MS 11 IGNOU MBA Assignments July – Dec 2014

1. Explain in what sense the top management takes strategic decisions in an organization? Illustrate with suitable examples.

2. Identify two organizations of your choice from the automobile sector. One that is a single business unit (SBU) and the other which has several related businesses. Read the published information about these organizations and analyze the corporate profile of each company.

3. What do you understand by an organizational culture? Identify two companies that have recently merged. Read the published information on the two companies. Based on the study identify the issues and challenges the two companies currently face in combining their respective organizational cultures.

4. Select an organization of your choice and analyze how differentiation strategy has been useful for the organization to build its competitive advantage.

5. What is balanced scorecard (BSC)? As a strategist list out the issues and challenges you will face while developing and implementing a BSC in an organization? Discuss with the help of an example.