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: Ms. Gazal Gandhi Maximum Marks: 10 th Last Date of Submission: 20 February 2013. Note: Attempt any one question. Question 1: Caselet: Philips- Sense and Simplicity The case describes the challenge faced by the CEO and newly hired Chief Marketing Officer to reposition the Philips brand and drive the organizational changes to support the new vision. Central to the version was the Sense and Simplicity marketing campaign, which came to embody a whole new way of doing business at Philips. The primary target of the Sense and Simplicity campaign was customers aged 35-55. Philips was not thought of as a cool and attractive brand by Generation Y consumers. Philips must rewire the Sense and Simplicity campaign for the Generation Y market. Answer the following questionsa). The results revealed that consumers across various countries seek simple technology, i.e., 'technology without hassles'. In this background, how did Philips utilize its technological strength to connect with the customer? b). "New products, new services, new solutions, business creation, strategy, research, brand architecture, contact with customers - everything must be driven by the brand positioning." What internal changes did Philips initiate, to link its processes with the theme of 'Sense and Simplicity'? Question 2: Case-Let: Coca-Cola Coca-Cola is one of the leading manufacturers of carbonated drinks all over the world. Over the past decades, Coca-Cola remained on top of the industry. The company was able to withstand the World War II, and even took it as a business opportunity rather than a liability. It was able to surpass the Asian Financial Crisis and even gained better access in markets that it was not able to fully enter. Coca-Cola exhibited the efficient change management as part of the strategic management process. Change management is the process in which it manages the change in the side of people. There individual change management and organizational change management are the theories of change management. Aside form the theories there are also four strategies of change management which are the Empirical-rational, normative-reductive, power-coercive and environmental-adaptive, which the

company has successfully adopted but it is now facing major jolts in its business operations and its competitors are gaining advantage out of the same. Based on the above case-let, analyse the position of the company with respect to : i) Coca-Cola Corporation Management Strategies with respect to its technological advancement in 21st centaury. ii) Change in Information System due to changes in the world wide market structures.

Question 3: Benchmarking as a standalone management strategy is a relatively new and evolving set of techniques. Its roots go back to performance measurement, technological innovations & change management. Comment on the given below statements: I. Determine which function will benefit most from benchmarking; II. Identify key cost, quality and efficiency measures for those functions;

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