Strategic Audit of a Corporation I. Current Situation A. Current Performance . How did the corporation perform the past year overall in terms of return on investment‚ market share‚ and profitability? B. Strategic Posture What are the corporation’s current mission‚ objectives‚ strategies‚ and policies? 1. Are they clearly stated or are they merely implied from performance? 2. Mission: What business(es) is the corporation in? Why? 3. Objectives: What are the corporate‚ business‚ and functional
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Austin Taylor COM 115 Corporation Background Comcast Corporation was founded June 28‚ 1963 by Ralph J. Roberts‚ Daniel Aaron‚ and Julian A. Brodsky. “Comcast is one of the nation’s leading providers of communications‚ entertainment‚ and cable products and services. Headquartered in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ they employ over 100‚000 employees nationwide” (Comcast‚ 2010). The five general areas that make up Comcast are cable communications‚ cable networks‚ broadcast
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Case 4: Progressive Corporation 1. How has Progressive’s strategy evolved over time? Is it sustainable? Answer: Progressive began in 1937 by Joseph Lewis and Jack Green‚ and over the years‚ it became the number three player in the US private passenger auto insurance industry through competitive pricing and by continuously improving our products and services. Progressive’s customer value proposition was “Fast‚ Fair Better”. The Progressive was constantly looking for ways to provide insurance to
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Gulf Oil Corporation in 1984. This merger was the largest merger till that time in the history of the United States and it doubled the oil and gas reserves of the company. Chevron merged with Texaco in 2001 & formed a new company named ChevronTexaco. Texaco was one of the branches of Chevron family. It was formed in 1901 in Beaumont‚ Texas. To convey a unified presence in the world‚ it was again renamed to Chevron in 2005. Chevron strengthened its position by acquiring Unocal Corporation in 2005.
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Situation Analysis Sands Corporation manufactures parts for machinery of Aircrafts‚ automotive and agricultural equipment. Started in 1943‚ Sands Corporation has successfully set up 3 plants employing a total of 2750 workers. All the plants have almost reached their full production capacity as a result‚ due to the increasing Government contracts‚ shortage of land and labour in the existing plants‚ Sands Corporation needs to set up a new plant. No other leasing space is available. Thought the government
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Executive Summary The Synaptic Corporation is a biotechnology company based out of San Diego‚ CA. The company develops drugs based on proteins and peptides. To date‚ one drug has been approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) but there are two other drugs that are currently in clinical trials. Synaptic is a fairly large company with 1‚200 employees. The two main departments that are of issue are the Information Management (IM) and the Computational Biology department. There are no clear
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Cover Page ◦Title Corporate Governance: Relevance and significance in the current Corporate environment. ◦Abstract This article will discuss whether the concept of Corporate Governance appears to make a difference in the way in which companies are managed at board level. It will also briefly mention whether the recent economic turmoil in major and minor companies alike‚ would have been due to a lack of proper corporate governance. It will also explore in brief about the principles
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A report on the growing market of mergers‚ acquisitions‚ and restructurings in the corporate world. Roll No – A3906407G43 Enrolment No – A3906407403 Sudhanshu Gupta | Final Report Guided By – Mrs. Kavitha Menon July 21‚ 2008 | CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to acknowledge my deep gratitude to Mrs. Kavitha Menon for her valuable guidance‚ wise suggestions‚ mellow criticism & above all unflinching moral support throughout the work. I wish to thank all the library
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African situation‚ South Africa is known as a developing post-colonised country. Corporate governance is “a particularly salient issue in emerging markets attempting to compete for investors and capital with established markets where investors are less concerned about the quality of corporate governance practices” (Andreasson‚ 2002: 2).This statement rules out the possibility of a “comply or else” approach to corporate governance‚ and as a result “comply or explain” approach is the most suitable approach
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Corporate Culture The culture of an organization is the set of values‚ beliefs‚ behaviors‚ customs‚ and attitudes that helps its members understand what the organization stands for‚ how it does things‚ and what it considers important"(Griffin‚ 49). In other words‚ "the way things work around here" (Dr. Williams). In order for any small business or large corporation to be successful‚ the employees must understand what is expected of them. While things might be slightly different in a large corporation
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