CASE 33 Snap-on Tools: A Victim of Its Own Success BY Alan N. Hoffman Bentley
Topic 2: Thinking on Section I of your SA
The basic starting point for Section I – Current Situation is to read the document about your case in the textbook, analyze the financial information for your firm in the 5-Year Financials excel document and read the questions for this section in Appendix 1A.
Share the draft of 2 or 3 paragraphs for your chosen case.
I. Current Situation
A. Current Performance How did the corporation perform in the past year overall in terms of return on investment, market share, and profitability?
B. Strategic Posture What are the corporation’s current mission, objectives, strategies, and policies?
1. Are they clearly stated, or are they merely implied from performance?
2. Mission What business(es) is the corporation in? Why?
3. Objectives: What are the corporate, business, and functional objectives? Are they consistent with each other, with the mission, and with the internal and external environments?
4. Strategies: What strategy or mix of strategies is the corporation following? Are they consistent with each other, with the mission and objectives, and with the internal and external environments?
5. Policies: What are the corporation’s policies? Are they consistent with each other, with the mission, objectives, and strategies, and with the internal and external environments?
6. Do the current mission, objectives, strategies, and policies reflect the corpora-tion’s international operations, whether global or multidomestic?
