2.3.2 Competitive Intelligence as a process Competitive Intelligence is the processes that made up of phases that are linked together (Nasri 2011). The output of any phase of these phases is the input to the next one (Bartes 2012). The overall output of the CI process is an input to the decision-making processes (Wright et al. 2009). The elements of the intelligence model have been investigated in many academic fields. The process of Competitive Intelligence is the attitude of gathering, analyzing, and applying information about the products, suppliers, competitors, regulators, partners, and customers for the short- and long-term planning needs of an organization (Nasri, 2010). Most of CI definitions clearly imply that it is a process …show more content…
Kahaner (1998) also defines competitive intelligence as a cycle process with four phases: planning and direction, data and information collection, analysis and dissemination of intelligence to those who will use it. This CI process model skips information capturing and storage and terms the information collection phase ‘data and information collection’ phase. Information consists of ordering data. Therefore, in information there is data; there is no need to use both terms together in the name of this phase. Melo and Medeiros (2007) add enlargement to Kahaner’s (1998) CI process cycle to make it as a five-phase cycle consists of planning, collection, analysis, dissemination and evaluation. These scholars also outrun the information that captured and stored and the influential factors.Calf and Dishman (2002) establish six phases of the CI process: planning and focus, collection, analysis, communication, process or structure and organizational awareness and culture. Although this is an improved CI process model, it omits information capturing and storage and …show more content…
A strategic orientation will enable the firm’s proper adaptation to its environment. The Strategic Orientation term as used by practitioners reflects the strategic directions implemented by a firm to guide its activities towards continual superior performance (Gao et al., 2007).Strategic Orientation focuses on the way a firm adapts to and interacts with its external environments (Zhou and Li 2010). Strategic Orientation has also been described as strategic fit, Strategic readiness, strategic thrust, and strategic choice (Morgan and Strong 2003). The term of strategy is defined as “the basic long term goals and objectives of an enterprise and the adoption of courses of actions and the allocation of resources necessary for executing these goals” (Chandler,
Unit 04 – Marketing Principles _ REDO Task One 1.2 Evaluate the benefits and Costs of a Marketing Orientation A marketing orientation is a business philosophy whereby a company’s primary focus is about learning the known and undiscovered needs of its customer market and attempting to provide it for them. this generally opposite a product or engineering orientation in which the company’s primary focus is on product research and development. 1.
This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current communicational leadership problems of Sunglass Icon at Disney Springs. This retail store is part of the Sunglass Hut family, for this reason, they share the same mission of being the premier shopping and inspiration destination for the top brands, late trends and executive styles of high-quality fashion and performance sunglasses. For the past seven months of being part of the sunglass icon family, I notice and experience a variety of communicational problems such as, not giving the right product knowledge, lack of instructions, the absence of attention to associates, deficiency of discussion during problem-solving. A future investigation reveals that the lack of problem solving
Business Intelligence at CKE Restaurants Nowadays, Business intelligence is becoming an essential tool for businesses to seek for strategic advantages; this is because it allows making more accurate and better decision based on current data, information and knowledge. According to Pearlson (2012), “Business intelligence is the set of technologies and practices used to analyze and understand data and to use it in making decisions about future action” (p. 345). This paper analyses case study 11-2 and provides an overview of knowledge management by answering three questions regarding CKE Restaurants’ (Hardee’s Restaurant parent company) decision to promote and distribute the Monster Thickburger based on insights derived from their business intelligence
1.7.1 intellectual capital Since 1990, intellectual capital has been an interesting topic for researches and practitioners in European countries and Asia as well. Literature provides a number of definitions for intellectual capital; for example, IC is “a stock of focused, organized information that the organization can use for some productive purpose” (Edvinsson & Sullivan 1996, p. 357). Intellectual capital “focuses on organizing the knowledge resources in order to make knowledge manageable and is about actions and activities linked with knowledge, which are not easy to represent” (Mouritsen et al. 2001a: EmidiaVagnoni Chiara Oppi , 2015, p. 335).According
Competency Goal III Competency Goal III is to support social and emotional development and to provide guidance. There are three main areas to succeed in this, the things are self-concept, sociality, and guidance. One focus on Competency Goal III is self-concept. Children’s environments support the development of positive self-concepts.
