Case Analysis

TOPIC 1 : INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

Q1. Key issues: At the firm level, what key issues were facing Rogers? Please list top three and explain. Any new key issues emerged in the past two years?

Q2 – Strengths and weaknesses: What are the key strengths and weaknesses of Rogers in relation to its competitors in the same strategic group? What about comparing it with companies in a different strategic group such as Virgin Mobile?

Q3 – Value chain and sustainability of strengths. How sustainable/durable are Rogers’ current strengths? At which point of the value chain do you think Rogers has most potential to create great value for the customers?

Q4 – Strategy recommendations: Keeping in mind current competitors, what strategies do you think Rogers need to pursue in order to stay competitive and perform better? Specifically, how to deal with regional competitors (Bell-MTS, etc)? How to deal with new entrants of wireless segment? What to do about Rogers’ media business?

Q5 – Critique of Strategy: Any critiques on Rogers’ current strategy? Any PEST trends that you feel Rogers needs to pay particular attention to or explore? Would you suggest Rogers to focus on some areas and set lower expectations in other areas?

Q6 – Link key issues with strategies: How does your recommended strategic actions deal with the key issues you identified earlier? Have your strategies incorporated the SWOT analysis you developed in the external assessment discussions?

TOPIC 2: EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT

Watch this 5-minutes Youtube Video: “A day made of glass” in order to answer some of the questions.

Q1: Industry lifecycle stage: Which stage is the wireless, internet, TV, and landline segment at in terms of industry life cycle? Why? Note you don’t have to cover all four segments in one discussion post.

Q2: Five Forces analysis: How would you evaluate the five forces (high-medium-low) in the wireless segment of the telecommunications industry? Please provide your arguments. What about the internet segment?

Q3: Opportunities & threats: What are important opportunities and threats available for companies in the telecommunications industry?

Important note: opportunities and treats need to be present in there regardless of what companies do. The companies do NOT need to do anything (e.g., invest in something) in order to create the opportunities. Don’t confuse opportunities with strategy recommendations.

Q4 – Investment and PEST trends: If the future is going to be like what you see in the video “A day of glass”, what kind of investments do the companies need to plan in order to stay competitive in a new era of technology? What other political, social and technological trends do you think can impact competition in this industry and in what ways?

Q5 – Key success factors and country comparison: What are the key factors for a company to succeed in the telecommunication industry (or part of it)? When evaluating main competitors (e.g., Rogers, Shaw) with respect to these key factors, how well do you think these companies are doing compared with companies in the same industry in another country (pick one particular country such as the US)?

Q6 – Industry attractiveness: If you could raise enough funds, would you be interested to invest in telecommunication industry? If yes, which part of the industry and why? If not, why? Which industry, other than this one, would be a good target for you to invest and why?

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Instructions-Case Study

For this assignment, read the case study, The 1920 Farrow’s Bank failure: a case of managerial hubris. This case is located in the ABI/Inform Complete Database found in the CSU Online Library (see reference below).

Hollow, M. (2014)

The 1920 farrow’s bank failure: A case of managerial hubris? Journal of Management History, 20(2), 164-178.

Thomas Farrow had been evaluated as having been inflicted by managerial hubris at the time of the bank’s collapse in 1920. With this in mind, address the following questions, with thorough explanations and well-supported rationale.

1. How did corporate culture, leadership, power and motivation affect Thomas’ level of managerial hubris?

2. Relate managerial hubris to ethical decision making and the overall impact on the business environment.

3. Explain the pressures associated with ethical decision making at Farrows Bank.

4. Evaluate whether the level of managerial hubris would have been decreased if Farrow Bank had a truly ethical business culture. Could this have affected the final outcome of Farrow Bank? Explain your position.

Your response should be a minimum of three double- spaced pages. References should include your required reading, case study reference plus a minimum of one additional credible reference. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations, and cited per APA guidelines.