Assume you work for a technology company that is publically owned, and the value of its stock is tracked daily by the CFO and is reported to the portfolio manager. Quarterly meetings are held with stockholders as the company went public through an Initial public offering (IPO) last year. These stockholders:
With the introduction of new legislation in your company, anyone now is entitled to medical services regardless of whether or not they are employed or have any pre-existing health conditions. Your insurance company's executives have been tracking this legislation as it means significant changes for your company; many employers who obtained insurance through your company may go elsewhere for lower costs. Recognizing this legislation may lead to a loss of revenue, your company decided to merge with another insurance firm to obtain greater market share. This merger, though, means some existing projects may not be needed, and the workforce will be reduced by 20 percent, Such a significant change will impact how components are categorized in your portfolio leading to:
You are managing a portfolio for your company and are trying to balance the tasks that will be done internally based on the availability and the ones that will be outsourced. Managing supply and demand is a recurring activity in the portfolio life cycle and results in changes in resource utilization and resource efficiency. What you use to perform this?
As part of the periodical strategic management cycle, the portfolio management team is revising the portfolio and re-doing the strategic management part. Currently, they are assuming and evaluating different combinations of components in order to come up with multiple approaches and take a decision on the portfolio structure. What is currently being performed?