Choose the Best Strategy
This student task is to evaluate a bank’s strengths, assess its dynamic environment, and then select the most suitable strategy direction for them to continue to expand.
This student task is to evaluate a bank’s strengths, assess its dynamic environment, and then select the most suitable strategy direction for them to continue to expand.
In this exercise, students assess the for and against of a franchised food retailer broadening their product range, as the proposed move has both opportunities and substantial risks.
This is a mini case study of a hypothetical toy manufacturer (Fun 4 U) that is faced with two distinct marketing strategy choices. The student task is to determine, based on the information available, the best approach for the firm.
The student task is to review survey results of attitudes towards moving to a cashless society and identify how retailers will be able to benefit from this emerging opportunity.
In this task, students identify how different internal environments influence firms choices of marketing strategy.
For this exercise, students act as consultants brought into a large firm with the goal of shifting the firm’s corporate culture in order to improve its level of marketing orientation.
In this role-play exercise, students take the role of the CEO and other stakeholders. How will they balance all the conflicting needs and demands?
For this exercise, students identify the competitive set for a manufacturer of instant coffee (such as Nestle’s). The aim of this activity is to think beyond just me-too competitors.
In this exercise, students need to evaluate how well this manufacturer is progressing with their retailer relationships (in its micro-environment).
Students will review a list of macro-environment trends and work out how it will impact marketing activities for different industries.