make a case study for TESLA using this format

Company: Tesla FORMAT FOR CASE The body of the case write-up should contain the following steps. Case Write-up: USE. THESE HEADINGSI!! 1. STATEMENT OF MAJOR PROBLEM. (Explain what you think the problem is and why You think it is the probiem. The Problem is NEVER FINANCLAL, financial problemis are symploms of the real problemil) You must state the problem in terms of how the company's current strategy has or will cause problems for the company in terms of the elements of the external environmental factors and the company's structureinteenal environment. CRITICAL SUB-PROBLEMS (Identify and give a plan to solve them here. Usually financial, or maybe structural, but remember that financial problema are usualy symptoms of ine major problem] ANY OTHER SUB-PROBLEMS YOU FEEL NEED MENTIONING. Possible Corporate Strategies trom which you may choose given your particular case. One of these must be the Major Problem for your case. They will also be those from which you choose your Alternative strategies to solve the major problem. TABLE 5-4 Alternative Strategies Dofined Forward integration: Gaining ownership or increased control over distributors or retailers Backward Integration: Seeking ownership or increased control of a firm's suppliers Horizontal Integration: Seeking ownership or increased controt over competitors Market Penetration: Seeking increased market share for present products or services in present markets through greater matketing efforts Market Development: Introducing present products of services into new geographic area Product Development: Seeking incroased sales by improving present products or services or developing new ones Related Diversification: Adding hew but related products or services Unrelated Diversification: Adding new, unrelated products or services Retrenchment: Regrouping through cost and asset reduction to reverse declining sales and profit Divestiture: Selling a division or part of an organization Liquidation: Selling all of a company's assets, in parts, for their tangihie wasth. If. ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES. (At least 3. Relate only to the major problam List and brietly explain at least three advantages and three disadvantages of this altemative. Give a briof statemont of implomentation for each allernative which tels what functional areas will be involved first in the implementation process of this strateoy and how) wewe See Format for: Alternatives Below Use this Format for Alternative strategies: Alternative Strategy 1: Give name and definition of Strategy and tell briefly how it should be used by the company. Advantages: 1. 2. Disadvantages: 1. 2. 3. Implementation Statement. Tell what functional areas will bo involved first to implement that strategy and briefly how. Follow this format for all 3 Alternative Strategies. Diseuss them separately, One of these Alternatives your discussed must be the Solution! IIL. SOLUTION. (Give reasons for choosing this particular strategy as the solution. Your logic should be writen in the attematives. Could be a combinaton of altematives, but choose the ONE you think is best.) Must be a solution to the major probfern you stated abowe and must contain one of the attemative strateges that you previously discissed to repair it. Status quo may be an alternative strasegy, but it is probably NOT the solution. IV. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION. (Haw are yoo going to do what you want to do? Where will the company obtain the $5, the resources, the people, efc. This thould be the thinjor secbon of your paper, This thould be logical, practical, and sound. Remember, some ideas may sound good, but if the company cant implement them they aro worthioss. Citical production, Mis, finance, legal): (Section N counts 50 points for vach case.) V. CONTROL SYSTEMFEEDBACK/BACKUP SOLUTION. (How are you going to monitor the strategy implementason? How will you know if it is working? What wil you do if it does not work? You should follow the each step in the implementation process for each funclional area and determine how ooch step will be controlied if you have sold part of the compary, it is impossable to go back to the stakus quo as a backup solution! Using the table of duties for each function you used above to implement the solution, build in controls using the 5MART format. These controls must be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Related to the strategy you are implementing, and Time based. V. WHATI THINK THE COMPANY REALLY DID? Find what the company actualy did. Get the company's corporate annual teport for the year foliowing the case year to find what the company acfually did. VII. Ratio Analysis. Submit the finished ratio anatyeis. (Dscussed on the next page) Ratio Anatysis Format ratio amount, and give a comparison (in words about what this reeans to the coenpany. See additienal information in the Group Preject Ratio assignment. create these numbers for the firm. (hin oxplanation of wey ratios and in tample ratio aralytis from a prevous case is in separace handout in Blackboard.) proftabilf, bquidify and activey. Company: Tesla FORMAT FOR CASE The body of the case write-up should contain the following steps. Case Write-up: USE THESE HEADINGSI!! I. STATEMENT OF MAJOR PROBLEM. (Explisin what you think the problem is and why You think it is the problem. The Problem is NEVER FINANCIAL, financial probiemis are symptoms of the real problemil) You must state the problem in tems of how the company's current strategy has or will cause problems for the company in terns of the elements of the extemal environmental factors and the company's structureintemal environment. CRITICAL SUB-PROBLEMS (Dentify and