04-10-2017, 07:52 AM
QUESTION PAPERS:-
SYLLABUS:-
Unit I
Introduction: Nature, scope and importance of the course on Business Policy; Evolution of this course – Forecasting, Long-range planning, strategic planning and strategic management. Strategic Management Process: Formulation Phase – vision, mission, environmental scanning, objectives and strategy; implementation phase – Strategic Activities, Evaluation and Control.
Unit II
Environmental Analysis: Need, Characteristics and categorization of environmental factors; approaches to the environmental scanning process – structural analysis of competitive environment; ETOP a diagnosis tool.
Unit III
Analysis of Internal Resources: Strengths and Weakness; Resource Audit; Strategic Advantage Analysis; Value-Chain Approach to Internal Analysis; Methods of analysis and diagnosing Corporate Capabilities – Functional Area Profile and Resource Deployment Matrix, Strategic Advantage Profile; SWOT analysis.
Unit IV
Formulation of Strategy: Approaches to Strategy formation; major strategy options – Stability, Growth and Expansion, Diversification, Retrenchment, Mixed Strategy; Choice of Strategy – BCG Model; Stop-Light Strategy Model; Directional Policy Matrix (DPM) Model, Product/Market Evolution – Matrix and Profit Impact of Market Strategy (PIMS) Model;
Major Issues involved in the Implementation of strategy: Organization structure; leadership and resource allocation.
SYLLABUS:-
Unit I
Introduction: Nature, scope and importance of the course on Business Policy; Evolution of this course – Forecasting, Long-range planning, strategic planning and strategic management. Strategic Management Process: Formulation Phase – vision, mission, environmental scanning, objectives and strategy; implementation phase – Strategic Activities, Evaluation and Control.
Unit II
Environmental Analysis: Need, Characteristics and categorization of environmental factors; approaches to the environmental scanning process – structural analysis of competitive environment; ETOP a diagnosis tool.
Unit III
Analysis of Internal Resources: Strengths and Weakness; Resource Audit; Strategic Advantage Analysis; Value-Chain Approach to Internal Analysis; Methods of analysis and diagnosing Corporate Capabilities – Functional Area Profile and Resource Deployment Matrix, Strategic Advantage Profile; SWOT analysis.
Unit IV
Formulation of Strategy: Approaches to Strategy formation; major strategy options – Stability, Growth and Expansion, Diversification, Retrenchment, Mixed Strategy; Choice of Strategy – BCG Model; Stop-Light Strategy Model; Directional Policy Matrix (DPM) Model, Product/Market Evolution – Matrix and Profit Impact of Market Strategy (PIMS) Model;
Major Issues involved in the Implementation of strategy: Organization structure; leadership and resource allocation.