Abstract The strategic change cycle is one of the processes within strategic planning. This cycle is a ten-step process created to assist organizations in meeting their mandates, satisfying their missions, and constructing public value. “Strategic planning is intended to enhance an organization’s ability to think, act, and learn strategically” (Bryson & Alston, 2011). Introduction Strategic planning is “a deliberate, disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization (or other Entity) is, what it does, and why it does it” (Bryson & Alston, 2011).
Business intelligence is a big part of any customer experience strategy, especially for the VP of Commerce. Analyzing what's bought, when, where, and by whom is critical knowledge. That data is used by the auto industry to discover trends and shape their offerings. Documenting in-store, online, and person-to-person buying preferences helps predict future buying habits and purchase behavior.
Strategy is primarily people for setting and implementing strategy and monitoring performance. The primary role is to fit with all other forces. Structure basic design on how our people are organized to do our job. This let us know how centralized are you.
As an Intern for a small business owner, Harrison Kirby, research needs to be conducted on solving a problem he has faced while improving his business. Kirby does not have the amount of inventory or the amount of data necessary to create intelligent systems that his competing online golf stores do. This is creating a hard time for Kirby, because every product he carries has plenty of resources to help his customers make a decision, but those resources are available on his competitor’s websites. Amazon for example, does a fantastic job of using their data to provide their customers with “intelligent” suggestions, give them percentages on items bought and looked at, and even suggest relative products and combinations of items to buy. Although
Information Technology and its countless aspects fascinate me; specifically the Business Intelligence (BI) stream that impacts all areas of business in today’s world. Business intelligence systems help streamlines almost any aspect of data management and analysis processes. From organizing daily financial reports and data, to analyzing and predicting market trends, to new business development, a business
Corporate Strategy defines the path of a company to achieve long-term goals and objectives. It plays a crucial role in determining the competitive position of an organization. The corporate strategy incorporates all core factors to ensure the success of an organization. Depending on the nature and objectives of the organization, the components of a corporate strategy varies. It is only the corporate strategy that integrates and links the vision, goals, business model and help in appropriate allocation of resources and finally in decision making process.
Building a business intelligence system is important to the success of LECAL Cruises, Inc. Implementing a business intelligence system is a way to unify data collection, reporting process, and analysis. By integrating your information into powerful, reliable databases, LECAL Cruises, Inc. can have the competitive advantage over other cruise ship organizations. In some cases, the business intelligence system can be expensive for some organization, but it can improve operational and financial spending in the organization which leads to greater profitability.
According to Pearce and Robinson (1997), “strategy is the overall plan for deploying resources to establish a favorable position it comes from the Greek word “Strategos” meaning to lead (agein) an army(stratos) into war. It is a course of action, including the specification of resources required, to achieve a specific objective.” ‘A strategy means making clear-cut choices about how to compete.’ – Jack Welch (Former CEO, General Electric). Volberda et al (2011), writes a strategy is an integrated and coordinated set of commitments and actions designed to develop and exploit core competencies and gain a competitive advantage.
Executive Summary As enterprises concentrate on growth, they remain vigilant about costs and operational efficiencies. Growth requires IT to raise its strategic importance to the business rather than focus on delivery of generic business plans. Combined with continued tight IT budgets, these factors call for CIOs to engage in “creative destruction”—taking what they have now and reimagining it to build IT’s future. To reimagine IT, a Director of Information Technology begins with a new conception of the IT organization and its contribution to the enterprise.
Strategy also defines what kind of resources we need to achieve the goals set by the