Topic 1 – Strategic Leadership: Managing the strategy (H&J: Chapter 1) Actions in business are frequently directed at the achievement of superior performance‚ therefore a strategy can be defined as “an action a company takes to attain superior performance” (Hill and Jones‚ 2107). It is important to understand that this definition is one of many. Contrary to some views that there is one single definition of strategy‚ we argue that there is no such universally accepted definition and that
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I. Current Situation (1991-1993) 1. History of IBM: IBM is a multinational corporation that started its activities in 1911. But its origins can be traced back to 1890‚ during the height of the Industrial Revolution. It was first known as the Computing-Recording Company‚ and then in 1924‚ it took the name of International Business Machines. Nowadays‚ this multinational company is known as the ¡§Big Blue¡¨ 2. Mission statement IBM main activity is to find solutions to its wide range of clients
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BUS 497A California State University Northridge Fall 2013 List of content History ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Takeover by Volkswagen................................................................................................................. 2 SWOT analysis ...........................................................................................................
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Strategic Management Welcome to a course: This document describes the contents and structure of the course Strategic. It is important that you read it carefully‚ as it will guide you through the different parts of the course and hopefully answer most of your questions. The document also indicates what we expect from you in the course‚ and what you can expect in return from us. Text Book: • White McCarthy - Strategic Management latest edition Palgrave Macmilllan Publisher 2009
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WENDY’S 2008-2011 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CASE ANALYSIS LILET D. MINA KEY FACTS: Dave Thomas‚ Columbus‚ OH More than 40 years in history 5‚936 Stores in the US • 1274 company owned 709 International Stores in 20 countries • 376 in Canada o 140 company owned 3rd largest hamburger fast food chain hamburgers (never frozen) and Frosty Made to order (square) burger and fries‚ baked potatoes‚ frosty‚ chicken sandwiches‚ chili and salads KEY DATES 1969:
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Hammond/Design Pics/Corbis Strategic Management Inputs Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness‚ 2 The External Environment: Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Industry Competition‚ and Competitor Analysis‚ 32 The Internal Organization: Resources‚ Capabilities‚ Core Competencies‚ and Competitive Advantages‚ 68 Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Studying this chapter should provide you with the strategic management knowledge needed to: 1. Define strategic competitiveness‚ strategy
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1. What has led the LEGO group to the edge of bankruptcy? External threats (macro PEST‚ micro Porter’s 5 forces) giant conglomerates dominating industry (risk of being taken over) p.2 competing rising costs while competitors outsource p.2 pressure from big retail customers with power? e.g. Walmart‚ Target p.2 negative industry trends in toy industry p.1 1) fad toys are rising and product life cycles declining. threat of shortening/declining life cycle despite rise of fad toys
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References: Govindarajan‚ V. and Trimble C. (2012)‚ Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home‚ Win Everywhere‚ Harvard Business Review Press‚ Jun 19‚ 2012 Strategic Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach‚ Concepts and Cases‚ 2011‚ Fourteenth Edition‚ David‚ F.‚ Published by Pearson - Prentice Hall‚ Chapter 2‚ pg 9.
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“COMPARATIVE STUDY OF QUALITY OF WORK LIFE MANAGEMENT IN TCS & IBM: A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS” FOR THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF “MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION” FROM GGS IP UNIVERSITY NEW DELHI BATCH: 2011-2013 Submitted by: Submitted to: Sheetal Yadav Dr. Parul Gupta ARMY INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY‚ GREATER NOIDA (UP) – 201306 BACKGROUND OF STUDY I have undertaken
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Mintzberg’s Strategy Continuum: Philosophic and Theoretical Underpinnings Naveed Yazdani Chair Department of Business Administration School of Business & Economics University of Management & Technology Yazdani@umt.edu.pk & naveedyazdani@hotmail.co.uk Abstract This theoretical paper views Henry Mintzberg’s ‘Strategy Safari’ as representing a strategy continuum along which different styles/modes of strategy making and implementing are spread‚ with Prescriptive/Planning style of strategizing at
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