INTRODUCTION

Thank God we prayed to Allah SWT for His abundant guidance and we were able to finish the paper on time. The paper with the title "business strategy" developed with a view to fulfill the English language courses as well as providing new knowledge for writers and readers of the business strategy on this occasion, we also would like to thank friend and member of group who have helped in the manufacture of paper. Hopefully, this paper can bring benefit, especially for me and others who have read our paper. We realize that the paper is structured is far from perfect, therefore criticism and constructive suggestions are we expected to the end that this paper will further better. Hopefully useful and thanks.

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Table of Contents

Cover page............................................................................................................................. i

Introduction........................................................................................................................... 1

Table of contents................................................................................................................... 2

Discussion.............................................................................................................................. 3

Bibliography.......................................................................................................................... 7

DISCUSSION

Business Strategy is a unified plan broad and integrated strategic advantage that connect companies with environmental challenges which are is designed to ensure that the main objective of the company can be achieved through proper execution by the organization. (gluect and jauch,p.g. 1989).

Match the cornerstones of the company’s strategy (1 – 10) with the descriptions of what it has decidet to do (a – j).

Cornerstone of our strategy are :

1. Acquisiton

Answer: G (Buy other companies)

Acquisition is a corporate action in which a company buys most, if not all, of the target company's ownership stakes in order to assume control of the target firm. Acquisitions are often made as part of a company's growth strategy whereby it is more beneficial to take over an existing firm's operations and niche compared to expanding on its own. Acquisitions are often paid in cash, the acquiring company's stock or a combination of both.

2. Marger integration teams

Answer: F (for a group of people whose mission is to create a common culture for the new bigger company)

Marger is a Strategic merger usually refers to long term strategic holding of target.

3. Strategic alliances

Answer: H (Establish Join ventures)

Strategic alliances is a relationship between two or more parties to pursue a set of agreed upon goals or to meet a critical business need while remaining independent organizations. This form of cooperation lies between M&A and organic growth.

Partners may provide the strategic alliance with resources such as products, distribution channels, manufacturing capability, project funding, capital equipment, knowledge, expertise, or intellectual property. The alliance is a cooperation or collaboration which aims for a synergy where each partner hopes that the benefits from the alliance will be greater than those from individual efforts.

4. Strategic Planning

Answer: E (Prepare systematicalle for the future)

Strategic Planning is the overall planning that facilitates the good management of a process. Strategic planning takes you outside the day to-day activities of your organisation or project. It provides you with the big picture of what you are doing and where you are going. Strategic planning gives you clarity about what you actually want to achieve and how to go about achieving it, rather than a plan of action for day to-day operations.

5. Mission and Value Statements

Answer: A (Produce documents that tell everyone where we want to go and what we stand for)

Mission and Value Statements is A Mission Statement that tells what the organization does, while necessary, is incomplete. By adding the Vision Statement that explains why the organization is doing that work - where it is aiming - and the Values Statement explaining how the organization will do that work, the board will have three solid tools to serve as a barometer, regardless of who is on the board at the time.

6. Customer satisfaction measurement

Answer: I (Work for 100% client satisfaction)

Customer satisfaction measurement is which is very important for manufacturers.Manufacturers will be able to win business competetion by giving satisfaction to its customers. Other wise if the manufacturer can not provide satisfaction of the customers will switch to other producers.Customer satisfaction is acircumstances where customer expectations can met by the manufacturer. level of satisfaction represented by the gap between the perceptions and expectations of customers.Perception is the assessment of customer of a product or service, while hope is the hope or desirecustomer's products or services perceived.Measuring the level of satisfaction customers is an essential element to provide more good to the customer.

7. Benchmarking

Answer: D (Do detailed comparisons of the performance of different parts of the organization with that of similar organizations else where)

Benchmarking is the process of determining who is the very best, who sets the standard, and what that standard is.

8. Total Quality Management

Answer: C (Adopt ISO 9000 Standards )

Total Quality Management as the concept of repair is done on a continuous basis, involving all employees at every level of the organization, to achieve quality 'exellent' in all aspects of the organization through process management.

9. Re- Engineering

Answer: J (Redesign business processes in order to improve productifity)

Re- Engineering is Engineering is the science, skill, and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and also build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes.

10. A balanced scorecard

Answer : B (work to a wide range of performance measures)

a balanced scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is used extensively in business and industry, government, and nonprofit organizations worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/acquisition.asp#ixzz28yOScSnp.(di akses hari senin, 05 November 2012, Pukul 13.54)

http://www.wikipedia.com/terms/a/business planing/definisi rumusan.asp#ixzz28yOwjcd.(di akses hari senin, 05 November 2012, Pukul 13.54)

http://www.wikipedia.com/terms/a/Business alliances.asp#ixzz28yOwjcd.(di akses hari senin, 05 November 2012, Pukul 13.54)

http://www.wikipedia.com/terms/a/ Benchmarking/definisi - rumusan.asp#ixz.(di akses hari senin, 05 November 2012, Pukul 13.54)