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Marketing Management

with Dr. Rizwan Ali

Lahore Business School (LBS)


The University of Lahore
Ph,D (Management Science), China
rizwan.ali1@lbs.uol.edu.pk
0300-8888916
Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
Activities


Four Planning Activities
1. Defining the Corporate Mission
2. Establishing Strategic Business Units
3. Assigning Resources to each SBU
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities

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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
1. Defining the Corporate Mission


Peter Drucker’s classic questions

What is our business?

Who is the customer?

What is of value to our customer?

What will our business be?

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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
1. Defining the Corporate Mission (…contd.)


Mission Statements

Focus on LIMITED goals

Stress company’s major policies & values

Define the major competitive:
 Industry (in which company operates)
 Products & Applications
 Competence
 Market Segment
 Geographical

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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
2. Establishing SBUs


A business is?

Customer-satisfying process

NOT: Goods-producing process
Company Product Market
Missouri-Pacific Railroad We run a railroad We are a people-and-
goods mover
Standard Oil We sell gasoline We supply energy

Columbia Pictures We make movies We entertain people

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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
3. Assigning Resources to each SBU

 A SBU:
 Single business or collection of related
businesses which can be planned from the rest
of the company
 It has its own set of competitors
 It has a manager who is responsible for
strategic planning and profit performance and
who controls most of the factors affecting profit

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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities


Strategic Planning Gap

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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)


Intensive Growth

Product-Market Expansion Grid

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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)


Intensive Growth (Market Penetration)

The firm seeks to achieve growth with existing
products in their current market segments,
aiming to increase its market share.

Effective when the market is growing.

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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)


Intensive Growth (Market Development)

The firm seeks growth by targeting its existing
products to new market segments.

Effective when a local business looks to wider its
market, new market segments are emerging due
to changes in consumer lifestyle/demographics.

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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)


Intensive Growth (Product Development)

The firms develops new products targeted to its
market segments

Effective when the firm has a core of strong
brands

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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)


Intensive Growth (Diversification)

The firm seeks growth by targeting its new
products to new market segments

Diversification is utilized so that the firm does
not become overly dependent on one product
line.

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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)


Integrative Growth

‘Integrations’

Backward: Acquire Suppliers

Forward: Acquire distributors

Horizontal: Acquire Competitors

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Corporate & Division Strategic Planning
4. Assessing Growth Opportunities (…contd)


Diversification Growth

When good opportunities can be found outside
new business

New line of business


Downsizing

Pruning current portfolio

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Thanks

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