Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
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Case Study Description of Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement
The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WRHI), a South African non-government organization, played a crucial role in turning the tide in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa. The organization significantly influenced the national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic through its credibility, research output and multiple stakeholder engagement. The collaborative multiparty relationships between WRHI's stakeholders were a key component of the organization's success. However, WRHI's sustainability faced serious challenges in the rapidly changing operating environment, particularly since the organization was totally dependent on funders. What strategic initiatives should WRHI pursue? Margaret Sutherland, Anthony Prangley, Verity Hawarden are affiliated with Gordon Institute of Business Science.
Authors :: Margaret Sutherland, Anthony Prangley, Verity Hawarden
Swot Analysis of "Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement" written by Margaret Sutherland, Anthony Prangley, Verity Hawarden includes – strengths weakness that are internal strategic factors of the organization, and opportunities and threats that Hiv Wrhi facing as an external strategic factors. Some of the topics covered in Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement case study are - Strategic Management Strategies, and Leadership & Managing People.
Some of the macro environment factors that can be used to understand the Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement casestudy better are - – competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, increasing household debt because of falling income levels, increasing energy prices, supply chains are disrupted by pandemic , increasing transportation and logistics costs, technology disruption, talent flight as more people leaving formal jobs,
challanges to central banks by blockchain based private currencies, wage bills are increasing, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University , we believe that protagonist in Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement case study can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Hiv Wrhi, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Hiv Wrhi 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 Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning using facts provided in Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement case study
2. Improving business portfolio management of Hiv Wrhi
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 Hiv Wrhi
Strengths Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of Hiv Wrhi in Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement Harvard Business Review case study are -
Digital Transformation in Leadership & Managing People segment
- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For Hiv Wrhi digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. Hiv Wrhi 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.
Training and development
– Hiv Wrhi has one of the best training and development program in the industry. The effectiveness of the training programs can be measured in Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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.
Cross disciplinary teams
– Horizontal connected teams at the Hiv Wrhi 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.
Highly skilled collaborators
– Hiv Wrhi 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 Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement HBR case study have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.
Sustainable margins compare to other players in Leadership & Managing People industry
– Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement firm has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled Hiv Wrhi to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Leadership & Managing People industry. The sustainable margins have also helped Hiv Wrhi to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
Effective Research and Development (R&D)
– Hiv Wrhi 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 Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement - staying ahead in the industry in terms of – new product launches, superior customer experience, highly competitive pricing strategies, and great returns to the shareholders.
Successful track record of launching new products
– Hiv Wrhi has launched numerous new products in last few years, keeping in mind evolving customer preferences and competitive pressures. Hiv Wrhi 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.
Analytics focus
– Hiv Wrhi 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 Margaret Sutherland, Anthony Prangley, Verity Hawarden 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.
Ability to recruit top talent
– Hiv Wrhi is one of the leading recruiters in the industry. Managers in the Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement are in a position to attract the best talent available. The firm has a robust talent identification program that helps in identifying the brightest.
Innovation driven organization
– Hiv Wrhi is one of the most innovative firm in sector. Manager in Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement Harvard Business Review case study can use Clayton Christensen Disruptive Innovation strategies to further increase the scale of innovtions in the organization.
Learning organization
- Hiv Wrhi 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 Hiv Wrhi is open place that encourages instructiveness, ideation, open minded discussions, and creativity. Employees and leaders in Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement Harvard Business Review case study emphasize – knowledge, initiative, and innovation.
High switching costs
– The high switching costs that Hiv Wrhi 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.
Weaknesses Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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 Hiv Wrhi supply chain. Even after few cautionary changes mentioned in the HBR case study - Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement, it is still heavily dependent upon the existing supply chain. The existing supply chain though brings in cost efficiencies but it has left Hiv Wrhi vulnerable to further global disruptions in South East Asia.
Workers concerns about automation
– As automation is fast increasing in the segment, Hiv Wrhi 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.
Increasing silos among functional specialists
– The organizational structure of Hiv Wrhi is dominated by functional specialists. It is not different from other players in the Leadership & Managing People segment. Hiv Wrhi needs to de-silo the office environment to harness the true potential of its workforce. Secondly the de-silo will also help Hiv Wrhi to focus more on services rather than just following the product oriented approach.
