Strategic Management Module Handbook Instructor: Adil Tahir Paracha Faculty of Business Administration Department of Management INTRODUCTION This course will introduce students To develop a framework of analysis to enable students to identify central issues and problem in complex‚ comprehensive case; To suggest alternative course of action; and present well supported recommendations for future action To develop conceptual skills so that students are able to integrate
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Political- Relates to changes in government influence and can have huge significance for companies. Changes in the priorities for public spending or the UK ’s relationships with other countries can open or close major markets. Political changes are closely tied up with legal changes. Laws are continually being updated in a wide range of areas‚ e.g. consumer protection legislation‚ environmental legislation‚ health & safety and employment law‚ etc. Employees should be notified of all legislation
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Case 15: Allure Cruise Line: Challenges of strategic growth and organizational effectiveness (Part 4) Read the following case from your textbook: (open the other attachment for the article) Analysis: Write a case analysis in about 4 to 5 pages or more. Answer all the case questions in the text. Offer analysis and evidence to support your conclusions. Be objective in interpreting evidence. Don’t present one-sided arguments. Include and answer the points not favorable to your position. Write
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CRUISE SHIP A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages‚ where the voyage itself and the ship’s amenities are part of the experience‚ as well as the different destinations along the way. Transportation is not the prime purpose‚ as cruise ships operate mostly on routes that return passengers to their originating port‚ so the ports of call are usually in a specified region of a continent. The rapid growth and specialization process experienced by the cruise industry
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standardized product to keep cost’s low ■ Highly standardised ■ Highly centralised ■ Global efficiency is key ■ Effective where strong pressures for cost reductions and low demand for local responsiveness – Semiconductor industry Transnational Strategy ■ To meet competition firms aim to reduce costs‚ transfer core competencies while paying attention to pressures for local responsiveness ■ Global learning is key – Valuable skills can develop in any of
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The creativity of people and sustained marketing of companies allowed the passenger liner industry to transform from a pure transport function to an almost pure tourism function into the global cruise line industry that we know today. The main goal of the supply chain‚ sometimes referred to as the value chain‚ is to create value. In an end-customers’ context‚ value is the measure of desire for a product and its related services (1) customer relationship management‚ (2) customer service management
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Section 1 PEST Analysis Section 1.1 Social Environment Things outside and around business are business environment‚ and social environment is “the aggregate of social and cultural institutions‚ forms‚ patterns‚ and processes that influence the life of an individual or community. (Pathak‚ 2014)” To put it in other words‚ social environment is related to people‚ and it includes demographic and cultural. Social environment has large influence on business‚ and the details are as follow. Firstly‚ using
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lower rate of sales tax of 4%-6% on local supplies. Textile exports stood at $12.5 billion fromJuly 2010 to May 2011. During the current fiscal year‚ the tax department collected Rs. 10.5billion as 1.0% withholding tax. Similarly‚ textile industry contributed Rs. 2.5 billion at the rateof 0.25% as Export Development Fund (EDF). Break-up shows that the applicability of lower rateof 4%-6% sales tax on local supplies would contribute an additional amount of Rs. 11billion‚annually‚ to the national exchequer
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various guidelines for the banking sector of the country. A sound banking system is important for smooth development of banking system. It can play a key role in the economy. It gathers savings from all over the country and provides liquidity for industry and trade. In 1957 A.D. Industrial Development Bank was established to promote the industrialization in Nepal‚ which was later converted into Nepal Industrial Development Corporation (NIDC) in 1959 A.D. Rastriya Banijya Bank was established in 1965
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