Management Consulting Template

BUSI 640

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REFERENCES

Notes regarding priority level

Table 2.1 – Analysis of Strategic Options

Table 2.2 – Analysis of Strategic Options

Table 2.3 – Analysis of Strategic Options

NOT REQUIRED Table 2A – Strategic Analysis – Stakeholder Positions on Strategic Options

NOT REQUIRED Table 2B – Strategic Analysis – Impact of Critical Issues on Strategic Options

Table 3.1 – Critical Issues in the Context of Recommended Strategic Option – FINANCE

Table 3.2 – Critical Issues in the Context of Recommended Strategic Option – HR

Table 3.3 – Critical Issues in the Context of Recommended Strategic Option – IT/MIS

Table 3.4 – Critical Issues in the Context of Recommended Strategic Option – POM

Table 3.5 – Critical Issues in the Context of Recommended Strategic Option – MARKETING

NOT REQUIRED Table 3A – Vertical Causal Analysis

Additional Issues or Insights which are critical to the success of the organization

OR will critically impact on the success of your recommended strategy

Table 3B – Development of What Need to Be Addressed Statements

Comment – Observations and Conclusions Regarding Diagnosis

Table 4.1 – Evaluation of Alternative Solutions & Recommendation

Table 4.2 – Evaluation of Alternative Solutions & Recommendation

Table 4.3 – Evaluation of Alternative Solutions & Recommendation

Table 4.4 – Evaluation of Alternative Solutions & Recommendation

Table 4.5 – Evaluation of Alternative Solutions & Recommendation

Table 4.6 – Evaluation of Alternative Solutions & Recommendation

Table 5 – Recommendation Detail

Table 5 – Recommendation Detail

Table 5 – Recommendation Detail

OPTIONAL Table 1 – A SWOT+ Data Gathering Table (STRATEGY)

OPTIONAL Table 1.1 – A SWOT+ Data Gathering Table (FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT)

OPTIONAL Table 1.2 – A SWOT+ Data Gathering Table (HR MANAGEMENT)

OPTIONAL Table 1.3 – A SWOT+ Data Gathering Table (IT/MGT INFO SYSTEMS)

OPTIONAL Table 1.4 – A SWOT+ Data Gathering Table (PRODUCTION OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT)

OPTIONAL Table 1.5 – A SWOT+ Data Gathering Table (MARKETING MANAGEMENT)

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CHEEKBONE BEAUTY – BUILDING AN INDIGENOUS GROWTH VENTURE R. Chandrasekhar wrote this case under the supervision of Simon Parker solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. This publication may not be transmitted, photocopied, digitized, or otherwise reproduced in any form or by any means without the permission of the copyright holder. Reproduction of this material is not covered under authorization by any reproduction rights organization. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials, contact Ivey Publishing, Ivey Business School, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, N6G 0N1; (t) 519.661.3208; (e) [email protected]; www.iveycases.com. Our goal is to publish materials of the highest quality; submit any errata to [email protected] i1v2e5y5pubs Copyright © 2021, Ivey Business School Foundation Version: 2021-10-29

On an early morning in June 2020, Jennifer Harper was at her seven-employee office in the sprawling basement of her home in St. Catharines, Ontario. The Canadian province of Ontario, including the Niagara Region, had been under a state of emergency since March 15 due to COVID-19. Although many brick-and- mortar businesses in the province had shut down here, as they had in the rest of Canada and indeed in the rest of the world, Cheekbone Beauty (Cheekbone), the cosmetic products company Harper had founded four years earlier, was not only open for business but doing well. The reason was that the company had been built on an online sales model. After only a slight drop in the first four weeks of the pandemic, sales of Cheekbone products had gathered momentum. A member of the Anishinaabe tribe of what was known in Canada as the First Nations community, Harper had been driven by the goal of becoming “the first Indigenous woman to create a unicorn1 beauty brand from Canada.” She repeated this personal ambition to herself that morning while waiting for the daily staff meeting—which had moved online—to begin. At the same time, Harper was seeking resolution to an ongoing entrepreneurial dilemma she had been facing: How should she identify the fledgling company’s unique strengths and build them into sustainable competitive advantages? COSMETICS INDUSTRY The European Commission defined a cosmetic product as

any substance or mixture intended to be placed in contact with the external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance, protecting them, keeping them in good condition, or co

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