SUBJECT : STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY : 1
The
Ahmedabad based Astral Poly Technik Ltd. is manufacturing and provider of
chlorinated poly vinyal chloride (CPVC) piping and plumbing systems. Mr Sandeep
Engineer, its managing director reported a strategic decision of manufacturing
and marketing the ‘Blaze master’ fire sprinkler system under an agreement with
the $ 4 billion global speciality chemical company, Lubrizol, whose
wholly-owned subsididary Noveon Inc makes ‘Blazemaster’ for this purpose, Astral
signed a licence agreement with Noveon to manufacturing and market its fire
sprinkler system under the brand name of ‘Blazemaster’ which is a trade mark of
Noveon. The company, in order to strengthen its business plans, had taken a
strategic decision to enter into a techno-financial joint venture with
speciality process LLC of USA, which provided if the required technical
expertise for manufacturing CPVC pipes and fitting for home and industrial
applications. Astral was also going for an initial public offering to further
its growth plans.
Q1) Explain the term strategic
decision making?
Q2) Explain the process of
decision making?
Q3) What is the basic thrust of
strategic decision making?
Q4) Explain in detail the issues
in strategic decision making?
CASE STUDY : 2
The essence of vision is a forward-looking view of what an organization
wishes to become, mission is what an organization is and why it exists.
Several years ago, Peter F Drucker raised important philosophical
questions related to business what is our business? What will it be? What it
should be? These three questions though simply worded are in reality, the most
fundamental questions that any organization can put it itself. The answers are
based on an analysis of the underlying need of the society that any
organization strives to fulfill. The satisfaction of that need is them, the
business of the organization.
Q1) Define vision? And explain
the benefits of a vision?
Q2) What do you mean by mission?
Q3) How are Mission statements formulated
and communicated?
CASE STUDY : 3
The major market players in Indian Food processing industry include
local companies such as Agro Tech Foods, Dabur, Gits, Parle and Foreign companies
such as Nestle, Cadbury and Unilever.
The business environment in which the food processing industry exists
could be explained in terms of opportunities and threats.
Opportunities
just like High demand potential, low output from organized sector. Exports of
agricultural and processed food have been rising, low cost Indian labour,
younger population, changing lifestyle, nuclear families, increasing personal
income, number of working women, etc.
Threats just like conservative Government policies, inadequate
infrastructure for distribution and preservation, limited assess to appropriate
technology for processing and packaging, high taxation on packaged items etc.
Just observed how the food processing industry in
India is affected by different levels of the environment at the global and
national level.
Q1) Explain the concept of
Environment?
Q2) Explain in detail the
characteristics of Environment?
Q3) Explain Internal Environment?
Q4) Explain External Environment?
CASE STUDY : 4
According to a doctoral study on the corporate
takeovers in India the major reason for increased Mergers & Acquisitions (M
& A) activity were, legal reforms, economic reforms, economic slowdown, and
depressed stock markets, etc.
Statistics related to M & A in India are quite impressive. The
market research firm found that Indian companies spent over US $ 23 billion in
2006, a jump of over 400 percent over that in 2005, in acquiring foreign
companies, more than half of which were in Europe Inbound (Foreign companies talking
over Indian companies) and Outbound (Indian companies talking over Foreign
companies) mergers and acquisitions have increased dramatically.
Q1) Explain the term mergers and
acquisitions?
Q2) What are the types of mergers
and acquisitions?
Q3) Explain in detail the reasons
for mergers and acquisitions?
Q4) What are the important issues
in mergers and acquisitions?
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