Corporate Policies and Practices
Question 1: Diversification to new markets can be a risky proposition. The risk can be minimised if the companies can identify their strengths and evaluate market opportunities accordingly. Discuss the various types of diversification strategies in light of the statement.
Question 2: Has globalisation made it easier for MNCs entering India now? How liberalisation in Economic reforms has smoothened the path for them?
Question 3. Trusting your organisation to grow and develop in a haphazard fashion is taking a large chance on the future. This is the fundamental reason for doing strategic planning. Discuss the role of SWOT analysis in strategic planning.
What are the opportunities in the market?
What are the threats in the market?
Question 4. How has the Internet helped in the evaluation of Worls as a Global Village?
Question 5. Discuss the strategic initiative by Mr Ratan Tata of launching "Nano" which suggests the cost leadership approach adopted by TATA. Do you think this step may snatch leadership position of Maruti Suzuki in the small car segment?
Question 1: Mergers and acquisitions can be desirable expansion strategy for banks in India? Comment with suitable examples.
Question 2: Indian Companies at the for front of technological innovation face several Challenges. The chief challenge is increasing complexity. Discuss.
Question 3. The PESTLE analysis is a perfect tool for managers and policy makers; helping them in analysing the forces that are driving their industry and how these factors will influence their businesses and the whole industry in general. Conduct PESTLE analysis for retail sector of India.
1. How do you associate the values and ethics of the organization with the execution of Corporate Social Responsibility?
2. Do you suggest that CSR should be included as one of the important elements in the Mission statement of the Company?
1. A firm can acknowledge the critical importance of its_______, by having explicit goals that state its intention to improve work conditions by adding more lighting and providing the workers with more and better safety equipment. (a)
a) Employee welfare
b) Market share
c) Sales revenue
d) Satisfaction
2. A firm shares its offices with another firm in a foreign location to reduce costs. This is an example of:
a) Economies of scope
b) Economies of Scale
c) Integration
d) Consolidation
3. A key change in the decision-making process for new-ventures as contrasted with the decision-making process for established companies is the addition of
a) The implementation step.
b) The development of the basic business idea,
c) The scanning of the internal environment.
d) The analysis of strategic factors.
4. A survey of 93 Fortune 500 firms found ten major problems that over half of the group experienced when they attempted to implement a strategic change. Which of the following is not one of the implementation problems?
a) Poor definition of key implementation tasks and activities
b) Uncontrollable external environmental factors
c) Time allocated for implementation was adequate, but was used inappropriately
d) Crises that distracted attention away from implementation
5. According to Collins and Poras, what separates visionary organizations from merely good organizations is that:
a) They are not prepared to change their core values
b) They are prepared to change their core values
c) They are not prepared to change their culture
d) They are prepared to change their culture
6. Aggregating prospective buyers into groups is called:
a) Market segmentation
b) BCG matrix analysis
c) Grouping
d) Market categorization
7. Alfred Chandler produced classic work on the study of organizational structures. He was of the view that:
a) Structure determines strategy
b) A centralized structure is superior
c) Strategy determines structure
d) A divisionalised structure is superior
8. An effective short-hand summary of the situation analysis is a: a) SWOT analysis
b) SBU analysis
c) BCG analysis
d) Competition analysis
9. An organization's reputation is an example of: a) An Intangible resource
b) A tangible resource
c) A knowledge-based resource
d) A threshold resource
10. An organization's structure is
a) The physical building of the organization.
b) Often represented by an organizational chart.
c) The raw material assets of an organization.
d) The patterns of beliefs of the employees.
11. Ansoff had four market-product strategies to expand sales. They Included (1) market penetration, (2) product development, (3) market development and:
a) Diversification
b) Current customer retention
c) Distribution enhancement
d) Product simplification
12. Bartlett and Ghoshal (1990) distinguish between an organization's anatomy, physiology and psychology. The anatomy is the organizations:
a) Structure
b) Culture
c) Motives
d) Values
13. Conglomerate diversification is another name for:
a) Related diversification
b) Unrelated diversification
c) Acquisition diversification
d) Portfolio diversification
14. Core Competencies can be defined as:
a) A cluster of attributes that confer competitive advantage
b) Capabilities
c) Attributes that a firm requires to be able to compete
d) Ways of doing things
15. For a resource to provide the potential for sustainable competitive advantage It must be:
a) Valuable, rare, difficult to Imitate, no strategic substitutes
b) Valuable, rare, patented, no strategic substitutes
c) Valuable, tacit, easy to imitate, no strategic substitutes
d) Valuable, embedded, rare, no strategic substitutes
16. The_____________ for PepsiCo is "We believe our commercial success depends upon offering quality and value to our consumers and customers; providing products that are safe, wholesome, economically .efficient and environmentally sound; and providing a fair return to our Investors while adhering to the highest standards of quality.”
