Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
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Case Study Description of Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD
Rudy Crew, former chancellor of New York public schools and current Miami-Dade County school superintendent, talks about his views on conflict. Crew discusses his strategy of "make peace but be prepared for war" and the importance of both establishing a personal relationship and talking with adversaries. He advocates for politely "getting into peoples' space" and being thoughtful about where, when, and how conversations happen. This video can be used with the written article "The Stealth Chancellor," New York Times Magazine, August 31, 1997 and is part of Jeffery Pfeffer's Paths to Power series. Other titles available in this series include: a?? OB42A and OB42B Dr. Laura Esserman and accompanying videos OB42V-04 Driving Change and OB42V-05 Being an Effective Leader a?? OB44 Keith Ferrazzi, accompanying video OB44V People and Relationships, and OB66 A Note on Social Networks and Network Structure a?? OB45 Gary Loveman and Harrah's Entertainment and accompanying video OB45V Succeeding as an Outside a?? OB55V Jack Valenti - Lessons Learned a?? OB56V-04 Rudy Crew - Changing the Impossible and OB56V-05 Rudy Crew - What Guides A Leader http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/multimedia/flv/100618-Case-Crew07Tlr.html
Swot Analysis of "Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD" written by Jeffrey Pfeffer includes – strengths weakness that are internal strategic factors of the organization, and opportunities and threats that Rudy Crew facing as an external strategic factors. Some of the topics covered in Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD case study are - Strategic Management Strategies, Conflict, Government, Influence, Leadership and Organizational Development.
Some of the macro environment factors that can be used to understand the Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD casestudy better are - – increasing inequality as vast percentage of new income is going to the top 1%, increasing household debt because of falling income levels, there is increasing trade war between United States & China, increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings, increasing transportation and logistics costs, challanges to central banks by blockchain based private currencies, increasing commodity prices,
banking and financial system is disrupted by Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, increasing energy prices, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University , we believe that protagonist in Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD case study can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Rudy Crew, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Rudy Crew operates in.
According to Harvard Business Review, 75% of the managers use SWOT analysis for various purposes such as – evaluating current scenario, strategic planning, new venture feasibility, personal growth goals, new market entry, Go To market strategies, portfolio management and strategic trade-off assessment, organizational restructuring, etc.
SWOT Objectives / Importance of SWOT Analysis and SWOT Matrix
SWOT analysis of Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning using facts provided in Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD case study
2. Improving business portfolio management of Rudy Crew
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in Organizational Development field.
4. Making a Organizational Development topic specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of Rudy Crew
Strengths Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of Rudy Crew in Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD Harvard Business Review case study are -
Ability to lead change in Organizational Development field
– Rudy Crew is one of the leading players in its industry. Over the years it has not only transformed the business landscape in its segment but also across the whole industry. The ability to lead change has enabled Rudy Crew in – penetrating new markets, reaching out to new customers, and providing different value propositions to different customers in the international markets.
Analytics focus
– Rudy Crew is putting a lot of focus on utilizing the power of analytics in business decision making. This has put it among the leading players in the industry. The technology infrastructure suggested by Jeffrey Pfeffer can also help it to harness the power of analytics for – marketing optimization, demand forecasting, customer relationship management, inventory management, information sharing across the value chain etc.
Superior customer experience
– The customer experience strategy of Rudy Crew in the segment is based on four key concepts – personalization, simplification of complex needs, prompt response, and continuous engagement.
Sustainable margins compare to other players in Organizational Development industry
– Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD firm has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled Rudy Crew to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Organizational Development industry. The sustainable margins have also helped Rudy Crew to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
Ability to recruit top talent
– Rudy Crew is one of the leading recruiters in the industry. Managers in the Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD are in a position to attract the best talent available. The firm has a robust talent identification program that helps in identifying the brightest.
High brand equity
– Rudy Crew has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled Rudy Crew to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.
Training and development
– Rudy Crew has one of the best training and development program in the industry. The effectiveness of the training programs can be measured in Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD Harvard Business Review case study by analyzing – employees retention, in-house promotion, loyalty, new venture initiation, lack of conflict, and high level of both employees and customer engagement.