give a plan to solve them here. Usually financial, or maybe structural, but remember that financial problems are usually symptorns of the major problem.) ANY OTHER SUB PROBLEMS YOU FEEL NEED MENTIONING. Possible Corporate Strategies from which you may choose given your particular case. One of these must be the Myjor Problem for your case. They will also be those from which you choose your Altemative strategies to solve the major problem. TADLE 5-4 Alternative Strategies Defined Forward integration: Gaining ownership or increased control over distributors of retailers Backward Integration: Seeking ownership or increased control of a firm's suppliers Horizontal integration: Seeking ownership or increased control over competitors Market Penetration: Seeking increased market share for present products or services in present markets through areater macketing efforts Market Development: Introducing present products or services into new geographic area Product Develogment: Seeking increased sales by improving present products or services of developing new ones Related Diversification: Adding hew but related products or services Unrelated Diversification: Adding new, unrelated products or services Retrenchment: Regrouping through cost and asset reduction to reverse declining sales and profit Livestiture: Solling a division or part of an organization Liquidation: seiling all of a company's assets, in parts. for their tanoithe werth IL ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES. (At loast 3. Relate waly to the meior probinen- List and briefly explain at loast three advantages and three disadvantages of this allemative. Give a bript? statement of implementation for each alhernative which tels what functional areas will be involved first in the implementation process of this strategy, and how. wewe See Format for Alternatives Below Use this Format for Alternative strategies: Alternative Strategy 1: Give name and definition of Strategy and tell briefly how it should be used by the company. Advantages: 1. 2. Disadvantages: 1. 2. 3. Implementation \$tatement. Tell what functional areas will be involved first to implement that strategy and briefly how. Follow this format for all 3. Alternative Strategies. Discuss them separately, One of these Alternatives your discussed must be the Solution! 18. SOLUTION. (Give reasons for choosing this particular straiegy as the solition, Your logio should be written in the alternatives. Could be a combination of atternatives, but choose the ONE you think is best) Must be a solution to the major problem you etated above and must contain one of the allemative strategies that you previously discussed to repair it. Status quo may be an alemative strategy, but it is probably NOT the solution. IV. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION, (How are you going to do what you want to do? Where will the company oblain the sS, the resources, the peoplo, ste. This should be the major section of your poper. This should be logical, practical, and sound. Remember, some ideas may sound good, but if the company can't implement them they are worthiless. Cribcal thinking is definitely required herell Discuss each major department's specifc dutes in implementation of thit stratedy (management, markoting. RBDDiengincering. accouriting. HiRM, production, MIS, finance, legal). (Section IV counts 50 points for each case.) V. CONTROL SYSTEM.FEEDBACKIBACKUP SOLUTION. (How are you going to monitor the strategr implementation? How will you know if it is working? What wit you do it a does not. work?) You should folow the each step in the implementation process for each functional aren and delermine how eoch asep wit be controffed. If you hare scid part of the compary, it is impossible to go back to the status quo as a backiap solution! Using the table of duties for each function you used above to implement the solution, build in controls using the sMaRT format. These controls must be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Related to the strategy you are implementing, and Time based. VI. WHATI THINK THE COMPANY REALLY DID? Find what the company actually did. Get the company's corporate annual report for the year following the case yoar to find what the company actually did. IV. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION, (How are you going to do what you want to do? Where will the company oblain the sS, the resources, the peoplo, ste. This should be the major section of your poper. This should be logical, practical, and sound. Remember, some ideas may sound good, but if the company can't implement them they are worthiless. Cribcal thinking is definitely required herell Discuss each major department's specifc dutes in implementation of thit stratedy (management, markoting. RBDDiengincering. accouriting. HiRM, production, MIS, finance, legal). (Section IV counts 50 points for each case.) V. CONTROL SYSTEM.FEEDBACKIBACKUP SOLUTION. (How are you going to monitor the strategr implementation? How will you know if it is working? What wit you do it a does not. work?) You should folow the each step in the implementation process for each functional aren and delermine how eoch asep wit be controffed. If you hare scid part of the compary, it is impossible to go back to the status quo as a backiap solution! Using the table of duties for each function you used above to implement the solution, build in controls using the sMaRT format. These controls must be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Related to the strategy you are implementing, and Time based. VI. WHATI THINK THE COMPANY REALLY DID? Find what the company actually did. Get the company's corporate annual report for the year following the case yoar to find what the company actually did. Company: Tesla FORMAT FOR CASE The body of the case write-up should contain the following steps. Case Write-up: USE. THESE HEADINGSI!! 