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SRI BALAJI SOCIETY PGDM - SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION BATCH: 2011 2013 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Time : 3Hrs Marks: 100
Instruction 1. 2. 3. Answer any three questions of 1-5 questions. Each carries 22 marks Question 6 carries 24 marks Use relevant examples to illustrate your answers. 1. How should one carry out an environmental appraisal for any organization? 2. Most of the strategic alternatives can be explained with the help of the two generic strategies that Porter has suggested, i.e. Overall Cost Leadership and Differentiation. Please explain using examples. 3. Please explain the major types of expansion strategies followed by organizations. 4. Please relate and explain the types of business strategies to the industry life cycle. 5. How are function level strategies dependent on organization level strategy? Also explain the interdependence of these functional strategies. 6. Short Notes. Answer any four out of six. Each carries 6 marks Total 24 marks a. Sustainable competitive advantage b. Threat from substitute products c. Horizontal versus vertical integration d. Conglomerate strategies e. Environmental appraisal f. Benchmarking

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SRI BALAJI SOCIETY PGDM - SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION BATCH: 2011 2013 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Time : 3Hrs Marks: 100
Instruction 1. 2. 3. Answer any three questions of 1-5 questions. Each carries 22 marks Question 6 carries 24 marks Use relevant examples to illustrate your answers. 1. Please explain the different phases of the strategic management process. 2. Compare the Management by Objectives method to the Balanced Scorecard method. What are the similarities and what are the differences? 3. How does one integrate the findings of environmental and internal appraisal to create robust strategies? 4. Explain any three models for business portfolio analysis. 5. Please explain Porters overall cost leadership strategy. 6. Short Notes. Answer any four out of six. Each carries 6 marks Total 24 marks a. Importance of mission statement b. Goals and objectives c. Strategy implementation challenges d. Customers bargaining power e. Backward integration f. Strategy map

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SRI BALAJI SOCIETY PGDM - SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION BATCH: 2011 2013 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Time : 3Hrs Marks: 100
Instruction 1. 2. 3. Answer any three questions of 1-5 questions. Each carries 22 marks Question 6 carries 24 marks Use relevant examples to illustrate your answers. 1. Please explain Porters five forces model of competition. 2. How does stakeholder analysis help in formulating the Mission Statement of the organization? 3. How is Ansoffs Product Market Matrix related to the Diversification Strategy Matrix? Please explain each matrix as well as the relation between them? 4. Please explain the major types of retrenchment strategies followed by organizations. 5. Digitization has had a major impact on business strategies. Please explain why using relevant examples. 6. Short Notes. Answer any four out of six. Each carries 6 marks Total 24 marks a. Balanced scorecard b. Liquidation strategies c. Importance of secondary activities in value chain d. Blue ocean strategies e. Competition and co-opetition f. Porters generic business strategies

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SRI BALAJI SOCIETY PGDM - SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION BATCH: 2011 2013 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Time : 3Hrs Marks: 100
Instruction 1. 2. 3. Answer any three questions of 1-5 questions. Each carries 22 marks Question 6 carries 24 marks Use relevant examples to illustrate your answers. 1. How should one carry out an internal appraisal for any organization? 2. What are the various schools of thought in strategic management? Explain how the integration of these schools can be done in practice. 3. Differentiate between blue ocean and red ocean strategies. What are blue ocean strategies difficult to create and implement? 4. Please explain the major types of stability strategies followed by organizations. 5. Please explain the importance of strong project management skills in implementation of strategies. 6. Short Notes. Answer any four out of six. Each carries 6 marks Total 24 marks a. 7-S framework from McKinsey b. Forward integration c. Value chain analysis d. Suppliers bargaining power e. Threat of new entrants f. Divestiture strategies

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SRI BALAJI SOCIETY PGDM - SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION BATCH: 2011 2013 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Time : 3Hrs Marks: 100
Instruction 1. 2. 3. Answer any three questions of 1-5 questions. Each carries 22 marks Question 6 carries 24 marks Use relevant examples to illustrate your answers. 1. What is the importance of McKinseys 7-S framework in strategy implementation? 2. Why do many strategies get formed, but only a few get implemented and succeed? 3. Why is the focus on business processes necessary to obtain strategic business improvement? 4. What are the major business processes in an organization? Please explain the scope of any three of them? 5. Please explain Porters differentiation strategy. 6. Short Notes. Answer any four out of six. Each carries 6 marks Total 24 marks a. Red ocean strategies b. Hierarchy of strategic intent c. Core competencies d. Business processes and strategy e. Internal appraisal f. Importance of primary activities in value chain