Management Planning Paper: A Look into Halliburton’s Planning Strategies Michael-Paul Battle University of Phoenix October 8‚ 2009 Management Planning Paper Halliburton is one of the largest providers of products and services to the oil and gas industry. Contributing to the success at Halliburton are 50‚000 employees that work in over 70 different countries (Halliburton‚ 2009). What began in 1919 after borrowing a wagon‚ some mules and a mixer‚ has become a successful business by focusing on
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Comparing cost control strategies By Michael Peterson January 12‚ 2011 When it comes to controlling costs‚ employers generally do what they can to implement plans. One way to help control costs can be by limiting the services or products offered to employees. Riders are available for employees who would like to have options and other choices. Riders can be used for alternative choices for dental coverage‚ vision coverage‚ or other healthcare needs. When employers offer plans and certain coverage
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Table of content 1.1 Explain Samsung Electronics strategic contexts and terminology – missions‚ visions‚ objectives‚ goals‚ core competencies.2-4 1.2 Review the issues involved in strategic planning for Samsung Electronics.4-7 1.3 Explain Samsung Electronics different planning techniques.7-10 2.1 Provide an organisational audit for Samsung Electronics.11-15 2.2 Carry out an environmental audit for Samsung Electronics.15-17 2.3 Explain the significance of stakeholder
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ENTRY STRATEGIES: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES I. INTRODUCTION The past two decades has been an era of global evolution‚ in which the globalisation of markets‚ the convergence of and rapid shifts in technologies‚ and the breakdown of many traditional industry boundaries‚ has rendered strategic alliances a competitive necessity (Ohmae‚ 1989). A single firm is unlikely to possess all the resources and capabilities to achieve global competitiveness. Therefore‚ collaboration among organisations that possess
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What were LEGOs main expectations and learnings from the relationship with Flextronics. The Legos main expectations were: A 1. The rapid cost cuttings so as to overcome the largest internal financial crisis in the history of company. 2. The problems of product development and distribution would be sorted out. 3. To reduce the production complexity by attracting large sub contractors. However‚ the deal was not successful and Lego learnt that 1. Outsourced facilities are always not effective
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80 Harvard Business Review | October 2008 | hbr.org Art Credit STRATEGY in a World of Constant Disruption A company’s bid to rally an industry ecosystem around a new competitive view is an uncertain gambit. But the right strategic approaches and the availability of modern digital infrastructures improve the odds for success. SHAPING Jonathan Bartlett G by John Hagel III‚ John Seely Brown‚ and Lang Davison GOOGLE GRABS HEADLINES by announcing forays into the
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In the article "Generic Strategies"‚ the world-renowned master of competitive strategy‚ Michael Porter‚ pilots the reader through a macro-level guide to the three chief mechanisms that a company can use to achieve that elusive business world goal: Sustainable competitive advantage. Porter exalts that companies are essentially faced with a mutually exclusive decision in terms of broad level strategy. Deciding between more than one broad or generic strategy significantly increases the risk that the
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MANAGING STRATEGY QUESTION 1 The Porter’s generic strategies and the Strategy Clock have a common purpose; they both focus on how a firm can create competitive advantage over its competitors. The purpose of the models is to create a common understanding about position of the current strategies and options for the new strategies if need be. These strategies can be used by companies to analyse its competitive position in comparison to the offerings of competitors
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Strategy is the means by which objectives are pursued and obtained over time. It’s the unifying idea that links together the functional areas of an organization. Therefore an organization cannot operate without a strategy. The essence of strategy is in choosing a unique and valuable position rooted in systems of activities that are much more difficult to match by competitors and therefore translating into sustainable profitability for the organization. Some organizations are successful while others
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Li MGT 3201 Global Business Strategy 1 • Define generic strategies of differenAaAon and low cost • Understand how low-‐cost and differenAaAon strategists make money • Recall mulAnaAonal examples of use of generic strategies • Understand compeAAve advantage and value chain • Understand offensive and defensive strategies • Understand basics of mulAnaAonal
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