Business Policy and Strategic Management 1. What are the different aspects of the nature of the business policy?

Discuss each one of them with the help of suitable example. What the benefits of concept strategy? What are its pitfalls? What is strategy? Explain levels of strategy List the elements in the strategic management process.

20.What is value change analysis ? 21.What are industrialist or firms motivated for takeover? 22.What are the different approaches that can be adopted to a turnaround ? 23.List of five resent instances of Indian companies that adopted diversification ? 24.Explain the recent acquisition of Ranbaxy and analyze it. 25.Explain these types of business strategies .

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Discuss the issues that are relevant for strategic decision making Describe the process of strategic management draw a neat chart that show comprehensively the different elements in the strategic management process Explain strategic intent with example Develop mission and vision statements, i. ii. Pharmaceutical org. Automobile org.

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26. what are the advantages and disadvantages of being a first mover in an industries? A late mover ? 27.explain these market location tactics of business strategies . a. b. Market leadership Market challenger Market follower Market nicher.

9.Collect mission and vision statement of following companies. I. Infosys II. Wipro III. Tata chemical 10.What do you mean by critical success factor (CSF)? What are CSF for courier services and tooth paste manufacturer. 11. Mansion the characteristics of good mission statements? 12. Identify the rules that objectives play in strategic management ? 13.Nname some important constrains under which objectives are set? 14.To what different uses can CSFs be put in strategic management 15.What is the rational of performing a SWOT analysis ? 16.Explain factor in environmental appraisal 17.What information dues an ETOP content ? 18.What is distinctive competence and how it is important to strategy formulation? 19.What is meant by organizational appraisal ?

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28.Expalin the two dimensions used to build a GE nine cell matrix. 29.On which competencies dues a firms ability o adopt a low cost approach and a diffrenciartion approach depends . 30. Explain the strategy implication of each of the following types of business in a corporate portfolio . a. b. c. d. Stars Question mark Cash cows Dogs