Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

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Case Study Description of Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B

While violence against children in Turkey was widespread, people across the country were shocked by the news of seven atrocious child molestation cases,one after another over the course of a week in April 2010. AyAYen A?zyeAYin, Founder and President of the Mother Child Education Foundation (in Turkish, Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), a nonprofit organization devoted to supporting disadvantaged children and their families and promoting early childhood education, called a Board meeting to discuss whether the organization should assume a role in addressing the child protection crisis. ACEV's leaders prepared to present recommendations to their fellow Board Members and to consider decisions critical for both the agency's future and for Turkey's children.

Authors :: Yasemin Sirali, Jacqueline Bhabha

Topics :: Strategy & Execution

Tags :: Strategic planning, SWOT Analysis, SWOT Matrix, TOWS, Weighted SWOT Analysis

Swot Analysis of "Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B" written by Yasemin Sirali, Jacqueline Bhabha includes – strengths weakness that are internal strategic factors of the organization, and opportunities and threats that Child A facing as an external strategic factors. Some of the topics covered in Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B case study are - Strategic Management Strategies, Strategic planning and Strategy & Execution.

Some of the macro environment factors that can be used to understand the Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B casestudy better are - – increasing inequality as vast percentage of new income is going to the top 1%, there is backlash against globalization, competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, talent flight as more people leaving formal jobs, technology disruption, increasing transportation and logistics costs, customer relationship management is fast transforming because of increasing concerns over data privacy, cloud computing is disrupting traditional business models, geopolitical disruptions, etc

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Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B

SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University , we believe that protagonist in Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B case study can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Child A, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Child 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.

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SWOT Objectives / Importance of SWOT Analysis and SWOT Matrix

SWOT analysis of Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning using facts provided in Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B case study
2. Improving business portfolio management of Child 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 Child A

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Strengths Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The strengths of Child A in Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B Harvard Business Review case study are -

Strong track record of project management

– Child A is known for sticking to its project targets. This enables the firm to manage – time, project costs, and have sustainable margins on the projects.

Operational resilience

– The operational resilience strategy in the Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B 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.

Effective Research and Development (R&D)

– Child A 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 Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B - staying ahead in the industry in terms of – new product launches, superior customer experience, highly competitive pricing strategies, and great returns to the shareholders.

Ability to recruit top talent

– Child A is one of the leading recruiters in the industry. Managers in the Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B are in a position to attract the best talent available. The firm has a robust talent identification program that helps in identifying the brightest.

Low bargaining power of suppliers

– Suppliers of Child A in the sector have low bargaining power. Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps Child A to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.

Superior customer experience

– The customer experience strategy of Child A in the segment is based on four key concepts – personalization, simplification of complex needs, prompt response, and continuous engagement.

High brand equity

– Child A has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled Child A to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.

High switching costs

– The high switching costs that Child 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.

Cross disciplinary teams

– Horizontal connected teams at the Child 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.

Sustainable margins compare to other players in Strategy & Execution industry

– Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B firm has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled Child A to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Strategy & Execution industry. The sustainable margins have also helped Child A to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.

Innovation driven organization

– Child A is one of the most innovative firm in sector. Manager in Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B Harvard Business Review case study can use Clayton Christensen Disruptive Innovation strategies to further increase the scale of innovtions in the organization.

Analytics focus

– Child 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 Yasemin Sirali, Jacqueline Bhabha 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.

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Weaknesses Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The weaknesses of Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B are -

High bargaining power of channel partners

– Because of the regulatory requirements, Yasemin Sirali, Jacqueline Bhabha suggests that, Child 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.

Skills based hiring

– The stress on hiring functional specialists at Child A 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.

Need for greater diversity

– Child A has taken concrete steps on diversity, equity, and inclusion. But the efforts so far has resulted in limited success. It needs to expand the recruitment and selection process to hire more people from the minorities and underprivileged background.

Workers concerns about automation

– As automation is fast increasing in the segment, Child 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.

Interest costs

– Compare to the competition, Child A 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.

Employees’ incomplete understanding of strategy

– From the instances in the HBR case study Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B, it seems that the employees of Child 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.

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 Child A supply chain. Even after few cautionary changes mentioned in the HBR case study - Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B, it is still heavily dependent upon the existing supply chain. The existing supply chain though brings in cost efficiencies but it has left Child A vulnerable to further global disruptions in South East Asia.

Aligning sales with marketing

– It come across in the case study Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B 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 Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B can leverage the sales team experience to cultivate customer relationships as Child A is planning to shift buying processes online.

Slow to harness new channels of communication

– Even though competitors are using new communication channels such as Instagram, Tiktok, and Snap, Child A is slow explore the new channels of communication. These new channels of communication mentioned in marketing section of case study Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B 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 dependence on star products

– The top 2 products and services of the firm as mentioned in the Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B 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 Child A has relatively successful track record of launching new products.

Slow decision making process

– As mentioned earlier in the report, Child A 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. Child A 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.

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Opportunities Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B | 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 Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B are -

Loyalty marketing

– Child A 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.

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 Child A in the consumer business. Now Child A can target international markets with far fewer capital restrictions requirements than the existing system.

Buying journey improvements

– Child A can improve the customer journey of consumers in the industry by using analytics and artificial intelligence. Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B 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.

Creating value in data economy

– The success of analytics program of Child A has opened avenues for new revenue streams for the organization in the industry. This can help Child A to build a more holistic ecosystem as suggested in the Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B case study. Child A can build new products and services such as - data insight services, data privacy related products, data based consulting services, etc.

Increase in government spending

– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, Child A can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that Child A operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in Strategy & Execution sector.

Developing new processes and practices

– Child A 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.

Reforming the budgeting process

- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects Child A 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, Child A 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, Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B, to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.

Leveraging digital technologies

– Child A 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 Child A to increase its market reach. Child 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.

Using analytics as competitive advantage

– Child 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 Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B - to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help Child A to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.

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 Child A 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.

Learning at scale

– Online learning technologies has now opened space for Child 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.

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Threats Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The threats mentioned in the HBR case study Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B are -

Consumer confidence and its impact on Child 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.

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.

Trade war between China and United States

– The trade war between two of the biggest economies can hugely impact the opportunities for Child A in the Strategy & Execution industry. The Strategy & Execution industry is already at various protected from local competition in China, with the rise of trade war the protection levels may go up. This presents a clear threat of current business model in Chinese market.

Shortening product life cycle

– it is one of the major threat that Child A is facing in Strategy & Execution sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.

Environmental challenges

– Child 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. Child A can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the Strategy & Execution industry.

High dependence on third party suppliers

– Child 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.

Regulatory challenges

– Child 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

– Child 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.

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 Child A business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.

Increasing wage structure of Child 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 Child A.

Learning curve for new practices

– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, as highlighted in case study Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B, Child 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 .

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. Child A 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.

Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins

– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, Child 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 Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B .

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Weighted SWOT Analysis of Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B 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 Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B 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 Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B 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 Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B 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 Turkey's Child Protection Crisis and the Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne A?ocuk EAYitim VakfA?-AA?EV), Part B 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 Child A needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.

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