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 - – digital marketing is dominated by two big players Facebook and Google, increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings, geopolitical disruptions, supply chains are disrupted by pandemic , talent flight as more people leaving formal jobs, challanges to central banks by blockchain based private currencies, central banks are concerned over increasing inflation,
cloud computing is disrupting traditional business models, competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, 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 -
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.
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.
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.
Operational resilience
– The operational resilience strategy in the Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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.
Diverse revenue streams
– Hiv Wrhi is present in almost all the verticals within the industry. This has provided firm in Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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.
High brand equity
– Hiv Wrhi has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled Hiv Wrhi to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.
Superior customer experience
– The customer experience strategy of Hiv Wrhi in the segment is based on four key concepts – personalization, simplification of complex needs, prompt response, and continuous engagement.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 star products
– The top 2 products and services of the firm as mentioned in the Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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 Hiv Wrhi has relatively successful track record of launching new products.
Slow to harness new channels of communication
– Even though competitors are using new communication channels such as Instagram, Tiktok, and Snap, Hiv Wrhi is slow explore the new channels of communication. These new channels of communication mentioned in marketing section of case study Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement can help to provide better information regarding products and services. It can also build an online community to further reach out to potential customers.
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.
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.
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 bargaining power of channel partners
– Because of the regulatory requirements, Margaret Sutherland, Anthony Prangley, Verity Hawarden suggests that, Hiv Wrhi 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.
Products dominated business model
– Even though Hiv Wrhi 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 - Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement should strive to include more intangible value offerings along with its core products and services.
Compensation and incentives
– The revenue per employee as mentioned in the HBR case study Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement, is just above the industry average. Hiv Wrhi 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.
Slow decision making process
– As mentioned earlier in the report, Hiv Wrhi 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. Hiv Wrhi 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.
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.
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 -
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.
Redefining models of collaboration and team work
– As explained in the weaknesses section, Hiv Wrhi is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement 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
– 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.
Reforming the budgeting process
- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects Hiv Wrhi can not only reduce the costs of the project but also help it in integrating the projects with other processes within the organization.
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.
Better consumer reach
– The expansion of the 5G network will help Hiv Wrhi to increase its market reach. Hiv Wrhi 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Increase in government spending
– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, Hiv Wrhi can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that Hiv Wrhi operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in Leadership & Managing People sector.
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 -
Learning curve for new practices
– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, as highlighted in case study Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement, Hiv Wrhi 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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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. Hiv Wrhi 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
