Management Programme
ASSIGNMENT
FIRST SEMESTER
2018
MS-11: Strategic Management
School of Management Studies
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068
MS-11
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-11
Course Title : Strategic Management
Assignment No. : MS-11/TMA/SEM-I/2018
Coverage : All Blocks
Note: There are five questions in this assignment. Attempt all the questions and send them on or
before 30th April, 2018 to the Coordinator of the Study Centre you are attached with.
1. Discuss in what sense the top management takes decisions for a company and in what
sense it does not takes the strategic decisions for a company alone? Illustrate with
suitable examples.
2. Explain any two of the growth strategies you have studied and highlight the conditions
under which each is the most appropriate. Illustrate your answer with the help of
examples.
3. Identify two companies that have recently merged. Read the published information on
both the companies. Based on the study, identify the issues and challenges the two
companies are currently facing in combining their respective organizational cultures.
4. Select an organization of your choice which has adopted focus strategy. Analyze as to
how the focus strategy has been useful for the organization to build its competitive
advantage.
5. Describe different styles of leadership for Top Management with the help of real world
examples.