Case Study on Organisational Planning and Managing Strategies

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Table of Contents
Part A: Elevator Pitches...................................................................................................................2
Elevator Pitch for Topic 6 (Organisational Planning).................................................................2
Elevator Pitch for Topic 7 (Managing Strategies).......................................................................2
Part B: Case discussion activities....................................................................................................4
Case discussion activity for Topic 10..........................................................................................4
Case discussion activity for Topic 11..........................................................................................7
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Part A: Elevator Pitches
Elevator Pitch for Topic 6 (Organisational Planning)
Question: Is planning dead?
My response. Posted on (Date)
Although the business environment has changed considerably and in the present VUCA
environment the businesses are required to take decisions immediately with respect to the
changing factors. However, this does not mean that the planning culture is entirely dead. The
different businesses are still required to plan consistently for their different moves because the
planning tends to serve as a guideline for the firm with respect to the future moves and also
provides the essential monitoring as well as evaluation method which can be used to understand
the moves which the company can take in order to ensure the success of the plan. Without a plan,
the gathering of the resources becomes quite difficult for the organization at large which may act
as a barrier. Hence, in regard to this, my response would be that planning is essential.
Elevator Pitch for Topic 7 (Managing Strategies)
Question: What is your ‘killer idea’ to counter the drift from bricks-and-mortar retail to online?
My response. Posted on (Date)
The advent of technology has bought about a great advancement in the business domain
and the main sufferers of this advancement has been the different retailers. Hence, in order to
ensure that the different members of the retail segment are successfully able to bring their
business on track, the different e-commerce domains can be accessed and along with the e-

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commerce segment, the managers will be required to invest in a concept which will be closely
related to augmented reality in order to ensure that the importance of their store increases. Along
with this, the organizations in the retail segment can also try to make use of a competitive pricing
strategy. This way they will be successfully able to save on the different costs of operations and
attract a larger audience as well.