Indian Telephone Industries Ltd. Reluctance to Change 1.1 INTRODUCTION ITI Limited is India's pioneering venture in the field of telecommunications. Born in 1948, this premier PSU has contributed to 50% of the present national telecom equipment. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities spread across six locations and a countrywide network of marketing/service outlets, the Company offers a complete range of telecom products and total solutions covering the whole spectrum of Switching, Transmission, Access and Subscriber Premises equipment. Secure communications is the Company's forte with a proven record of engineering strategic communication networks for India's Defence forces. Extensive in-house R&D work is devoted towards specialized areas of Encryption, NMS, IT and Access products to provide complete customized solutions to various customers. The competitors of ITI have been Tata Telecom., Shyam Telecom Ltd., Krome Communications Ltd., Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited. and Bharti Telecommunications. 1.2 PROBLEM FACED BY COMPANY Since ITI ltd was one of the most prominent companies of its times, the decline of the company was a gradual process and not an impulsive one. ITI, on September 31, 2003, sought consent from its shareholders to inform the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction of the fact that heavy losses had more than halved the company's net worth. For 2002-03, the company had suffered a loss of Rs. 375 crores with a net worth of Rs. 452.32 crores. The net worth per rupee of the company's Rs. 388 crore paid up capital was minus 10 paise. 1.3 METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH The methodology we have applied to analyze the problems prevailing in the industry , is that we have done • Literature study of background of company, and problem faced by it. • Study and understanding the product characteristics and market structure. • Trend analysis between the sales, expenditure and PAT. • Particular instances of problems faced by ITI ltd that demonstrates its incompetence and coordination problems within its officials and outside the company. That was a major contributor in its decrease of profits over the years. • Analyzing declining Marginal Productivity of labour. • Suggestions and proposals 1.4 PRODUCT UNDERSTANDING AND MARKET STRUCTURE ANALYSIS ITI produces electronic equipment pertaining to telecom sector. ITI’s wireline equipment is its major product. Being a product for usage for wireline provider, it is a complementary product for the telecom service provider. Thus its demand rises, if demand for wireline rises, and falls if demand for wireline falls. This indicates that ITI’s sales are dependent on demand in market for wireline connections (DOT).
In 1990s, ground-based wireless phone service grew rapidly around the world. A key factor in the growth of wireless phones was the adoption of a single standard, known as GSM, in Europe and parts of Asia. There were 480 million cellular subscribers worldwide by January 2000 and it reached more than billions before 2005. The economy of scale that introduced will provide the extent of competitive pressure in the business environment. It helps to stimulate Iridium to consider price-performance tradeoff that offered by the substitutes and the need of product differentiation alternatives in advance.
Define the Problem: Describe the type of case and what problem(s) or issue(s) should be the focus for your analysis.
There has been an increasing demand of telecommunication services in the last few decades which has led to an all time high demand of global operations in businesses , their capital investment as well as mobilization of the resources. This has further resulted in a lot of changes in the lifestyle of the people within specific geographies that includes an increasing demand for the latest of technology as well.
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The three alternatives to ensure Motorola’s long term success follow the directional strategy. Despite their difficulties in 2006, they are the largest vendor and a leading provider in mission-critical systems worldwide with over 65 years of experience in complex network design, voice and broadband data, sophisticated technology, public and private networks, rugged devices, and optimization and implementation. They are also the leading provider of digital cable boxes in North America. Their strong market position follows the directional strategy for growth and stability in addition to their heavy investment in research and development (Motorola, inc., 2007). The expected growth of Asian Pacific is to reach one billion in phone sales by 2009. The India market should surpass China in 2009 with 139 million units.
Step 5: Critically analyze the disciplinary insights into the problem and locate their sources of conflict:
Nepal Tele Talk, distributor and marketer of Gionee smartphones in Nepal imports the phones from the manufacturer in China. As it becomes very difficult for the distributor itself to provide the phones directly to the consumers, the distributor chooses to do so with the support of various retailers and has a large number of retails for the very purpose. It is very much suggested that for the marketer to enjoy more profitability, he needs to concentrate on gaining higher sales (Michalk, 2014). To gain higher sales it is necessary for more outlets to be present so that more number of customers can have reach and access to the Gionee smartphones. With this in mind, Nepal Tele Talk, supplies the smartphones to 600 retail outlets and from the current 600 retail outlets, consumers can choose their preferred Gionee smartpone and purchase it for use. Since the reach is at more places, more consumers come in contact with the smartphones and there are more chances of them buying the smartphones, which increases the sales and ultimately profitability for the distributor as well as the manufacturer. This is the distribution channel of Gionee smartphones in
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KEY PROBLEMS: After analyzing the organization the following issues which need to be addressed have been identified:
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The main problems that are affecting the company were the high level of labour turnover, below target production rates, high levels of scrap, the employees had little input in the decision making, therefore resulting in low motivation and job satisfaction, and didn't have enough feedback on there performance. Added to this was the conflict between the supervisors and employees in the production and packing areas, and the grading and payment levels wasn't satisfactory to the employees.
A methodology is “The strategy, plan of action, processes of design lying behind the choice and use of particular methods to the desired outcomes” (Crotty, 2003). In the process of conducting the study, the researcher will apply appropriate methods of data collecting and analysis methods together with experience to shape the process of data collection and analyzing.
It is very clear that the problems experienced in the companies are not lone standing but in most of the cases they are dependent on each other and there are strong bonds or relationships with regards to the cause and effects between them. It is therefore important to form or establish a strong cause and affect between them.
The techniques of the stimulation gave an outline of achieving the companies goal to identifying the problems, how to fix the problems and implementation. The criteria matrix was the technique used to identify the problems. The criteria matrix provided a simply way of prioritizing, organization, and sorting out issues into categories deemed critical or non-critical and whether each on was urgent or non-urgent. This was also a controlled way of making deciding what the problem was because you had all the information to start making decisions. This technique helped determine the criticality of the issues, from identifying the problem to ev...
Cisco incorporated has grown significantly over the years, since its inception and has established itself as the number one technology company throughout the industry. Initially, Cisco started as manufacturers of modems and routers, and has expanded its scope over the years. This paper will attempt to address Cisco’s operations and strategies in foreign markets it will also delve into the strengths, weaknesses and threats in the political, legal and economic environment in which it operates.