Strategic Analysis of PFS

1. Slide formatting. Include slide numbers. Include a footer that follows the electronic submission guidelines. When displaying data, include only relevant, significant figures. Avoid unnecessary details or data that clutters the display. Strategic Analysis of PFS World __ Company __ Presenter 1 Presenter 2 PFS Strategic Analysis

2. Power titles. Use power titles which are titles that capture the essence of the substance of your slides. Just as you might use headings and subheadings in a report, let your titles show the logical flow and communicate the essence of your presentation. Executive Summary • Summary Conclusions • Summary Recommendations Start off with a one-slide overview of the value your presentation contains, including the essence of your conclusions and recommendations. • Substance value. Slides must clearly and completely illustrate the substance of the valued information being communicated. • Avoid having slides merely list topics to be discussed and expecting the audience to recall what was spoken. • Slides must convey the valuable substance of your presentation by presenting the appropriate information and necessary supporting evidence. PFS Strategic Analysis

3. PFS current strategy • (state what you see as PFS’s current business strategy…) • (and key functional strategies) Remember to begin strategy statements with an action verb. • Take-away. Consider including a brief take-away at the bottom of slides. If your slide has presented important meaning, let the take-away answer the question: so what? In other words, given the meaning imparted on the slide, what are the implications for management action? What follow-up does the message of the slide call for? PFS Strategic Analysis

4. Evaluation of PFS’s organizational effectiveness (O/E) PFS Strategic Analysis

5. Analysis conclusions… capture the essence of your overall analysis in the title • Analysis conclusion 1 (e.g., from SWOT analysis) • Supporting rationale…. (e.g., link to SWOT table) • Evidence… • Analysis conclusion 2 • Supporting rationale…. • Evidence… • Analysis conclusion 3 (etc.) • Supporting rationale…. • Evidence… The words in italics are simply titles suggesting content. In your presentation, use words that present the essence of your analysis, the supporting rationale, and key evidence where needed. You might use more than one slide. A conclusion might fill a single slide. Consider a take-away to indicate the implications of the slide for management action PFS Strategic Analysis

6. Strategy recommendations • We recommend these changes or additions to your current strategy • You should consider these changes because PFS Strategic Analysis

7. To implement recommended strategy you should take these actions Begin each recommendation with an action verb. PFS Strategic Analysis

8. TOWS matrix Include a TOWS matrix slide as backup for what is presented on other slides. PFS Strategic Analysis

9. BASF opportunity World __ Company __ Presenter 1 Presenter 2 PFS Strategic Analysis

10. BASF Bid Executive Summary • Recommendation on whether to bid or not • Reasons for recommendation Consider a take-away to indicate the implications of the slide for management action PFS Strategic Analysis

11. Bid recommendation • (state specific bid recommendation) • (identify key terms or conditions that want included in any contract) Key terms could try to reduce risk due to the nature of information available, but if they are not realistic from the client’s perspective, they may result in loss of the contract. PFS Strategic Analysis

12. BASF bid Provide supporting calculations and assumptions for each row in backup slides. Import Excel table data into slides if you wish, but assure formatting is professional in appearance. PFS Strategic Analysis