Cross disciplinary teams
– Horizontal connected teams at the Rudy Crew are driving operational speed, building greater agility, and keeping the organization nimble to compete with new competitors. It helps are organization to ideate new ideas, and execute them swiftly in the marketplace.
Successful track record of launching new products
– Rudy Crew has launched numerous new products in last few years, keeping in mind evolving customer preferences and competitive pressures. Rudy Crew has effective processes in place that helps in exploring new product needs, doing quick pilot testing, and then launching the products quickly using its extensive distribution network.
Learning organization
- Rudy Crew is a learning organization. It has inculcated three key characters of learning organization in its processes and operations – exploration, creativity, and expansiveness. The work place at Rudy Crew is open place that encourages instructiveness, ideation, open minded discussions, and creativity. Employees and leaders in Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD Harvard Business Review case study emphasize – knowledge, initiative, and innovation.
Highly skilled collaborators
– Rudy Crew has highly efficient outsourcing and offshoring strategy. It has resulted in greater operational flexibility and bringing down the costs in highly price sensitive segment. Secondly the value chain collaborators of the firm in Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD HBR case study have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.
Diverse revenue streams
– Rudy Crew is present in almost all the verticals within the industry. This has provided firm in Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD case study a diverse revenue stream that has helped it to survive disruptions such as global pandemic in Covid-19, financial disruption of 2008, and supply chain disruption of 2021.
Weaknesses Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD are -
High dependence on star products
– The top 2 products and services of the firm as mentioned in the Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD HBR case study still accounts for major business revenue. This dependence on star products in has resulted into insufficient focus on developing new products, even though Rudy Crew has relatively successful track record of launching new products.
Lack of clear differentiation of Rudy Crew products
– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, Rudy Crew needs to provide more differentiated products than what it is currently offering in the marketplace.
High cash cycle compare to competitors
Rudy Crew has a high cash cycle compare to other players in the industry. It needs to shorten the cash cycle by 12% to be more competitive in the marketplace, reduce inventory costs, and be more profitable.
Ability to respond to the competition
– As the decision making is very deliberative, highlighted in the case study Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD, in the dynamic environment Rudy Crew has struggled to respond to the nimble upstart competition. Rudy Crew has reasonably good record with similar level competitors but it has struggled with new entrants taking away niches of its business.
Capital Spending Reduction
– Even during the low interest decade, Rudy Crew has not been able to do capital spending to the tune of the competition. This has resulted into fewer innovations and company facing stiff competition from both existing competitors and new entrants who are disrupting the industry using digital technology.
Skills based hiring
– The stress on hiring functional specialists at Rudy Crew has created an environment where the organization is dominated by functional specialists rather than management generalist. This has resulted into product oriented approach rather than marketing oriented approach or consumers oriented approach.
Slow decision making process
– As mentioned earlier in the report, Rudy Crew has a very deliberative decision making approach. This approach has resulted in prudent decisions, but it has also resulted in missing opportunities in the industry over the last five years. Rudy Crew even though has strong showing on digital transformation primary two stages, it has struggled to capitalize the power of digital transformation in marketing efforts and new venture efforts.
Employees’ incomplete understanding of strategy
– From the instances in the HBR case study Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD, it seems that the employees of Rudy Crew don’t have comprehensive understanding of the firm’s strategy. This is reflected in number of promotional campaigns over the last few years that had mixed messaging and competing priorities. Some of the strategic activities and services promoted in the promotional campaigns were not consistent with the organization’s strategy.
Low market penetration in new markets
– Outside its home market of Rudy Crew, firm in the HBR case study Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD needs to spend more promotional, marketing, and advertising efforts to penetrate international markets.
Workers concerns about automation
– As automation is fast increasing in the segment, Rudy Crew needs to come up with a strategy to reduce the workers concern regarding automation. Without a clear strategy, it could lead to disruption and uncertainty within the organization.
No frontier risks strategy
– After analyzing the HBR case study Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD, it seems that company is thinking about the frontier risks that can impact Organizational Development strategy. But it has very little resources allocation to manage the risks emerging from events such as natural disasters, climate change, melting of permafrost, tacking the rise of artificial intelligence, opportunities and threats emerging from commercialization of space etc.
