Pokhara University

Level : Bachelor
Semester Fall
Year :2008
Programme: BBA/BHCM
Full Marks :100
Course : Strategic Management II
Pass Marks :45
Time :3hrs.
Candidate are required to give their answer in the their own words as for as practicable.
Attempt all the questions.
1. a) What is strategy ? explain the strategy making process.
b) How do you explain the success of business that does not use a formal environmental analysis process?
2. a) What key considerations would you keep in your mind while making the strategic alliances with foreign
partner?
b) Discuss the contribution of the portfolio approach to strategic analysis and choice in a multi business
strategy?
3. a) What is industry analysis? How is it done discuss?
b) What is competitive advantage? How a business can gain competitive advantage? Explain.
4. a) What are diversification strategies? Explain.
b) Strategic management is a political game. Discuss.
5. a) Explain the concept of strategy Implementation? Explain in brief the major steps of implementing
strategy.
b) What is Matrix structure? How does it serve strategic objectives? Explain.
6. a) How organizational performance can be measured? Explain with illustrations.
b) What are responsibility centers? How can these are used as a controlling system.
7. Write short notes on (Any Two)
a) E-Business
b) Outsourcing of technology
c) Strategic audit

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Pokhara University
Level : Bachelor
Semester Spring
Year :2010
Programme: BBA/BHCM
Full Marks :100
Course : Strategic Management II
Pass Marks :45
Time :3hrs.
Candidate are required to give their answer in the their own words as for as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.
1. a) why do managers need to formulate strategy? Why is strategy partly proactive and partly reactive?
Explain
b) How is strategic alliance and joint venture with foreign companies fruitful for strengthening a firms
competitiveness in the world market? Explain
2. a) How do cross-country difference in cultural, demographic and market conditions pose challenges
to international market seekers? Discuss with suitable examples.
b) Under what circumstances would a business think of diversification? Explain.
3. a) Discuss the concept of portfolio approach to strategic analysis and choice in a multi business company.
b) How do you relate organizational leadership with the concept of institutionalizing process of an
organization?
4. a) Why do companies need to formulate operationalizing strategy? What factors are to be considered
while formulating such strategy? Explain.
b) Why is it necessary to build up resource strength and organizational capabilities for institutionalizing the
strategy of an organization? Discuss.
5. a) Strategic control is concerned with tracking the firms future direction into target result. Explain
this statement describing different strategic control methods.
b) Briefly discuss the role of strategic information system in strategic control process of an organization.
6. a) What consideration should small business entrepreneurs keep in mind when they are deciding if a
company should follow a growth or a stability strategy?
b) How does the lack of a clear cut performance measure, such as profits, affect the strategic management
of a not for profit organization?
7. write short notes on any two:
a) Product portfolio
b) Techniques of quality control
c) Strategic audit
d) Networking strategies

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Pokhara University
Level : Bachelor
Semester Fall
Year :2011
Programme: BBA/BHCM
Full Marks :100
Course : Strategic Management II
Pass Marks :45
Time :3hrs.
Candidate are required to give their answer in the their own words as for as practicable.
Attempt all the questions.
1. a) What is strategic management process? Discuss its importance in todays competitive business world.
b) How do cross-country differences in political, economical, socio-cultural and technological factors pose
opportunities and challenges to the company while entering into foreign market? Explain with suitable
example.
2. a) What are entry strategies for entering into foreign market? Explain.
b) Business diversification and integration are considered as the best strategy for gaining strong market
position and competitive advantage. Give your views.
3. a) What are the behavioral considerations that affect the strategic choice for company? Explain in brief.
b) What roles do organizational policies and functional tactics play for putting the strategy into action?
Explain.
OR
Employee empowerment and motivation are one of the most important Strategic issues while
implementing strategy. Discuss.
4. a) An effective organizational structure leads to effective execution of strategy. Give your opinion.
OR
Managers should be aware of how the organizational culture can be compatible With the changes or new
strategy. Discuss.
b) What are responsibility centers? How do they measure the performance of functional departments of a
company? Explain.
5. a) What are the basic types of strategic control. Explain them in brief.
b) How does internet technology impact the co-operative environment of a company ? write your views with
reference to Nepalese organizations.
6. Discuss the following:
a) Usefulness of strategic management in not-for-profit making organizations.
b) Issues of strategic management in small and entrepreneurial ventures.
c) Technology outsourcing
7. Write short notes on any two:
a) Environment analysis
b) Short term and long term objectives
c) Incentive reward system

