been a move to remove the drastic measures of FERA and replace it with a set of liberal foreign exchange management regulations. A draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Bill (FEMA) has been prepared by the Government of India to replace FERA keeping in view the liberal spirit of the Indian economy. However‚ until FEMA is enacted‚ the provisions of FERA apply. FERA contains definitions of certain terms which have been used throughout the Act. Their meaning of these terms may differ under other
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Strategic Marketing Planning: Theory and Practice1 Malcolm McDonald 2‚ Cranfield University School of Management In order to explore the complexities of developing a strategic marketing plan‚ this article is written in three parts. The first describes the strategic marketing planning process itself and the key steps within it. It also deals with implementation issues and barriers to marketing planning. The second part provides guidelines for the marketer which will ensure that the input to the
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Strategic Financial Management Financial planning is the task of determining how a business will afford to achieve its strategic goals and objectives. Usually‚ a company creates a Financial Plan immediately after the vision and behavior have been set. The Financial Plan describes each of the activities‚ resources‚ equipment and materials that are needed to achieve these objectives‚ as well as the timeframes involved. The Financial Planning activity involves the following tasks;- * Assess
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Channels of Distribution Our channels of distribution will deal with how we connect to our customer segment‚ how we raise awareness of our product to our customer segment‚ how we deliver our products to our customers and how we handle returns of our products. Our channels of distribution will vary each year that we expand our products to different customer segments. We will set up and establish a website that features our products and highlights the value proposition of our products. This
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By Dhara Ranasinghe High debt levels have raised the chances of a global recession in the next three to five years to more than 60 percent‚ said Pimco‚ which manages the world’s largest bond fund. The world economy goes through a recession about every six years and the frequency of global recessions tends to rise when global indebtedness is high and falling compared with when indebtedness is low and rising‚ Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco) said in a note published on its website late
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The history of strategic planning begins in the military. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ strategy is "the science of planning and directing large-scale military operations‚ of maneuvering forces into the most advantageous position prior to actual engagement with the enemy" (Guralnic‚ 1986). Although our understanding of strategy and applying strategic planning in management has been transformed from a point of military maneuvering to one that aim’s to achieve and gives a structured
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Ideally‚ information professionals will be involved in the strategic planning process for the entire organization. The process is most straightforward if it is a top-down initiative‚ with detailed instructions provided to each business unit about how the strategic plan is to be completed so that there is consistency in the vision and objectives. Input from all business units should then fit into an umbrella plan developed by the executive team. In this scenario‚ information professionals will provide
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Beyond Tactical HR: Transformation to Strategic HR 1. Transformation to Strategic HRM: Role Play Activity CASE INTRODUCTION: The CEO of Mighty Telecommunications‚ Sharon Wentworth‚ meets with the new VP of HR‚ Thomas Brody. Sharon points out to Thomas that many administrative HR functions at Mighty have been automated or outsourced in the last two years. She wants HR to bring more value to the business and asks Thomas to transform the HR department. She asks Thomas to work with the sales department
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Potential Challenges within the strategic planning process Strategic planning has a lot of advantages to it but‚ at the same time‚ there are issues/barriers and potential challenges that an organization may face. The tool to the effectiveness of any strategic plan is to find any barrier/challenge and develop a plan to eradicate the barriers. “A strategic issue is a fundamental policy question or challenge affecting an organization’s mandates‚ mission and values‚ product or service level and mix‚
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Strategic Management: Planning Strategic management can be used to determine an organization ’s mission‚ vision‚ values‚ goals‚ objectives‚ roles and responsibilities‚ etc. Strategic planning is a management tool. As with any management tool‚ it is used to help an organization do a better job. It is used to focus its energy‚ to ensure that members of the organization are working toward common goals‚ to assess and fine-tune the organization ’s direction in response to change. Essentially‚ strategic
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