Strategic Analysis of Woolworths Supermarkets: A Comprehensive Study

Assignment 1 (Strategic Analysis)
Individual Assignment
HI5019 STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Part 1 – (External Analysis).............................................................................................................4
1. Business Background...............................................................................................................4
2. What industry is it....................................................................................................................5
3. General environment analysis..................................................................................................6
4. The industry environment........................................................................................................6
5. Competitive environment........................................................................................................6
6. Opportunities and threats.........................................................................................................6
Part 2 – (Internal Analysis and Proposal)........................................................................................6
1. The Firm’s resources, tangible and intangible.........................................................................6
2. Capability identification..........................................................................................................6
3. Core competencies analysis.....................................................................................................6
4. Propose suitable information system that meets the chosen company’s needs.......................6
5. Evaluate the proposed system and provide your recommendations........................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................6
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Introduction
External and internal analysis of organizations provides an overview of the current situations and
problems which will analyze in this assignment. This assignment is based on the Woolworths
Supermarkets which is established in the year of 1924. The organization has a large chain of the
supermarket stores in Australia which is providing packaged food and vegetables to Australian
people. A large range of products and services are available by the chain of the supermarket in
Australia. This assignment will mainly produce an overview of the external environment of the
company. In the starting of this assignment will provide an overview of the company and
industry in which it is working. That general environment analysis will be produced in the
assignment and then an industry analysis will be executed in the assignment. Competitive
environment will also be analyzed in the research and those opportunities and threats for the
company will be determined in the research. After that, an internal analysis will be conducted of
the organization in which tangible and intangible resources will be analyzed. Organisational
capabilities will be analyzed in this assignment for core competencies will also be analyzed. At
the end of the assignment, the suitable information system will be developed for the organization
according to the needs of the situation and some recommendations will be developed for the
organization.
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