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Pokhara University
Level : Bachelor
Semester Fall
Year :2013
Programme: BBA/BHCM
Full Marks :100
Course : Strategic Management II
Pass Marks :45
Time :3hrs.
Candidate are required to give their answer in the their own words as for as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.
1. a) Why knowledge of business strategy is essential for managers ? What specific knowledge and skills do
they require to manage business strategically ? Discuss.
b) In what way multi-country strategy differ from global strategy? Discuss.
2. a) Competing in foreign markets where there are significant cross-country variations in cultural,
demographic and market conditions poses challenges than just competing at home. Why ? Explain.
b) Multinational diversification can open up opportunities and build up shareholder value vie economies
of scope and reduce costs over less diversified rivals. Critically examine this statement.
3. a) Why do you think both operationalzing and institutionalizing strategy are the prime agendas of
strategy implementers? Support your answer with appropriate reasoning.
OR
How organizational culture and leadership affect strategic choice and implementation? Discuss.
b) Strategy implementation , despite often argued otherwise, is a complex task in the present day
competitive environment. Why ? Explain it.
4. a) Motivating by rewards is a better way of strategic implementation compared to setting boundaries.
Why? Explain it.
b) What do you understand by the term strategic control ? Describe the four basic types of strategic control
with suitable example.
5. a) Define the concept of strategic audit. How does it help in strategic control system? Explain.
b) Why do you think a good understanding of strategic information system of an organization is necessary to
the strategic controller? Discuss.
6. a) Discuss the major issues in managing innovation and technology.
b) Explain the strategic management issues for non-for-profit organization.
7. Write short notes on any two:
a) Networking strategies
b) Diversification versus integration
c) Activity based costing

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Pokhara University
Level : Bachelor
Semester Spring
Year :2013
Programme: BBA/BHCM
Full Marks :100
Course : Strategic Management II
Pass Marks :45
Time :3hrs.
Candidate are required to give their answer in the their own words as for as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.
1. a) Briefly describe the process of strategic management. Is it possible to conduct a business without
formal environment environmental analysis process?
b) Name and describe the five alternative strategic options for entering into international markets.
2. a) Discuss the contribution and limitations of the portfolio approach to strategic analysis and choice in
a multi business company.
b) Building a strategy-supportive culture is important to successful strategy execution because it produce a
work climate and organizational spirit on meaningful performance targets and being part of a winning
effort. Justify this statement taking reference of the strategy culture relationship inside the organization.
3. a) Name the various structural choices available to business firms. Which structural alternatives would you
recommend for a firm that covers broad geographic areas and utilizes unrelated market channels?
b) Why are annual objectives needed when long-term objectives are already available? Describe the
relationship between annual objectives and policies.
4. a) Explain the difference between implementation control, strategic surveillance and special alert control.
Give example of each.
b) "Strategic management concept is equally important for entrepreneurial ventures and small business
as well". Justify.
5. a) How do we measure the divisional and functional performance of organizations? What implications
would you think of it while controlling and evaluating the strategies?
OR
"Strategic control is equally important for enterprises to ensures that the strategies are implemented
Properly". Discuss the statement taking reference of measure of functional and divisional performance
evaluation.
b) How does the recent development in Internet technologies contribute to develop strategies and
competitive advantages for companies? Explain briefly.
6. a) What is the difference between source of revenue for profit-making firm and not-for-profit firm?
How does it impact on strategy implementation for them? Explain briefly.
b) Strategic audit is a means to evaluate and control strategic success. Explain.
7. Write short notes on any two:
a) Needs of Information Technology in the success of business firm
b) Networking strategies
c) Employee empowerment for operationalizing the strategy

