Type: Strategic planning and implementation report Format: Written Length: 2,500

by Caaltu · May 22, 2024

Type: Strategic planning and implementation report
Format: Written
Length: 2,500

Type: Strategic planning and implementation report
Format: Written
Length: 2,500 words
Task:
In Assessment 1 (uploaded), you used PESTEL, Porter’s Five Forces and VRIO analysis to identify strategic issues and priorities that must be addressed for a chosen company (GO Transit) to be competitively successful in the years ahead. It is now time to think about the strategy development and implementation process to deliver superior value to customers more efficiently than rivals.
Building on your analysis in assessment 1, recommend competitive strategies (e.g., broad low-cost strategy, focused low-cost strategy, broad differentiation strategy, focused differentiation strategy, best cost strategy) for the current competitive conditions. Then, identify complementary strategic actions to maximise the overall strategy. Finally, examine the role of ethics, organisational culture and leadership to your recommended competitive strategy and strategic actions.
Procedures
1. Introduce the report. Recap the organisational and industry context from Assessment 1 (attached).
A concise and clear summary of organisation, industry and strategic priorities as outlined in assessment 1. Logical, clear and persuasive explanation of prioritised issue, supported by contemporary, relevant examples and literature with sources acknowledged.
2. Recap the identified three critical strategic issues from Assessment 1. Select one critical strategic issue that is a priority needing immediate attention and explain the reasons for your selection.
3. Recommend and justify one generic competitive strategy to address the prioritised strategic issues for the organisation in the current competitive conditions.
Recommended strategy is logically drawn from in-depth analysis, and highly appropriate to organisational and industry contexts. Selection and use of sources add compelling value to the analysis and show extensive reading on the topic.
4. Identify and evaluate two complementary strategic actions that could be taken to strengthen your organisation’s competitive position and overall strategy (e.g., offensive, defensive, first mover strategy, blue-ocean strategy, merger, acquisition or strategic alliance).
Highly detailed analysis and very clear overview of organisation’s positioning in the current competitive environment. Proposed complementary strategic actions are highly appropriate, convincing, and logically formed from evaluation, and addresses all gaps. Selection and use of sources add compelling value to the analysis and show extensive reading on the topic.
5. Discuss the following three areas the organisation should consider in the implementation of the recommended generic strategy and complementary strategic actions:
• Ethics
• Organisational culture
• Leadership
Highly integrated and in-depth critical evaluation of each area, thoroughly linked to organizational context. Expert insight when discussing effective implementation measures that result in successful strategy execution, supported by relevant examples. Selection and use of sources add compelling value to the analysis and show extensive reading on the topic.
6. Conclude the report.
Requirements
This assessment requires you to use a minimum of eleven (11) credible academic sources (all sources must be scholarly, academic & peer-reviewed journal articles).
In addition current company, industry, government and media sources to support your statements, but these will NOT count toward the minimum required credible academic sources for your assessment.
Please do not use AI tools.
Please DO not submit to turn it in software that stores work.
The company the report will be on: Company: Go Transit
company website: https://www.gotransit.com/en/about-go/what-is-go
GO past: https://www.gotransit.com/en/about-go/our-past-and-present
the future: http://goingstrong.gotransit.com/en/future.html
GO Expansion: https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/go-expansion https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/go-rail-station-access
Go Transit’s parent company is Metrolinx Company’s website: https://www.metrolinx.com/en/about-us Metrolinx
Customer Charter specific to GO: https://www.gotransit.com/en/about-go/customer-charter https://www.metrolinx.com/en/about-us/metrolinx-customer-charter
Regional plan: https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/regional-transportation-plan I’ve attached the strategic wheel.
Notes: The Ministry of Transportation is part of the provincial government. The Ministry of Transportation sets the strategy and policy framework for Metrolinx. The Board provides business direction to staff.