Based on the Business Strategy Components framework we used this term, identify and characterize the current strategy of the company and comment on the strategic alignment of the components. What is the strategic significance of your findings?

The Case Title: Tim Hortons Inc. Authors: Karin Schnarr, W. Glenn Rowe Product Number: 9B14M114, accessible: https://www.iveycases.com/ProductView.aspx?id=67970 Assignment Details Based on the assigned case study, and using all relevant course material, please address the following questions in a formally written analysis: 1. Critically evaluate the vision, mission and values of the organization. Be sure to comment on the alignment of these elements. What is the strategic significance of your findings? 2. Based on the Business Strategy Components framework we used this term, identify and characterize the current strategy of the company and comment on the strategic alignment of the components. What is the strategic significance of your findings? 3. Evaluate whether there is alignment between the vision, mission and values, and the current strategy of the organization. What is the strategic significance of your findings? 4. What is your assessment of the current performance of the company? Defend. What is the strategic significance of your findings? 5. Describe the main issue/problem/decision point facing the decision makers in this case. What is the strategic significance of your findings? 6. Conduct a complete external analysis for the company. What critical alignments/inconsistencies do you observe? What is the strategic significance of your findings? 7. Conduct a complete internal analysis for the company. What critical alignments/inconsistencies do you observe? What is the strategic significance of your findings? 8. Based on your environmental analyses, do you believe the firm’s current strategy is aligned with the realities of the external and internal environments? What are the implications of your evidence here? 9. Based on your previous analyses, propose (or assess if they are provided) relevant strategic possibilities or alternatives (i.e., major and/or minor changes to the current strategy) that would address the problem/issue/decision you have previously identified. Support your alternatives using your previously conducted analysis and the information presented in the case. (REMEMBER: every recommendation you make should be evidence-based!) 10. Identify Capability Gaps; continuing with an evidence-based approach, evaluate each of your identified strategic options using relevant internal and external analysis tools. (This means you may have to use one/some/all of the environmental analysis tools to fully assess each of your potential alternatives.) Identify gaps that you may have found in your analysis and complete gap charts as appropriate. What is the strategic significance of your findings? 11. Risk Assessment; once you have completed gap charts, you will be able to complete a risk assessment. Your risk assessment must lead to a conclusion that details which alternative(s) the company should proceed to implement. Be sure any recommendations are clearly based on evidence from your analysis. 12. Recommendation; before finalizing your analysis, be sure to clearly conclude the specifics of your ultimate recommendation, defending why your recommendation is wellsuited to the current strategy of the organization. (REMEMBER: you must tie the complete analysis together in order to recognize the connections between and value of the various components of the strategic analysis process.) 13. Conclusion; one you have made a final recommendation on a course of action, you are expected to comment on the organization’s overall readiness for change (e.g., consider the crisis curve). Be sure to comment on any of the major challenges the organization may face in preparing for the implementation of your recommended course of action. As with any case analysis, you should expect to read your case several times over in order to fully understand its content. You should note that this assignment demands that you draw on every concept, skill and tool of analysis that has been examined throughout the course. You must take care to correctly identify key elements, to correctly and fully apply the various tools of analysis, and to accurately assess the significance of all those elements. Your final strategic recommendation must be clearly grounded in your complete analysis.