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MB0052 – Strategic Management and Business Policy


Q1. What is meant by “Business Continuity Plan” (BCP)? Discuss the steps involved in
BCP.

Concepts of Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
According to the Business Continuity Institute, a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is defined as:
“A document containing the recovery timeline methodology, test-validated documentation,
procedures, and action instructions developed specifically for use in restoring organisation
operations in the event of a declared disaster. To be effective, most Business Continuity Plans
also require testing, skilled personnel, access to vital records, and alternate recovery resources
including facilities”.

BCP is a collection of procedures which is developed, recorded and maintained in readiness for
use in the event of an emergency or disaster.

Steps in Business Continuity Plan
The BCP‟s senior management committee is responsible for the initiation, planning, approval,
testing and audit of the BCP. The BCP‟s senior management committee also implements the
BCP, coordinates its activities, supervises its creation and reviews the results of quality
assurance activities. These steps are discussed below:
        Initiation
        Business impact analysis
        Disaster readiness strategies
        Develop and implement the plan
        Maintenance and testing

Initiation
The senior management initiates the project and conducts the meeting to review the following:
         Establish a business continuity planning committee – The senior management identifies
         a team and discusses the business continuity planning project with them. The
         management forms a team and clearly defines the roles of project team members.
         Draw up business continuity policies – The team establishes the basic principles and
         framework necessary to ensure emergency response for resumption and recovery,
         restoration and permanent recovery of the organisational operations and business
         activities during a business interruption event.

Business impact analysis (BIA)
BIA is the most important element of the continuity plan. BIA reveals the financial and
operational impact of a major disruption. BIA report describes the potential risks specific to the
organisation. It will provide the organisation with the following details:
       The identification of time sensitive business operations and services.
       An analysis of the organisation‟s financial status and operational impacts.
The time-frames in which the time-sensitive processes, operations and functions must
       resume.
       An estimation of the resources necessary for successful resumption, recovery and
       restoration.
       The BIA will provide a basis and cost justification for risk management, response,
       recovery and restoration.

Disaster readiness strategies
The disaster readiness strategies include the following activities:
       Define business continuity alternatives – Using the information from BIA, the project
       team should assess the alternative strategies that are available to the organisation and
       identify two or three strategies that are more credible.
       Estimate cost of business continuity alternatives – Based on these strategies, the
       organisation develops the budgetary plan. The resumption timeframe plays an important
       role in examining which elements may require pre-positioning.
       Recommend disaster readiness strategy - Based on the needs of the business and
       evaluation of alternatives, the project team should develop recommendations of
       strategies to provide funds for implementation. Prepare a formal report based on the
       findings of the BIA for the strategy alternatives that were developed and analysed Take
       approval from senior management to proceed with the project.

Develop and implement the plan
Develop and implement the plan includes the following activities:
      Emergency response and operations – It establishes a crisis management process to
      respond to these incidents.
      Develop and implement a business continuity plan – The plan describes specifically how
      to deal with the incidents. It should focus on the priorities of overall business continuity
      strategy.
      Apply business unit plans for each department – Describe the roles that each
      department has to perform in the event of an emergency. Example – It should detail the
      actions that the IT department will have to carry out if IT services are lost.

Maintenance and testing
Maintenance and testing includes the following activities:
      Establish a plan exercise program – BCP should develop and schedule the exercises to
      achieve and maintain high levels of competence and readiness. Document the
      objectives of each exercise and it should include the measurement criteria. Evaluate the
      results of each exercise against pre-stated values and document the results along with
      proposed plan enhancement.
      Awareness and training plans – It should ensure that the personnel is aware of the
      importance of business continuity plan and can operate effectively in case of an event
      .Review the effectiveness of awareness training and identify the need for further training.
Sample emergency response exercises – Emergency response exercises should be
         ongoing. The exercises can be repeated using alternate setup and it should involve
         whole organisation within a particular facility that may be affected by a system disaster.
         Audit and update the plans regularly – It should regularly audit the plans to check if it
         meets the needs of the organisation and ensures that the documentation remains
         accurate and reflects any changes inside or outside the business.

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Q2. What is meant by “Business plan”? Describe the strategies to create a business
plan.

Answer:

Business Plans
A business plan is a complete internal document that summarises the operational and financial
objectives of a business. It also contains the detailed plans which show how the objectives are
being accomplished.

An accurately made business plan helps to allocate resources properly, to handle unforeseen
complications like financial crisis and to make good business decisions.

Strategies for creating a business plan
This section describes the strategies for creating a business plan. Every entrepreneur creates a
business plan and its completion will determine the feasibility of the plan. The strategies for
creating a business plan are as follows:

         Define your business vision – You must clear the following queries while defining the
         business vision:
         Who is the customer?
         What business are you in?
         What do you sell (product/service)?
         What is your plan for growth?
         What is your primary competitive advantage?
         Make a list of your goals – You must create a list of goals after proper research. In case
         of a start up business, more effort must be put on the short-term goals.
         Certain things must be kept clear before setting up your goal. They are listed below:
         What do you want to achieve?
         How much growth you want to achieve?
         Describe the quality and quantity of the service and the customer satisfaction levels?
         How would you describe your primary competitive advantages?
         Understanding the customer – Understanding the customer is essential for a perfect
         business plan. You must understand the customer in terms of the following factors:
         Needs – The following customer requirements should be understood clearly:
What unmet needs do your customers have?
         How does your business meet those needs?
         Problems – Customers buy things to solve their specific problems. Always be specific
         about the advantages of the product/services of your business which resolve the
         customer’s problems.
         Perceptions – Always try to know the perception of the customer. Clarify the doubts of
         the customer regarding your profession and the products/services of your business.
         Learn from your competitors – You can learn a lot about the business and the customers
         by looking at the business of your competitors. Always get the answers of the following
         questions which will assist you in learning from your competitor and focusing on your
         customer.
         What do you know about your target market?
         What competitors do you have?
         How are competitors approaching the market?
         What are the competitor’s weaknesses and strengths?
         How can you improve upon the competition’s approach?
         Resolving financial matters – Several questions might arise when we need to make
         financial decisions. They are as follows:
         How will you make money?
         What is the profit potential of your business?
         You can resolve the financial issues by taking smart strategic investment decisions.
         Identify your marketing strategy – Identifying the marketing strategy is another essential
         skill which you must have. The following are the four steps to create a marketing
         strategy for your business:
         Identify all the target markets
         Qualify the best target markets
         Identify the tools, strategies and methods
         Test the marketing strategy and tools

