C/M/418. Management Power, Privilege and Accountability at the MG Rover Group: Should Managerial Power Be Regulated?

This paper examined the rationale behind the collapse of the MG Rover Group from the perspective of managerial action. In other words, to what extent were managers, a group typically recognized as powerful and privileged, held unaccountable for their contribution to the company's failure? Furthermore, bearing in mind what power they might, or might not have, should managers' power be regulated? Drawing on the development of management theory, employee resistance literature and the case of MG Rover Group itself, this paper assesses senior management role in the company's collapse.

E/M/179. Critically evaluate the privileged and powerful position that contemporary managers occupy both in the business world and wider society today. Your answer should be illustrated with reference to the behaviour and performance (on both a business and wider societal level) of senior managers in the now defunct MG Rover Group.

The paper examines the dimensions of managerial power providing a review of management theories, commenting on the shift from an old bureaucratic organisation to a new enterprising organisation, and addressing the issues of pay power and ethics. The actions of CEO in the MG Rover case are discussed.

P/M/606. Causes of BMW’s failure in acquisition of Rover

The paper examines the causes of the BMW’s failed acquisition of Rover Group reviewing literature on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), the theories of synergy, the issues of creating synergy between two companies, etc. The problems of the BMW Rover integration are discussed including the faults in leadership, the absence of contingency plans, etc., and highlighting the importance of synergies identification in M&A.

P/B/249. Report on Rover Group

This report aims to analyse strategic position of Rover Group for the period of 1986 to 1996. Report refers to the business strategy of the group, the approach the company made to change management, the implications of the strategy in terms of the manager's role and the organisation as a learning organisation. Report provides SWOT analysis of Rover Group and analysis of Graham Day's strategy (profits, product, procedures and people).

P/B/231. Dissertation. Analysis of Rover

The purpose of this dissertation is to analyse Rover; its history, its past strategies, strategic ventures and alliances and to give appropriate recommendations upon company's future strategies to be adopted. Dissertation consists of literature review, which is largely concentrated in historic events of Rover; Methodology chapter and analysis of the information gathered. Dissertation contains extensive environmental analysis of Rover and is based on the secondary data.