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ISBN: 978-93-5004-499-5 | Pages: 608| Authors: Dr. Dharm Bir Singh, KLSI | Price: ` 429/-w/CD
he book entitled Strategic Management and Business Policy is written to cater to the needs of students pursuing management and other allied courses. The concise and accessible style of the book will also help managers to formulate sound business policies to achieve better performance and a competitive advantage for their organization. Moreover, the book will enable managers to make the best possible utilization of organizational strengths, minimize organizational weaknesses, grab opportunities, and anticipate possible threats. The book explains the concepts of strategic management and business policy in an easy-to-understand manner. It provides a practical approach for the formulation and implementation of corporate, business, and functional level strategies, new business models, business ethics, and corporate governance. A summary and learning exercise are given at the end of each chapter to help the readers reinforce the concepts studied in the chapter. In addition, the book contains concise, lucid, and engaging information supplemented with real-life examples, which demarcate its presence among other books.

About the Authors:

Dr. Dharm Bir Singh has almost 20 years of academics and techno-managerial experience to his credit. After receiving B. Tech. (Electronics & Telecommunication) and MBA degree both in first division from MONIRBA, Allahabad (Allahabad University), he worked with leading satellite communication and power electronics organizations. He has also worked as Professor in RSMT, Varanasi and EMPI Business School, New Delhi. He has also worked with All India Management Association (AIMA), New Delhi, which is an apex body of management in India. Later he completed his M. Tech in Electronics and Communication & Ph. D from Allahabad University. Presently, he is an active member of AIMA, Computer Society of India (CSI), and Global Institute of Flexible Manufacturing Technology (GIFT). He is life fellow of Institution of Engineers (IE) and Institution of Electronics & Telecom Engineers (IETE). He has written and edited a book on Computer Network Driven E-Commerce Technologies. Besides, he has written more than 50 papers in various magazines, journals, and proceedings of seminars/conferences. He has guided several students for the vocational and academic research projects. He is on the panel of many universities for academic cause. He has worked as Director in several leading institutes, such as Lord Krishna Group of Institutes, Ghaziabad, GNIT, Greater Noida, NIET Greater Noida, and GNA IMT Phagwara, Punjab. He is currently working as Group Director in IEC Group of Institutions, Greater Noida. The proficient team at Kogent Learning Solutions Inc. and Dreamtech Press has seized the market of management books bringing excellent content in management education to the fore. The team is committed to excellence--excellence in quality of content, excellence in the dedication of its authors and editors, excellence in the attention to detail, and excellence in understanding the needs of its readers. bringing excellent content in management education to the fore. The team is committed to excellenceexcellence in quality of content, excellence in the dedication of thier authors and editors, excellence in the attention to detail, and excellence in understanding the needs of thier readers.

Table of Contents
? Introduction to Strategic Management and Business Policy (SMBP): Introduction | Concept of Strategy | Strategic Management | Role of Strategic Management in an Organization | Strategic Decision Making | Relationships between an Organizations Strategy and Business Model ? Corporate Governance and Strategic Management: Introduction |Concept of Corporate Governance | Boards of Directors | Responsibilities of the Top Management ? Strategic Intent of an Organization: Introduction | Concept of Strategic Intent | Vision and Vision Statement | Mission and Mission Statement | Defining Business and Its Dimensions | Setting Business Objectives | Critical Success Factors (CSFs) ? External Environment and Industry Analysis: Introduction | Concept of Environment | Components of External Environment | External Environment Analysis | Industry Analysis: Porters Model ? Internal Environment and Organizational Analysis: Introduction | Concept of Internal Environment | Organizational Analyses | Business Model | Organizational Structure | Organizational Culture | Organizational Departments | Value Chain Analysis | Sources of Information for Environmental and Organizational Appraisal ? Formulating Corporate Level Strategies: Introduction | Defining Corporate Level Strategies | Expansion Strategies | Stability Strategies | Retrenchment Strategies | Combination Strategies | Corporate Restructuring ? Situation Analysis and Formulation of Business Level Strategies: Introduction | Situation Analyses: SWOT | Business Level Strategies ? Functional Strategies and Strategic Choice : Introduction | Functional Strategies | Strategic Choices | Prescriptions for the Choice of Business Strategy | Strategies to Avoid ? Strategy Implementation: Introduction | Concept of Strategy Implementation | Process of Strategy Implementation | Project Implementation | Procedural Implementation | Resource Allocation ? Structural and Behavioral Implementation of Strategy: Introduction | Structural Implementation | Behavioral Implementation ? Functional and Operational Implementation: Introduction | Implementing Functional Strategies | Implementing Functional Plans and Policies | Integrating Functional Plans and Policies | Operational Implementation | Selection of Operational Implementation Practices ? Evaluation and Control of Strategy : Introduction | Concept of Evaluation and Control | Strategic Control | Operational Control | Measurement of Performance | Strategic Information System (SIS) | Techniques of Strategic Evaluation | Criteria for Effective Strategic Evaluation | Strategic Evaluation in Different Organizational Areas | Problems in Measuring Performance ? Strategic Management in Family and Micro Business: Introduction | Concept of Family Business | Concept of Micro Business ? Strategic Management and Business Policy in Public and Non-Profit Organizations: Introduction | Non-Profit Organizations | Strategic Management in Non-Profit Organizations |Public Organizations ? Strategic Planning and Change Management: Introduction | Concept of Strategic Planning | Change Management | Change Management Process | Change Management Models | Framework for Managing Strategic Change | Privatization and Change Management ? Social Responsibility and Business Ethics in Strategic Management: Introduction | Social Responsibilities of an Organization | Business Ethics ? Globalization and Strategic Management: Introduction | Opportunities from Globalization | Negative Impact of Globalization | Global Expansions and Entry Modes | Risk in Global Expansion | Strategies for Geographical Expansion | Strategies for the Emerging Markets | Regionalization Strategies | Strategy for the Bottom of the Pyramid | Out Sourcing

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