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Q3. What are the benefits of MNCs?

Benefits of MNCs
MNCs have certain unique advantages in their operations that are not benefited by domestic
oriented companies. The international success of MNCs is mainly because of the ability to
capitalise the advantages. The advantages widely depend on the nature of individual
corporations and the type of their business. Benefits are –

To the company
       Superior technical knowledge – The most important advantage of MNCs is the patented
       technical knowledge which enables them to compete internationally. Large MNCs have
       access to advanced levels of technology which are either developed or acquired by the
corporation. These technologies are patented. It can be in the areas of management,
services or production. Extensive application of these technologies gives a competitive
advantage to the MNC in international market, as it results in efficient, low-priced, hi-tech
products and services that dominate a large international market. This results in efficient
production and services like that of IBM or Microsoft.

Large size of economy – Generally, MNCs are large like Wal-Mart and ExxonMobil
which has sales larger than the gross national products of many countries. The large
size gives the advantage of significant economic growth to the MNCs. The higher
volume of production leads to lower fixed costs per-unit for the company‟s products.
Competitors, whose volume of production of goods is smaller, must raise the price to
recover the higher fixed costs. This situation implies to capital-intensive industries like
steel, automobiles etc., in which fixed costs form a major proportion of total costs.
Example – MNC like Nippon Steel of Japan can sell its products at lower prices than
those of companies with smaller plants.

Lower input costs due to large size – The production levels of MNCs are large and thus
the purchase of inputs is in large volumes. Bulk purchases of inputs enable the
corporation to bargain for lower input costs and obtain considerable amount of discount.
Lower input costs means less expensive and more competitive products. Example –
Nestle, which buys huge quantities of coffee from the market, can bargain for lower
prices than small buyers can. Wal-Mart sells products at lower prices relative to its
competitors due to bulk purchasing and efficient inventory control. By identifying which
product sell effectively, Wal-Mart combines low-cost purchasing with efficient inventor to
achieve competitive advantage in retail market.

Ability to access raw materials overseas – By accessing raw materials in foreign
countries, many MNCs lower the input and production costs. In many cases, MNCs
supply the technology to extract raw materials. Such access can give MNCs
monopolistic control over raw materials because they supply technology in exchange for
monopolistic control. This control enables them to supply or deny raw materials to their
competitors.

Ability to shift production overseas – Another advantage of MNCs is the ability to shift
the production overseas. MNCs relocate their production facilities to take advantage of
lower labour costs, raw materials and other incentives offered by the host countries.
They take advantage of the lower costs by exporting lower-cost goods to foreign
markets. Many MNCs have set up factories in low-cost areas like China, India, Mexico,
etc.

Brand image and goodwill advantage – Most of the MNCs possess product lines that
have created a good reputation for quality, value and service. This reputation spread to
other countries through exports and promotion and adds to the goodwill or brand image
of the company. MNCs are able to influence this brand image by standardizing their
product lines in different countries. Example – Sony PlayStations do not have any
      modifications for different countries and the parent factory produces standardised
      products for the world market. Brand names like Sony help the company to charge
      premium prices for its products, because the customers are ready to buy quality
      products at premium prices.

      Information advantage – MNCs have a global market view with which it collects,
      analyses, and processes the in-depth knowledge of worldwide markets. This knowledge
      is used to create new products for potential market niches and expand the market
      coverage of their products. The MNCs have good information gathering capabilities in all
      aspects of their operations. Through this information network, the MNC is able to
      forecast government controls and gather commercial information. The network also
      helps in providing important information about economic conditions, changing market
      trends, social and cultural changes that affect the business of MNCs in different
      countries. With these information MNCs can position themselves appropriately to
      contingencies.

      Managerial experience and expertise – The MNCs function in large number in different
      countries simultaneously. This enables them to integrate wealth for valuable managerial
      experience. This experience helps them in dealing with different business situations
      around the globe. Example – An MNC located in Japan can attain knowledge of
      Japanese management techniques and apply them successfully in a different location.

To the nations where it operates (domestic nations)
MNCs bring advantage to the countries in which they operate. The benefits of MNCs to the
nations where it operate are:

      Economic growth and employment – An MNC comes to a country with more amount of
      money to invest than any local company. The countries from where the MNCs operate
      are also called host countries. It brings inward investment to the host countries. This
      helps in boosting the national economy. Example – Constructing new plants requires
      resources like land, capital and labour. It provides employment to a large number of
      people which helps in dealing with the unemployment problem in the host countries. The
      inward investment can help in generating wealth in the local economy because it
      increases the spending ability of the people by providing them employment. As the
      MNCs provide employment to the people, they pay taxes to the local government. The
      people have more money to spend which provides market for local companies to sell
      their goods. The MNCs also attracts other smaller firms to the area where it is located.
      These firms provide different services to the MNCs.

