Identify the role of culture on the competitive strategies and briefly discuss the changes that have taken place in the organisation for the past 2 years.

Task 1
Select an organisation which you are familiar and identify its competitive strategies with comparison to
another organisation in the similar industry. Prepare a comprehensive report to summarise the current
business strategy and how you assess the strength of the strategies of the selected organisation:
This task constitutes 60% of the overall mark.
Your report must cover the following aspects:
1. Identify the organisation’s environmental analysis and its contribution towards the organisation’s
competitive advantage
(SFM LO1)
2. Identify the role of culture on the competitive strategies and briefly discuss the changes that have
taken place in the organisation for the past 2 years.
(SFM LO3)
3. Evaluate and apply the stakeholder analysis for the selected organisation.
(SFM LO 4)
4. Analyse the income statements and the balance sheets of the selected two organisation’s for the
past year and comment on the following ratios: (you can use the “Annual Report” to analyse the
following)
(SFM LO 6)
 Liquidity Ratio
 Profitability Ratio
 Debt Ratio
 Operating Performance Ratio
 Investment Valuation Ratio
5. Analyse and identify the corporate and business valuation techniques of the selected organisation
and give your comments.
(SFM LO5)

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