14. Group Assignment 2
• Identify the industry of your chosen company
• Perform Porter’s 5 forces model analysis
• List the main threats and opportunities in the
external environment
15. LO2_b
Examine the competitive advantage
of business firms by analyzing why
some companies outperform others.
Internal Analysis
33. Group Assignment 3
• Perform internal analysis of reviewing the
resources, capabilities, and competencies of a
company. Then evaluate the building blocks of
competitive advantage
• List all the strengths and weaknesses of each
of the items above (resources, capabilities,
quality, innovation, efficiency, customer
responsiveness)
34. LO2_c
Examine how functional level
strategies can help to achieve
efficiency, innovation and customer
responsiveness.
47. Group Assignment 4
• Perform SWOT Analysis
• Pick the best opportunity that capitalizes on
your strengths, eliminate weaknesses, and
limit your threats
• Suggest what your company should do in
terms of functional level strategies
48. LO2_d
Analyze the factors that facilitate
business level strategy to enable a
firm to compete effectively in the
market place.