week 6

Q.1 Make a list of competitors of Islington College?

The competitors of Islington College are British college, Kathmandu University,(ISMT)zInternational School of Management and Technology.

Q.2 Develop a Porter’s Force Model for Islington College?

Threats of Substitute: Threat of substitution arises when there are better alternatives for customers to choose from. Threat of substitute is low for Islington College as it is the leading and popular college to provide intentional degrees on IT (Information Technology) and BBA as well as it has started international degree for MBA which is not available with its competitors such as British college and ISMT.

Threats of New Entrants: With new entry of International degree colleges the numbers of students will get divided as students will have more options to choose from.

Industry Rivalry: Having rivalry has advantages as well as it provides opportunities for the companies to improve. British college is the main rival of Islington college. With healthy rivalry both the college’s standard will improve which will lead to better overall facilities to students.

Bargaining power of Suppliers: Islington College provides with international degrees and there is only few number of colleges to provide international degree in our country so the bargaining power of suppliers is high for islington college.
Bargaining Power of Buyers: bargaining power of buyers is low for Islington College as it is one of the leading colleges in Nepal which provide international degrees. Customers have little options to choose from.

Q.3 To which Strategic Group does Islington College belongs?

Strategic groups are organizations within an industry or business with similar strategic characteristics, following similar strategies or competing on similar bases. Strategies groups can be mapped on two dimensional charts which is useful tool to analyze.

Q4. Can you map the both?

                                                       High price

   ·         Islington college       

    ·         British college   

• ISMT           

 

High service                                                                                               Low service

                                                    Low price