Strategic Analysis 57 07. Q & ANS : Strategic Planning 65 08. Q & ANS : Formulation of Functional Strategy 71 09. Q & ANS : Strategy Implementation & Control 79 10. Q & ANS : Reaching Strategic Edge 85 11. Case Studies 93 12. Short Questions 99 Paper 6: Information Technology and Strategic Management (One paper – Three hours – 100 Marks) Level of Knowledge: Working knowledge Section A: Information Technology (50 Marks) Section B: Strategic Management (50 Marks) Objectives:
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THE FAST FORWARD MBA SERIES The Fast Forward MBA Series provides time-pressed business professionals and students with concise, onestop information to help them solve business problems and make smart, informed business decisions. All of the volumes, written by industry leaders, contain "tough ideas made easy." The published books in this series are: The Fast Forward MBA in Negotiating & Dealmaking (0-471-25698-6) by Roy J. Lewicki and Alexander Hiam The Fast Forward MBA in Financial Planning (0-471-23829-5)
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1 Prewriting GETTING STARTED (OR SOUP-CAN LABELS CAN BE FASCINATING) For many writers, getting started is the hardest part. You may have noticed that when it is time to begin a writing assignment, you suddenly develop an enormous desire to straighten your books, water your plants, or sharpen your pencils for the fifth time. If this situation sounds familiar, you may find it reassuring to know that many professionals undergo these same strange compulsions before they begin writing. Jean Kerr
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Inc. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-0-07-173718-0 MHID: 0-07-173718-9 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: ISBN: 978-0-07-171391-7, MHID: 0-07-171391-3. All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners
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48 Chapter II: Supply Chain Management Unit 6 – Inventories Won’t Kill Growth …………………………....56 Unit 7 – Moving up the Corporate Agenda ………………………....63 Chapter III: Management Strategies Unit 8 - Beg, Borrow - and Benchmark …………….……………...70 Unit 9 - TQM – More than a Dying Fad? ………………………….78 Unit 10 - Reengineering: What happened? ………………….……. 88 Unit 11 - Tearing up the Jack Welch Playbook……………………101 Chapter IV: Some Macroeconomic Issues Unit 12 - Hawk
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Acclaim for THE LEAN STARTUP “The Lean Startup isn’t just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business; it’s about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. I imagine Lean Startup principles applied to government programs, to health care, and to solving the world’s great problems. It’s ultimately an answer to the question How can we learn more quickly what works and discard what doesn’t?” —Tim O’Reilly, CEO, O’Reilly Media “Eric Ries unravels
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time during the last three or four decades have the communication skills of individuals in the business world come under closer scrutiny than today. And never before have those who work in the business world needed better, more effective communication skills. The emerging technology appears to be increasing, rather than decreasing, the need for effective communication skills. As more individuals have ready access to desk-top equipment to process written communication, fewer support personnel
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Section B: Strategic Management (50 Marks) Objectives: (a) To develop an understanding of the general and competitive business environment, (b) To develop an understanding of strategic management concepts and techniques, (c) To be able to solve simple cases. Contents 1. Business Environment General Environment–Demographic, Socio-cultural, Macro-economic, Legal/political, Technological, and Global; Competitive Environment. 2. Business Policies and Strategic Management Meaning and nature;
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