Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted Business Analysis Report of Next Plc & Marks&Spencer(University of Sussex, 2024-09-24) Alzahrani, Shouq; Hawas, AmiraThis Business Analysis Report provides a comparative evaluation of two leading UK retailers, Next Plc and Marks & Spencer (M&S), focusing on their business strategies, market positioning, operational efficiencies, and financial performance. Through a detailed analysis of the companies’ strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT), the report examines how both organisations have navigated challenges in the retail sector, including shifts in consumer behaviour, supply chain disruptions, and the impact of e-commerce growth. Financial data, including profitability, revenue growth, and cost management, are analysed alongside operational strategies such as product diversification and customer engagement. The report also highlights each company’s sustainability efforts and their approaches to innovation. Key recommendations are made for both companies to improve operational performance, adapt to market changes, and enhance their competitive edge in a rapidly evolving retail environment.12 0Item Restricted The Impact of Strategic Planning on The Success of Construction Project Outcomes in England, United Kingdom(De Montfort University, 2024) Badughaish, Tariq Omar; Odumosu, EmmanuelThis dissertation seeks to establish the impact of impact planning in construction project concerning retention of success in the United Kingdom Construction Industry. Some of these are aims at identifying the relationship between strategic planning and project performance, identifying factors that hinders effective planning, and how sustainability consideration is integrated when designing strategic frameworks. It also focuses on how the aspect of strategic planning affects cost, time, quality and satisfaction of stakeholders in construction ventures. Through a mixed-methods approach, incorporating interviews and a systematic review of literature, the research answers the following questions: To what extent, therefore, does strategic planning impact on project implementation in the United Kingdom? What issues can make its efficient adoption an issue or restrict the use of the methodology? There is also a need to consider the way strategic planning enables sustainability particularly in construction. Key findings indicate that instrumental concepts prove the utility of the concept of strategic planning in structuring projects regarding the time, cost and quality, but they reveal difficulties in fragmentation of the industry and short-term sustainability concepts. The analysis also reveals that it is possible to overcome all these barriers if there is increased focus on sustainability, some form of strategic pre-emption, and measures tailored for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Therefore, to enhance the effectiveness of construction projects’ outcomes, this paper calls for a comprehensive strategic vision across UK construction firms with special emphasis to SMEs that integrates sustainability. This means that resources must be allocated towards improving development initiatives that build the strategic competence of construction practitioners as well as encouraging long-term perspective. It is also important that government policies should encourage SMEs through appropriate financial and technical assistance to address the issue of resource constraint and the requirement on sustainability standards. Through the implementation of the above measures, firms can be able to optimise the performance of their projects, increase stakeholder satisfaction and therefore gain a competitive advantage in an industry that is fast being defined by sustainable standards.15 0