Strategic International Business Assessment

Running head: STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
Factors for consideration before proceeding with the proposed plan....................................3
People Management Issues....................................................................................................5
Recommendations for proceeding with the project...............................................................8
Factors responsible for increasing change capabilities........................................................10
Conclusion................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
The process including ongoing planning, checking and assessing the strategies and
actions for the motive of accomplishing objectives and goals is known as strategies
management (Lasserre 2017) Strategic management sets goals, helps in assessing the
competition, analyzes internal environment, and ensures management responsibilities in
alignment of the strategic implications in all across an organization. Strategic management
depicts the procedure involved in managing the institutional strategies for assisting with the
newer goals and logical decisions for maintaining the pace of the evolving market, business
conditions and technology (Andersen and Andersson 2017). Strategic management
contributes to the organization for gaining competitive advantages and in improving the
market share for planning the future. There are five standard stages of the strategic
management procedure including, the assessment of the current direction of an organization,
identification, and assessment of external and internal weaknesses and strength followed by
the formulation of the action plan (Rothaermel 2016). The procedure focuses on the
implementation of the strategized action plan with the evaluation of the degree of success of
the action plan. The purpose of the paper is to identify factors, which are responsible for
preparing for the base before the implementation of the plan. The paper will determine
concerns related to people management, which the management team will experience while
executing the plan followed by presenting recommendations for proceeding with the
proposed project. The paper will identify factors, which the company will adopt in
consideration of constructing the change capability. The paper will be based on the case study
of the company SARHS (SAR Health Services). The case depicted the proposed plan of
restructuring the operational plan of the company to satisfy its objective of cost-effectiveness
and reduction of carbon footprint in the environment. The paper will be concluded by
summarizing the process of ensuring a successful change management process.

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Discussion
Factors for consideration before proceeding with the proposed plan
The primary focus of SARHs and its management team is to enforce green initiatives
followed by reducing the operational cost of the change management. Restructuring and
reorganization in this company have been a frequent affair, marking two reorganizations
under three years. The changes in the organization have been supported by the emphasis on
environmental education and continual training for the workforce. The proposed plan is based
on the aim of reducing the carbon footprint of the operational process by almost one third till
the year 2022 and to reduce the cost with the reduction of workforce and changing the office
functionalities and layout. The proposed plan is to close the Site A production site and
amalgamate the operations at Site B with redesigned floor plans and changed objectives for
operations department, drivers and sales executives under the purview of sustainability. The
factors that the management team needs to consider before proceeding with the proposed plan
are as follows:
 Holistic perspective: Before preparing or proceeding with the changes associated with
the proposed plan, the management team must overlook the plan from a complete or
holistic view through the consideration of all the functional areas of the business. The
holistic perspective at the first stage will allow the business changes to be aligned
with the ultimate or collective goals of the organization. The functional areas such as
the technical department, distribution, marketing, sales, drivers and functional
managers should be aligned with the overall motive for the successful implementation
of the plan.
 Multi-disciplinary nature: The plan will possess influence over multidisciplinary
actions in the organization. The core objectives of the change must be synchronized
with the functioning of the teams. The management team of SARHS must consider