Wednesday, 11 October 2017

The Business and Functional Level

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَا تُهُ

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED TODAY

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😁   What is business level strategies??
          =Focus on improving the competitive position of a company's or business unit's products or services within the specific industry or market segment that company or business unit services.

😃 Micheal Porter presented THREE GENERIC BUSINESS-LEVEL STRATEGIES.
              -Cost leadership
              -Differentiation
              -Focus strategy
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😾 Cost Leadership Strategy
➤  Ability to produce a product or service at a cost below what competitors can achieve.

          → Example: Dell (computers), Air Asia (air travel) and Mydin (grocery stores).
         

➤  Concentrate on providing a basic and standardized product or service that can be produced at a relatively low cost and made available to a broad target market

➤ Successful implementation of the cost leadership strategy requires a consistent focus on driving costs lower relative to competitors' costs.

😾 Differentiation Strategy
➤ Creating differences in the firm's products or services by offering something that is perceived industry-wide as unique and valued by customers.


➤ Brand images, unique styling, technology.

     → Example: Harley-Davidson, Apple, and Rolex.


😾 Focus Strategy
➤ The firm competing in narrow scope within an industry. A firm following this strategy selects a segment or group or segment and tailor its strategy to serve them.

➤ Focus Strategies can occur in two forms:  cost-based focus and differentiation-based focus.