case analysis for Bonnie Strong at inditex

Step $1-$ Identify the Problem$/$Opportunity$.$

Identify the major problem or opportunity from your $$character$\text{'}$s$$ perspective in one or

two sentences or a short paragraph

Step $2-$ Identify the Causes of the Problem$/$Opportunity$.$

Identify the causes of the major problem or opportunity from your $$character$\text{'}$s$$

perspective in few sentences or a short paragraph. Both internal and external

environmental factors should be examined. Causes of problems or opportunities tend to

be historical in nature. You should consider:

$1.$ Why did the problem$/$opportunity occur?

$2.$ When did it begin?

$3.$ Where does it occur?

$4.$ Where doesn't it occur?

$5.$ What effective management practices should the organization be using?

$6.$ What has the organization failed to do$?$

Step $3-$ List at least three $(3)$ Alternative Solutions to the Problem $($or

ways to take advantage of the opportunity$).$

$1)$ Proposed alternatives should be consistent with the problem$($s$)/$opportunity$($ies$)$ and

cause$($s$)$ identified above in Steps $1$ and $2.$

$2)$ Develop at least three possible alternative solutions. You may list both short$-$term

and long$-$term solutions.

$3)$ Though you might list information gathering $($surveys$,$ marketing research, a

consultant, etc.

Step $4-$ Select the Best Alternative Solution.

Justify why you chose a particular solution and why it will best resolve the problem$($s$)/$

opportunity$($ies$)$

Step $5-$ Implementation Steps.

$1)$ Develop appropriate action plan steps to implement your solution to the

problem$/$opportunity$.$ Your action plan should have $10-15$ or more detailed steps. It

should be detailed enough in case your character can not complete the action plan,

other executives or managers could complete the plan.

$2)$ Specify, as much as possible, what should be done, by whom, when, where, and in

what sequence

Step $6-$ Plan B$.$

Develop a step$-$by$-$step back$-$up action $($contingency$)$ plan including implementation

steps just in case your best solution in your Step $5$ Action Plan doesn't go well. Again,

your back$-$up action plan should have $10-15$ or more detailed steps, as detailed as in

your Step $5$ Action Plan listed above.

$1)$ This is your back$-$up action $($contingency$)$ plan in the event that Plan A $($Steps $4$ and

$5)$ does not work out.

$2)$ Plan B$\text{'}$s solution is NOT information gathering $($surveys$,$ marketing research,

consultants, etc.$),$ though information gathering may be an implementation step$($s$)$ in

Plan B$.$

$3)$ Plan B must follow Plan A$.$ It is not simply your second best alternative solution.

$4)$ Feedback from the follow$-$up procedures you included in your action plan in Step $5$

will help you decide whether to continue with Plan A or to switch to Plan B$.$