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Introduction
•The grand strategy of the company is also known as the
corporate strategy or the master strategy.
• It provides the general plan by which the company intends to
achieve its long-term goals.
• Companies which can have many product lines in various
stages of development can adopt any number of these grand
strategies.
•The grand strategy is concerned with the company's scope
and the direction in which it is headed.
•It is concerned with topics like what should be the growth
objective of the company and what strategy should it adopt to
achieve those objectives, what are various lines of business of
the company and how these businesses work in co-ordination
with each other.
Importance of Grand Strategy
1) Focus :
A well designed corporate strategy gives the company the
capability to direct its multiple resources to a single objective.
The corporate strategy thus brings the focus in the company.
2) Measurable Progress :
The strategy also provides the company a yardstick or benchmark
against which it can measure its progress or failure. The strategy
provides clarity to the company on what needs to be measured.
3) Long-Term Success :
The corporate strategy allows the company to manage
through periods of ups and downs. This makes it immune in
periods of economic downturn or market slowdowns.
•Expansion Strategy
•Stability Strategy
•Retrenchment Strategy
•Combination Strategy
Expansion Strategies:
1. Concentration strategy
2. Diversification strategy,
3. Integration strategy
4. Internationalization strategy
5. Cooperation strategy
Diversification Strategy
1. Turnaround Strategy
2. Divestment Strategy
3. Liquidation Strategy
Divestment Strategy :
Liquidation Strategy :