MS11: Corporate Policies & Practices Dec-2000
Question Paper of MS11: Corporate Policies & Practices Dec-2000
Q.1 What role does the Board of Directors (BOD) play in strategic management of a company? What kind of relationship may the BOD have with the top management of the company? Examine and discuss.
Explain the concept of corporate strategy. What kinds of people in a company are responsible for strategic decisions and their implementation? Is strategic planning the same as strategic management?
Q.2 Why is competitive analysis needed for as business enterprise? Explain how porter’s framework to
analyze industry structure can be helpful in competitive analysis. Explain the relevance of the model.
What criteria can be used for determining strengths and weaknesses of a corporate entity? What measures can be used for determining strengths and weaknesses? Discuss briefly.
Q.3 What is BCG’s Growth Share matrix? Construct a BCG matrix based on hypothetical data.
What role do costs play in different market conditions? How does this role change? Does Porter’s generic business strategy of cost leadership have nay relevance in this context?
Q.4 Distinguish between related and Unrelated diversifications. Examine the merits and demerits of each. What kind of trend, in this context, has been dissemble over the recent past?
It is often said that strategy implementation is much more difficult and challenging than the strategy formulation. Why is it so? What would you suggest to a company for effective implementation of strategies?
Q.5 Read the case study carefully and attempt the questions given at the end.
Questions
1 What do you identify as the basic issues/problems?
2 What strategy/strategies should Morro have to resolve the problem or meet the challenge posed?