1. STATEMENT OF MAJOR PROBLEM. (Explain what you think the problem is and why You think it is the probiem. The Problem is NEVER FINANCLAL, financial problemis are symploms of the real problemil) You must state the problem in terms of how the company's current strategy has or will cause problems for the company in terms of the elements of the external environmental factors and the company's structureinteenal environment. CRITICAL SUB-PROBLEMS (Identify and give a plan to solve them here. Usually financial, or maybe structural, but remember that financial problema are usualy symptoms of ine major problem] ANY OTHER SUB-PROBLEMS YOU FEEL NEED MENTIONING. Possible Corporate Strategies trom which you may choose given your particular case. One of these must be the Major Problem for your case. They will also be those from which you choose your Alternative strategies to solve the major problem. TABLE 5-4 Alternative Strategies Dofined Forward integration: Gaining ownership or increased control over distributors or retailers Backward Integration: Seeking ownership or increased control of a firm's suppliers Horizontal Integration: Seeking ownership or increased controt over competitors Market Penetration: Seeking increased market share for present products or services in present markets through greater matketing efforts Market Development: Introducing present products of services into new geographic area Product Development: Seeking incroased sales by improving present products or services or developing new ones Related Diversification: Adding hew but related products or services Unrelated Diversification: Adding new, unrelated products or services Retrenchment: Regrouping through cost and asset reduction to reverse declining sales and profit Divestiture: Selling a division or part of an organization Liquidation: Selling all of a company's assets, in parts, for their tangihie wasth. If. ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES. (At least 3. Relate only to the major problam List and brietly explain at least three advantages and three disadvantages of this altemative. Give a briof statemont of implomentation for each allernative which tels what functional areas will be involved first in the implementation process of this strateoy and how) wewe See Format for: Alternatives Below Use this Format for Alternative strategies: Alternative Strategy 1: Give name and definition of Strategy and tell briefly how it should be used by the company. Advantages: 1. 2. Disadvantages: 1. 2. 3. Implementation Statement. Tell what functional areas will bo involved first to implement that strategy and briefly how. Follow this format for all 3 Alternative Strategies. Diseuss them separately, One of these Alternatives your discussed must be the Solution! IIL. SOLUTION. (Give reasons for choosing this particular strategy as the solution. Your logic should be writen in the attematives. Could be a combinaton of altematives, but choose the ONE you think is best.) Must be a solution to the major probfern you stated abowe and must contain one of the attemative strateges that you previously discissed to repair it. Status quo may be an alternative strasegy, but it is probably NOT the solution. IV. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION. (Haw are yoo going to do what you want to do? Where will the company obtain the $5, the resources, the people, efc. This thould be the thinjor secbon of your paper, This thould be logical, practical, and sound. Remember, some ideas may sound good, but if the company cant implement them they aro worthioss. Citical production, Mis, finance, legal): (Section N counts 50 points for vach case.) V. CONTROL SYSTEMFEEDBACK/BACKUP SOLUTION. (How are you going to monitor the strategy implementason? How will you know if it is working? What wil you do if it does not work? You should follow the each step in the implementation process for each funclional area and determine how ooch step will be controlied if you have sold part of the compary, it is impossable to go back to the stakus quo as a backup solution! Using the table of duties for each function you used above to implement the solution, build in controls using the 5MART format. These controls must be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Related to the strategy you are implementing, and Time based. V. WHATI THINK THE COMPANY REALLY DID? Find what the company actualy did. Get the company's corporate annual teport for the year foliowing the case year to find what the company acfually did. VII. Ratio Analysis. Submit the finished ratio anatyeis. (Dscussed on the next page) Ratio Anatysis Format ratio amount, and give a comparison (in words about what this reeans to the coenpany. See additienal information in the Group Preject Ratio assignment. create these numbers for the firm. (hin oxplanation of wey ratios and in tample ratio aralytis from a prevous case is in separace handout in Blackboard.) proftabilf, bquidify and activey. Company: Tesla FORMAT FOR CASE The body of the case write-up should contain the following steps. Case Write-up: USE THESE HEADINGSI!! I. STATEMENT OF MAJOR PROBLEM. (Explisin what you think the problem is and why You think it is the problem. The Problem is NEVER FINANCIAL, financial probiemis are symptoms of the real problemil) You must state the problem in tems of how the company's current strategy has or will cause problems for the company in terns of the elements of the extemal environmental factors and the company's structureintemal environment. CRITICAL SUB-PROBLEMS (Dentify and give a plan to solve