Table of Content

Executive Summary 3

Background 4

Introduction 5

Question 1a 6

 Porter Five Forces 6

The threat of entry 6

The power of buyers 7

The power of suppliers 7

The threat of substitutes 7

Competitive Rivalry 8

 Porter Five Force – FedEx Corporation 9

Threat of new Entrants: 9

Bargaining Power of Suppliers: 9

Bargaining Power of Buyers: 9

Product Substitutes: 10

Intensity of Rivalry: 10

 Porter Value Chain 11

Primary activities 11

Support Activities 12

 Porter Value Chain – FedEx Corporation 13

Primary activities: 13

Support Activities: 13

 SWOT analysis of FedEx 14

Company Strengths and Resource Capabilities: 14

Company Weaknesses and Resource Deficiencies: 15

Company Opportunities: 15

Company Threats: 16

Question 1b 17

 Core competencies 17

 Core competencies FedEx Corporation – 18

 Capabilities FedEx Corporation of 20

Question 1c 22

 International trade 22

 Advantage of international trade to FedEx Corporation 24

 Disadvantage of international trade to FedEx Corporation 26

Question 2a 27

 Classical Perspective 28

Organization structure 29

Limitations of classical perspective 29

 Classical Perspective – FedEx Corporation 31

 Visionary 32

 Mission 34

 Evolutionary Perspective 35

 Evolutionary Perspective – FedEx Corporation 36

Question 2b 39

 Evolutionary perspective 39

 Classical perspective 39

Prefer Classical perspective 39

Question 3 41

 The Rational loop 41

 The overt politics loop 42

 The culture and cognition loop 42

 The covert politics loop 43

Appendix: 45

1. Five Forces Analysis by Michael Porter. 45

2. Porter Value chain 46

3. SWOT analysis 46

4. Whittington’s perspective 48

5. Stacy’s integrated model of decision-making and control (1996) 49

6. Generic competitive strategies: 49

Reference: 50