Management Course: Mba−10 General Management

If your evidence meets the requirements of the units of competency you will be assessed

Kessler, E. H. (Ed.) (2013). Encyclopedia of management theory (Vols. 1-2). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd. doi: 10.4135/9781452276090

Robbins, S. P., & Coulter, M. (2012). Management (11th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice

Kinicki, A., & Fugate, M. (2016). Organizational behavior: a practical, problem-solving approach. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.

An article called “, Knowing When To Reinvent,” was composed by three company leaders, one being a CEO, to inform other company leaders about potential fault lines that have caused many companies to have downfalls. However, to prevent economic downfalls, the authors compiled a list of the downfalls and how to avoid them. Many companies have taken what seemed to be drastic measures to be successful in a changing marketplace. The thesis outlines the five fault lines within the article which are: customer needs, performance metrics, industry position, business model, and talent and capabilities (Bertolini et al., 2015).

The article raises the issue of revenue growth stalls that affect even the most successful companies. The article focuses on four major causes of the crisis. The first cause is the premium-position captivity that is”the inability of a firm to respond effectively to new, low-cost competitive challenge or to a significant shift in customer valuation of product features” (p.54). The second reason is the innovation management breakdown that is”some chronic problem in managing the internal business process for updating existing product and services and creating new one” (p.56). Third reason is the premature

Kinicki, A. &. (2016). Organizational Behavior: A Practical Problem - Solving Approach. New York, NY: McGraw Education.

The ideas presented in this analysis draw from several sources included in Organizational Behavior reading pack for MBA - 2015 and interested readers can pursue the following sources for more details.

The results of the Porter’s Five analysis are powerful given that they help an organization to ascertain the new trends and change that influence profitability and thus determine the strategies that can be used to counter the effects at an early stage (Vu

Kessler, E. H. (Ed.) (2013). Encyclopedia of management theory (Vols. 1-2). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd. doi: 10.4135/9781452276090

Bloisi, W., Cook, C. & Hunsaker, P.(2003). Management and Organisational Behavior: European Edition. Berkshire: McGraw-Hill Education

Baldwin, T. T., Bommer, W. H., & Rubin, R. S. (2012). Managing organizational behavior: What great managers know and do.

“Most research indicates that M&A activity has an overall success rate  of about 50%—basically a coin toss.” (Robert Sher). A research needs to be carried out to minimize the possibility of failure of the takeover. The investment of 35 billion pounds should be guaranteed with more success rather than 50/50. The change management strategy should be used

was teamwork. We were organized into teams and the team was the unit by which

Organisations see M&A as a fast and efficient way to expand into new markets and incorporate new technologies (Schuler & Jackson, 2001). M&A have a high level of success, nonetheless, failures in an M&A deals are also inevitable. According to Schuler & Jackson (2001), a substantial number of financial and market factors can actually be traced to the negligence of human resource issues and activities.