The company is: Vail Resorts
The company is: Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) Strategic Role of Corporate Strengths/Weaknesses in the Internal Strategy Analysis1. Corporate-level strategy analysis Thoroughly and correctly analyzes corporate level strategies using BOTH research and course material to support reasoning. (Perform an analysis on the focal company’s corporate-level strategies.) 2. Create a partial SWOT table Thoroughly and correctly creates a partial SWOT – SW citing the sources from the research. 3. SW Analysis: Thoroughly and correctly performs a SW analysis and discusses the strategic inferences/implications/strategies that would allow the company to capitalize on its strengths and strategies that would allow company to improve upon its major weaknesses using BOTH research AND course material to support reasoning. (Discuss what strategies would allow the company to capitalize on its major strengths and what strategies would allow the company to improve upon its major.) weaknesses.) 4. Create an IFE matrix analysis and address the strategic inferences/implications Thoroughly and correctly presents an IFE matrix analysis and address the strategic inferences/implications using BOTH research AND course material to support reasoning.[unique_solution] (Make sure to explain how the matrix was developed and discuss the strategic inferences/implications.) 5. Develop a Grand Strategy Matrix with an analysis that discusses the strategic inferences/implications at a corporate level and business-unit-level Thoroughly and correctly develops a Grand Strategy Matrix with an analysis that discusses the strategic inferences/implications at a corporate level and business-unit-level using BOTH research AND course material to support reasoning and conclusions. (Make sure to explain how the matrix was developed and discuss the strategic inferences/implications at a corporate level and business-unit-level.) Strategic Role of Internal Resources/Departments/Processes 6. Perform an analysis on the focal company’s business-level strategies a. Evaluate the company′s product line and target market Thoroughly and correctly evaluates company′s product line and target market using BOTH research AND course material to support reasoning. b. Identify and explain business-level strategies Thoroughly and correctly identifies and explain business-level strategies using BOTH research AND course material to support reasoning. (Identify and explain business-level strategies.) 7. Perform an analysis on the focal company’s functional-level strategies) a. Assess the company′s org structure, org culture marketing production, operations, finance/accounting, R&D Thoroughly and correctly assesses the company′s org structure, org culture, marketing production, operations, finance/accounting, and R&D, using both research AND course material to support reasoning and conclusions. (that can be accomplished by viewing the company′s website, interviews, and surveys.) b. Explain how functional-level strategies align with the company′s vision and mission statements Little to no explanation of how the identified strategies align with the company′s vision and mission statements. (Explain how these strategies align with the company′s vision and mission statements.) 8. Strategic Financial Analysis for the Last Reported Fiscal Year a. Ratio calculation and presentation of industry averages. Correctly calculates no less than a total of ten (10) key financial ratios for the company using only relevant ratios for the company and presents same industry averages across the four categories. (Use the company′s income statement and balance sheet to calculate no less than a total of ten (10) key financial ratios to the business that are relevant to the focal company. There must be a mix of four different key categories inclusive of the leverage, liquidity, profitability, and efficiency ratios so that the ratios do not all come from the same category. The specific ratios selection must come from the following categories.) • Leverage Ratios (Long term debt ratio, Total debt ratio, Debt-to-equity ratio, Times interest earned ratio, and Cash coverage ratio). • Liquidity Ratios (Net working capital to total assets ratio, current ratio, quick ratio, and cash ratio) • Efficiency Ratios (Asset turnover ratio, Average collection period, Inventory turnover ratio, and Days sales outstanding) • Profitability Ratios (Net profit margin, Return on assets, and Return on equity) (The selection of the ratios has to be relevant to the focal company so it is important to choose wisely.) b. Quote industry financial average ratios that correlate to the 10 financial ratios selected for the focal company.) c. Financial analysis: Discuss the corporate financial standing based on a financial ratio analysis. Include whether the company′s financial ratio is a strength, a weakness or a neutral factor (Thoroughly and correctly performs a financial analysis and discusses corporate financial standing and determines whether a strength, weakness or neutral factor using BOTH calculations AND course material to support reasoning and conclusions) Discuss the corporate financial standing based on a financial ratio analysis. Include whether the company′s financial ratio is a strength, a weakness or a neutral factor. 9. Composite Analysis A composite analysis is one in which you will bring in a combination of relevant factors from the various analyses (EFE Matrix, IFE matrix, CPM matrix, SWOT, BCG Matrix, Grand Strategy Matrix and QSPM). The QSPM is a tool that helps determine the relative attractiveness of feasible alternative strategies based on the external and internal key success factors. 10. Develop a Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) analysis and address the strategic inferences/implications. Thoroughly and correctly develops a QSPM and addresses the strategic inferences/implications using BOTH the course material AND the Tools & Techniques developed throughout the course to support reasoning. (Make sure to discuss how the matrix was developed and discuss the strategic inferences/implications.) 11. Develop a composite and consistent view on internal factor strategy analysis based on the qualitative and quantitative analytical outcomes Thoroughly and correctly develops a composite and consistent view on internal factor strategy analysis based on the qualitative and quantitative analytical outcomes using BOTH research AND course material to support reasoning. (Develop a composite analysis on internal factor strategy analysis based on the qualitative and quantitative analytical outcomes from those steps above). 12. Conclusion (Create a concluding paragraph. The Conclusion is intended to emphasize the purpose/significance of the analysis, emphasize the significance/consequence of findings, and indicate the wider applications that are derived from the main points of the project’s requirements. You will draw conclusions about the findings of the external environment analysis.)