Strategy Case Studies by topic

There are many issues in the workplace that require discussion, for example, attention to health and safety at work. This helps to keep accidents...

Over 3,000 extra flight slots were needed for the visitors and athletes for the London Olympic Games. Making sure all flights have a safe...

Dragline at Isibonelo colliery, South Africa. Mandatory credit: VisMedia +44 (0)20 7613 2555 The challenge facing business and society in the 21st century is how to use...

Burmah Castrol is a leading international marketer of specialised lubricant and chemical products and services. With operations in over 50 countries, Burmah Castrol employs...

The twentieth century will be looked back on as the period when telecommunications revolutionised people’s daily lives - from the first telephone call and...

The business writer, Charles Handy, illustrates the need for organisations to reinvent themselves by the sigmoid curve - effectively an ‘S’ shape on its...

The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company and is the leading producer and marketer of soft drinks. Today, Coca-Cola is consumed throughout...

The Coca-Cola Company is truly global, and its main product is recognised and consumed worldwide. The Company organises and structures itself in a way...

One of the challenges facing every organisation today is how to make best use of its limited resources. In any aspect of business, there...

Today, there is growing concern about the number of cars and lorries on the UK’s roads, the amount of time wasted in traffic jams,...

From the 1990s onwards we have seen the development of a ‘new economy’ based on the new realities of an ultrafast, ever-changing environment in...

Barclays is a major global financial services provider. It operates in over 50 countries and employs more than 156,000 people. In 2008, Barclays had...

Within all types of organisations, managers need to constantly ask themselves ‘Where do we go from here?’ This is because, in a changing and...

In order to grow, a business needs to develop competitive advantage. This means that it is different or does things better than its rivals....

Governments often propose new initiatives, some of which turn out in the long run to be more successful than others. One key factor affecting...

This case study looks at how Jaguar, one of the world's most prestigious car manufacturers, has been involved in a culture change programme to...

Organisational culture and values The culture of an organisation is the typical way of doing things in the organisation. It particularly relates to behaviour patterns...

Enterprise Rent-A-Car was founded in 1957 by Jack Taylor in St. Louis and is still operated by the Taylor family. Since its formation, it...

A business aims to generate value for its owners, customers and other stakeholders. It must decide how to combine valuable resources – typically buildings...

CIMA is the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. It supports over 164,000 members and students in 161 countries.  CIMA works with some of the...

Making sure that government, businesses and households have secure supplies of energy is a huge commitment. Engineers working for energy supply companies must make...

The business environment of today is more complex, faster moving and more volatile than ever. In order to survive in such an environment, businesses...

An entrepreneur is someone who is prepared to take a risk by setting up and organising a new business or enterprise, without the certainty...

People have ideas all the time. In business, new ideas can lead to new products and services. They can lead to a better way...

Successful organisations are able to compete in tough environments. To do this, they need: capable managers who are willing to face facts and make hard decisionsexcellent...

When faced with the need for change, it is easy to consider the organisation’s current activities and then look for strategies that are familiar...

A business will not become the market leader by chance. It takes careful planning to build an organisation that outperforms its competitors. In business,...

“Once upon a time, a long, long time ago we decided that, instead of making furniture for people with fat wallets, we would side...

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is a new organisation. It was set up by the government and started to operate in April 2005. Its...

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) is the lead UK government department in foreign affairs. Its mission is to formulate and deliver foreign policy and...

Returning publicly owned enterprises to the private sector is a process known as privatisation. The effects of privatisation are highly significant as organisations, which...

This case study focuses on how the creation of risk and revenue sharing partners (RRSPs) has enabled Rolls-Royce to take on contracts which have...

Eurostar is the high-speed rail service directly linking the UK to France and Belgium via the Channel Tunnel. It started operating in 1994, providing city...

OPITO The Oil & Gas Academy is the focal point for skills, learning and workforce development in the industry, delivering the right skills for the...

Amway is one of the world's largest direct sales companies. It is a global enterprise and is privately owned by the families that started...

BT is the world’s oldest telecommunications company, with its origins in the Electric Telegraph Company in 1846. Today BT is one of the UK's largest...

The products and services that an organisation produces are the reason why it exists; timber merchants exist to sell timber, china factories to produce...

Planning is the process of deciding what you want to achieve in the future and then thinking about ways of making it happen. First...

In recent times, the structure and operation of many major industries has changed greatly through their use of information technologies. For example: online data systems have...

Anglo American is one of the world’s largest mining companies. The company operates in Africa, Europe, South and North America, Australia and Asia. It...

Business growth Many business owners regard business growth as desirable. So, too, do governments. There are many ways in which businesses can grow e.g. by: increasing...

When the McDonald brothers, Dick and Mac opened their first restaurant in 1940 in San Bernardino, California, they could never have imagined the phenomenal...

On Wednesday, July 12, 1989, Abbey National Building Society converted to become Abbey National plc. This case study tells the story of how that...

Responding to the change in the business environment is challenging, particularly for large organisations. The business environment provides both opportunities and threats to the...

This case study focuses on Eversheds, one of the largest law firms in the world. It emphasises how Eversheds uses vision and values to...

This case study outlines ways in which it is possible to change the culture of an organisation so that it retains what it sees...