Corporate Strategy - Corporate Strategy Questions

41:  

Two reasons for mergers and acquisitions are

A.

to increase managerial staff and to minimize economies of scale.

B.

to reduce tax obligations and increase managerial staff.

C.

to create seasonal trends in sales and to make better use of a new sales force.

D.

to provide improved capacity utilization and to gain new technology.

 
 

Option: D

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42:  

Match the following

List-I (Concepts)                     List-II (Scope)

(A) Combination                           1. Two or more sponsoring firms forming a

                                                        separate organisation for cooperative

                                                        purpose

(B) Liquidation                              2. Pursuing two or more strategies

                                                        simultaneously

(C) Joint Venture                          3. Selling a division or part of

                                                       an organisation

(D) Conglomerate Diversification   4. Adding new, unrelated products or

                                                       services

                                                   5. Cost Planning

A.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

1    2    3    4

B.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

1    4    2    3

C.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

2    3    1    4

D.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

5    1    3    4

 
 

Option: C

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43:  

Which is the feature of strategic management?

A.

Dynamic Environment

B.

Specific Situation

C.

Pervasive Process

D.

All of the above

 
 

Option: D

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44:  

Which of these is not a reason why some firms do no strategic planning?

A.

Laziness

B.

Competitive leadership

C.

Honest difference of opinion

D.

Poor reward structures

 
 

Option: B

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45:  

Match the following

List-I (Thinkers)                List-II (Concepts)

(A) Rao                                1. Essential of Human Resource management

(B) Batliboy                          2. Auditing

(C) R. J. Schonberger           3. Operations management

(D) J. V. Home                     4. Financial management and Policy

                                           5. Marketing

A.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

1    2    3    4

B.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

1    4    3    2

C.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

3    1    2    4

D.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

3    2    4    1

 
 

Option: A

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