Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
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Case Study Description of Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico
Chaos and disorder in the public housing system of San Juan, Puerto Rico (second largest in the US, prompt the newly-elected governor Pedro Rosello to consider an unprecedented new approach: using the island's national guard troops to patrol the projects. The Guard would replace police who had become so frightened or corrupted by the dominance of drug gangs in public housing that they seldom ventured into the apartment complexes at all. The National Guard, moreover, was a popular force on the island. At the same time, Rosello knew that there were risks associated with calling out the Guard. Many in its ranks were young and inexperienced. Sustaining the commitment over time would be difficult and expensive. The kind of tactics thought necessary to regain control of the projects might offend civil libertarians. The new governor, urged on by the superintendent of police, had to decide whether and how to deploy the Guard. HKS Case Number 1390.0
Swot Analysis of "Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico" written by Marty Linsky, Harvey Simon includes – strengths weakness that are internal strategic factors of the organization, and opportunities and threats that Guard Rosello facing as an external strategic factors. Some of the topics covered in Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico case study are - Strategic Management Strategies, Policy, Project management, Public relations, Regulation, Security & privacy, Strategic planning and Leadership & Managing People.
Some of the macro environment factors that can be used to understand the Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico casestudy better are - – challanges to central banks by blockchain based private currencies, supply chains are disrupted by pandemic , talent flight as more people leaving formal jobs, cloud computing is disrupting traditional business models, banking and financial system is disrupted by Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, technology disruption, increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings,
competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, customer relationship management is fast transforming because of increasing concerns over data privacy, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University , we believe that protagonist in Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico case study can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Guard Rosello, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Guard Rosello 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 Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning using facts provided in Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico case study
2. Improving business portfolio management of Guard Rosello
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 Guard Rosello
Strengths Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of Guard Rosello in Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico Harvard Business Review case study are -
Successful track record of launching new products
– Guard Rosello has launched numerous new products in last few years, keeping in mind evolving customer preferences and competitive pressures. Guard Rosello 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.
Diverse revenue streams
– Guard Rosello is present in almost all the verticals within the industry. This has provided firm in Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico 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 switching costs
– The high switching costs that Guard Rosello 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.
Superior customer experience
– The customer experience strategy of Guard Rosello in the segment is based on four key concepts – personalization, simplification of complex needs, prompt response, and continuous engagement.
Organizational Resilience of Guard Rosello
– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing that Guard Rosello does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.
Effective Research and Development (R&D)
– Guard Rosello 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 Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico - staying ahead in the industry in terms of – new product launches, superior customer experience, highly competitive pricing strategies, and great returns to the shareholders.
Cross disciplinary teams
– Horizontal connected teams at the Guard Rosello 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.
Analytics focus
– Guard Rosello 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 Marty Linsky, Harvey Simon 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 lead change in Leadership & Managing People field
– Guard Rosello 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 Guard Rosello in – penetrating new markets, reaching out to new customers, and providing different value propositions to different customers in the international markets.
Low bargaining power of suppliers
– Suppliers of Guard Rosello in the sector have low bargaining power. Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps Guard Rosello to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.
Digital Transformation in Leadership & Managing People segment
- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For Guard Rosello digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. Guard Rosello 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.
High brand equity
– Guard Rosello has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled Guard Rosello to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.
Weaknesses Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico are -
Increasing silos among functional specialists
– The organizational structure of Guard Rosello is dominated by functional specialists. It is not different from other players in the Leadership & Managing People segment. Guard Rosello needs to de-silo the office environment to harness the true potential of its workforce. Secondly the de-silo will also help Guard Rosello to focus more on services rather than just following the product oriented approach.
Slow decision making process
– As mentioned earlier in the report, Guard Rosello 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. Guard Rosello 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.
Lack of clear differentiation of Guard Rosello products
– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, Guard Rosello needs to provide more differentiated products than what it is currently offering in the marketplace.
Workers concerns about automation
– As automation is fast increasing in the segment, Guard Rosello 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.
