This paper aims at helping students think about some of the important ethical Implications of the day-to-day happenings and practices of Indian industry and business. It also aims to improve ethical reasoning by correlating moral concepts to business practices and clarification of the values that determine managerial behaviour.
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Concept, Aspects and Issues in Strategic Implementation. Evaluation and Control: Meaning, Process, Techniques, and Elements of a Strategic control system- Feed forward control, Feedback control and concurrent control.
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