Develop abusiness strategy for Doors to the World expansion plan which includes a description of the problem followed by strategic analysis and recommendations for implementation of the proposed strategic solution.

Project Outline:

The report must cover all three major areas of the Business Strategic process

Part A: Overall Analysis

External forces analysis

Internal environment analysis

SWOT analysis

Porters Five Forces model

Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the business process

Part B: Strategy Formulation

The Strategy-Formulation Analytical Framework

Working level Analysis

Describe working level details, similar to the Lululemon/Coffee shop examples discussed in class

Develop, the SPACE matrix and BCG matrix. Since actual data is not available, you must make an assumption about industry, market, and product values.

Provide management-level analysis on how to control the current position (I.e., increase market share, invest in a new technology, improve the procurement process, etc., and discuss different factors that can yield better results)

Decision

Identify important decisions and strategic changes to be implemented

Develop The Quantitative Strategic Planning MatrixQSPM and SWOT

Discuss the Influence of other factors on strategic changes

Final Recommendation

Part C: Strategy Implementation

The Strategy-Implementation

Managing specific objectives and goals

Steps on implementing the strategic decisions

Describe how during implementation you will manage resources, conflicts, relationships, and finance using strategies e.g.

Managing resistance to change

Linking performance and improvements to strategies

Identifying and Monitoring factors which would be identified as crucial for the successful implementation of the strategy

Describe measures to control the outcome during implementation