Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
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Case Study Description of Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them?
In 2005, the police service in London, Ontario is faced with growing complaints about street-level prostitution in a neighbourhood trying to make an economic recovery. At the time, all Canadians are following the shocking case of Robert Pickton, a serial killer charged with the murder of over 20 prostitutes in Vancouver. The deputy chief asks the superintendent of Operations to devise a plan to deal with the local issue, including current news reports about the failure to solve a 10-year-old murder of a street worker. The latter recommends assigning an officer to begin a proactive approach to prostitution by monitoring and helping women to get free of the drug addictions that have led them into the business instead of arresting them. Is the superintendent overreacting to public pressure and sensational reports of events in Vancouver? Is this really a job for police? Can they sell this plan to their chief?
Swot Analysis of "Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them?" written by Jeannette Eberhard, Ann C. Frost includes – strengths weakness that are internal strategic factors of the organization, and opportunities and threats that Police Prostitutes facing as an external strategic factors. Some of the topics covered in Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? case study are - Strategic Management Strategies, and Leadership & Managing People.
Some of the macro environment factors that can be used to understand the Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? casestudy better are - – increasing household debt because of falling income levels, there is backlash against globalization, central banks are concerned over increasing inflation, supply chains are disrupted by pandemic , increasing energy prices, increasing commodity prices, competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion,
increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings, technology disruption, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them?
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University , we believe that protagonist in Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? case study can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Police Prostitutes, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Police Prostitutes 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 Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning using facts provided in Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? case study
2. Improving business portfolio management of Police Prostitutes
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in Leadership & Managing People field.
4. Making a Leadership & Managing People topic specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of Police Prostitutes
Strengths Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of Police Prostitutes in Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? Harvard Business Review case study are -
Organizational Resilience of Police Prostitutes
– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing that Police Prostitutes does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.
High switching costs
– The high switching costs that Police Prostitutes 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.
High brand equity
– Police Prostitutes has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled Police Prostitutes to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.
Analytics focus
– Police Prostitutes 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 Jeannette Eberhard, Ann C. Frost 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)
– Police Prostitutes 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 Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? - staying ahead in the industry in terms of – new product launches, superior customer experience, highly competitive pricing strategies, and great returns to the shareholders.
Sustainable margins compare to other players in Leadership & Managing People industry
– Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? firm has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled Police Prostitutes to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Leadership & Managing People industry. The sustainable margins have also helped Police Prostitutes to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
Low bargaining power of suppliers
– Suppliers of Police Prostitutes in the sector have low bargaining power. Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps Police Prostitutes to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.
Diverse revenue streams
– Police Prostitutes is present in almost all the verticals within the industry. This has provided firm in Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? 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.
Cross disciplinary teams
– Horizontal connected teams at the Police Prostitutes 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.
Operational resilience
– The operational resilience strategy in the Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? 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.
Digital Transformation in Leadership & Managing People segment
- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For Police Prostitutes digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. Police Prostitutes 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.
Ability to lead change in Leadership & Managing People field
– Police Prostitutes 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 Police Prostitutes in – penetrating new markets, reaching out to new customers, and providing different value propositions to different customers in the international markets.
Weaknesses Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? are -
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 Police Prostitutes supply chain. Even after few cautionary changes mentioned in the HBR case study - Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them?, it is still heavily dependent upon the existing supply chain. The existing supply chain though brings in cost efficiencies but it has left Police Prostitutes vulnerable to further global disruptions in South East Asia.
Products dominated business model
– Even though Police Prostitutes 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 - Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? should strive to include more intangible value offerings along with its core products and services.
Aligning sales with marketing
– It come across in the case study Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? 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 Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? can leverage the sales team experience to cultivate customer relationships as Police Prostitutes is planning to shift buying processes online.
High bargaining power of channel partners
– Because of the regulatory requirements, Jeannette Eberhard, Ann C. Frost suggests that, Police Prostitutes 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.
Lack of clear differentiation of Police Prostitutes products
– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, Police Prostitutes needs to provide more differentiated products than what it is currently offering in the marketplace.
