MNG4801 Assignment 2 Complete 2025
Answers with Trusted Explanations | Due
July 2025 University of South Africa (Unisa) Strategic Management
Due Date: July 2025 Compiled for MNG4801 Students
July 15, 2025
, Contents
1 Introduction 3
2 Core Assignment Questions and Answers 3
2.1 Question 1: Shoprites Strategic Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2 Question 2: Competitive Advantage Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.3 Question 3: SWOT Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.4 Question 4: Leadership vs. Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Additional Questions and Answers 4
3.1 Strategic Management Frameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1.1 Question 1: What is strategic management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1.2 Question 2: Define Porters Generic Strategies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.3 Question 3: How does a PESTEL analysis aid strategic planning? . . . 5
3.1.4 Question 4: What is the BCG Matrix? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.5 Question 5: Explain the VRIO framework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.6 Question 6: What is a value chain analysis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.7 Question 7: How does SWOT analysis differ from PESTEL? . . . . . . 5
3.1.8 Question 8: Define core competencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.9 Question 9: What is the Ansoff Matrix? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.10 Question 10: How does the Balanced Scorecard measure performance? 5
3.1.11 Question 11: What is a mission statement? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.12 Question 12: Differentiate between vision and mission. . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.13 Question 13: What is stakeholder analysis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.14 Question 14: Explain blue ocean strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.15 Question 15: What is competitive positioning? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.16 Question 16: What is strategy implementation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.17 Question 17: Why is organizational culture important in strategy? . . . 6
3.1.18 Question 18: What is change management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.19 Question 19: How does leadership impact strategy? . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.20 Question 20: What are key performance indicators (KPIs)? . . . . . . . 6
3.1.21 Question 31: How does Shoprite use technology for strategy? . . . . . 6
3.1.22 Question 32: What is Shoprites approach to sustainability? . . . . . . . 6
3.1.23 Question 33: How does Shoprite compete with Pick n Pay? . . . . . . . 6
3.1.24 Question 34: What is Shoprites market penetration strategy? . . . . . . 6
3.1.25 Question 35: How does Shoprite address economic challenges? . . . . 6
3.1.26 Question 61: What is globalization in strategic management? . . . . . . 7
3.1.27 Question 62: How does Shoprite expand into Africa? . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.28 Question 63: What are challenges of African expansion? . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.29 Question 64: How does culture affect African strategies? . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.30 Question 65: What is the role of government in African markets? . . . 7
3.1.31 Question 81: What is digital transformation in strategy? . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.32 Question 82: How does AI impact strategic management? . . . . . . . 7
3.1.33 Question 83: What is ESG in business strategy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.34 Question 84: How does Shoprite use ESG principles? . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.35 Question 85: What is the role of innovation in strategy? . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.36 Question 86: What is strategic risk management? . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Answers with Trusted Explanations | Due
July 2025 University of South Africa (Unisa) Strategic Management
Due Date: July 2025 Compiled for MNG4801 Students
July 15, 2025
, Contents
1 Introduction 3
2 Core Assignment Questions and Answers 3
2.1 Question 1: Shoprites Strategic Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2 Question 2: Competitive Advantage Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.3 Question 3: SWOT Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.4 Question 4: Leadership vs. Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Additional Questions and Answers 4
3.1 Strategic Management Frameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1.1 Question 1: What is strategic management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1.2 Question 2: Define Porters Generic Strategies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.3 Question 3: How does a PESTEL analysis aid strategic planning? . . . 5
3.1.4 Question 4: What is the BCG Matrix? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.5 Question 5: Explain the VRIO framework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.6 Question 6: What is a value chain analysis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.7 Question 7: How does SWOT analysis differ from PESTEL? . . . . . . 5
3.1.8 Question 8: Define core competencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.9 Question 9: What is the Ansoff Matrix? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.10 Question 10: How does the Balanced Scorecard measure performance? 5
3.1.11 Question 11: What is a mission statement? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.12 Question 12: Differentiate between vision and mission. . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.13 Question 13: What is stakeholder analysis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.14 Question 14: Explain blue ocean strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.15 Question 15: What is competitive positioning? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.16 Question 16: What is strategy implementation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.17 Question 17: Why is organizational culture important in strategy? . . . 6
3.1.18 Question 18: What is change management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.19 Question 19: How does leadership impact strategy? . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.20 Question 20: What are key performance indicators (KPIs)? . . . . . . . 6
3.1.21 Question 31: How does Shoprite use technology for strategy? . . . . . 6
3.1.22 Question 32: What is Shoprites approach to sustainability? . . . . . . . 6
3.1.23 Question 33: How does Shoprite compete with Pick n Pay? . . . . . . . 6
3.1.24 Question 34: What is Shoprites market penetration strategy? . . . . . . 6
3.1.25 Question 35: How does Shoprite address economic challenges? . . . . 6
3.1.26 Question 61: What is globalization in strategic management? . . . . . . 7
3.1.27 Question 62: How does Shoprite expand into Africa? . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.28 Question 63: What are challenges of African expansion? . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.29 Question 64: How does culture affect African strategies? . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.30 Question 65: What is the role of government in African markets? . . . 7
3.1.31 Question 81: What is digital transformation in strategy? . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.32 Question 82: How does AI impact strategic management? . . . . . . . 7
3.1.33 Question 83: What is ESG in business strategy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.34 Question 84: How does Shoprite use ESG principles? . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.35 Question 85: What is the role of innovation in strategy? . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.36 Question 86: What is strategic risk management? . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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