Format / Layout of Assessment (details of what to include)
Individual Report:

Table of Contents
Synopsis / Executive Summary Introduction
Findings
Conclusion
Recommendations
Reference List
Appendices

Assessment instructions
This report requires you to focus on critical analysis of a specific business issue, closely linked to various aspects of Strategic Intelligence.
The purpose of this assignment is to assess your
• ▪ understanding of concepts/principles of Strategic
All the Intelligence ( Business intelligence , Competitive Intelligence, knowledge Management and Artificial Intelligence)
• ▪ ability toapply the conceptsandlogicofStrategic
Intelligence in real life situations
• ▪ ability to develop and support an argument/ position in
strategic management
• ▪ ability to analyse, critique and think strategically
• ▪ ability to identify enhancements to strategies, systems and
practices

INDIVIDUAL REPORT ASSESSMENT & MARKING GUIDELINES
Choose your own Organisation & Strategic Issues facing it (discuss with me first to ensure suitability).
The organisation could be a business, or it could be a Government department or a not-for-profit (e.g. Charity). It does not have to be Australian, HOWEVER all reference materials (including on-line sources) must be in English.
It is advisable to choose a substantial organisation which has at least 100 employees i.e. NOT an SME. But it could be a local branch of a large multi-national corporation.
You may find it useful to choose an organisation that you are familiar with.
It can also be useful to imagine that you are part of a CEO’s strategic intelligence business unit charged with advising him/her about the chosen issue.
Your report should cover at least the following aspects:
• identify the main challenges (key strategic issues) faced by
the business or organisation
• address how senior management could address the
situation
• identify & determine what analytical tool(s) could assist in
helping to analyse the issues
• suggest what role an analyst or strategist could play in
working on these issues
• make recommendations to address or improve the
situation
• attempt to conclude how successful your proposed solution
would be
Should include (pestle, swot, porter five forces)
Company strategic intelligence (Business intelligence , Competitive Intelligence, knowledge Management and Artificial Intelligence)
• Intelligence Cycles
• Process Components
• Intelligence Approaches
• Analysis and Analytic Tools
The Strategy Tripod
SI Process Flow Chart
Elements of the Strategic Intelligence Process
• Potential Problems(The problem types most often encountered in Strategic Plans are commonly termed as
1. simplistic;
2. deterministic;
3. moderately random;
4. severely random; or
5.
Elements of the Strategic Intelligence Process
Original Task, Conceptual Model , Problem Definition , Project Planning