Throughout this subject, there will be a number of Discussion Forums where you need to make an initial posting to a question and respond to other people's opinions and comments. For this week's discussion, answer the following question:
In both South Asian and Asia-Pacific nations, there is a predominance of family members as powerful shareholders. Outline the corporate governance strategies that can be used to ensure that ethical governance holds sway over these dominant interests.
Choose a well known organisation and discuss how its values and ethical position could be used for both setting goals and performance measurement.
Businesses in fast-cycle markets will have different differentiation features and influences than those in the standard-cycle markets. List some of these features in each and discuss the differences.
Tata Group is one of India's largest companies employing 203,000 people in many different industries (e.g., telecommunications, jewellery, steel, energy, vehicles). Such diversity far exceeds that of any North American, western European or Australian cmpany. Discuss the conditions in India that might make such a broad-based diversification both feasible and profitable?