      Skills, techniques and quality human capital – The MNCs bring with them new ideas and
      new techniques to improve the quality of production. This helps in improving the quality
      of human capital in the host country. The MNCs employ local labour and train them in
      new skills to improve productivity and efficiency. Example – Sunderland is one of the
most productive car manufacturing plants in Europe. The workers had to get used to
         different ways of working that were used in other British firms. This can be a challenge
         and can also lead to improvement in productivity. The skills that the workers build up can
         be passed on the other workers which help in improving the supply of skilled labour in
         that area.

         Availability of quality goods and services – Generally, production in a host country is
         aimed at the export market. However, in some cases, the inward investment can gain
         access to the host country market to avoid trade barriers. Availability of quality goods
         leads to improved quality in other related industries. Example – The UK has access to
         high quality vehicles at cheaper price; this competition has led to improvement in prices,
         working practices and quality in other related industries.

         Improvement in infrastructure – The MNCs invest in a country for production and
         distribution facilities. In addition to this, the company might also invest in additional
         infrastructure facilities like road, port and communication facilities. This can benefit the
         entire country.

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Q4. Define the term “Strategic Alliance”. Differentiate between Joint ventures & Mergers.

Strategic Alliances
Strategic alliance is the process of mutual agreement between the organisations to achieve
objectives of common interest. They are obtained by the co-operation between the companies.
Strategic alliance involves the individual organisations to modify its basic business activities and
join in agreement with similar organisations to reduce duplication of manufacturing products and
improve performance. It is stronger when the organisations involved have balancing strengths.
Strategic alliances contribute in successful implementation of strategic plan because it is
strategic in nature. It provides relationship between organisations to plan various strategies in
achieving a common goal.

Joint venture
Joint venture is the most powerful business concept that has the ability to pool two or more
organisations in one project to achieve a common goal. In a joint venture, both the organisations
invest on the resources like money, time and skills to achieve the objectives. Joint venture has
been the hallmark for most successful organisations in the world. An individual partner in joint
venture may offer time and services whereas the other focuses on investments. This pools the
resources among the organisations and helps each other in achieving the objectives. An
agreement is formed between the two parties and the nature of agreement is truly beneficial
with huge rewards such that the profits are shared by both the organisations.
The advantages of joint venture are:
      A long term relationship is built among the participating organisations
      It Increases integrity by teaming with other reputable and branded organisations
      Helps in gaining new customers
      It helps in investing little money or no money
      It provides the capability to compete in the market with other organisations
      Reduces production time as the organisations are into join venture
      More new products and services can be offered to the customers
      The disadvantages of joint venture are:
      Sometimes the organisations deal with wrong people, thereby losing investments
      The organisations do not have the opportunity to take up decisions individually
      There are risks of disputes among the organisations that lead to poor performance
      If the organisation enters into joint venture agreement with unprofessional selfish
      organisation, then it increases the risk of hurting business reputation and devastating
      customer’s trust.

Example – The China Wireless Technologies, a mobile handset maker is getting into an
agreement with the Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) to launch its new mobile. The joint
venture between the two companies is to gain profits and provide affordable mobile phones to
the market that consists of advanced features and aims to earn eight billion dollars in the next
five years. The new mobile consists of dual SIM smart phone with 3G technology at a cheaper
rate.

Mergers
Merger is the process of combining two or more organisations to form a single organisation and
achieve greater efficiencies of scale and productivity. The main reason to involve into mergers is
to join with other company and reap the rewards obtained by the combined strengths of two
organisations. A smart organisation’s merger helps to enter into new markets, acquire more
customers, and excel among the competitors in the market. The participating organisation can
help the active partner in acquiring products, distribution channel, technical knowledge,
infrastructure to drive into new levels of success.

With the perception of the organisation structure, here are a few types of mergers. The different
types of mergers are:
       Horizontal merger – The horizontal merger takes place when two organisations
       competing in the same market join together. This type of merger either has a maximum
       or minimum effect on the market. The minimum effect could also be zero. They share
       the same product line and markets. The results of the mergers are less noticeable if the
       small organisations horizontally merge. Consider a small local drug store that
       horizontally merges with another small local drug store, then the effect of this merger on
       drug market would be minimal.

       But when the large organisations set up horizontal merger, then higher profits are
       obtained in the market share providing advantages over its competitors. Consider two
large organisations that merge with twenty percent share in the market. They achieve
         forty percent increase in the market share. This is an added advantage of the
         organisations over its competitors in the market.

         Vertical merger – This involves the union of a customer with the vendor. It is the process
         of combining assets to capture a sector of the market that it fails to acquire as an
         individual organisation. The participating organisations determine the intentions of
         joining forces that will strengthen the current positions of both the organisations and lay
         basis for expanding into other areas. The purpose of a vertical merger is to build the
         strengths of the two organisations for an effective future growth. In order to explore new
         methods of using existing products to create a new product line for wider markets, it is
         also important to consider the assets like property, buildings, inventories and cash
         assets. The vertical merger involves careful planning.

         Market-extension merger – It is the process of merging two organisations that sell same
         products in different geographical areas. The main purpose of this merger is to make the
         merging organisations to achieve higher positions in bigger markets and ensure a bigger
         base for client.

         Product-extension merger – Most of the organisations execute product extension merger
         to sell different products of a related category. They serve the common market. This
         merger enables the new organisations to pool their products to serve a common market.

