C2C · Strategic Audit Service

From Strategic Audit
to Integrated Business Plan
End to End. Exam Ready.

A complete end-to-end advisory service covering all three stages of the MBA and EMBA Strategic Audit and Comprehensive Examination requirement — with the same consulting-grade depth and analytical precision that top-tier school researchers apply to real organisations.

For students at AUC · AUB · AAST · AGSM · NYU Stern · Alliance Manchester · GUC · BUE · UAEU · Qatar University · Kuwait University · and every institution that requires a strategic audit, integrated strategic plan, or comprehensive examination as a graduation deliverable.

Start the Engagement Explore the Three Stages

Not every MBA or EMBA student has access to live corporate partners, infield research labs, and global school networks to support their strategic audit work. Most sit a one-to-five-day written exam with no advisory infrastructure behind them. C2C is that infrastructure.

The three-stage service framework

Three Stages. One Integrated Output.
Consulting-Grade Throughout.

Every engagement covers all three stages in sequence — each one building directly on the previous, producing a single integrated deliverable that satisfies both the academic examination requirement and the standard of a real-world strategic business solution.

Stage 01
Strategic Audit — Current Market Posture
A forensic diagnostic of the case study firm's current strategic position — covering the full external and internal environment to establish a verified strategic baseline before any strategy is formed.
External environment analysis Internal capability assessment Competitive positioning Current posture determination
EFE Matrix IFE Matrix CPM PESTEL Porter's Five Forces Value Chain Resource-Based View SWOT / TOWS
Audit findings feed directly into strategy formulation
Stage 02
Integrated Strategic Plan — Formulation to Evaluation
The complete strategic planning cycle — from multi-matrix analysis through QSPM strategy selection, implementation architecture, and Balanced Scorecard evaluation — producing a fully integrated strategic plan aligned to the firm's competitive reality.
Phase A — Strategy Analysis
Matching and scoring matrices
SPACE Matrix BCG Matrix IE Matrix Grand Strategy Matrix TOWS Matrix
Phase B — Strategy Selection
QSPM — Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix
Attractiveness scoring Growth strategy ranking Quantified selection rationale
Phase C — Implementation
Strategic objectives · Policies · Action matrix
Long-term objectives Internal policies Annual objectives Resource allocation
Phase D — Evaluation
Balanced Scorecard — four perspectives
Financial Customer Internal Processes Learning and Growth
Strategic plan translates directly into the business plan
Stage 03
Strategic Business Plan — Four Parts · Two Strategic Goals
The complete strategic business plan — four integrated sections that translate the strategic plan into an executable, investor-ready, and board-presentable document, structured around and aligned to the two strategic goals the plan is designed to achieve.
Part 01
Executive Summary and Business Overview
Strategic contextMission and visionGoals statement
Part 02
Market and Competitive Analysis
Market positioningCompetitive intelligenceGrowth opportunity
Part 03
Strategic and Operational Plan
Strategy executionFunctional plansResource requirements
Part 04
Financial Projections and Performance Plan
Financial forecastsInvestment caseScorecard KPIs