Questions on Strategic Management

1. What do we mean by strategy? _____Antony 2. How did the rise of the internet alter competitive forces in the Information Technology industry?________Bhavani 3. When is the companies competitive advantage most likely to endure overtime?.______Darshan 4. How are the four generic building blocks of competitive advantage related to each other?__Divya 5. Explain cost leadership and differentiation strategy?____gowri 6. Explain strategies adapted in matured industries?_____karkala 7. What are the advantages of first mover in an Industry?______Kottappa 8. What are the various levels in Strategic Management Process, explain in detail the same? Manjunath B R 9. Explain in detail Michael Porters Five Forces justifying Competitive Forces shape strategy. ____Pallavi GV 10.In what sense might innovation be called the single most important building block of Competitive Advantage? ______Prasad Naik 11.Over an Industrys life cycle, what investment strategy choices should be made by A. Differentiators in a strong competitive position B. Differentiators in a weak competitive position________ Punit 12.How do Emotional Quotient and Intelligence Quotient of employees help managers in decision making process? __________Purushotham 13.Explain Matrix, Tall and Flat structures role in Business Strategy?______ Roopa 14.Explain the Six Causes for the persistent poor performance that let down Corporate Performance / Governance. ________ Ruhi 15.What do you think are the sources of sustained superior profitability? ____________Selva Kumar 16.How does the rise of online brokers change the likely long-term profitability of the stock brokerage industry?_________ Sunil Kumar 17.Why is it important to understand the drivers of profitability as measured by the return on invested capital?___________ Swalih

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18.What role can top management play in helping a company achieve superior efficiency, quality innovation, and responsiveness to customers?___________ Kishore 19.Explain the dynamics of business level strategy.__________Vibha 20.Explain strategies adapted in a growing industries?__________Sandeep E 21.What are disadvantages of a first mover in an industry?___________ Tiwari 22.A strategic plan consists of an organization's mission and future direction, near-term and long-term performance targets, and strategy. Explain Managers, who fail to study competitors closely, risk being blindsided by surprise actions on the part of rivals. Justify________ Lokesh 23.Explain Core Competence and Distinctive Competence._________Ashwath 24.What are the strategies drawn by Organizations to enter global market? ________Fouziya 25.The early leaders in an emerging industry cannot afford to relax and rest on their laurels, Justify:____Ganesh Pujari 26.The more attractive the industries that a company has diversified into, the better its performance prospects. Explain.__________Ilma 27.Companies don't implement and execute strategies, people do. Justify.___________Ishola 28.Using Michael Porters Diamond Theory explain national advantage of any one of BRIC country._______Ravi 29.What are the strengths of formal strategic planning? What are its weaknesses?_________Lloyd 30.How did the change in competitive forces in the brokerage industry change the strategies required for success in that industry? 31.Which is the more important in explaining the success and the failures of the companies: Strategizing or Luck?_____________ ____________Menaka 32.Innovation and production go hand in hand in a growing industry, justify.__________SNEHA 33.Explain competitive positioning and business level strategy._________Sunil M 34.Explain strategies adapted in a declining industry?____________Tasneem 35.How organization build height of barriers to imitation? 36.What is porters Five force theory with reference to Pepsi and Coke? How will the model help in analyzing their level?_____Venkatesh 37.What would an organization do to achieve its core competencies?

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38.What are the various levels of strategy in an organization with perspective to meet its market goal? 39.How companies can use product differentiation, capacity control to manage rivalry and increase it profitability? 40.What is Vertical Integration? How can it help to reach the customer with cost effective product there by increasing bargaining power over the supplier? 41.The fall of Enron worldwide is attributed to failure of corporate governance, and Business ethics, substantiate?_____________Vishnu 42.How would a design, structure and a control system help to encourage entrepreneurship in a large organization? 43.How PESTEL analysis is useful in scanning the environment? 44.What are the contributions of Boston Consulting Groups to strategy in market share and growth of an Industry? 45.Explain the role of an Industry Life cycle with perspective to launching of a product or withdrawal of product from the market. 46.What should be the contribution of a Strategist while an organization is facing heat from majority of the Stakeholders? 47.Explain the role of a Strategist while the company is on an expansion mode. 48.Explain the various tools in strategy that helps an organization in understanding the competition and competitive advantage of its immediate industry?

Dr M Ambashankar Strategic Management and New Realities