Business Strategy: Strategic Planning & Analysis for K.C. Restaurant

This report provides a strategic plan for K.C. Restaurant, focusing on achieving a competitive advantage through effective strategy formulation. It assesses how business missions, visions, objectives, goals, and core competencies inform strategic planning. The report analyzes internal factors like stakeholders and external factors such as political and technological influences and the competitive landscape. Techniques such as SWOT analysis, PESTLE analysis, and Porter's Five Forces model are evaluated for their effectiveness in developing strategic business plans. The report also includes references to support the analysis and recommendations for K.C. Restaurant.

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STRATEGY

Contents...
 Introduction
 Different factors inform strategic planning when formulating
strategic plans
 Factors that have to be considered when formulating strategic plans
 Effectiveness of techniques used when developing strategic
business plans
 References

Introduction
In order to start a new business it is important that strategies are
formulated in a way that it can help in achieving the long and short
term goals. In the following presentation it will be discussed that
how K.C. Restaurant can establish its business and can achieve the
competitive advantage by using different elements.

Different factors inform strategic planning when
formulating strategic plans
Vision – The primary vision with which the referred organisation
operate is to increase its total market share. In order to achieve this
target the management of the given organisation work towards
making effective strategies.
Mission – it is a statement that says about with what mission
organisation is operating K.C restaurants wish to establish a food
brand that is different from others.

Factors that have to be considered when formulating
strategic plans
Internal factors
Stakeholder
External factors
Political factors
Technological factors
Competitors

Effectiveness of techniques used when developing strategic
business plans
Swot analysis - It is an internal auditing tool that help
the management in identifying various strength
weakness, threat and opportunities of the
organisation.

Continued..
PESTLE analysis - This is another study which provides the
organisation with the data of factors that are available outside the
boundaries of organisation. It helps in understanding the present
conditions for the business but as there is no control over the
unfavourable factors its significance is also limited to a great extent.

Continued..
Porter five force model – This is another model under which five
different factors are studied which has their direct impact on the
organisations performance. It includes study of sully and customer
behaviour that how their power can influence own business.
Thereafter it is also discussed that how bargain power of customer
and threat of new entrants can effect the functioning of own
business.

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