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15. M/s. A is providing mobile phones and Wi-Fi services in the country. M/s. B and M/s. C are other similar service providers already in operation. In competitive landscape, M/s. B and M/s. C decided to merge with each other. Such merger was an unexpected development in the industry. M/s. A decided to cope-up with such eventuality by intense review of its strategy and to form a core group to handle the situation. The situation where intense review of strategy is needed due to merger between M/s. B and M/s. C, indicates towards which type of strategic control for M/s. A?

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APremise control
BImplementation control
CStrategic surveillance
DSpecial alert control (2 Marks)
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Correct Answer

Option DSpecial alert control (2 Marks)

All Options:

  • APremise control
  • BImplementation control
  • CStrategic surveillance
  • DSpecial alert control (2 Marks)

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Detailed Solution & Explanation

Correct Answer: Option **D**

**Explanation:**
Strategic control is the process of monitoring and evaluating strategy implementation to ensure it meets organizational goals. The four types of strategic control are:
1. **Premise Control**: Checks whether the fundamental assumptions/premises on which the strategy was formulated are still valid.
2. **Implementation Control**: Evaluates whether the concrete projects and steps being executed are leading to the desired results.
3. **Strategic Surveillance**: A general, unfocused scanning of internal and external sources to spot unanticipated events that might affect the strategy.
4. **Special Alert Control**: An immediate, rapid, and intensive reassessment of strategy triggered by a sudden, unexpected event that poses a significant threat or opportunity to the organization.

In the given scenario:
- M/s. A is a telecom/Wi-Fi provider. Its main competitors, M/s. B and M/s. C, decided to merge.
- This merger is described as an "unexpected development in the industry."
- To handle this sudden crisis/eventuality, M/s. A immediately conducts an "intense review of its strategy" and forms a "core group to handle the situation."
- An intensive, immediate strategy review triggered by a sudden, unexpected external event (like a major competitor merger) is the hallmark of **Special alert control**.

Hence, **Option D** is the correct answer.

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