Strategy Management

MMS Third Sem and MFM/MMS Third Year Second Semester

Prof Bharat Nadkarni

Question Bank

1. Define Strategy. What is Vision? What is Mission? How is it important for

organisations?
2. What is Strategic Management Process. Explain each element with detail.
3. Explain Mintzberg's 5 Ps for Strategy.

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4. What is business environment? Explain with the help of diagram. Who are the
stakeholders of business? How to exceed and balance their need? How should
organisation manage threats from macro external environment?
5. Explain McKinsey's 7 S for Strategy and elaborate on Soft and Hard factors

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6. Elaborate on business level and corporate level strategies. Explain SWOT
analysis. What is Core
competency? How can organisation create value?

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7. Explain Mike Porter's Five Forces Model w.r.t. an organisation or a product/
service.

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8. Explain Mike Porter's Generic Value Chain model.

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9. Explain Mike Porter's National Competitive Model (Diamond).
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10. Explain Mike porter's Competitive Advantage Model for Structure.
11. Explain Ansoff Model. Or Explain Expansion by Concentration with examples.
Explain
Expansion by integration with examples.

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12. Explain Expansion by Diversification with examples. Explain Expansion by
Internationalisation
with examples.

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13. Explain Mergers & Acquisition as expansion strategy, with examples. What
are the advantages
and disadvantages of M & A?

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14. What is Balance Score Card? Explain how is it used as strategic tool in today's
modern
businesses?

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15. Models-i. BCG Model with examples. ii. GE Nine cell model.

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16. Discuss VUCA environment and how to develop sustainable business in VUCA
environment.
17. What is Turnaround strategy? What are the symptoms of organisation sliding
down? How to revive stagnating organisation?
18. Explain TQM and BPR and how is it being practiced in industries to make it
competitive in today's global scenario?
19. "Innovate or Perish" is the biggest challenge faced by every organisation.
What strategies are
being employed to make the organisation sustainable?
20. "Adopt stability and safety first policy, rest leave it to emerging markets." Do
you believe in
this strategy? If yes, why? If not, why not?
21. Discuss Red Ocean, Blue Ocean and Purple Ocean strategies with industry
examples.