         Conglomerate merger – This merger involves organisations alliance with unrelated type
         of business activities. The organisations under conglomerate merger are not related
         either horizontally or vertically. There are no important common factors among the
         organisations in terms of production, marketing, research, development and technology.
         It is the union of different kinds of businesses under one management organization. The
         main purpose of this merger is to utilize financial resources; enlarge debt capacity and
         obtaining synergy of managerial functions. The organisations do not share the
         resources; instead it focuses on the process of acquiring stability and using resources in
         a better way to generate additional revenue.


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Q 5. What do you mean by „innovation‟? What are the types of innovation?

Innovation
Innovation is the production or implementation of ideas. Innovation can be described as an
action or implementation which results in an improvement; a gain, or a profit. The National
Innovation Initiative (NII) defines innovation as "The intersection of invention and insight, leading
to the creation of social and economic value."
Components of innovation
Innovation involves the whole process from opportunity identification, invention to development,
prototyping, production, marketing and sales, while entrepreneurship only needs to involve
commercialisation.

The components of innovations are as follows:
Implementation
Creativity

Implementation – It is to put ideas into practice. Implementation is made up of three aspects;
idea selection, development and commercialisation. Organisations need processes, procedures
and frameworks for achieving implementation. Some organisations in spite of having all right
processes, procedures and frameworks, are yet to be innovative.

Creativity – Creativity is less straight forward than implementation. Creativity is not about
establishing a new process or structure. People think differently to be creative and behave
differently to be innovative.

Types of innovation
Innovation is defined as using new ideas to apply current thinking in different ways that results
in a significant change. The types of innovation are as follows:
        Architectural innovation – This innovation defines the basic configuration of the product
        and the process. It will establish the technical and marketing agendas that will guide
        subsequent developments.
        Market niche innovation – This innovation involves development of new marketing
        methods for the existing products. It provides the scope for improvement in product
        design, product promotion, and pricing.

       Regular innovation – This innovation involves the change that is applied on established
       technical and production competence of the existing markets and customers. The effect
       of these changes is to develop the existing skills and resources.

       Revolutionary innovation – This innovation disrupts and renders established technical
       and production competence that out of date, yet it is applied to existing markets and
       customers.

Sustaining products and services are the kinds of innovations companies often need to develop
just to stay in the game. These incremental innovations can be thought of as variations on a
theme. For example, in the category of household cleansers, a sustaining innovation might
involve making the cleaning agent 10% stronger or pairing it with a new scent.

Breakout offerings are those that significantly up the level of play within an existing category.
The sleek Motorola Razr, with its boundary-pushing design, was a runaway success for
Motorola. Seeing it, customers couldn’t help but want it--over time making it the best-selling line
of clamshell phones ever. That said, it was still a clamshell phone, sold and used in much the
same way as previous cell phones.

Disruptive innovations are the sort of big ideas that many of us have in mind when we think
about an innovation. They are called disruptive because they disrupt the current market
behavior, rendering existing solutions obsolete, transforming value propositions, and bringing
previously marginal customers and companies into the center of attention. The iPod, which
radically changed the way we listen to and buy music, is one such innovation.

To help explain the difference between these three types of innovations, let’s look at the coffee
industry. When Maxwell House came out with a dark roast version, it introduced a sustaining
innovation. While a new flavor, it was only a variation on their existing products that customers
could instantly understand. A breakout innovation was General Foods’ line of International
Coffees, which added gourmet flavors to the instant coffee category and elevated the at-home
coffee experience. And Starbucks has obviously been a disruptive innovation, turning coffee into
a destination experience worth paying a lot more for.

Note that in a given category, disruptive innovations often come first and are then followed by a
series of incremental innovations, with sporadic breakout hits interspersed. Eventually, the
market is disrupted once again, starting the cycle anew.

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Q 6. Describe Corporate Social Responsibility.

Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR)
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the continuing obligation of a business to behave
ethically and contribute to the economic development of the organization. It improves the quality
of life of the organization. The meaning of CSR has two folds. On one hand, it exhibits the
ethical behaviour that an organization exhibit towards its internal and external stakeholders. And
on the other hand, it denotes the responsibility of an organization towards the environment and
society in which it operates. Thus CSR makes a significant contribution towards sustainability
and competitiveness of the organization.

CSR is effective in number of areas such as human rights, safety at work, consumer protection,
climate protection, caring for the environment, sustainable management of natural resources,
and such other issues. CSR also provides health and safety measures, preserves employee
rights and discourages discrimination at workplace. CSR activities include commitment to
product quality, fair pricing policies, providing correct information to the consumers, resorting to
legal assistance in case of unresolved business problems, so on.

Example – TATA implemented social welfare provisions for its employees since 1945.
Features of CSR
CSR improves the customer satisfaction through its products and services. It also assists in
environmental protection and contributes towards social activities. The following are the features
of CSR:
       Improves the quality of an organization in terms of economic, legal and ethical factors –
       CSR improves the economic features of an organization by earning profits for the
       owners. It also improves the legal and ethical features by fulfilling the law and
       implementing ethical standards.
       Builds an improved management system – CSR improves the management system by
       providing products which meets the essential customer needs. It develops relevant
       regulations through the utilization of innovative technologies in the organization

       Contributes to countries by improving the quality of management – CSR contributes high
       quality product, environment conservation and occupational health safety to various
       regions and countries.

       Enhances information security systems and implementing effective security measures –
       CSR enhances the information security measures by establishing improved information
       security system and distributing them to overseas business sites. The information
       system has improved by enhancing better responses to complex security accidents.

       Creates a new value in transportation – CSR creates a new value in transportation for
       the greater safety of pedestrians and automobiles. This is done by utilizing information
       and technology for automobiles. The information and technology helps in establishing a
       safety driving assistance system.

