Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
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Case Study Description of Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care"
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, high atop a great many of the older, concrete-block buildings of lower-income parts of central Hong Kong and the neighborhoods of the Kowloon peninsula, informal metal-framed wooden structures were built to house thousands of the city's families in austere, though inexpensive, quarters. These "illegal rooftop structures" comprised what could be a called a shantytown of the air, one made up of structures which, though built illegally, were nonetheless bought, sold, and rented on the open market. Such structures, moreover, were just one example of the larger phenomenon of so-called unauthorized building works in Hong Kong. These UBWs, as they were known in the city's Buildings Department, included balconies added to windows-sometimes used for beds on which people slept high in the air-as well as hundreds of thousands of storefront street signs and canopy extensions to the ground floors of buildings in commercial districts, the latter used to create spaces rented to stores and restaurants. By 1999, it was estimated that UBWs of all kinds in Hong Kong totaled a staggering 800,000. By one estimate, if authorities continued enforcement as they had been doing, it would take more than 130 years to effect the removal of all such structures-assuming that new ones were not built in their place. This case raises the thorny question of the extent to which and methods by which Hong Kong should use the law to minimize or eliminate such unauthorized building works-in a city where some parts of the public care most about public safety, while others-often much poorer-care most about shelter. HKS Case Number 1631.0
Swot Analysis of "Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care"" written by Howard Husock includes – strengths weakness that are internal strategic factors of the organization, and opportunities and threats that Structures Unauthorized facing as an external strategic factors. Some of the topics covered in Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" case study are - Strategic Management Strategies, Policy, Public relations, Regulation, Security & privacy, Strategic planning and Strategy & Execution.
Some of the macro environment factors that can be used to understand the Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" casestudy better are - – increasing inequality as vast percentage of new income is going to the top 1%, geopolitical disruptions, competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, there is backlash against globalization, cloud computing is disrupting traditional business models, increasing household debt because of falling income levels, there is increasing trade war between United States & China,
increasing transportation and logistics costs, digital marketing is dominated by two big players Facebook and Google, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care"
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University , we believe that protagonist in Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" case study can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Structures Unauthorized, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Structures Unauthorized 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 Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning using facts provided in Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" case study
2. Improving business portfolio management of Structures Unauthorized
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in Strategy & Execution field.
4. Making a Strategy & Execution topic specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of Structures Unauthorized
Strengths Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of Structures Unauthorized in Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" Harvard Business Review case study are -
Operational resilience
– The operational resilience strategy in the Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" Harvard Business Review case study comprises – understanding the underlying the factors in the industry, building diversified operations across different geographies so that disruption in one part of the world doesn’t impact the overall performance of the firm, and integrating the various business operations and processes through its digital transformation drive.
Cross disciplinary teams
– Horizontal connected teams at the Structures Unauthorized 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.
Ability to recruit top talent
– Structures Unauthorized is one of the leading recruiters in the industry. Managers in the Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" are in a position to attract the best talent available. The firm has a robust talent identification program that helps in identifying the brightest.
Diverse revenue streams
– Structures Unauthorized is present in almost all the verticals within the industry. This has provided firm in Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" 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.
Sustainable margins compare to other players in Strategy & Execution industry
– Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" firm has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled Structures Unauthorized to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Strategy & Execution industry. The sustainable margins have also helped Structures Unauthorized to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
Successful track record of launching new products
– Structures Unauthorized has launched numerous new products in last few years, keeping in mind evolving customer preferences and competitive pressures. Structures Unauthorized 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.
Highly skilled collaborators
– Structures Unauthorized 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 Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" HBR case study have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.
Low bargaining power of suppliers
– Suppliers of Structures Unauthorized in the sector have low bargaining power. Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps Structures Unauthorized to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.
Superior customer experience
– The customer experience strategy of Structures Unauthorized in the segment is based on four key concepts – personalization, simplification of complex needs, prompt response, and continuous engagement.
Organizational Resilience of Structures Unauthorized
– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing that Structures Unauthorized does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.
Strong track record of project management
– Structures Unauthorized is known for sticking to its project targets. This enables the firm to manage – time, project costs, and have sustainable margins on the projects.
Effective Research and Development (R&D)
– Structures Unauthorized has innovation driven culture where significant part of the revenues are spent on the research and development activities. This has resulted in, as mentioned in case study Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" - staying ahead in the industry in terms of – new product launches, superior customer experience, highly competitive pricing strategies, and great returns to the shareholders.
Weaknesses Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" are -
Lack of clear differentiation of Structures Unauthorized products
– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, Structures Unauthorized needs to provide more differentiated products than what it is currently offering in the marketplace.
High operating costs
– Compare to the competitors, firm in the HBR case study Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" has high operating costs in the. This can be harder to sustain given the new emerging competition from nimble players who are using technology to attract Structures Unauthorized 's lucrative customers.
High dependence on existing supply chain
– The disruption in the global supply chains because of the Covid-19 pandemic and blockage of the Suez Canal illustrated the fragile nature of Structures Unauthorized supply chain. Even after few cautionary changes mentioned in the HBR case study - Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care", it is still heavily dependent upon the existing supply chain. The existing supply chain though brings in cost efficiencies but it has left Structures Unauthorized vulnerable to further global disruptions in South East Asia.
No frontier risks strategy
– After analyzing the HBR case study Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care", it seems that company is thinking about the frontier risks that can impact Strategy & Execution 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.
Low market penetration in new markets
– Outside its home market of Structures Unauthorized, firm in the HBR case study Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" needs to spend more promotional, marketing, and advertising efforts to penetrate international markets.
