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Strategic Management for M.com (Final)

I. Define Strategic Management? Characteristic of S.M Compare to Operational Decision, and

Five dimension of strategic Decision.
II. Define vision’s mission? Differentiate both, five components of mission, issues to be
consider while formulating, Formulating, role Vision and Mission, need of Vision and
Mission, Example of multinational organizations.
III. Rationale and role environmental analysis in todays business arena (refer to PAK), difference
between remote environment and industry environment, five factors of remote
environment, forces which shape competition within industry.
IV. PEST, SWOT (why necessary for management to understand and apply, value change
analysis, benchmarking, resource based view (RBV) (name and explain factor that make
resource valuable), FFM five forces model, (CSR)
V. Agency theory? Five Problems of agency theory.
VI. Strength and weakness of differentiation Strategy, Cost leader ship strategy and focus
strategy, Evaluating cost leadership Opportunities.

1) Why necessary to develop business strategy? Explain various types, Diff b/w business

Strategies and Functional tactics in FINANCE, MARKETING, and HRM

2) What stork Options? Restricted Stork, Golden parachutes, Differentiate all, and explain their
role in Strategy Implementation.

VII. Corporate combination? Three types, three generic strategies, horizontal integration,
Conglomerate, Diversification, Divestitute, diff b/w generic and Grand strategies, explain to
main diversification strategies with example
VIII. Diff b/w market penetration, market development. Product development Strategies for
business growth, characteristics.
IX. Diff b/w strategic and operational control with example.
X. Fundamental steps at implementation level multinational organization
(1) How management of foreign operation should be handled, Based on (i) ethnocentric (ii)
polycentric (iii) regiocentric (iv) geocentric.

(2) Four Categories and their Implications on mission, Governance, Strategies, Structure of
Multinational organization.
 (3) What is Globalization? What compel firms to globalize, how many ways do firms
Strategize to become competitive in foreign market

(4) viable control function of manageric important for continuous improvement in global
business context? Be rationale.
XI). How four stages of industry evaluation (I, G, M, D) effect M, F, R&D, production operation
Of a firm operating in an industry?
XII).Note on organization Leadership?
XIII).Explain strategy of concentrate growth? Discuss at-least four condition that favors?
XIV).What issues crop up during Strategy Implementation? Role of restructuring and Change
Management?
XV). Defines explain Balanced Scorecard with diagram?
XVI).Market focus to attain competitive advantages?
XVII).Keiretsus and chaeblos with examples?
XVIII).What are sop’s how they empower Employees?
XIX).Qualities of effective short term Objectives?
XX).Strategic surveillance with examples?
XXI).Special alert control with examples?
XXII).Concept of task environment, Analysis of major components?
XXIII). Mission statement, Importance in corporate world, overview of five components, diff
b/w short versus long term objectives, with qualities & value added benefits of Short term
objectives
XXIV). what compels firms to establish strategic control, discuss types?