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General Electric Strategic Planning Matrix<br />

Because there are multiple factors affecting businesses, General Electric<br />

working with McKinsey & Co. has developed a multi factor<br />

approach to business portfolio analysis.<br />

Each business is rated in terms of two major dimensions. They are<br />

market attractiveness and business strength. The factors underlying<br />

market attractiveness are overall market size, annual market growthrate,<br />

historical profit margin, and competitive intensity, technological<br />

requirements, vulnerability to inflation, energy requirements, environmental<br />

impact and sociological, technological, economic and<br />

political factors. The factors underlying business strength are market<br />

share, share growth, product quality, brand reputation, distribution<br />

network, promotional effectiveness, productive capacity, productive<br />

efficiency, unit costs, material supplies, R & D performance and managerial<br />

personnel.<br />

The matrix is divided into nine cells (see over) representing the following<br />

positions:<br />

• Business strength (BS): Strong, medium and weak.<br />

• Market attractiveness (MA): High, medium and low.<br />

TEN GURUS AND STRATEGIC ANALYTICAL TOOLS 139

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