High dependence on star products
– The top 2 products and services of the firm as mentioned in the Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" 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 Structures Unauthorized has relatively successful track record of launching new products.
Employees’ incomplete understanding of strategy
– From the instances in the HBR case study Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care", it seems that the employees of Structures Unauthorized 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.
Interest costs
– Compare to the competition, Structures Unauthorized has borrowed money from the capital market at higher rates. It needs to restructure the interest payment and costs so that it can compete better and improve profitability.
Slow to strategic competitive environment developments
– As Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" HBR case study mentions - Structures Unauthorized takes time to assess the upcoming competitions. This has led to missing out on atleast 2-3 big opportunities in the industry in last five years.
Skills based hiring
– The stress on hiring functional specialists at Structures Unauthorized 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.
Workers concerns about automation
– As automation is fast increasing in the segment, Structures Unauthorized 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.
Opportunities Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" | 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 Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" are -
Changes in consumer behavior post Covid-19
– Consumer behavior has changed in the Strategy & Execution industry because of Covid-19 restrictions. Some of this behavior will stay once things get back to normal. Structures Unauthorized 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. Structures Unauthorized 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.
Developing new processes and practices
– Structures Unauthorized can develop new processes and procedures in Strategy & Execution 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.
Learning at scale
– Online learning technologies has now opened space for Structures Unauthorized to conduct training and development for its employees across the world. This will result in not only reducing the cost of training but also help employees in different part of the world to integrate with the headquarter work culture, ethos, and standards.
Building a culture of innovation
– managers at Structures Unauthorized can make experimentation a productive activity and build a culture of innovation using approaches such as – mining transaction data, A/B testing of websites and selling platforms, engaging potential customers over various needs, and building on small ideas in the Strategy & Execution segment.
Lowering marketing communication costs
– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for Structures Unauthorized in the field of marketing communication. It will bring down the cost of doing business, provide technology platform to build new products in the Strategy & Execution segment, and it will provide faster access to the consumers.
Leveraging digital technologies
– Structures Unauthorized can leverage digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate the production process, customer analytics to get better insights into consumer behavior, realtime digital dashboards to get better sales tracking, logistics and transportation, product tracking, etc.
Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains
– As the trade war between US and China heats up in the coming years, Structures Unauthorized 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, Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care", to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.
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 Structures Unauthorized in the consumer business. Now Structures Unauthorized can target international markets with far fewer capital restrictions requirements than the existing system.
Remote work and new talent hiring opportunities
– The widespread usage of remote working technologies during Covid-19 has opened opportunities for Structures Unauthorized to expand its talent hiring zone. According to McKinsey Global Institute, 20% of the high end workforce in fields such as finance, information technology, can continously work from remote local post Covid-19. This presents a really great opportunity for Structures Unauthorized to hire the very best people irrespective of their geographical location.
Identify volunteer opportunities
– Covid-19 has impacted working population in two ways – it has led to people soul searching about their professional choices, resulting in mass resignation. Secondly it has encouraged people to do things that they are passionate about. This has opened opportunities for businesses to build volunteer oriented socially driven projects. Structures Unauthorized can explore opportunities that can attract volunteers and are consistent with its mission and vision.
Buying journey improvements
– Structures Unauthorized can improve the customer journey of consumers in the industry by using analytics and artificial intelligence. Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" 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.
Redefining models of collaboration and team work
– As explained in the weaknesses section, Structures Unauthorized is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" case study suggests that firm can utilize new technology to build more coordinated teams and streamline operations and communications using tools such as CAD, Zoom, etc.
Using analytics as competitive advantage
– Structures Unauthorized 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 Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" - to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help Structures Unauthorized to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.
Threats Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats mentioned in the HBR case study Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" are -
Consumer confidence and its impact on Structures Unauthorized 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.
Increasing wage structure of Structures Unauthorized
– Post Covid-19 there is a sharp increase in the wages especially in the jobs that require interaction with people. The increasing wages can put downward pressure on the margins of Structures Unauthorized.
Stagnating economy with rate increase
– Structures Unauthorized can face lack of demand in the market place because of Fed actions to reduce inflation. This can lead to sluggish growth in the economy, lower demands, lower investments, higher borrowing costs, and consolidation in the field.
Environmental challenges
– Structures Unauthorized 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. Structures Unauthorized can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the Strategy & Execution industry.
Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins
– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, Structures Unauthorized can face downward pressure on margins from increasing competition from international players. The international players have stable revenue in their home market and can use those resources to penetrate prominent markets illustrated in HBR case study Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" .
Shortening product life cycle
– it is one of the major threat that Structures Unauthorized is facing in Strategy & Execution sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.
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 Structures Unauthorized business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.
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 Structures Unauthorized.
Aging population
– As the populations of most advanced economies are aging, it will lead to high social security costs, higher savings among population, and lower demand for goods and services in the economy. The household savings in US, France, UK, Germany, and Japan are growing faster than predicted because of uncertainty caused by pandemic.
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.
Technology acceleration in Forth Industrial Revolution
– Structures Unauthorized has witnessed rapid integration of technology during Covid-19 in the Strategy & Execution industry. As one of the leading players in the industry, Structures Unauthorized needs to keep up with the evolution of technology in the Strategy & Execution 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.
Easy access to finance
– Easy access to finance in Strategy & Execution field will also reduce the barriers to entry in the industry, thus putting downward pressure on the prices because of increasing competition. Structures Unauthorized can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
High dependence on third party suppliers
– Structures Unauthorized 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.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" 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 Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" 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 Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" 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 Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" 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 Law Enforcement and Unauthorized Building Works: Epilogue: "For a Culture of Building Care" 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 Structures Unauthorized needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.
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