Employees’ incomplete understanding of strategy
– From the instances in the HBR case study Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico, it seems that the employees of Guard Rosello 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.
No frontier risks strategy
– After analyzing the HBR case study Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico, 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
– Guard Rosello 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.
High bargaining power of channel partners
– Because of the regulatory requirements, Marty Linsky, Harvey Simon suggests that, Guard Rosello 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.
High operating costs
– Compare to the competitors, firm in the HBR case study Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico 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 Guard Rosello 's lucrative customers.
Slow to harness new channels of communication
– Even though competitors are using new communication channels such as Instagram, Tiktok, and Snap, Guard Rosello is slow explore the new channels of communication. These new channels of communication mentioned in marketing section of case study Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico can help to provide better information regarding products and services. It can also build an online community to further reach out to potential customers.
Aligning sales with marketing
– It come across in the case study Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico 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 Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico can leverage the sales team experience to cultivate customer relationships as Guard Rosello is planning to shift buying processes online.
Opportunities Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico | 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 Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico are -
Low interest rates
– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, Guard Rosello 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.
Reforming the budgeting process
- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects Guard Rosello can not only reduce the costs of the project but also help it in integrating the projects with other processes within the organization.
Developing new processes and practices
– Guard Rosello 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.
Learning at scale
– Online learning technologies has now opened space for Guard Rosello 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.
Changes in consumer behavior post Covid-19
– Consumer behavior has changed in the Leadership & Managing People industry because of Covid-19 restrictions. Some of this behavior will stay once things get back to normal. Guard Rosello can take advantage of these changes in consumer behavior to build a far more efficient business model. For example consumer regular ordering of products can reduce both last mile delivery costs and market penetration costs. Guard Rosello can further use this consumer data to build better customer loyalty, provide better products and service collection, and improve the value proposition in inflationary times.
Buying journey improvements
– Guard Rosello can improve the customer journey of consumers in the industry by using analytics and artificial intelligence. Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico 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.
Leveraging digital technologies
– Guard Rosello 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.
Redefining models of collaboration and team work
– As explained in the weaknesses section, Guard Rosello is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico 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.
Building a culture of innovation
– managers at Guard Rosello 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.
Better consumer reach
– The expansion of the 5G network will help Guard Rosello to increase its market reach. Guard Rosello 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.
Increase in government spending
– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, Guard Rosello can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that Guard Rosello operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in Leadership & Managing People sector.
Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains
– As the trade war between US and China heats up in the coming years, Guard Rosello 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, Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico, to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.
Remote work and new talent hiring opportunities
– The widespread usage of remote working technologies during Covid-19 has opened opportunities for Guard Rosello 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 Guard Rosello to hire the very best people irrespective of their geographical location.
Threats Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats mentioned in the HBR case study Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico are -
Environmental challenges
– Guard Rosello 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. Guard Rosello can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the Leadership & Managing People industry.
High dependence on third party suppliers
– Guard Rosello 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.
Trade war between China and United States
– The trade war between two of the biggest economies can hugely impact the opportunities for Guard Rosello 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.
Increasing wage structure of Guard Rosello
– 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 Guard Rosello.
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.
Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins
– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, Guard Rosello 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 Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico .
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. Guard Rosello can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
Learning curve for new practices
– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, as highlighted in case study Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico, Guard Rosello 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 .
Consumer confidence and its impact on Guard Rosello demand
– There is a high probability of declining consumer confidence, given – high inflammation rate, rise of gig economy, lower job stability, increasing cost of living, higher interest rates, and aging demography. All the factors contribute to people saving higher rate of their income, resulting in lower consumer demand in the industry and other sectors.
High 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. Guard Rosello needs to understand the core reasons impacting the Leadership & Managing People industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.
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. Guard Rosello 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.
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.
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 Guard Rosello in the Leadership & Managing People sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico 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 Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico 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 Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico 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 Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico 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 Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico 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 Guard Rosello needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.