Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
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Case Study Description of Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values
The author has examined common growth beliefs and the U.S. Growth Model and finds no support for them in any area of business research. He offers instead the Organic Growth Index, the result of ten years of research by the Batten Institute at the Darden School. Six keys to organic growth are presented and above-average growth companies that remained successful are linked to an internal Growth System called Smart Growth.
Swot Analysis of "Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values" written by Edward D. Hess includes – strengths weakness that are internal strategic factors of the organization, and opportunities and threats that Growth Organic facing as an external strategic factors. Some of the topics covered in Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values case study are - Strategic Management Strategies, and Strategy & Execution.
Some of the macro environment factors that can be used to understand the Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values casestudy better are - – wage bills are increasing, supply chains are disrupted by pandemic , there is increasing trade war between United States & China, central banks are concerned over increasing inflation, competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, banking and financial system is disrupted by Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, cloud computing is disrupting traditional business models,
increasing energy prices, increasing commodity prices, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University , we believe that protagonist in Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values case study can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Growth Organic, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Growth Organic 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 Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning using facts provided in Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values case study
2. Improving business portfolio management of Growth Organic
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 Growth Organic
Strengths Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of Growth Organic in Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values Harvard Business Review case study are -
Operational resilience
– The operational resilience strategy in the Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values 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.
Innovation driven organization
– Growth Organic is one of the most innovative firm in sector. Manager in Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values Harvard Business Review case study can use Clayton Christensen Disruptive Innovation strategies to further increase the scale of innovtions in the organization.
Learning organization
- Growth Organic 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 Growth Organic is open place that encourages instructiveness, ideation, open minded discussions, and creativity. Employees and leaders in Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values Harvard Business Review case study emphasize – knowledge, initiative, and innovation.
Low bargaining power of suppliers
– Suppliers of Growth Organic in the sector have low bargaining power. Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps Growth Organic to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.
Ability to recruit top talent
– Growth Organic is one of the leading recruiters in the industry. Managers in the Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values are in a position to attract the best talent available. The firm has a robust talent identification program that helps in identifying the brightest.
Successful track record of launching new products
– Growth Organic has launched numerous new products in last few years, keeping in mind evolving customer preferences and competitive pressures. Growth Organic 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.
Training and development
– Growth Organic has one of the best training and development program in the industry. The effectiveness of the training programs can be measured in Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values 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.
Sustainable margins compare to other players in Strategy & Execution industry
– Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values firm has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled Growth Organic to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Strategy & Execution industry. The sustainable margins have also helped Growth Organic to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
Analytics focus
– Growth Organic 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 Edward D. Hess 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.
Effective Research and Development (R&D)
– Growth Organic 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 Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values - staying ahead in the industry in terms of – new product launches, superior customer experience, highly competitive pricing strategies, and great returns to the shareholders.
Superior customer experience
– The customer experience strategy of Growth Organic 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 Growth Organic digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. Growth Organic 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.
Weaknesses Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values are -
Products dominated business model
– Even though Growth Organic has some of the most successful products in the industry, this business model has made each new product launch extremely critical for continuous financial growth of the organization. firm in the HBR case study - Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values should strive to include more intangible value offerings along with its core products and services.
Slow decision making process
– As mentioned earlier in the report, Growth Organic 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. Growth Organic 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 Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values, it seems that the employees of Growth Organic 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, Growth Organic 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.
Ability to respond to the competition
– As the decision making is very deliberative, highlighted in the case study Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values, in the dynamic environment Growth Organic has struggled to respond to the nimble upstart competition. Growth Organic has reasonably good record with similar level competitors but it has struggled with new entrants taking away niches of its business.
No frontier risks strategy
– After analyzing the HBR case study Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values, 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.
Slow to harness new channels of communication
– Even though competitors are using new communication channels such as Instagram, Tiktok, and Snap, Growth Organic is slow explore the new channels of communication. These new channels of communication mentioned in marketing section of case study Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values can help to provide better information regarding products and services. It can also build an online community to further reach out to potential customers.
High bargaining power of channel partners
– Because of the regulatory requirements, Edward D. Hess suggests that, Growth Organic 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.
Skills based hiring
– The stress on hiring functional specialists at Growth Organic 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 to strategic competitive environment developments
– As Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values HBR case study mentions - Growth Organic 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 operating costs
– Compare to the competitors, firm in the HBR case study Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values 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 Growth Organic 's lucrative customers.
Opportunities Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values | 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 Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values are -
Redefining models of collaboration and team work
– As explained in the weaknesses section, Growth Organic is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values 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.
Buying journey improvements
– Growth Organic can improve the customer journey of consumers in the industry by using analytics and artificial intelligence. Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values 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.
Low interest rates
– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, Growth Organic 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.
Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains
– As the trade war between US and China heats up in the coming years, Growth Organic 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, Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values, to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.
Lowering marketing communication costs
– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for Growth Organic 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.
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 Growth Organic in the consumer business. Now Growth Organic can target international markets with far fewer capital restrictions requirements than the existing system.
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. Growth Organic can explore opportunities that can attract volunteers and are consistent with its mission and vision.
Leveraging digital technologies
– Growth Organic 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.
Better consumer reach
– The expansion of the 5G network will help Growth Organic to increase its market reach. Growth Organic 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.
Using analytics as competitive advantage
– Growth Organic 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 Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values - to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help Growth Organic to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.
Increase in government spending
– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, Growth Organic can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that Growth Organic operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in Strategy & Execution sector.
Loyalty marketing
– Growth Organic 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.
Creating value in data economy
– The success of analytics program of Growth Organic has opened avenues for new revenue streams for the organization in the industry. This can help Growth Organic to build a more holistic ecosystem as suggested in the Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values case study. Growth Organic can build new products and services such as - data insight services, data privacy related products, data based consulting services, etc.
Threats Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats mentioned in the HBR case study Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values 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 Growth Organic in the Strategy & Execution sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.
Consumer confidence and its impact on Growth Organic 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.
High dependence on third party suppliers
– Growth Organic 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.
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. Growth Organic can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins
– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, Growth Organic 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 Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values .
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.
Barriers of entry lowering
– As technology is more democratized, the barriers to entry in the industry are lowering. It can presents Growth Organic with greater competitive threats in the near to medium future. Secondly it will also put downward pressure on pricing throughout the sector.
Technology acceleration in Forth Industrial Revolution
– Growth Organic has witnessed rapid integration of technology during Covid-19 in the Strategy & Execution industry. As one of the leading players in the industry, Growth Organic 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.
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.
Stagnating economy with rate increase
– Growth Organic 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.
Shortening product life cycle
– it is one of the major threat that Growth Organic 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 Growth Organic 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 Growth Organic.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values 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 Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values 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 Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values 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 Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values 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 Growth Is the Dynamic Confluence of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Values 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 Growth Organic needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.