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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internationally orchestrated business‚ employing equally organized international criminality. The shortcoming of those waging war against this mutant piracy is to employ methods designed against ordinary classical piracy of 300 – 400 years ago. Even this analysis is probably rather simplistic for such a complex problem. Although intended to provide a scenario of the piracy as understandable and mitigating reaction by some Somalis to events giving rise to the piracy‚ it might be misinterpreted as justifying
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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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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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SWOT ANALYSIS When we talk about of strategic decision making in an organization‚ we must take consider many factors that must be studied within the company. For that‚ there are several useful tools such as SWOT analysis‚ which is meant (strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and Threats)‚ this method is the simplest and effective way to analyze the present and see how will be the future of the company. The main purpose of this analysis is to support the organization to locate the strategic aspects
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Neighborhood Watch According to USAonWatch.com it states‚ since 1972‚ the USA-on-Watch Neighbor Program has worked to unite law enforcement agencies‚ private organizations‚ and individual citizen in a nation-wide effort to reduce crime and improve local communities. More neighborhood citizens in America should start a Neighborhood Watch Program in their neighborhood. First‚ there are many things that you could stop from happening to you or your next door neighbor if you have had a Neighborhood Watch. Second
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I choose the Apple Watch commercial as a contemporary representation of everyday life. It represents the contemporary life well because it is a watch‚ something that been in existence for a while and is familiar to everyone; but it’s far more than just a watch‚ it revolutionizes the traditional way that people think of watch. The commercial starts by presenting the physical appearances of Apple Watch‚ which has the same typical design as its counterparts to include a display and watchband‚ as well
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