Assignment title: Management


Assess how the business mission, vision, objectives, goals and core competences might inform the strategic planning in Morrisons. Apart from identifying the mission, vision, objectives and core competences of Morrisons, your answer may also consider the competitive pressures, ownership and management, and a general overview of organizational strengths and weaknesses. AC1.2 Analyse the factors (barriers or facilitators) that have to be considered by Morrisons when formulating strategic plans for the organization. These could include issues from environmental scanning, challenges related, but not limited, to resources required, targets, stakeholders to be involved, management roles and culture, etc. AC1.3 Explain and evaluate the effectiveness of techniques used when developing strategic business plans for Morrisons. Your answer should focus on strategic planning techniques such as BCG growth-share matrix, SPACE, PIMS, Scenario Planning. Task 1 covers assessment criteria AC1.1, AC1.2 and AC1.3 Task 2: Formulating a New Strategy AC2.1 Produce an organisational audit for Morrisons. You should use techniques and academic frameworks such as Capability matrix (analysis of resources & competences), Value Chain analysis, SWOT analysis (strengths and weaknesses) etc.