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Case Study: DRB-Hicom Berhad

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DRB-Hicom Berhad is a merger between between Heavy Industries Corporation of Malaysia Berhad (HICOM) and Diversified Resources Berhad (DRB) since year 2000. Hicom started their business in year 1980 to govern the development of the National Car Project, for Diversified Resources Berhad (DRB), it was the Malaysia’s first national motorcycle and trucks developer.
During year 2005, DRB-Hicom was acquired by Etika Strategi Sdn Bhd and it was led by a new management team, eventually the business were diversified into 3 core sectors which are Automotive, Services, and Property, Asset and Construction.
In the services sector, DRB-Hicom holds government concessions through Alam Flora Sdn Bhd, which is the country’s leading solid waste management company, and PUSPAKOM Sdn Bhd, which is the sole commercial vehicle inspection company in Malaysia. During year 2008, equity …show more content…

DRB-Hicom has adopted and complied with the CG 2012 by observing the specific principles and recommendations on structures and process which DRB-Hicom should adopt in making good corporate governance in their business dealings (DRB-Hicom, 2010).
DRB-Hicom’s mission is to lead in the growth of the Nation in the areas of DRB-HICOM's core business while their vision is to be number 1 and continuously excel in all that we do (DRB-Hicom,2010). In our opinion, we found that the DRB-Hicom’s vision statement contains the superlatives term such as “excel”, this kind of term is not specific enough to provide any direction for the company. Instead they should set their vision more specifically in order to give a better direction to their employees about where the company is

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