Opportunities Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The opportunities highlighted in the Harvard Business Review case study Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD are -
Developing new processes and practices
– Rudy Crew can develop new processes and procedures in Organizational Development industry using technology such as automation using artificial intelligence, real time transportation and products tracking, 3D modeling for concept development and new products pilot testing etc.
Using analytics as competitive advantage
– Rudy Crew has spent a significant amount of money and effort to integrate analytics and machine learning into its operations in the sector. This continuous investment in analytics has enabled, as illustrated in the Harvard case study Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD - to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help Rudy Crew to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.
Low interest rates
– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, Rudy Crew can still utilize the low interest rates to borrow money for capital investment. Secondly it can also use the increase of government spending in infrastructure projects to get new business.
Finding new ways to collaborate
– Covid-19 has not only transformed business models of companies in Organizational Development industry, but it has also influenced the consumer preferences. Rudy Crew can tie-up with other value chain partners to explore new opportunities regarding meeting customer demands and building a rewarding and engaging relationship.
Buying journey improvements
– Rudy Crew can improve the customer journey of consumers in the industry by using analytics and artificial intelligence. Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD suggest that firm can provide automated chats to help consumers solve their own problems, provide online suggestions to get maximum out of the products and services, and help consumers to build a community where they can interact with each other to develop new features and uses.
Use of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies for transactions
– The popularity of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies as asset class and medium of transaction has opened new opportunities for Rudy Crew in the consumer business. Now Rudy Crew can target international markets with far fewer capital restrictions requirements than the existing system.
Increase in government spending
– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, Rudy Crew can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that Rudy Crew operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in Organizational Development sector.
Changes in consumer behavior post Covid-19
– Consumer behavior has changed in the Organizational Development industry because of Covid-19 restrictions. Some of this behavior will stay once things get back to normal. Rudy Crew can take advantage of these changes in consumer behavior to build a far more efficient business model. For example consumer regular ordering of products can reduce both last mile delivery costs and market penetration costs. Rudy Crew can further use this consumer data to build better customer loyalty, provide better products and service collection, and improve the value proposition in inflationary times.
Reforming the budgeting process
- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects Rudy Crew can not only reduce the costs of the project but also help it in integrating the projects with other processes within the organization.
Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains
– As the trade war between US and China heats up in the coming years, Rudy Crew can build a diversified supply chain model across various countries in - South East Asia, India, and other parts of the world. This reconfiguration of global supply chain can help, as suggested in case study, Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD, to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.
Reconfiguring business model
– The expansion of digital payment system, the bringing down of international transactions costs using Bitcoin and other blockchain based currencies, etc can help Rudy Crew to reconfigure its entire business model. For example it can used blockchain based technologies to reduce piracy of its products in the big markets such as China. Secondly it can use the popularity of e-commerce in various developing markets to build a Direct to Customer business model rather than the current Channel Heavy distribution network.
Loyalty marketing
– Rudy Crew has focused on building a highly responsive customer relationship management platform. This platform is built on in-house data and driven by analytics and artificial intelligence. The customer analytics can help the organization to fine tune its loyalty marketing efforts, increase the wallet share of the organization, reduce wastage on mainstream advertising spending, build better pricing strategies using personalization, etc.
Better consumer reach
– The expansion of the 5G network will help Rudy Crew to increase its market reach. Rudy Crew will be able to reach out to new customers. Secondly 5G will also provide technology framework to build new tools and products that can help more immersive consumer experience and faster consumer journey.
Threats Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats mentioned in the HBR case study Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD are -
New competition
– After the dotcom bust of 2001, financial crisis of 2008-09, the business formation in US economy had declined. But in 2020 alone, there are more than 1.5 million new business applications in United States. This can lead to greater competition for Rudy Crew in the Organizational Development sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.
Regulatory challenges
– Rudy Crew needs to prepare for regulatory challenges as consumer protection groups and other pressure groups are vigorously advocating for more regulations on big business - to reduce inequality, to create a level playing field, to product data privacy and consumer privacy, to reduce the influence of big money on democratic institutions, etc. This can lead to significant changes in the Organizational Development industry regulations.
