Does a Strategic Business Unit changes the organization in adversity? – A case study of Godrej Consumer Products During the recent period of World financial Crisis‚ economies reeled under recession and downturn. Sectoral performance in sales and operations declined leading to unprecedented series of lay offs in organizations affecting employment ‚ income levels and consumption There was a fall in growth rates in India‚ in spite of a wide claim that the economy is operating much in a
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perform business portfolio analysis as a step in the strategic planning process. The template allows the user to generate the matrix using MS-Excel. The MSWord template allows the user to tabulate and present the results of portfolio analysis in a Word document. www.business-tools-templates.com 11/1/2009 Page |1 11/1/2009 GE-MCKINSEY MATRIX MS-Excel & MS-Word Templates User Guide 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION The GE/McKinsey Matrix is a nine-cell (3 by 3) matrix used to perform business portfolio
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external strategic issues faced by ECCO. In doing so describe what you see are key influential factors for the further success of ECCO. External strategic issues: PESTEL Political: Economical: Growing markets in Scandinavia and Asia‚ weakening markets in US‚ UK‚ Russia and Ukraine Social: changing cultures and demographics Technological: online shopping? Ecological: Impact of leather on environment? Legal: key drivers of change. expectations and purposes? Define strategic business unit by market/competence-based
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Market Attractiveness-Business Position Matrix is one of the best-known directional policy matrices‚ “which categorises business units into those with good prospects and those with less good prospects” (Johnson‚ Whittington & Scholes‚ 2011‚ p.252). The following two factors is the principal cause for the development of the GE Matrix. In the 20th century‚ since the blossoming of multi-activity enterprises‚ corporations have faced the challenge of managing its portfolio of business units effectively (McKinsey
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The Core Competence of the Corporation C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel Harvard Business Review 90311 HBR MAY–JUNE 1990 The Core Competence of the Corporation C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel The most powerful way to prevail in global competition is still invisible to many companies. During the 1980s‚ top executives were judged on their ability to restructure‚ declutter‚ and delayer their corporations. In the 1990s‚ they’ll be judged on their ability to identify‚ cultivate‚ and exploit
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3 – INTRODUCTION For the purpose of this strategic marketing plan report‚ the chosen Strategic Business Unit (SBU) is Aquarelle Clothing Limited one of the various subsidiaries of CIEL TEXTILE LIMITED i.e. the holding company of the CIEL GROUP. In 1973‚ Sir Pierre Dalais a former executive of the group received the support of his administrative team to invest in a totally new industry namely the textile industry. With the acquisition of Floréal Knitwear Limited the company has given birth to
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in markets outside of the domestic company. Technology and globalization of business has created a new competitive landscape for the twenty-first century. In short‚ they interacted to create a continuous revolution. In particular‚ the development and use of new technology to facilitate increasing globalization. Two types of technology - the internet and wireless communications - have profound effects on the way business is conducted worldwide. In india there is a culture where industrial production
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Chapter 6 Business Level Strategy Page 221 – 253 Bowman Strategy Clock Most Important. Sample Question: ← Identify strategic business units (SBUs) in organizations. ← Explain bases of achieving competitive advantage in terms of ‘routes’ on the strategy clock. ← Assess the extent to which these are likely to provide sustainable competitive advantage. ← Identify strategies suited to hyper-competitive conditions ← Explain the relationship between competition and collaboration
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manufacturing units in Saudi Arabia. Six are joint ventures; three ventures are fully owned by SABIC and others are partnerships both in local and internal corporations. The company made an acquisition in 2002 and increased its manufacturing complexes at Gelsenkirchen in Germany and Geleen in the Netherlands. The business of SABIC is divided into six strategic business units‚ and they receive support from corporate departments and shared corporation services. The SABIC business units include Intermediaries
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businesses or the government‚ etc.‚ and is broken down by the authors into five categories (p. 5): 1. Business-to-consumer (B2C) occurs when businesses sell finished products or services to individual consumers (pp. 5‚7). 2. Business-to-business (B2B) occurs when businesses sell unfinished materials‚ products‚ or services to other businesses (pp. 5‚7). 3. Business processes that support buying and selling activities includes the maintenance and sharing of information with
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