Slow to strategic competitive environment developments
– As Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? HBR case study mentions - Police Prostitutes 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.
Compensation and incentives
– The revenue per employee as mentioned in the HBR case study Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them?, is just above the industry average. Police Prostitutes needs to redesign the compensation structure and incentives to increase the revenue per employees. Some of the steps that it can take are – hiring more specialists on project basis, etc.
Workers concerns about automation
– As automation is fast increasing in the segment, Police Prostitutes 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.
Capital Spending Reduction
– Even during the low interest decade, Police Prostitutes 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 operating costs
– Compare to the competitors, firm in the HBR case study Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? 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 Police Prostitutes 's lucrative customers.
Ability to respond to the competition
– As the decision making is very deliberative, highlighted in the case study Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them?, in the dynamic environment Police Prostitutes has struggled to respond to the nimble upstart competition. Police Prostitutes has reasonably good record with similar level competitors but it has struggled with new entrants taking away niches of its business.
Opportunities Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? | 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 Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? are -
Developing new processes and practices
– Police Prostitutes can develop new processes and procedures in Leadership & Managing People 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.
Leveraging digital technologies
– Police Prostitutes 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.
Low interest rates
– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, Police Prostitutes 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.
Redefining models of collaboration and team work
– As explained in the weaknesses section, Police Prostitutes is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? 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.
Learning at scale
– Online learning technologies has now opened space for Police Prostitutes 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.
Reforming the budgeting process
- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects Police Prostitutes 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. Police Prostitutes can explore opportunities that can attract volunteers and are consistent with its mission and vision.
Manufacturing automation
– Police Prostitutes can use the latest technology developments to improve its manufacturing and designing process in Leadership & Managing People segment. It can use CAD and 3D printing to build a quick prototype and pilot testing products. It can leverage automation using machine learning and artificial intelligence to do faster production at lowers costs, and it can leverage the growth in satellite and tracking technologies to improve inventory management, transportation, and shipping.
Better consumer reach
– The expansion of the 5G network will help Police Prostitutes to increase its market reach. Police Prostitutes 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.
Buying journey improvements
– Police Prostitutes can improve the customer journey of consumers in the industry by using analytics and artificial intelligence. Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? 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.
Lowering marketing communication costs
– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for Police Prostitutes in the field of marketing communication. It will bring down the cost of doing business, provide technology platform to build new products in the Leadership & Managing People 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 Police Prostitutes in the consumer business. Now Police Prostitutes can target international markets with far fewer capital restrictions requirements than the existing system.
Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains
– As the trade war between US and China heats up in the coming years, Police Prostitutes 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, Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them?, to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.
Threats Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats mentioned in the HBR case study Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? are -
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 Police Prostitutes.
Consumer confidence and its impact on Police Prostitutes 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.
Barriers of entry lowering
– As technology is more democratized, the barriers to entry in the industry are lowering. It can presents Police Prostitutes with greater competitive threats in the near to medium future. Secondly it will also put downward pressure on pricing throughout the sector.
Environmental challenges
– Police Prostitutes 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. Police Prostitutes can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the Leadership & Managing People industry.
Increasing wage structure of Police Prostitutes
– 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 Police Prostitutes.
Regulatory challenges
– Police Prostitutes 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 Leadership & Managing People industry regulations.
Learning curve for new practices
– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, as highlighted in case study Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them?, Police Prostitutes may face longer learning curve for training and development of existing employees. This can open space for more nimble competitors in the field of Leadership & Managing People .
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.
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 Police Prostitutes in the Leadership & Managing People sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.
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.
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. Police Prostitutes 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.
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. Police Prostitutes needs to understand the core reasons impacting the Leadership & Managing People industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.
Easy access to finance
– Easy access to finance in Leadership & Managing People field will also reduce the barriers to entry in the industry, thus putting downward pressure on the prices because of increasing competition. Police Prostitutes can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? 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 Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? 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 Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? 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 Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? 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 Should London Police Arrest Prostitutes or Help Them? 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 Police Prostitutes needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.
