(a). Problem Essay: The main problem Bharti Airtel Limited facing is “How to manage its capital expenditures for its operations and how to face the expected exponential growth and a competitive environment.” The challenges that the company is facing are 1. Keeping pace with expansion: Bharti’s customer base is growing at 100% per year. It has its mobile operations currently in 15 circles out of 25 in the country and its fixed line operations in 6 circles. So it is a huge challenge to keep pace with the expansion. 2. Capital expenditures and the risk: They are facing a severe capital expenditure problem. They couldn’t run new software on the equipment they purchased 2 years ago and it is no longer useful. They require a reliable, …show more content…
For example: Bharti agrees to pay IBM a share of its revenues and this percentage of revenue shared will decline as the overall revenue increases. (c). Action Plan: The deal should ensure the following outcomes and should follow the steps mentioned in order to achieve them: 1. The deal should include clauses to avoid risks and should assure all the advantages mentioned above. 2. Quality control: Detailed Service Level Agreements (SLAs) covering every aspect of outsourcing (for both IT and telecom) with associated penalties for non-conformance provided a framework for monitoring. If any of the measurements fall below/ above certain threshold levels as indicated, there are penalties/ rewards as appropriate. 3. Cost reduction: Along with SLAs, it should also define Key Performance Indicators through which the performance of vendors were monitored and measured. By going for long term partnerships with select vendors of repute with detailed SLAs, Bharti can reduce the explicit transaction costs with the external vendors, thus making it a viable business model. Thus, by monitoring the SLAs, key performance indicators, it should ensure that the vendor fulfills its obligations and guard itself against potential vendor opportunism. 4. Final step is to arrive at the cost model of deal. Cost model of deal should be such that it is beneficial for both sides ie Bharti and
1. How did you plan for the negotiation? Explain how you decided on a strategy?
University of Phoenix Material: Elements of a Contract Scenario Read the Elements of a Contract Scenario.
Mutual promises: If B makes a promise in return for A’s promise, this will confer a benefit on A (because A will have an enforceable legal right to have the promise
iii. The three launch payments fit the before stated criteria of substantive payments. The contract signing payment and negotiation payment do fit the criteria because these payments are not proportionate to the vendor’s performance, do not relate solely to past performances, and are not “reasonable relative” to all of the deliverables and payment terms.
Chicken & Egg Farms promises to pay Dex $500 to install a sump pump in its warehouse. Dex completes the
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein set forth and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the parties agree as follows:
If it is not clear whether an arrangement for payments to employees or selling shareholders is part of the exchange for the acquiree or is a transaction separate from the business combination, the acquirer should consider the following indicators:
4. Establish the business framework: After rapport has been established, the team should be able to draw an agreement where all parties reach consensus, then outline the alliance in general
4. Name two types of negotiated contracts and describe the method of payment and incentive concept.
From the given situation, I believe that purchase contract negotiation involves clarification and mutual agreement on the structure and requirements of the contract and I acknowledge the positions of both parties to gain the first step of forming the contract. I utilize active listening and collaborative communication techniques at the first stage of forming a contract. These techniques allow me to focus on both sides must recognize basic areas of contract agreement and the importance of other terms and conditions.
In analyzing the second reason listed for why outsourcing is used; ‘inability to attract the highest caliber of employees to job functions that may be peripheral to the organization’s core discipline’, companies employ a different kind of outsourcing tactic. This reason leads to offshore outsourcing solutions. If a company cannot attract high caliber domestic employees to job functions secondary to their main function then they seek help where labor may be less expensive and more efficient.
However, there are specific terms and conditions need to be addressed in the context of the project management in this case.
iv. During negotiation “business issues” took the centre stage and legal issues were to be addressed later. It shows mutual trust and focus on goals.
The added IT solutions will help in improving company’s scalability. Using these solutions, in a long run, will help the company in expanding its customer base and its reach across the country.
The service industry now makes up almost as much as 60-65% of the global economy with India being a major contributor to this industry (KPMG, 2016). India has dignity to know that its country is one of the fastest-growing service sectors in the world. According to KPMG (2016), services remain the key driver of India’s economic growth and continues to grow strong and steady. The services sector contributes more than 50% to India’s GDP and is growing at about 10% per year. IT outsourcing has been a major source of employment for the people living in India. The service sector in India has exceed agriculture with a greater share of GDP and is now considered a service based economy instead of an agriculture economy. In general, the service