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Jan 2010 June 2010 Jan 2011 Jun 2011 Jan 2012 June
2012 Jan 2013 CORPORATE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Understanding Mission Aims and
Objectives
· Mission statements
· Corporate aims and objectives
· Corporate strategies
· Differing stakeholder perspectives.
Case Study: Acer…

· evaluating the strategies businesses might deploy in response to these changes
Case Study:
Case Studies: Dominos Pizza
Novartis & Google To what extent can
To what extent is a recession improve
diversification the relations between a
best strategy to business and its
achieve profitable stakeholders?
growth?
Case study: Sony…

Does the
levels of change in
t
argeting To what extent is low income per person a barrier to achieving success through
cutting costs is the
amount of profits
increasingly global
economic and
emerging markets
best strategy for
earned by a
nature of business
political
for sales the best
businesses…

profits? deserves
government
To what extent can a recession improve
achieve higher profits? financial support
relations between a more than other
business and its industries?
stakeholders?
Case Study: Nokia To what extent will a "cautious" business inevitably experience further falls in
its market share?

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Jan 2010 June 2010 Jan 2011 Jun 2011 Jan 2012 June
2012 Jan 2013 Relationship between Businesses & Political/Legal Environment
· assessing the effects of: - government intervention in the economy - government economic
policies - political decisions affecting trade and…