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Smgt 629: Corporate Strategic Management Question Paper

Smgt 629: Corporate Strategic Management

Course:Master Of Business Administration

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2010

COURSE CODE: SMGT 629
COURSE TITLE: CORPORATE STRATEGIC
MANAGEMENT
STREAM: MBA – S3
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE and any other THREE questions

QUESTION ONE
a) Explain the concept of Corporate Governance and the responsibilities of top managers in
strategy formulation. (5 marks)
b) Discuss situations when a corporation need a board of directors? (5 marks)
c) You are majoring in Strategic Management at MBA level. NAWASSCO is inviting
applicants to sit in its Board of Directors. Advice NAWASSCO on the criteria for use
when evaluating applicants on who to serve on a corporation’s board of directors
(5 marks)
QUESTION TWO
The management of Kabarak University has studied the merits of and proposed to apply Porter’s
generic strategies to enhance the institution’s competitiveness. As a specialist in strategic
management, advice the management on the common organizational requirements it has to put in
place to successfully implement each of Porter’s strategies. (15 marks)
QUESTION THREE
Take Kenya’s Uchumi Supermarket Chain. Of recent, the supermarket chain has been searching
for a strategic partner. What in your view are the motives of the company establishing strategic
alliance with foreign firms? (5 marks)
What criteria would you advice Uchumi Supermarkets to apply when selection an international
strategic partner? (10 marks)
QUESTION FOUR
Successful corporations tend to follow a three-stage pattern of structural development as they
grow and expand. Use standard criteria to differentiate among the three stages of corporate
development (15 marks)
QUESTION FIVE
Merging with and acquisition of local companies by foreign companies is becoming a trend in
building competitiveness. This unintentionally has in many cases brought a clash of corporate
cultures. As a strategy manager in a one such company, what methods would you apply to
manage the possible clash of cultures? (15 marks)

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