STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

CONCEPTS AND CASES

Primarily intended for the postgraduate students of commerce and management, this compact text covers all the topics prescribed in almost all universities and autonomous institutes in India. Each concept is explained with the help of many real-life examples from the Indian context. Considering the fact that the understanding of the concept of strategic intent is prerequisite to the understanding of strategic management, the chapter on strategic intent is included which brings out the differences between various elements of strategic intent. It also covers the current happenings in the businesses from the Indian context. Similarly, a topic on strategic choice has been discussed at length because of the fact that BCG growth-share matrix and GE nine-cell matrix are extremely useful in making a strategic decision in real life. Besides, the book contains ten case studies on various topics of strategic management such as environmental appraisal, critical success factors, SWOT analysis, strategic intent, strategic choice, business level strategy formulation and choice of growth strategy. All these cases are provided with authentic industry specific data. Firms are chosen from different businesses thereby giving business-specific flavour and a broad understanding of various business domains.

They believed that contracting business is built upon trust—mutual trust between
clients and contractors, between suppliers and contractors and between
management and the employees. It is, therefore, mandatory to become worthy of
trust from all quarters. The mission statement includes infrastructure construction
such as roads and bridges and industrial and commercial real estate construction
. Mission includes competitive price as it is of strategic importance to ASPL. The
mission ...