       Creates awareness towards environmental issues – CSR serves in preventing
       global warming by reducing the harmful gases emitted into the atmosphere
       during the process of business activities.

Roles played in terms of ethical conduct
CSR plays a significant role in maintaining ethical conduct in an organisation. The following are
the roles played by CSR:

       Improves the relationships with the investment community and develops better access to
       capital and risks
       Enhances ability to recruit, develop and retain staff
       Improves the reputation and branding of the organisation
       Improves innovation, competitiveness and market positioning
       Improves the ability to attract and build effective and efficient supply chain relationships
       Improves relationships with regulators
       Reduces the costs through re-cycling process
       Enhances stronger financial performance and profitability through operational efficiency
       gains

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Mb0052 set 2

  • 1. MB0052 – Strategic Management and Business Policy Q1. What is meant by “Business Continuity Plan” (BCP)? Discuss the steps involved in BCP. Concepts of Business Continuity Plan (BCP) According to the Business Continuity Institute, a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is defined as: “A document containing the recovery timeline methodology, test-validated documentation, procedures, and action instructions developed specifically for use in restoring organisation operations in the event of a declared disaster. To be effective, most Business Continuity Plans also require testing, skilled personnel, access to vital records, and alternate recovery resources including facilities”. BCP is a collection of procedures which is developed, recorded and maintained in readiness for use in the event of an emergency or disaster. Steps in Business Continuity Plan The BCP‟s senior management committee is responsible for the initiation, planning, approval, testing and audit of the BCP. The BCP‟s senior management committee also implements the BCP, coordinates its activities, supervises its creation and reviews the results of quality assurance activities. These steps are discussed below: Initiation Business impact analysis Disaster readiness strategies Develop and implement the plan Maintenance and testing Initiation The senior management initiates the project and conducts the meeting to review the following: Establish a business continuity planning committee – The senior management identifies a team and discusses the business continuity planning project with them. The management forms a team and clearly defines the roles of project team members. Draw up business continuity policies – The team establishes the basic principles and framework necessary to ensure emergency response for resumption and recovery, restoration and permanent recovery of the organisational operations and business activities during a business interruption event. Business impact analysis (BIA) BIA is the most important element of the continuity plan. BIA reveals the financial and operational impact of a major disruption. BIA report describes the potential risks specific to the organisation. It will provide the organisation with the following details: The identification of time sensitive business operations and services. An analysis of the organisation‟s financial status and operational impacts.
  • 2. The time-frames in which the time-sensitive processes, operations and functions must resume. An estimation of the resources necessary for successful resumption, recovery and restoration. The BIA will provide a basis and cost justification for risk management, response, recovery and restoration. Disaster readiness strategies The disaster readiness strategies include the following activities: Define business continuity alternatives – Using the information from BIA, the project team should assess the alternative strategies that are available to the organisation and identify two or three strategies that are more credible. Estimate cost of business continuity alternatives – Based on these strategies, the organisation develops the budgetary plan. The resumption timeframe plays an important role in examining which elements may require pre-positioning. Recommend disaster readiness strategy - Based on the needs of the business and evaluation of alternatives, the project team should develop recommendations of strategies to provide funds for implementation. Prepare a formal report based on the findings of the BIA for the strategy alternatives that were developed and analysed Take approval from senior management to proceed with the project. Develop and implement the plan Develop and implement the plan includes the following activities: Emergency response and operations – It establishes a crisis management process to respond to these incidents. Develop and implement a business continuity plan – The plan describes specifically how to deal with the incidents. It should focus on the priorities of overall business continuity strategy. Apply business unit plans for each department – Describe the roles that each department has to perform in the event of an emergency. Example – It should detail the actions that the IT department will have to carry out if IT services are lost. Maintenance and testing Maintenance and testing includes the following activities: Establish a plan exercise program – BCP should develop and schedule the exercises to achieve and maintain high levels of competence and readiness. Document the objectives of each exercise and it should include the measurement criteria. Evaluate the results of each exercise against pre-stated values and document the results along with proposed plan enhancement. Awareness and training plans – It should ensure that the personnel is aware of the importance of business continuity plan and can operate effectively in case of an event .Review the effectiveness of awareness training and identify the need for further training.
  • 3. Sample emergency response exercises – Emergency response exercises should be ongoing. The exercises can be repeated using alternate setup and it should involve whole organisation within a particular facility that may be affected by a system disaster. Audit and update the plans regularly – It should regularly audit the plans to check if it meets the needs of the organisation and ensures that the documentation remains accurate and reflects any changes inside or outside the business. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q2. What is meant by “Business plan”? Describe the strategies to create a business plan. Answer: Business Plans A business plan is a complete internal document that summarises the operational and financial objectives of a business. It also contains the detailed plans which show how the objectives are being accomplished. An accurately made business plan helps to allocate resources properly, to handle unforeseen complications like financial crisis and to make good business decisions. Strategies for creating a business plan This section describes the strategies for creating a business plan. Every entrepreneur creates a business plan and its completion will determine the feasibility of the plan. The strategies for creating a business plan are as follows: Define your business vision – You must clear the following queries while defining the business vision: Who is the customer? What business are you in? What do you sell (product/service)? What is your plan for growth? What is your primary competitive advantage? Make a list of your goals – You must create a list of goals after proper research. In case of a start up business, more effort must be put on the short-term goals. Certain things must be kept clear before setting up your goal. They are listed below: What do you want to achieve? How much growth you want to achieve? Describe the quality and quantity of the service and the customer satisfaction levels? How would you describe your primary competitive advantages? Understanding the customer – Understanding the customer is essential for a perfect business plan. You must understand the customer in terms of the following factors: Needs – The following customer requirements should be understood clearly:
