy when it comes to strategic evaluation and selection. p-698
understand the differences between a prescriptive and emergent approach to strategy; p-698
understand examples of the ways in which THE organizations have utilized evaluation in choosing their strategies and be able to identify the issues involved in relation to THE organizations; p-698
understand the financial and non-financial tools and techniques that can be used to evaluate strategic options; p-698
describe the three criteria that are applied to strategic options; p-698
explain the key areas that strategic development decisions concern; p-698
describe the nature of strategic options in relation to THE organizations; p-698
For what reasons do managers want to undertake an MBO? p-698
What advantages are there in an MBO for Icelolly.com and its founders? p-698
Why do you think Thomas Cook has decided to sell these particular assets? p-698
Why is Thomas Cook engaged in divestments? p-698
In what circumstances might organizations consider disposals? p-698
Explain what is meant by retrenchment. p-698
Explain how organizations might choose between allying, buying or DIY. p-698
What are the risks and benefits for SkyWest? p-698
What are the advantages for major airlines of sub-contracting services to SkyWest through management contracts? p-698
Why has franchising been so successful as a growth method for THE and ancillary services? p-698
Outline the benefits and potential difficulties of franchising for both the franchisor and the franchisee. p-698
Providing THE examples explain the differences between growth achieved through franchising and management contracts. p-698
What might be the potential difficulties for a Holiday Inn franchisee? p-698
What might the potential difficulties be for a franchisor such as Holiday Inn? p-698
Why has franchising been so prevalent in certain parts of THE including fast food, car rental and hotels but not in others? p-698
Why have American companies been particularly successful in using this form of growth? p-698
Could the same approach be easily transferred to other cities? p-698
What are the management and governance issues that might arise in such a PPP? p-698
Why might PPPs prove unsuccessful in some circumstances? p-698
What types of development in THE are involved with PPPs? p-698
Explain the objectives that public and private sectors hope to gain from PPPs? p-698

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