Question 1
During the 80s and 90s, Blockbuster dominated the US home video rental market. However, the emergence of Netflix in 1997 with its ‘rental by mail’ model challenged Blockbuster’s business model (and market dominance). Blockbuster’s market position was further weakened when Netflix began to stream video content directly to consumers’ computers. In this case study, you are required to prepare a 3000-word report that examines how “Netflix beat Blockbuster Video”.
This assessment focuses on Strategic Choice and Strategy in Action. In preparing your report, you should demonstrate understanding and application of the strategic concepts that are outlined in in Part II: Strategic Choice and Part III: Strategy in Action of the textbook.
You should specifically address the role of technological diffusion, first movers and followers, and innovation. In addition, please consider whether Netflix will continue to remain as the dominant online streaming provider in the US?
Question 2
Part 1: Select an organisation in Malaysia. Analyse the top management of the organisation, the organisational structure and explain the strategies that they used to help grow the company. As many companies had problems starting around 2015 – 2018 which led to lay-offs and retrenchment, that may be a good period of time to focus on how management helped move the company through those difficult economic years.
Part 2: Study the crucial issues that the organisation faced, and detail the strategies employed to alleviate them.
[Total: 60 marks]
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