JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
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Case Study Description of JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information
This case includes supplements.A three-party negotiation among a company's human resources manager, senior manager, and a supervisor over whether to reverse plans to fire the supervisor's employee. A multi-issue negotiation in which the HR representative is one of the parties. The company is concerned about a decision to retain or fire a newly transferred manager because of an alleged drinking incident. This is a role play case.
Swot Analysis of "JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information" written by Paddy Moore, Lawrence Susskind includes – strengths weakness that are internal strategic factors of the organization, and opportunities and threats that Fire Supplements.a facing as an external strategic factors. Some of the topics covered in JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information case study are - Strategic Management Strategies, Human resource management, Negotiations and Strategy & Execution.
Some of the macro environment factors that can be used to understand the JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information casestudy better are - – increasing energy prices, customer relationship management is fast transforming because of increasing concerns over data privacy, there is increasing trade war between United States & China, central banks are concerned over increasing inflation, increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings, technology disruption, cloud computing is disrupting traditional business models,
there is backlash against globalization, talent flight as more people leaving formal jobs, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University , we believe that protagonist in JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information case study can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Fire Supplements.a, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Fire Supplements.a 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 JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning using facts provided in JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information case study
2. Improving business portfolio management of Fire Supplements.a
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 Fire Supplements.a
Strengths JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of Fire Supplements.a in JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information Harvard Business Review case study are -
Successful track record of launching new products
– Fire Supplements.a has launched numerous new products in last few years, keeping in mind evolving customer preferences and competitive pressures. Fire Supplements.a 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
– Fire Supplements.a 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 JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information HBR case study have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.
Training and development
– Fire Supplements.a has one of the best training and development program in the industry. The effectiveness of the training programs can be measured in JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information 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.
Superior customer experience
– The customer experience strategy of Fire Supplements.a in the segment is based on four key concepts – personalization, simplification of complex needs, prompt response, and continuous engagement.
Digital Transformation in Strategy & Execution segment
- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For Fire Supplements.a digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. Fire Supplements.a has successfully integrated the four key components of digital transformation – digital integration in processes, digital integration in marketing and customer relationship management, digital integration into the value chain, and using technology to explore new products and market opportunities.
Cross disciplinary teams
– Horizontal connected teams at the Fire Supplements.a 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 lead change in Strategy & Execution field
– Fire Supplements.a 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 Fire Supplements.a in – penetrating new markets, reaching out to new customers, and providing different value propositions to different customers in the international markets.
High brand equity
– Fire Supplements.a has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled Fire Supplements.a to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.
Low bargaining power of suppliers
– Suppliers of Fire Supplements.a in the sector have low bargaining power. JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps Fire Supplements.a to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.
High switching costs
– The high switching costs that Fire Supplements.a has built up over years in its products and services combo offer has resulted in high retention of customers, lower marketing costs, and greater ability of the firm to focus on its customers.
Analytics focus
– Fire Supplements.a 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 Paddy Moore, Lawrence Susskind 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.
Organizational Resilience of Fire Supplements.a
– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing that Fire Supplements.a does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.
Weaknesses JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information are -
Workers concerns about automation
– As automation is fast increasing in the segment, Fire Supplements.a 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.
Employees’ incomplete understanding of strategy
– From the instances in the HBR case study JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information, it seems that the employees of Fire Supplements.a 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.
Increasing silos among functional specialists
– The organizational structure of Fire Supplements.a is dominated by functional specialists. It is not different from other players in the Strategy & Execution segment. Fire Supplements.a needs to de-silo the office environment to harness the true potential of its workforce. Secondly the de-silo will also help Fire Supplements.a to focus more on services rather than just following the product oriented approach.
Capital Spending Reduction
– Even during the low interest decade, Fire Supplements.a 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.
High bargaining power of channel partners
– Because of the regulatory requirements, Paddy Moore, Lawrence Susskind suggests that, Fire Supplements.a is facing high bargaining power of the channel partners. So far it has not able to streamline the operations to reduce the bargaining power of the value chain partners in the industry.
