C/B/687. Global Strategy of Financial Institutions

The report has been aimed at understanding the strategic management adopted by major banks towards exerting control over their business environments to better adapt or manipulate to gain sustainable competitive advantage. The report critically analyzes the practices of these institutions in the light of theoretical concepts, models and understandings. The specific objectives of this report include understanding of issues as corporate governance, ethics, and corporate social responsibility of Citigroup; the core competences and dynamic capabilities in relation to Citigroup, Hong Kong Bank (HSBC), Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs. It should be noted that report has been divided into three equal parts, each answering different question and then concludes win the light of suitable recommendations.

P/M/555. Use of customer data base in Deutsche Bank

The paper reports on the customer acquisition and customer retention practices in Deutsche Bank focusing on their use of personal, transactional and non-transactional data collected in their integrated customer data profile.

P/F/393. Mergers and acquisitions: criteria of success

The paper examines the causes and consequences of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in different industries providing a review of literature on the theory of M&A and conducting a case study of the AOL and Time Warner merger, and the Deutsche Banks acquisition of Bankers Trust. Criteria for successful and unsuccessful merger are outlined on the basis of associated costs and benefits.

S/M/46. Merger between Deutsche Bank Private/Retail Banking and Its Online Bank 24: Analysis of Organisational Change

The following paper critically analyses the management at Deutsche Bank in relation to the merger between Deutsche Bank private/retail banking and its online bank 24. The paper demonstrates the causes of resistance to change and proceeds with a critical discussion while contrasting DB's management with more appropriate approaches to change, like the learning organization. This discussion is incorporated in McKinsey's 7-S-framework, showing the imbalances within the system at Deutsche Bank.

S/M/45. Deutsche Bank AG: Managing People in the 21st Century

This essay focuses on basic issues concerning the management of organizations and human resources, with major emphasis on critical analysis and situational practice. This paper analyses the circumstances of Deutsche Bank AG division (Private & Business Clients) Munich in the light of motivating people. Statements of different writers are applied and discussed. It is explained how and why these concepts and theories match the organisations approach to managing people. Finally, the writers own practice in motivating people as well as the learning outcomes are hold in place.

S/OM/16. Using a selection of established operations change tools and techniques; evaluate the potential benefits of incremental versus major change, for improving the performance of operations.

While using a selection of established operations change tools and techniques, the first part of the assignment evaluates the potential benefits of incremental (TQM) versus major change (Business Process Reengineering), for improving the performance of operations. In the second part, Deutsche Bank is chosen as an exemplar to critically evaluate the notion that business processes are about delivering customer satisfaction.

S/B/45. Porter's Five Forces and PEST Analysis: Theory and Application to the Deutsche Bank

This essay defines the external environment when considering the two models PEST and Porter's Five Forces. A critical review of appropriate literature is undertaken while considering all perspectives around these two models. Finally the literature is related to Deutsche Bank with practical application of the models.

C/F/27. Merger Case: Deutsche Bank and Banker's Trust

Mergers of financial firms have been occurring for hundreds of years. The benefits of such mergers have been argued in volumes of scholarly reports. The merger of the German mega-bank Deutsche Bank with Banker's Trust, a well-established American investment bank, is not an exception. It too has flashed a wealth of discussion.The following report firstly analyses all the economic and industry background, and secondly, examines potential complications and regulatory due to the merger.