attention after Tata Motors proposed the idea of setting a factory to manufacture the world’s cheapest car- The Tata Nano. It was supposed to be priced at Rs 1, 00,000 and the car was scheduled to be rolled out by 2008. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) had just come to power at that time, (May 18, 2006). The State Government had allowed Tata to take over 997 acres of farmland in Singur to build its factory. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, wanted Tata to go ahead
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A few words by Ratan Tata regarding acquisition of JLR- “ We are very pleased at the prospect of Jaguar and Land Rover being a significant part of our automotive business. We have enormous respect for the two brands, and we will endeavour to preserve and build on their heritage and competitiveness, keeping their identities intact. We aim to support their growth, while holding true to our principles of allowing the management and employees to bring
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TABLE OF CONTENTS S.No. | TOPIC | PAGE NO. | 1 | Introduction | 4 | 2 | Succession Planning | 5 | 3 | The Tata Tale | 8 | 4 | Leadership at Tata | 10 | 5 | Succession Planning Strategies within Tata Group | 13 | 6 | The Mistry Angle | 16 | 7 | Challenges before Mistry | 19 | 8 | … And Why he will survive | 20 | 9 | The Way Ahead | 21 | 10 | Conclusion | 25 | 11 | Appendix: Sample Succession Planning Forms | 26 | INTRODUCTION Look at any research worth its salt and one
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HOUSE OF TATA The Business Agricultural Products Base Metals Non-Metallic Mineral Products Chemicals Construction & Allied Activities Electrical and Non-Electrical Machinery Electricity & Non-Conventional Energy Electronics Services Shipping & Exports Hotels Financial Drilling Real Estate Other Watches Pulp & Paper Press Engineering & Locomotive Vertically integrated Focus in domestic market (India) Resources Financial Capital Managerial Expertise
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case talks about how Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, developed the Nano, the world's cheapest car. The case focuses on the translation of Ratan Tata's (chairman of Tata Motors) vision of a safe affordable car for the masses by Ravi Kant, managing director of Tata Motors into the Nano Project. The case raises questions around breaking the price-quality barrier and changing existing internal processes to accommodate revolutionary new ideas. The dilemma of success—Tata Nano was a runaway
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House of Tata 1. Which if any of the following initiatives undertaken by Ratan Tata do you think were good ideas and why? Were these initiatives creating value or were they just creating more overhead and burdening the corporate portfolio? (65 points) a. Creation of a group brand (should there be a Tata brand? What is the value added of a group brand in an emerging market? What are the pros and cons of this strategy?) 20 points • Yes, more recognizable Ratan Tata was considering
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perception about Tata Nano among the youth generation exclusively students studying in Jain university Reasurch deasign Information available: About Tata Tata motors is Indias largest automobile Company it is the leader by far in commercial vahicles in each seagment , and second largest in passenger vahicles market . The company is world's fifth largest medium in heavy commercial vahicle manifacture , world's second largest medium in heavy bus manifacture . Established in 1945 , Tata motors presence
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Styles Ratan Tata Ratan Tata was the chairman of the Indian conglomerate Tata Group from 1991 till 2012. Currently he is the Chairman Emeritus of the group. He was awarded Padma Vibushan in 2008 and was given honorary knighthood, the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2012. By the time he stepped down as the chairman, the revenue to the Tata Group was 40 times of what it was when Ratan Tata took the chair. Under his leadership, various companies under the Tata group made
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Tata Motor’s -Company Background Tata Motors was established in 1945 and is formerly known as Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company. It is India's largest automobile company, and a fortune 500 company. Tata Motors acquired Jaguar and Land Rover, a premium car brand in UK, in 2013. The company always worked in line the Tata Values to contribute to Indian society. Tata Nano - Origin Ratan Tata’s thought about a people’s car was a social concern. He wanted to give a car to middle class of the
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Technological Innovation Trent Turner June 2011 Company Profile Tata Motors Limited is India’s largest automobile company. In the years of 2008-09, the company produced over USD 14 billion in consolidated revenues. Tata is now the leader in leader in commercial vehicles in each segment. The company also boasts of producing the top three passenger vehicles with winning products in the compact, midsize car and utility vehicle segments. Tata is the fourth largest truck manufacturer and second largest bus
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