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• Do you ponder that in most cases the trench warfare of the Alpha Company is more or less effective than the Guerrilla warfare of the Beta Company and Why? What instances can you provide to support your argument?
• To what degree is the Hamel & Prahalad article a restatement and development of the Resource Based Theory (Grant) as well as to what extent is it a new and or independent theory of strategy?
• To what amount is the Hamel & Prahalad article a development of Porter's ‘What is Strategy?' article also to what extent does it represent an independent approach?
• How might concentrating on the four perspectives of the balanced scorecard benefit an organization? Give examples.
• Why also how does the balanced score card shift the focus from control to strategy and vision?
• Explain how effective can a balanced scorecard actually be if net profit remains the ‘bottom line' standard for appraising business performance?
• If a SWOT examination reveals that an objective is unattainable apart from changing the objective, what other changes might make the goal attainable?
• Deliberate the limitations of SWOT presented in the textbook. How grave are these limitations in the practical application of SWOT analyses?
• Explain what is your experience in dealing with SWOT analyses? In what means they useful and effective? In what ways not?