Question:
Discuss about the Strategic Management for Business Level Strategy.
Business Level Strategy: the business level strategy which is currently used by Tesla is focused differentiation. Focused differentiation refers to the strategy which combines elements of two or more generic business strategies of Porter. Cost leadership, differentiation and focus are the three main strategies with the blend of which the focus differentiation strategy is formed. Under this strategy the organization Tesla focused on small groups of customers present in the target market and provides them differentiated products so as to meet their demand present in the market. Tesla targeted the early adopters present in the market who hold high income and have the potential to purchase the electric vehicles supplied by the company. Understanding the above statements, it was seen that the organization identified and picked the customers who have keen interest in buying the technological innovative products present in the market and have the serious mindset to buy the product. This method helped the company to accurately analyze the prospective buyers and serve the product to them and create identification in the market (Tansel 2015).
Corporate Strategy: The corporate strategy which Tesla used is its business functions is the mixture of product development and vertical integration in the manufacturing process. With the use of product development strategy the organization aimed to become the leading market innovator in the field of automotive. The company also invested in the field of research and development so as to make their vehicles more affordable and attractive in the market. The main aim of the organization the initiation of this strategy was to enter in the high end target market under which the customer only requires the quality product for which they are willing to premium amount as well. Later after receiving satisfactory results from the customers they aimed to drive to increase the sales, for this purpose the company reduced the prices of their vehicles due to which more products were sold in high volume. This strategy helped Tesla to substantially gain the customers in the market (Hill 2013).
Co-operative Strategy: under the co-operative strategy, the organization developed a strategic alliance with other profound companies present in the target market. This process helped the organization to make use of fame of other companies and initiate he sale of their organization as well. Tesla formed their alliance with many company like Mercedes Benz, Toyota, Daimler, with the initiation of this process the company also eliminated the competition as these are those companies which are present in same target market and serve same kind of products. So, co-operative strategy gives advantage to both the company and cuts competition. Further this type of strategy helped the company to equalize their skills which lacking in their organization’s process. The company made use of resources present with other company with the help of which they developed their core competencies in the market. Also international expansion program was also initiated in the company with the implementation of co-operative strategy (Nykvist, and Nilsson 2015).
International Level Strategy: this strategy refers to the plan that directs the international transaction happening between the companies of different countries. In order to initiate the international transaction the company needs to take care of the language, belief and culture of the other so as to initiate the transaction without any hindrance. The international strategy of Tesla played an important role in helping the company to grow in the international market of automobile. Transactional international business strategy was initiated by Tesla which helped the electric vehicles to increase the sales worldwide (Hoang, and Rothaermel 2016). Under this process the company co-operated and co-ordinated the business between the head office and other operational divisions of the organization. This strategy of the company helped them to circulate their business actins worldwide but keep the profits centralized only. Also this strategy helped the organization to gain the satisfaction of local customers by spreading their business in different part of the world. The area where Tesla is most prominent in serving their products is US, Australia, Asia, Canada and Europe. Also the company headquartered in California (Rothaermel 2015).
Conclusion and Recommendations
Thus in the limelight of above-mentioned events it shall be noted that the company Tesla has the competence to ace the target market they just need to analyze and eliminate their strategic issues. Further the recommendation to Tesla Motors is discussed below:
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