Slow to strategic competitive environment developments
– As JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information HBR case study mentions - Fire Supplements.a 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.
High cash cycle compare to competitors
Fire Supplements.a 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.
Low market penetration in new markets
– Outside its home market of Fire Supplements.a, firm in the HBR case study JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information needs to spend more promotional, marketing, and advertising efforts to penetrate international markets.
Lack of clear differentiation of Fire Supplements.a products
– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, Fire Supplements.a needs to provide more differentiated products than what it is currently offering in the marketplace.
High dependence on star products
– The top 2 products and services of the firm as mentioned in the JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information 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 Fire Supplements.a has relatively successful track record of launching new products.
Aligning sales with marketing
– It come across in the case study JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information that the firm needs to have more collaboration between its sales team and marketing team. Sales professionals in the industry have deep experience in developing customer relationships. Marketing department in the case JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information can leverage the sales team experience to cultivate customer relationships as Fire Supplements.a is planning to shift buying processes online.
Opportunities JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information | 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 JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information are -
Low interest rates
– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, Fire Supplements.a 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.
Lowering marketing communication costs
– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for Fire Supplements.a 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.
Reforming the budgeting process
- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects Fire Supplements.a can not only reduce the costs of the project but also help it in integrating the projects with other processes within the organization.
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. Fire Supplements.a can explore opportunities that can attract volunteers and are consistent with its mission and vision.
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 Fire Supplements.a in the consumer business. Now Fire Supplements.a can target international markets with far fewer capital restrictions requirements than the existing system.
Using analytics as competitive advantage
– Fire Supplements.a 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 JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information - to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help Fire Supplements.a to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.
Buying journey improvements
– Fire Supplements.a can improve the customer journey of consumers in the industry by using analytics and artificial intelligence. JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information 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.
Learning at scale
– Online learning technologies has now opened space for Fire Supplements.a 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.
Creating value in data economy
– The success of analytics program of Fire Supplements.a has opened avenues for new revenue streams for the organization in the industry. This can help Fire Supplements.a to build a more holistic ecosystem as suggested in the JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information case study. Fire Supplements.a can build new products and services such as - data insight services, data privacy related products, data based consulting services, etc.
Building a culture of innovation
– managers at Fire Supplements.a 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.
Increase in government spending
– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, Fire Supplements.a can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that Fire Supplements.a operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in Strategy & Execution sector.
Better consumer reach
– The expansion of the 5G network will help Fire Supplements.a to increase its market reach. Fire Supplements.a 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.
Redefining models of collaboration and team work
– As explained in the weaknesses section, Fire Supplements.a is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information 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.
Threats JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats mentioned in the HBR case study JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information are -
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.
Consumer confidence and its impact on Fire Supplements.a 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.
Regulatory challenges
– Fire Supplements.a 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 Strategy & Execution industry regulations.
Stagnating economy with rate increase
– Fire Supplements.a 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.
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 Fire Supplements.a.
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. Fire Supplements.a can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
Environmental challenges
– Fire Supplements.a 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. Fire Supplements.a can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the Strategy & Execution industry.
Learning curve for new practices
– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, as highlighted in case study JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information, Fire Supplements.a may face longer learning curve for training and development of existing employees. This can open space for more nimble competitors in the field of Strategy & Execution .
Increasing wage structure of Fire Supplements.a
– 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 Fire Supplements.a.
Barriers of entry lowering
– As technology is more democratized, the barriers to entry in the industry are lowering. It can presents Fire Supplements.a with greater competitive threats in the near to medium future. Secondly it will also put downward pressure on pricing throughout the sector.
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. Fire Supplements.a needs to understand the core reasons impacting the Strategy & Execution industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.
Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins
– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, Fire Supplements.a 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 JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information .
High dependence on third party suppliers
– Fire Supplements.a 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 JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information 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 JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information 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 JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information 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 JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information 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 JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - General Information 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 Fire Supplements.a needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.
