Mapping and Evaluating Core Skills, Competencies and Capabilities: SCOT, Value-Chain and VRIOS Analysis

In this assignment you will conduct research and perform critical analyses of the internal resource base of a non-governmental organization NGO.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Review the Readings and, in particular, examine the VRIOS framework and internal value chain information in Pitt and Koufopoulos (2012: Chapter 5).
• Review the SCOT Analysis document and consider how to best deploy it. You are not required to use the pre-designed templates, but you will be responsible for a robust and complete analysis with implications clearly stated.
• Choose an NGO that is known.

To complete this Assignment:

• Prepare a table in Word that replicates Figure 5.3 on page 138 in Pitt and Koufopoulos (2012: Chapter 5).

Rather than just using the phrase 'distinctive capability' as shown in the left hand column, use the following category boxes, in this order from top to bottom:

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  • Skills: 1, 2, 3, and so on (i.e. core individuals in the organisation who bring distinct value to it)
  • Competencies and capabilities: 1, 2, 3, and so on (i.e. work-groups, functional units, discrete activities), as ordered by a detailed rendering of the organisation's value-chain activities
  • Other strategic assets
• Using the table to organize your thoughts, make a VRIOS evaluation of the skills, competencies, capabilities and other strategic assets of the NGO you selected. Use the A through D scale as shown in the figure.
• Be sure to explain what the strategic implications of your analysis are and how the set of implications limits or shapes your strategic recommendations.
• Be sure to identify specific future strategy actions and recommendations based on your evaluation of options and to provide a basic defense of why your recommended actions are the most appropriate.