  • 4. What unmet needs do your customers have? How does your business meet those needs? Problems – Customers buy things to solve their specific problems. Always be specific about the advantages of the product/services of your business which resolve the customer’s problems. Perceptions – Always try to know the perception of the customer. Clarify the doubts of the customer regarding your profession and the products/services of your business. Learn from your competitors – You can learn a lot about the business and the customers by looking at the business of your competitors. Always get the answers of the following questions which will assist you in learning from your competitor and focusing on your customer. What do you know about your target market? What competitors do you have? How are competitors approaching the market? What are the competitor’s weaknesses and strengths? How can you improve upon the competition’s approach? Resolving financial matters – Several questions might arise when we need to make financial decisions. They are as follows: How will you make money? What is the profit potential of your business? You can resolve the financial issues by taking smart strategic investment decisions. Identify your marketing strategy – Identifying the marketing strategy is another essential skill which you must have. The following are the four steps to create a marketing strategy for your business: Identify all the target markets Qualify the best target markets Identify the tools, strategies and methods Test the marketing strategy and tools ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q3. What are the benefits of MNCs? Benefits of MNCs MNCs have certain unique advantages in their operations that are not benefited by domestic oriented companies. The international success of MNCs is mainly because of the ability to capitalise the advantages. The advantages widely depend on the nature of individual corporations and the type of their business. Benefits are – To the company Superior technical knowledge – The most important advantage of MNCs is the patented technical knowledge which enables them to compete internationally. Large MNCs have access to advanced levels of technology which are either developed or acquired by the
  • 5. corporation. These technologies are patented. It can be in the areas of management, services or production. Extensive application of these technologies gives a competitive advantage to the MNC in international market, as it results in efficient, low-priced, hi-tech products and services that dominate a large international market. This results in efficient production and services like that of IBM or Microsoft. Large size of economy – Generally, MNCs are large like Wal-Mart and ExxonMobil which has sales larger than the gross national products of many countries. The large size gives the advantage of significant economic growth to the MNCs. The higher volume of production leads to lower fixed costs per-unit for the company‟s products. Competitors, whose volume of production of goods is smaller, must raise the price to recover the higher fixed costs. This situation implies to capital-intensive industries like steel, automobiles etc., in which fixed costs form a major proportion of total costs. Example – MNC like Nippon Steel of Japan can sell its products at lower prices than those of companies with smaller plants. Lower input costs due to large size – The production levels of MNCs are large and thus the purchase of inputs is in large volumes. Bulk purchases of inputs enable the corporation to bargain for lower input costs and obtain considerable amount of discount. Lower input costs means less expensive and more competitive products. Example – Nestle, which buys huge quantities of coffee from the market, can bargain for lower prices than small buyers can. Wal-Mart sells products at lower prices relative to its competitors due to bulk purchasing and efficient inventory control. By identifying which product sell effectively, Wal-Mart combines low-cost purchasing with efficient inventor to achieve competitive advantage in retail market. Ability to access raw materials overseas – By accessing raw materials in foreign countries, many MNCs lower the input and production costs. In many cases, MNCs supply the technology to extract raw materials. Such access can give MNCs monopolistic control over raw materials because they supply technology in exchange for monopolistic control. This control enables them to supply or deny raw materials to their competitors. Ability to shift production overseas – Another advantage of MNCs is the ability to shift the production overseas. MNCs relocate their production facilities to take advantage of lower labour costs, raw materials and other incentives offered by the host countries. They take advantage of the lower costs by exporting lower-cost goods to foreign markets. Many MNCs have set up factories in low-cost areas like China, India, Mexico, etc. Brand image and goodwill advantage – Most of the MNCs possess product lines that have created a good reputation for quality, value and service. This reputation spread to other countries through exports and promotion and adds to the goodwill or brand image of the company. MNCs are able to influence this brand image by standardizing their
  • 6. product lines in different countries. Example – Sony PlayStations do not have any modifications for different countries and the parent factory produces standardised products for the world market. Brand names like Sony help the company to charge premium prices for its products, because the customers are ready to buy quality products at premium prices. Information advantage – MNCs have a global market view with which it collects, analyses, and processes the in-depth knowledge of worldwide markets. This knowledge is used to create new products for potential market niches and expand the market coverage of their products. The MNCs have good information gathering capabilities in all aspects of their operations. Through this information network, the MNC is able to forecast government controls and gather commercial information. The network also helps in providing important information about economic conditions, changing market trends, social and cultural changes that affect the business of MNCs in different countries. With these information MNCs can position themselves appropriately to contingencies. Managerial experience and expertise – The MNCs function in large number in different countries simultaneously. This enables them to integrate wealth for valuable managerial experience. This experience helps them in dealing with different business situations around the globe. Example – An MNC located in Japan can attain knowledge of Japanese management techniques and apply them successfully in a different location. To the nations where it operates (domestic nations) MNCs bring advantage to the countries in which they operate. The benefits of MNCs to the nations where it operate are: Economic growth and employment – An MNC comes to a country with more amount of money to invest than any local company. The countries from where the MNCs operate are also called host countries. It brings inward investment to the host countries. This helps in boosting the national economy. Example – Constructing new plants requires resources like land, capital and labour. It provides employment to a large number of people which helps in dealing with the unemployment problem in the host countries. The inward investment can help in generating wealth in the local economy because it increases the spending ability of the people by providing them employment. As the MNCs provide employment to the people, they pay taxes to the local government. The people have more money to spend which provides market for local companies to sell their goods. The MNCs also attracts other smaller firms to the area where it is located. These firms provide different services to the MNCs. Skills, techniques and quality human capital – The MNCs bring with them new ideas and new techniques to improve the quality of production. This helps in improving the quality of human capital in the host country. The MNCs employ local labour and train them in new skills to improve productivity and efficiency. Example – Sunderland is one of the