them here. Usually financial, or maybe structural, but remember that financial problems are usually symptorns of the major problem.) ANY OTHER SUB PROBLEMS YOU FEEL NEED MENTIONING. Possible Corporate Strategies from which you may choose given your particular case. One of these must be the Myjor Problem for your case. They will also be those from which you choose your Altemative strategies to solve the major problem. TADLE 5-4 Alternative Strategies Defined Forward integration: Gaining ownership or increased control over distributors of retailers Backward Integration: Seeking ownership or increased control of a firm's suppliers Horizontal integration: Seeking ownership or increased control over competitors Market Penetration: Seeking increased market share for present products or services in present markets through areater macketing efforts Market Development: Introducing present products or services into new geographic area Product Develogment: Seeking increased sales by improving present products or services of developing new ones Related Diversification: Adding hew but related products or services Unrelated Diversification: Adding new, unrelated products or services Retrenchment: Regrouping through cost and asset reduction to reverse declining sales and profit Livestiture: Solling a division or part of an organization Liquidation: seiling all of a company's assets, in parts. for their tanoithe werth IL ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES. (At loast 3. Relate waly to the meior probinen- List and briefly explain at loast three advantages and three disadvantages of this allemative. Give a bript? statement of implementation for each alhernative which tels what functional areas will be involved first in the implementation process of this strategy, and how. wewe See Format for Alternatives Below Use this Format for Alternative strategies: Alternative Strategy 1: Give name and definition of Strategy and tell briefly how it should be used by the company. Advantages: 1. 2. Disadvantages: 1. 2. 3. Implementation \$tatement. Tell what functional areas will be involved first to implement that strategy and briefly how. Follow this format for all 3. Alternative Strategies. Discuss them separately, One of these Alternatives your discussed must be the Solution! 18. SOLUTION. (Give reasons for choosing this particular straiegy as the solition, Your logio should be written in the alternatives. Could be a combination of atternatives, but choose the ONE you think is best) Must be a solution to the major problem you etated above and must contain one of the allemative strategies that you previously discussed to repair it. Status quo may be an alemative strategy, but it is probably NOT the solution. IV. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION, (How are you going to do what you want to do? Where will the company oblain the sS, the resources, the peoplo, ste. This should be the major section of your poper. This should be logical, practical, and sound. Remember, some ideas may sound good, but if the company can't implement them they are worthiless. Cribcal thinking is definitely required herell Discuss each major department's specifc dutes in implementation of thit stratedy (management, markoting. RBDDiengincering. accouriting. HiRM, production, MIS, finance, legal). (Section IV counts 50 points for each case.) V. CONTROL SYSTEM.FEEDBACKIBACKUP SOLUTION. (How are you going to monitor the strategr implementation? How will you know if it is working? What wit you do it a does not. work?) You should folow the each step in the implementation process for each functional aren and delermine how eoch asep wit be controffed. If you hare scid part of the compary, it is impossible to go back to the status quo as a backiap solution! Using the table of duties for each function you used above to implement the solution, build in controls using the sMaRT format. These controls must be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Related to the strategy you are implementing, and Time based. VI. WHATI THINK THE COMPANY REALLY DID? Find what the company actually did. Get the company's corporate annual report for the year following the case yoar to find what the company actually did. IV. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION, (How are you going to do what you want to do? Where will the company oblain the sS, the resources, the peoplo, ste. This should be the major section of your poper. This should be logical, practical, and sound. Remember, some ideas may sound good, but if the company can't implement them they are worthiless. Cribcal thinking is definitely required herell Discuss each major department's specifc dutes in implementation of thit stratedy (management, markoting. RBDDiengincering. accouriting. HiRM, production, MIS, finance, legal). (Section IV counts 50 points for each case.) V. CONTROL SYSTEM.FEEDBACKIBACKUP SOLUTION. (How are you going to monitor the strategr implementation? How will you know if it is working? What wit you do it a does not. work?) You should folow the each step in the implementation process for each functional aren and delermine how eoch asep wit be controffed. If you hare scid part of the compary, it is impossible to go back to the status quo as a backiap solution! Using the table of duties for each function you used above to implement the solution, build in controls using the sMaRT format. These controls must be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Related to the strategy you are implementing, and Time based. VI. WHATI THINK THE COMPANY REALLY DID? Find what the company actually did. Get the company's corporate annual report for the year following the case yoar to find what the company actually did