Managing the multi-business corporation to meet high performance expectations is problematic. Research a company in KSA that manages multiple businesses:

Questions:

Explain the corporate structure and provide a review of its business portfolio.

What advice would you provide on the use of portfolio matrices and which portfolio matrix would you recommend: the GE McKinsey, BCG, or Ashridge matrix? Why? 

Apply your recommended portfolio matrix and provide a portfolio analysis.

1. How does diversification create value through the linkages between businesses? 
2. Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:
3. Be 6-7 pages in length, which does not include the title page or required reference page, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
4. Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.

Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles unless the assignment calls for more.

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• For Your SuccessThis week’s module explores strategy implementation and requires examining the role of the corporate headquarters and its relations with individual businesses. You are encouraged to review previous module content so you can clearly understand how the various levels of strategy are interconnected.Make sure to read all the required readings this week and complete the Check Your Understanding activity. There is also a graded Quiz covering Modules 11 and 12 that you should complete this week.Learning Outcomes
• Analyze the processes and tools through which businesses are added, divested, and through which resources are allocated.
• Examine how the corporate HQ exploits synergies across different businesses.
• Compare how individual businesses manage the processes of performance management, strategic planning, and financial control in accordance with corporate HQ guides.
• Readings
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Chapter 13 in Contemporary Strategy Analysis

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Chapa, R. T. (2020). Implementing an innovation strategy in WCO; responding to disruptive events. World Customs Journal, 14(2), 39–61

1. MADAR, A. (2020). Entering New Markets by Implementing Appropriate Quality Strategies. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov. Series V: Economic Sciences, 13(2), 101–108.
2. Recommended: 
3. Wrigley, C., Nusem, E., & Straker, K. (2020). Implementing Design Thinking: Understanding Organizational Conditions. California Management Review, 62(2), 125–143.