No frontier risks strategy
– After analyzing the HBR case study Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement, it seems that company is thinking about the frontier risks that can impact Leadership & Managing People 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.
Need for greater diversity
– Hiv Wrhi 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.
Lack of clear differentiation of Hiv Wrhi products
– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, Hiv Wrhi needs to provide more differentiated products than what it is currently offering in the marketplace.
Low market penetration in new markets
– Outside its home market of Hiv Wrhi, firm in the HBR case study Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement needs to spend more promotional, marketing, and advertising efforts to penetrate international markets.
Aligning sales with marketing
– It come across in the case study Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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 Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement can leverage the sales team experience to cultivate customer relationships as Hiv Wrhi is planning to shift buying processes online.
High cash cycle compare to competitors
Hiv Wrhi 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.
Ability to respond to the competition
– As the decision making is very deliberative, highlighted in the case study Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement, in the dynamic environment Hiv Wrhi has struggled to respond to the nimble upstart competition. Hiv Wrhi has reasonably good record with similar level competitors but it has struggled with new entrants taking away niches of its business.
High operating costs
– Compare to the competitors, firm in the HBR case study Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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 Hiv Wrhi 's lucrative customers.
Opportunities Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement | 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 Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement are -
Finding new ways to collaborate
– Covid-19 has not only transformed business models of companies in Leadership & Managing People industry, but it has also influenced the consumer preferences. Hiv Wrhi can tie-up with other value chain partners to explore new opportunities regarding meeting customer demands and building a rewarding and engaging relationship.
Using analytics as competitive advantage
– Hiv Wrhi 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 Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement - to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help Hiv Wrhi to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.
Lowering marketing communication costs
– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for Hiv Wrhi 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.
Buying journey improvements
– Hiv Wrhi can improve the customer journey of consumers in the industry by using analytics and artificial intelligence. Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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, Hiv Wrhi 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.
Learning at scale
– Online learning technologies has now opened space for Hiv Wrhi 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 Hiv Wrhi has opened avenues for new revenue streams for the organization in the industry. This can help Hiv Wrhi to build a more holistic ecosystem as suggested in the Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement case study. Hiv Wrhi can build new products and services such as - data insight services, data privacy related products, data based consulting services, etc.
Remote work and new talent hiring opportunities
– The widespread usage of remote working technologies during Covid-19 has opened opportunities for Hiv Wrhi to expand its talent hiring zone. According to McKinsey Global Institute, 20% of the high end workforce in fields such as finance, information technology, can continously work from remote local post Covid-19. This presents a really great opportunity for Hiv Wrhi to hire the very best people irrespective of their geographical location.
Developing new processes and practices
– Hiv Wrhi 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
– Hiv Wrhi can leverage digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate the production process, customer analytics to get better insights into consumer behavior, realtime digital dashboards to get better sales tracking, logistics and transportation, product tracking, etc.
Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains
– As the trade war between US and China heats up in the coming years, Hiv Wrhi 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, Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement, to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.
Loyalty marketing
– Hiv Wrhi 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.
Building a culture of innovation
– managers at Hiv Wrhi 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 Leadership & Managing People segment.
Threats Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats mentioned in the HBR case study Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement are -
Trade war between China and United States
– The trade war between two of the biggest economies can hugely impact the opportunities for Hiv Wrhi in the Leadership & Managing People industry. The Leadership & Managing People 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.
High dependence on third party suppliers
– Hiv Wrhi 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.
Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins
– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, Hiv Wrhi 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 Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement .
Consumer confidence and its impact on Hiv Wrhi 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.
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 Hiv Wrhi.
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 Hiv Wrhi business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.
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. Hiv Wrhi needs to understand the core reasons impacting the Leadership & Managing People industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.
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.
Barriers of entry lowering
– As technology is more democratized, the barriers to entry in the industry are lowering. It can presents Hiv Wrhi with greater competitive threats in the near to medium future. Secondly it will also put downward pressure on pricing throughout the sector.
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 Hiv Wrhi in the Leadership & Managing People sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.
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. Hiv Wrhi can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
Regulatory challenges
– Hiv Wrhi 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.
Shortening product life cycle
– it is one of the major threat that Hiv Wrhi is facing in Leadership & Managing People sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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 Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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 Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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 Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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 Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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 Hiv Wrhi needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.