NORTHERN DRILLING INC. THE MOND NICKEL CONTRACT DECISION – A TACTIVAL DILEMMA IN A GROWTH STRATEGY THE PROBLEM Peter Bremner‚ general manager for Northern Drilling Inc. (Northern) was looking over the RFP for an upcoming exploration contract for one of Canada’s largest mining companies‚ Mond Nickel Company (Mond). The RFP consisted of 2 projects‚ a Deep/Complex job (3‚000m holes) and an Intermediate/Routine job (1‚800m holes). The proposal was due in 3 weeks and Peter had to make a decision whether
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NORTHERN DRILLING INC. Executive Summary Peter Bremner‚ the general manager of Northern Drilling Inc. has received a request for proposal from Mond Nickel to bid for an upcoming project that will be Northern’s largest contract to date. The project involves an intermediate job‚ as well as a deep drilling job‚ and will require that Northern prioritize this contract over other existing contracts in terms of manpower and equipment. Northern has to assess the technical feasibility of this project
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Bremmer‚ has the opportunity to bid for the drilling contract of one of the largest players in the Canadian mining industry. Winning this bid could be a major step to achieve his growth strategy‚ but the company currently does not have sufficient equipment and experienced drillers available‚ the industry is short of skilled workers and the highly cyclical industry environment makes long-term investments risky. Additionally‚ he has only 3 weeks to make a decision. 2. Criteria selection Bremmer must evaluate
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reviewed. It was found that BSC provides valuable information that supports managers in taking strategic as well as tactical decisions. In addition‚ BSC appears to be positively associated with profitability and managers’ job satisfaction. In terms of real world application‚ BSC was found to be widely applied among businesses. It is used mainly as a tool of ‘Strategic Decision Making’ but exerts greatest influence on ‘Business Actions’.
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A deep subsurface rock core for paleoclimate reconstruction was collected in October and November 2007 during the South McMurdo Sound Project (SMS) of the Antarctic Geological Drilling Program (ANDRILL). To allow for deeper penetration and more efficient core recovery‚ water-based saline drilling fluids were utilized. A total of 5.6x105 L of fluids was lost in the subsurface. The fluid was comprised of surface seawater from the sound‚ as the wetting agent mixed with densifying compounds (mainly potassium
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TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC DECISIONS Investment decisions may be tactical or strategic. A tactical investment decision generally involves a relatively small amount of funds and does not constitute a major departure from what the firm has been doing in the past. The consideration of a new machine tool by a motor manufacturing company is a tactical decision‚ as is a buy-or-lease decision made by an oil company. Strategic investment decisions involve large sums of money and may also result in a major
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Reference: Hülsmann‚ M.; Grapp‚ J.: Dilemmas of a Sustainable Strategic Management - Options for a Corporate Balancing Efficiency and Sustainability by Autonomous Cooperation in Decision Making Processes. In: Melnyk‚ L. (ed.): Mechanism of Economic Regulation‚ 2/2005‚ pp. 66-79 Title: Dilemmas of a Sustainable Strategic Management Options for a Corporate Balancing Efficiency and Sustainability through Autonomous Co-operation in Decision Making Processes Authors:* Prof. Dr. Michael Hülsmann
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efficiently that will be useful in the decision-making process. Generally‚ there are three decision-making within the business‚ strategic decision-making‚ tactical decision-making and operational decision-making. All of these types of decision-making are useful for organization depending on their time range‚ and if any one of them is weakened‚ it has a negative impact on the other types of decision as well. Tactical decision-making‚ the short-term decision-making‚ has the responsibility to make
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GrTeaching Note to the Case The Growth Dilemma – A case on Infoedge India Limited by Deepak Pandit‚ EFPM 2008 EFPM Student Mobile: 91 9811311032 Email: efpm08deepak_p@mdi.ac.in Case Supervisor : Prof Amit Kapoor Case Facilitator: Dr Geeta Bajaj Relevance • • An understanding of the perspective of Top Mgmt at Info Edge Limited regarding the economic slowdown – By understanding the macro economic environment and its impact on performance of Infoedge Limited – By understanding
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Objectives GROWTH STRATEGIES-I Growth Strategies-I The objectives of this unit are to: l l l acquaint you with the concept of corporate strategy; familiarize you with the various generic corporate strategies; explain the nature‚ scope and approaches to implementation of stability and growth strategies; and finally discuss the rationale for adopting these strategies. l Structure 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.11 Introduction Nature and Scope of Corporate Strategies Nature
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