a) Mission
b) Organizational code of conduct
c) Functional code
d) Benefits statement
17. Horizontal integration is where:
a) A firm takes over a distributor
b) A firm takes over a competitor
c) A firm takes over a manufacturer
d) A firm takes over a supplier
18. In the strategic marketing process, once you get results you go into the; a) control phase
b) Marketing plan
c) Planning phase
d) Marketing program
19. Knowing where the organization is at the present time enables managers to set a direction for the firm and start to allocate resources to move toward that direction. Two techniques to aid in these decisions are:
a) Market-product analyses and portfolio analysis.
b) Contribution margin analysis and market-product analyses.
c) Industry forecasting and situational analyses.
d) Break-even analysis and sales forecasting.
20. Multidivisional corporations tend to* use what type of responsibility center?
a) Revenue center
b) Profit center
c) Investment center
d) Standard cost center
21. Once an organization has determined how each of its business units should be labelled in terms of the BCG portfolio analysis, it is time to decide what strategy should be used with each. Which of the following is NOT one of the strategies available for use with each SBU?
a) Build
b) Harvest
c) Divest
d) Milk
22. One key to effective implementation is setting: a) schedule of events
b) Milestones
c) Good managers in motion
d) Goals
23. One of the strengths inherent in the use of the BCG portfolio analysis is that it
a) Forces firms to assess their SBUs in terms of relative marker share and industry growth rate
b) Acts as a strong motivational tool for employees in SBUs that have been labelled dogs or problem children
c) Considers all factors that might impact an SBU's value to an organization
d) is remarkably easy to locate an SBU on the BCG matrix
24. Railroads may have let other forms of transportation take business away from them because their vision included only the railroad business, rather than the broader vision of
a) Transportation
b) Wholesaling
c) Entertainment
d) aerospace
25. Strategic planning is often distinguished from operational planning by the
a) Number of executives involved in the formulation
b) Complexity of the planning forms
c) Use of outside consultants
d) Length of time in the planning period
26. Substantial changes to the range of offerings or the markets served or both are known as:
a) Differentiation
b) Diversification
c) Relocation
d) Repositioning
27. 'Synergy' can best be explained by which of the sums below?
a) 2-2=1
b) 2+2=5
c) 1+1=2
d) 2+1=3
28. The calculation of ratios from financial data is referred to as
a) Receivables analysis.
b) Ratio analysis.
c) Diversification analysis.
d) S.W.O.T analysis.
29. The first functional areas to be heavily outsourced were
a) R&D and customer service.
b) Customer services and information systems,
c) Finance and manufacturing.
d) Manufacturing and marketing.
30. The leadership style of the person leading an organization would come under which support activity?
a) Human resource management
b) Technology development
c) Operations Management
d) Customer Relations
31. The 'operation' ace to value chain in a passenger airline service would be:
a) Getting passengers and baggage from A to B by means of flying in an aircraft
b) The design of the price structure and yield plan
c) Selling the tickets to passengers
d) The manufacture of the aircraft
32. The primary activities in Porter's Value Chain are:
a) Inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, marketing and sales, service
b) Procurement, operations, distribution, marketing and sales, service
c) Inbound logistics, operations, distribution, marketing and sales, service d) Procurement, operations, outbound logistics, marketing and sales, service
33. The resources of an organization can be defined as:
a) Inputs to enable the organization to carry out its activities
b) The activities of the organization
c) Tangible assets
d) Capabilities of the organization
34. The sale of government owned business to private investors in known as
a) Capitalization
b) Divestiture
c) Merger
d) Acquisition
35. The strategic marketing process is how an organization allocates its marketing mix resources to reach its:
a) Target markets
b) Area of expertise
c) Competition
d) Stated business ideas
36. The theory that structure follows strategy was developed by (B)
a) Peter Chandler.
b) Alfred Chandler,
c) Michael Chandler.
d) Alfred Porter.
37. The value chain is subdivided into two main headings. These are primary activities and:
a) Support activities
b) Peripheral activities
c) Outsourced activities
d) Chain Activities
38. Toyota has excellent materials handling and inventory control. In terms of the value chain, this is the activity of
a) Procurement
b) Firm infrastructure
c) Technology development
d) Marketing program
39. Value for shareholders of a firm is measured by:
a) Stock performance and profitability
b) Sales revenue
c) Satisfactory employee targets
d) Profitable year-end balance sheet
40. When actual performance results are better than what the plan called for, managers should:
a) Increase prices.
b) Find creative ways to exploit the situation
c) Ignore it.
d) Issue more stock options to employees.
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