  • 7. most productive car manufacturing plants in Europe. The workers had to get used to different ways of working that were used in other British firms. This can be a challenge and can also lead to improvement in productivity. The skills that the workers build up can be passed on the other workers which help in improving the supply of skilled labour in that area. Availability of quality goods and services – Generally, production in a host country is aimed at the export market. However, in some cases, the inward investment can gain access to the host country market to avoid trade barriers. Availability of quality goods leads to improved quality in other related industries. Example – The UK has access to high quality vehicles at cheaper price; this competition has led to improvement in prices, working practices and quality in other related industries. Improvement in infrastructure – The MNCs invest in a country for production and distribution facilities. In addition to this, the company might also invest in additional infrastructure facilities like road, port and communication facilities. This can benefit the entire country. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q4. Define the term “Strategic Alliance”. Differentiate between Joint ventures & Mergers. Strategic Alliances Strategic alliance is the process of mutual agreement between the organisations to achieve objectives of common interest. They are obtained by the co-operation between the companies. Strategic alliance involves the individual organisations to modify its basic business activities and join in agreement with similar organisations to reduce duplication of manufacturing products and improve performance. It is stronger when the organisations involved have balancing strengths. Strategic alliances contribute in successful implementation of strategic plan because it is strategic in nature. It provides relationship between organisations to plan various strategies in achieving a common goal. Joint venture Joint venture is the most powerful business concept that has the ability to pool two or more organisations in one project to achieve a common goal. In a joint venture, both the organisations invest on the resources like money, time and skills to achieve the objectives. Joint venture has been the hallmark for most successful organisations in the world. An individual partner in joint venture may offer time and services whereas the other focuses on investments. This pools the resources among the organisations and helps each other in achieving the objectives. An agreement is formed between the two parties and the nature of agreement is truly beneficial with huge rewards such that the profits are shared by both the organisations.
  • 8. The advantages of joint venture are: A long term relationship is built among the participating organisations It Increases integrity by teaming with other reputable and branded organisations Helps in gaining new customers It helps in investing little money or no money It provides the capability to compete in the market with other organisations Reduces production time as the organisations are into join venture More new products and services can be offered to the customers The disadvantages of joint venture are: Sometimes the organisations deal with wrong people, thereby losing investments The organisations do not have the opportunity to take up decisions individually There are risks of disputes among the organisations that lead to poor performance If the organisation enters into joint venture agreement with unprofessional selfish organisation, then it increases the risk of hurting business reputation and devastating customer’s trust. Example – The China Wireless Technologies, a mobile handset maker is getting into an agreement with the Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) to launch its new mobile. The joint venture between the two companies is to gain profits and provide affordable mobile phones to the market that consists of advanced features and aims to earn eight billion dollars in the next five years. The new mobile consists of dual SIM smart phone with 3G technology at a cheaper rate. Mergers Merger is the process of combining two or more organisations to form a single organisation and achieve greater efficiencies of scale and productivity. The main reason to involve into mergers is to join with other company and reap the rewards obtained by the combined strengths of two organisations. A smart organisation’s merger helps to enter into new markets, acquire more customers, and excel among the competitors in the market. The participating organisation can help the active partner in acquiring products, distribution channel, technical knowledge, infrastructure to drive into new levels of success. With the perception of the organisation structure, here are a few types of mergers. The different types of mergers are: Horizontal merger – The horizontal merger takes place when two organisations competing in the same market join together. This type of merger either has a maximum or minimum effect on the market. The minimum effect could also be zero. They share the same product line and markets. The results of the mergers are less noticeable if the small organisations horizontally merge. Consider a small local drug store that horizontally merges with another small local drug store, then the effect of this merger on drug market would be minimal. But when the large organisations set up horizontal merger, then higher profits are obtained in the market share providing advantages over its competitors. Consider two
  • 9. large organisations that merge with twenty percent share in the market. They achieve forty percent increase in the market share. This is an added advantage of the organisations over its competitors in the market. Vertical merger – This involves the union of a customer with the vendor. It is the process of combining assets to capture a sector of the market that it fails to acquire as an individual organisation. The participating organisations determine the intentions of joining forces that will strengthen the current positions of both the organisations and lay basis for expanding into other areas. The purpose of a vertical merger is to build the strengths of the two organisations for an effective future growth. In order to explore new methods of using existing products to create a new product line for wider markets, it is also important to consider the assets like property, buildings, inventories and cash assets. The vertical merger involves careful planning. Market-extension merger – It is the process of merging two organisations that sell same products in different geographical areas. The main purpose of this merger is to make the merging organisations to achieve higher positions in bigger markets and ensure a bigger base for client. Product-extension merger – Most of the organisations execute product extension merger to sell different products of a related category. They serve the common market. This merger enables the new organisations to pool their products to serve a common market. Conglomerate merger – This merger involves organisations alliance with unrelated type of business activities. The organisations under conglomerate merger are not related either horizontally or vertically. There are no important common factors among the organisations in terms of production, marketing, research, development and technology. It is the union of different kinds of businesses under one management organization. The main purpose of this merger is to utilize financial resources; enlarge debt capacity and obtaining synergy of managerial functions. The organisations do not share the resources; instead it focuses on the process of acquiring stability and using resources in a better way to generate additional revenue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q 5. What do you mean by „innovation‟? What are the types of innovation? Innovation Innovation is the production or implementation of ideas. Innovation can be described as an action or implementation which results in an improvement; a gain, or a profit. The National Innovation Initiative (NII) defines innovation as "The intersection of invention and insight, leading to the creation of social and economic value."
