Problem: The hustling of everyday life compounded with the advent of various technologies has caused most to lead a sedentary lifestyle. Physical activity and health status appear to have a linear relation, where an increase in physical activity will result in improvement in health status too. Physical inactivity is a risk factor for many chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, bone and joint diseases and also mental illness. ?The Malaysia National Health and Morbidity Survey 2015 stated that 40% of Malaysians are physically inactive. The finding also indicates that we are ranked first for nations with the highest number of obesity incidences in Asia. 45% of Malaysian are obese, meaning that close to every 1 in 2 Malaysians are obese.
Despite the benefits of physical activity known, it is estimated that about one-third (31.1%) of the world's population is physically inactive. According to the World Health Organization, physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality and is estimated to cause 6% of deaths worldwide, with 5.3 million people dying every year as a result. In Malaysia, the rate of physical inactivity and the deaths attributed to it is greater than the global average. The latest population health survey reports that 25.1% of Malaysians are physically inactive and it is responsible for 16.4% of the country's deaths.
Q1. Describe the importance and relation of business strategy and strategic information system.
Q2. Discuss how knowledge about your health status, chronic disease, physical activity and health technology contribute to a healthy lifestyle?.
Q3. Discuss how business strategy (5P) by Henry Mintzberg can be applied to make our health more strategic.
Q4. Compare the use of smartwatch with other health technology tools using Michael Porter's generic strategy framework.
Q5. Discuss how five competitive forces modelled by Michael Porter can strategically position the health industry to be more attractive.