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Pokhara University
Level : Bachelor
Semester Fall
Year :2014
Programme: BBA/BHCM
Full Marks :100
Course : Strategic Management II
Pass Marks :45
Time :3hrs.
Candidate are required to give their answer in the their own words as for as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.
1. a) Why do managers need to formulate strategy for their organization? why is companys strategy
partly proactive and partly reactive? Explain.
b) Discuss and differentiate international competition with global competition.
2. a) Assume that you are in charge of developing the strategy for multinational company selling product in
50 countries around the world. One of the issues you face is whether to employ a multi country strategy
or global strategy in the following condition:
i. if your company product is personal computer, do you think multi-country strategy give sense?
Why or why not?
ii. If your company product is cookies would a multi country strategy seem to be more advisable
than global strategy? Explain.
iii. If your companys product is washing machine, would it seem to make more sense to pursue
multi country strategy or global strategy? Explain.
3. a) In which circumstances, the decisions of diversification makes good strategic and business sense to
build up shareholder value. Explain
b) Why do you think, for a company, both operational and institutionalizing strategy are necessary for
better execution process.
4. a) What roles does resource allocation play for enabling strategic success? How is it interrelated with
strategic execution process? Explain.
b) Briefly discuss the term strategic audit for strategic control. Explain
5. a) Organizations control system cant ensure the sue of proper strategy to achieve objective
and dysfunctional side effects undermine the implementation, what specific guidelines do you
offer proper control system?
b) How do you measure the functional level performance of an organization? What implication
would you think of it for control and evaluation of strategy? Explain.
6. a) Discuss the following :
i) Internet technology that affects internal operating efficiency for cost Competitiveness?
ii) Determinant factor that decides whether a company outsource the Technology or not.
iii) Usefulness of strategic management concept for small business.
7. Write short notes on any two:
a) Activity based costing
b) Not for profit making organization
c) Internal political consideration for strategic selection

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Pokhara University
Level : Bachelor
Semester Spring
Year :2014
Programme: BBA/BHCM
Full Marks :100
Course : Strategic Management II
Pass Marks :45
Time :3hrs.
Candidate are required to give their answer in the their own words as for as practicable.
Attempt all the questions.
1. a) A company vision, objective and approaches to strategy execution is never final, managing strategy
is an ongoing process not now and then task. Comment.
b) When do you prefer strategic alliance to enter in international market? Explain.
2. a) How does cross country variation in cost, culture and demographic condition pose challenges to
international business players in global markets? Discuss with suitable example.
b) Why do business organizations plan to integrate their business horizontally? How this integration,
if properly defined, helps to build up shareholders value for the organization? Explain.
3. a) With reference of present market scenario of noodle business in Nepal, what key concern must be
address by functional level tactics in marketing and research divisions assuming that their current
business strategy is differentiation.
b) Discuss the role of reward system for better execution process.
4. a) Discuss relationship between organizational structure and strategy execution. Explain it with suitable
example in the content of Nepal and justify how this example established the relationship between
structure and execution.
b) How can the concept of Strategic Audit be used in evaluating the performance and control? Discuss.
5. a) Discuss the concept of strategic information in the strategic control and evaluation system. How this
information will be useful for strategic control process ? Explain.
b) Discuss the role of benchmarking in Strategic control and evaluation.
6. a) Define technology sourcing. What factors determine whether the organization should go for outsourcing
the technology or not?
OR
Write down the importance of entrepreneurial ventures. What are the emerging issues in environmental
Scanning and strategy implementation from the perspective of small business?
b) Discuss the concept and nature of non-for-profit organization. Mention the importance of revenue sources
for strategy formulation to such firm.
7. Write shorts note on any two:
a) Premise control
b) Impact of Internet on competitive rivalry
c) Diversification

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Pokhara University
Level : Bachelor
Semester Fall
Year :2015
Programme: BBA/BHCM
Full Marks :100
Course : Strategic Management II
Pass Marks :45
Time :3hrs.
Candidate are required to give their answer in the their own words as for as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.

1. a) What do you mean by industry analysis? What roles does it play in Strategic management.
b) Define the business environment. What methods should be used to identify an organizations
competitive position?
2. a) Discuss how does market differ from country to country and how do they affect
strategy formulation.
b) Explain the strategy options for entering and competing in foreign markets.
3. a) Diversification is a strategy which enhances shareholders value and competitive advantage.
How is it possible? Explain
b) How do functional strategies differ from corporate and business strategies? What key concerns
must be addressed by functional strategic in marketing?
4. a) Suppose employees morale and commitments level is very low at the organization where you are
working as a responsible manager. You also agreed that this situation adversely affects in the
implementation Process. You are responsible to motivate them to work, get their Commitment
and increase morale. What key consideration would you Keep in your mind?
b) Define strategic leadership and explain the role of strategic leader in managing firms resources.
5. a) Define the strategic control. What are the key considerations in monitoring deviation from
performance standards?
b) Define strategic audit. Also discuss its contribution in strategic control and evaluation process.
6. a) Why do we need to measure the corporate performance? What are the methods of measuring
corporate performance?
b) Explain your understanding on contemporary strategic issues for a Nepalese business Enterprise.
7. Write short notes on any two:
a) Organization culture
b) Activity based costing
c) Use of strategic management in not for profit organization

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