  • 10. Components of innovation Innovation involves the whole process from opportunity identification, invention to development, prototyping, production, marketing and sales, while entrepreneurship only needs to involve commercialisation. The components of innovations are as follows: Implementation Creativity Implementation – It is to put ideas into practice. Implementation is made up of three aspects; idea selection, development and commercialisation. Organisations need processes, procedures and frameworks for achieving implementation. Some organisations in spite of having all right processes, procedures and frameworks, are yet to be innovative. Creativity – Creativity is less straight forward than implementation. Creativity is not about establishing a new process or structure. People think differently to be creative and behave differently to be innovative. Types of innovation Innovation is defined as using new ideas to apply current thinking in different ways that results in a significant change. The types of innovation are as follows: Architectural innovation – This innovation defines the basic configuration of the product and the process. It will establish the technical and marketing agendas that will guide subsequent developments. Market niche innovation – This innovation involves development of new marketing methods for the existing products. It provides the scope for improvement in product design, product promotion, and pricing. Regular innovation – This innovation involves the change that is applied on established technical and production competence of the existing markets and customers. The effect of these changes is to develop the existing skills and resources. Revolutionary innovation – This innovation disrupts and renders established technical and production competence that out of date, yet it is applied to existing markets and customers. Sustaining products and services are the kinds of innovations companies often need to develop just to stay in the game. These incremental innovations can be thought of as variations on a theme. For example, in the category of household cleansers, a sustaining innovation might involve making the cleaning agent 10% stronger or pairing it with a new scent. Breakout offerings are those that significantly up the level of play within an existing category. The sleek Motorola Razr, with its boundary-pushing design, was a runaway success for Motorola. Seeing it, customers couldn’t help but want it--over time making it the best-selling line
  • 11. of clamshell phones ever. That said, it was still a clamshell phone, sold and used in much the same way as previous cell phones. Disruptive innovations are the sort of big ideas that many of us have in mind when we think about an innovation. They are called disruptive because they disrupt the current market behavior, rendering existing solutions obsolete, transforming value propositions, and bringing previously marginal customers and companies into the center of attention. The iPod, which radically changed the way we listen to and buy music, is one such innovation. To help explain the difference between these three types of innovations, let’s look at the coffee industry. When Maxwell House came out with a dark roast version, it introduced a sustaining innovation. While a new flavor, it was only a variation on their existing products that customers could instantly understand. A breakout innovation was General Foods’ line of International Coffees, which added gourmet flavors to the instant coffee category and elevated the at-home coffee experience. And Starbucks has obviously been a disruptive innovation, turning coffee into a destination experience worth paying a lot more for. Note that in a given category, disruptive innovations often come first and are then followed by a series of incremental innovations, with sporadic breakout hits interspersed. Eventually, the market is disrupted once again, starting the cycle anew. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q 6. Describe Corporate Social Responsibility. Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the continuing obligation of a business to behave ethically and contribute to the economic development of the organization. It improves the quality of life of the organization. The meaning of CSR has two folds. On one hand, it exhibits the ethical behaviour that an organization exhibit towards its internal and external stakeholders. And on the other hand, it denotes the responsibility of an organization towards the environment and society in which it operates. Thus CSR makes a significant contribution towards sustainability and competitiveness of the organization. CSR is effective in number of areas such as human rights, safety at work, consumer protection, climate protection, caring for the environment, sustainable management of natural resources, and such other issues. CSR also provides health and safety measures, preserves employee rights and discourages discrimination at workplace. CSR activities include commitment to product quality, fair pricing policies, providing correct information to the consumers, resorting to legal assistance in case of unresolved business problems, so on. Example – TATA implemented social welfare provisions for its employees since 1945.
  • 12. Features of CSR CSR improves the customer satisfaction through its products and services. It also assists in environmental protection and contributes towards social activities. The following are the features of CSR: Improves the quality of an organization in terms of economic, legal and ethical factors – CSR improves the economic features of an organization by earning profits for the owners. It also improves the legal and ethical features by fulfilling the law and implementing ethical standards. Builds an improved management system – CSR improves the management system by providing products which meets the essential customer needs. It develops relevant regulations through the utilization of innovative technologies in the organization Contributes to countries by improving the quality of management – CSR contributes high quality product, environment conservation and occupational health safety to various regions and countries. Enhances information security systems and implementing effective security measures – CSR enhances the information security measures by establishing improved information security system and distributing them to overseas business sites. The information system has improved by enhancing better responses to complex security accidents. Creates a new value in transportation – CSR creates a new value in transportation for the greater safety of pedestrians and automobiles. This is done by utilizing information and technology for automobiles. The information and technology helps in establishing a safety driving assistance system. Creates awareness towards environmental issues – CSR serves in preventing global warming by reducing the harmful gases emitted into the atmosphere during the process of business activities. Roles played in terms of ethical conduct CSR plays a significant role in maintaining ethical conduct in an organisation. The following are the roles played by CSR: Improves the relationships with the investment community and develops better access to capital and risks Enhances ability to recruit, develop and retain staff Improves the reputation and branding of the organisation Improves innovation, competitiveness and market positioning Improves the ability to attract and build effective and efficient supply chain relationships Improves relationships with regulators Reduces the costs through re-cycling process Enhances stronger financial performance and profitability through operational efficiency gains