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Bba610:Global Strategic Management Question Paper

Bba610:Global Strategic Management

Course:Masters In Business Administration

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
BBA 610: GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

DATE: SATURDAY, 24TH JULY 2010 TIME: 9.00 A.M. - 12.00 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other THREE questions.

Question One
a)
Organizations are open systems. Briefly discuss this statement from a global
strategic management point of view(10 marks)
b)Organizations should think globally and act locally, discuss.(10 marks)
Question Two
Identify and discuss any eight strategies an organization can use to enter the foreign
market and for each strategy, state the situations that would make it the most appropriate
strategy.(20 marks)

Question Three
Using examples of an organization known to you, discuss the challenges they would face
due to entering a foreign markets.(20 marks)

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Question Four

Carrying out business in the global environmental is more challenging than is the case ina purely domestic environment. Using examples, discuss the political-legal environmental factors likely to influence the operation of a global business.(20 marks)

Question Five

Write short notes on the following:-
1 Export department structure
2 World wide or global structure
3 The philosophy of mercantilism
4 Theories of absolute advantage
5 The factor proportions theory
(20 marks)

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