18 December 2014

MGB 4033 : corporate level strategies


Salam everyone !

I will continue to share with all of you about the corporate level strategies.

Corporate level strategies are built to identify strategies that corporation or organizations decide to pursue for the benefit of the whole organization.

These are usually decided at the top management.
top management would focus on overall status of the organization and where it should be going from the point onwards.


The various corporate level strategies will be discuss under the following :

        I.            Grand strategies :
a)      Growth : year’s growth rate is higher than the previous year
b)      Stable Growth : next year’s growth rate is the same as the previous year
c)       Turnaround : the growth rate is positive as compared to the previous year
d)      Combination : organization adopt a few strategies combining some of the three strategies mentioned above ; growth, stable growth and turnaround

      II.            Secondary level : 
      a)      Expansion strategy : increase in terms of number, branches and etc  (no new product introduce)
      b)      Integrate : more control on production or service.
·         Backward : control the availability of resources
·         Forward : control of the added value activities
·         Horizontal : control the business operations
     c)       Diversify : increase in the number of outputs produced or services rendered
     ·         Concentric  :  increase in the number of outputs in the same industry or related to the current activities
      ·         Conglomerate : increase in the number of outputs not related to the existing activities
      ·         Horizontal : diversify because  of request by its regular clients.
      ·         Geographical : company goes into a new country for the first time to carry out the current business activities
d)      Reduce : action when facing some difficulties on their operation and want to avoid negative performance.
·         Retrenchment : option to cut cost
·         Divestiture : interpreted from various angles
·         Liquidation :selling of the whole company

    III.            Tactical level strategies :
a)      Organically : company growth with their strength and capabilities ; setting a branch, recruiting and training
b)      Joint venture : A + B = C (a joint venture with an agreed upon equity composition)
c)       Merger : establishment new company  while the companies name before are not exist anymore
d)      Acquisition/ Takeover : by buying the majority equity of the company
e)      Reverse takeover : interested to be listed in the stock market.
f)       Strategic alliances : understanding between two or more parties to work together  without any structural changes
g)      Licensing / Franchising : seek permission to  run a business based on licensor.

Corporate level strategies are important to the company. We need to have a good corporate team to make a good business.

That’s all from me,
thank you.



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