Interesting Indian Advertisements in 2011.

The Indian advertisements coming up nowadays in India has turned innovative, funny, and more catchy among the audience. A numerous best indian advertisements are coming up trying to grab the attention. This year(2011) also is seen a different types of innovative and interesting ads. Just a few of them are., Top 5 ads picked by me., here it goes.

 
The Balki (balakrishna) directed ad, for Idea 3G which has recently turned all its ads to be CSR ( Corporate social responsibility) and Social awareness type of ads and this time they have come up targeting the problem of India's Over Population. Ad is projected in a funny way and not making to say the same signature dialogue of Abhishek bacchan saying "No Idea".

 
 Airtel, Yet another combination with AR Rahman's new jingle is creating ripples around the young audience especially. Saying Har Ek Friend Zaroori Hota hai,(Every friend is needed) and the importance of being in touch with a very catchy song, within no time has become very popular.

 

 A very inspiring and motivational video created by HeroMoto Corp as a part of its new brand management with the creative partner Law and Kenneth released its new advertisement, the song was composed and sung by A.R.Rahman. HeroMoto Corp's Hum Mein Hain Hero ad was directed by Anurag Kashyap and Robby Grewal.



A very simple ad for Indian Railway ministry, directed by Prakash Varma under the production house Nirvana Films and this ad also awarded the Gold in Film Craft Category(Cannes Lions 2011)

 
 A very innovative and interestingly projected ad by Ram from Nirvana production house for ING Vysya Bank,of its newly introduced banking product an Automatic Cheque Book reorder facility.

Hope you liked the top 5 best advertisements india in the year 2011. Any other favorite ads of yours, let me know below in the comments section?

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Good Due Diligence requires?

Before every Merger and Acquisitions a report called Due Diligence report is prepared for the purpose of examining the potential ability of the target company for many reasons. This Due Diligence report will helps an acquirer firm to make a decision whether to go further or not for making a merger or acquisition.

In short a good due diligence is done to find out the target customer's costs and capabilities, competitors, competitive advantages, market share etc.  This should contain the accurate knowledge about the target company, information like

• The Size and Growth rate of the Target Market: This will give an idea which area the company has to concentrate in the future, which products and markets have better scope where with the capabilities available which market can be tapped etc.
• The target company's rank among the competitors and what the intensity of the competition along with market share, revenue, profit within each segment. This information will helps in figuring out the future scope of growth and market share more accurate 
• Cost efficiency aspects what already possessed and what the competitors have initiated, where the measures can be identified which can be incorporated in the future post acquisition, and the amount of further investment required can be measured out of it.  To further change the target companies and existing strategies the company's capabilities, competencies, and technologies has to be taken in consideration for the purpose of further investment or make use of the present existing resources to the best possible way.
• To carry Mergers & Acquisition the acquirer has to take lots of things into consideration before stepping in, whether the M&A will lead to a diversification, either related or unrelated diversification. Any of them a proper synergy has to be formed for the best use of the diversification or reinforcement. 

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Three Styles of Leadership

Command, Consensus, Collaborative leadership Styles

There are many types of leadership, but basically in can be classified into three different types.  In this present scenario Collaborative leadership is the capacity to engage people and groups outside one's formal control and that will inspire them to work toward common goals - despite differences in convictions, cultural values, and operating norms. Usually consensus based approached is more nuanced. Few distinctions between the three types of leadership styles.

	COMMAND AND CONTROL	CONSENSUS	COLLABORATIVE
Organisation Structure	Hierarchy	Matrix or Small Group	Dispersed, cross organisational network
Who has the relevant Information?	Senior management	Formally designated members or representatives of the relevant geographies and disciplines	Employees at all levels and locations and a variety of external stakeholders
Who has the authority to make final decisions?	The people at the top of the organisation have clear authority	All parties have equal authority	The people leading collaborations have clear authority
What is the basis for Accountability and Control?	Financial results against plan	Many performance indicators, by function or geography	Performance on achieving shared goals
Where does it work best?	Works well within a defined hierarchy; works poorly for complex organisations and when innovation is important	Works in small teams; works poorly when speed is important	Works well for diverse groups and cross-uni and cross-company work, and when innovation and creativity are critical

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Samsung Hybrid Management System?

Samsung, a well known International brand of  Korean origin, mainly into Consumer Electronics goods is the one which has managed to build a strong internal management system for its operations with an blend of Traditional Japanese system and Modern Western system.


It the recent past the strategies of the companies are being revamped and come with new latest management strategy.  Few of the strategies are,


Diversification Strategy:
In this competitive world one has to keep diversifying to mitigate the risk as the technology related market is very dynamic in nature. But Samsung built an focus strategy where the Diversification was made within the businesses.


Penetration Strategy:
Thanks to globalization, helped the company not to get dependent only in internal market, but to tap both internal and external capital markets. 


Innovation Strategy:
The Focus of Continuous improvement and applied Research and Development(R&D) but also on innovation, marketing and design and establish brand and premium pricing models are being applied with price competition being aware.


Supplier Relationship Strategy:
Long term relationship with suppliers are built and contingent relationships with them based on market pricing with a level of some competition.


Human Resources Strategy: 
Interweaving of internal workforce not limiting to internal labor market dependence which has resulted in long term relationship but also with external labor market attracting by the market competition.  Entry level recruitment are kept open every year with an limit and open recruitment system is followed by samsung for experience specialists.  The company has a co-existence of seniority based and merit based promotion and compensation as well as mostly standardized and individualized incentive system.

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Scam: Good Day!!!

One can see a lots of emails coming from unknown people claiming that they want to give an hefty money for you with no reason. Lucky draw, bank transfer, etc etc. ALL ARE SCAMS.

Don't try to get lured and burn your fingers trying your luck for heavy sum. There has been a significant number of cases registered in cyber crime department.  Here is one email I got, asking for an Business proposal, where on further inquiry one is asked to send some funds as part of tax/transfer fees.

Good Day!!! My Name is Mr Amjad Basim. I am the Bill and exchange manager of ADB Bank In Ouagadougou Burkina Faso West Africa. I have a business proposal in the tune of $6.2m (six million two hundred thousand United States Dollar only) after the successful transfer we shall share in ratio of 40% for you and 60% for me. Should you be interested, so we can commence all arrangements and I will give you more information on how we would handle this project? Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the Following information's bellow; (1) Full names: (2) Private phone number: (3) Current residential address: (4) Occupation: (5) Age and Sex: Best Regards, Mr Amjad Basim. Another one of such kind, You are the Second Prize lucky winner of £1,200,000.00 in 2011 Nokia Promotion Give Away cash Lottery. Contact Claims Processing Agent to claim your prize providing your (1) Full Names (2) Contact Address (3) Telephone Number (4) Age (5) Occupation. Send Items (10 to (5) to Mr. Orchard James e-mail; orchardjames@hotmail.co.uk Nokia Lottery/Awards Department orchardjames@hotmail.co.uk © 2011

DO NOT BELIEVE SUCH FALSE/FAKE PROMISES.

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