Technology acceleration in Forth Industrial Revolution
– Rudy Crew has witnessed rapid integration of technology during Covid-19 in the Organizational Development industry. As one of the leading players in the industry, Rudy Crew needs to keep up with the evolution of technology in the Organizational Development sector. According to Mckinsey study top managers believe that the adoption of technology in operations, communications is 20-25 times faster than what they planned in the beginning of 2019.
High level of anxiety and lack of motivation
– the Great Resignation in United States is the sign of broader dissatisfaction among the workforce in United States. Rudy Crew needs to understand the core reasons impacting the Organizational Development industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.
High dependence on third party suppliers
– Rudy Crew high dependence on third party suppliers can disrupt its processes and delivery mechanism. For example -the current troubles of car makers because of chip shortage is because the chip companies started producing chips for electronic companies rather than car manufacturers.
Consumer confidence and its impact on Rudy Crew demand
– There is a high probability of declining consumer confidence, given – high inflammation rate, rise of gig economy, lower job stability, increasing cost of living, higher interest rates, and aging demography. All the factors contribute to people saving higher rate of their income, resulting in lower consumer demand in the industry and other sectors.
Instability in the European markets
– European Union markets are facing three big challenges post Covid – expanded balance sheets, Brexit related business disruption, and aggressive Russia looking to distract the existing security mechanism. Rudy Crew will face different problems in different parts of Europe. For example it will face inflationary pressures in UK, France, and Germany, balance sheet expansion and demand challenges in Southern European countries, and geopolitical instability in the Eastern Europe.
Barriers of entry lowering
– As technology is more democratized, the barriers to entry in the industry are lowering. It can presents Rudy Crew with greater competitive threats in the near to medium future. Secondly it will also put downward pressure on pricing throughout the sector.
Backlash against dominant players
– US Congress and other legislative arms of the government are getting tough on big business especially technology companies. The digital arm of Rudy Crew business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.
Environmental challenges
– Rudy Crew needs to have a robust strategy against the disruptions arising from climate change and energy requirements. EU has identified it as key priority area and spending 30% of its 880 billion Euros European post Covid-19 recovery funds on green technology. Rudy Crew can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the Organizational Development industry.
Easy access to finance
– Easy access to finance in Organizational Development field will also reduce the barriers to entry in the industry, thus putting downward pressure on the prices because of increasing competition. Rudy Crew can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
Technology disruption because of hacks, piracy etc
– The colonial pipeline illustrated, how vulnerable modern organization are to international hackers, miscreants, and disruptors. The cyber security interruption, data leaks, etc can seriously jeopardize the future growth of the organization.
Capital market disruption
– During the Covid-19, Dow Jones has touched record high. The valuations of a number of companies are way beyond their existing business model potential. This can lead to capital market correction which can put a number of suppliers, collaborators, value chain partners in great financial difficulty. It will directly impact the business of Rudy Crew.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD Template, Example
Not all factors mentioned under the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants in the SWOT Analysis are equal. Managers in the HBR case study Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD needs to zero down on the relative importance of each factor mentioned in the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants.
We can provide the relative importance to each factor by assigning relative weights. Weighted SWOT analysis process is a three stage process –
First stage for doing weighted SWOT analysis of the case study Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD is to rank the strengths and weaknesses of the organization. This will help you to assess the most important strengths and weaknesses of the firm and which one of the strengths and weaknesses mentioned in the initial lists are marginal and can be left out.
Second stage for conducting weighted SWOT analysis of the Harvard case study Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD is to give probabilities to the external strategic factors thus better understanding the opportunities and threats arising out of macro environment changes and developments.
Third stage of constructing weighted SWOT analysis of Paths to Power: Rudy Crew, (Video) DVD is to provide strategic recommendations includes – joining likelihood of external strategic factors such as opportunities and threats to the internal strategic factors – strengths and weaknesses. You should start with external factors as they will provide the direction of the overall industry. Secondly by joining probabilities with internal strategic factors can help the company not only strategic fit but also the most probably strategic trade-off that Rudy Crew needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.
