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INTRODUCTION:

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, commonly referred to as Deloitte, is one of the Big Four professional services firms along with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst & Young, and KPMG. Deloitte is the second largest professional services network in the world by revenue, having 182,000 employees in more than 150 countries providing audit, tax, consulting, enterprise risk and financial advisory services. In FY 2011, Deloitte earned a record $28.8 billion USD in revenues, ranking second behind PwC's record $29.2 billion. Its global headquarters is located in Paramount Plaza, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. In 1952 Deloitte merged with Haskins & Sells to form Deloitte, Haskins & Sells.[5] In 1968 Nobuzo Tohmatsu formed Tohmatsu Awoki & Co, a firm based in Japan that was to become part of the Touche Ross network in 1975.[5] In 1972 Robert Trueblood, Chairman of Touche Ross, led the committee responsible for recommending the establishment of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.[5] He led the expansion of Touche Ross in that era. In 1982, David Moxley and W. Grant Gregory became the leaders at Touche Ross. In 1985, Edward A. Kangas, a management consultant, was appointed managing partner of Touche Ross. In 1984, J. Michael Cook became managing partner of Deloitte, Haskins & Sells. In 1989 Deloitte Haskins & Sells in the USA merged with Touche Ross in the USA to form Deloitte & Touche. The merged firm was led jointly by J. Michael Cook and Edward A. Kangas. Led by the UK partnership, a smaller number of Deloitte Haskins & Sells member firms rejected the merger with Touche Ross and shortly thereafter merged with Coopers & Lybrand to form Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte (later to merge with Price Waterhouse to become PwC).[6] Some member firms of Touche Ross also rejected the merger with Deloitte Haskins & Sells and merged with other firms "Deloitte is the brand under which tens of thousands of dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients. These firms are members of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL), a UK private

company limited by guarantee. Each member firm provides services in a particular geographic area and is subject to the laws and professional regulations of the particular country or countries in which it operates. DTTL does not itself provide services to clients. DTTL and each DTTL member firm are separate and distinct legal entities, which cannot obligate each other. DTTL and each DTTL member firm are liable only for their own acts or omissions and not those of each other. Each DTTL member firm is structured differently in accordance with national laws, regulations, customary practice, and other factors, and may secure the provision of professional services in its territory through subsidiaries, affiliates, and/or other entities. Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and risk advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 140 countries, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and deep local expertise to help clients succeed wherever we operate. In India, it offer a range of Audit & Enterprise risk, Tax, Consulting and Financial advisory services across thirteen cities. Our existence for over a century in the Indian professional arena supplements the technical proficiency of the client service teams to create powerful business solution tailored to the client's need. We focus on clients. We take pride in our ability to provide quality services whether they are an owner-managed business or a large multinational corporation. We are a multi-skilled, multi-disciplined firm, offering clients a wide range of industry-focused business solutions. We recruit the brightest and the best - whatever their specialisation. We combine the dynamism and fluid-thinking of the young graduate, with the business knowledge and insight of the seasoned executive. Investing in our people means our clients get world-class expertise to solve their complex business problems.

HISTROY
In 1845 William Welch Deloitte opened an office in Basinghall Street in London. Deloitte was the first person to be appointed an independent auditor of a public company. He went on to open an office in New York in 1880. In 1896 Charles Waldo Haskins and Elijah Watt Sells formed Haskins & Sells in New York. In 1898 George Touche established an office in London and then in 1900 joined John Ballantine Niven in establishing the firm of Touche Niven in the Johnston Building at 30 Broad Street in New York. At the time, there were fewer than 500 CPAs practicing in the United States, but the new era of income taxes was soon to generate enormous demand for accounting professionals. On April 1, 1933, Colonel Arthur Hazelton Carter, President of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and Managing Partner of Haskins & Sells, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking and Currency. Carter helped convince Congress that independent audits should be mandatory for public companies. In 1947, Detroit accountant George Bailey, then president of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, launched his own organization. The new entity enjoyed such a positive start that in less than a year, the partners merged with Touche Niven and A.R. Smart to form Touche, Niven, Bailey & Smart. Headed by Bailey, the organization grew rapidly, in part by creating a dedicated management consultingfunction. It also forged closer links with organizations established by the co-founder of Touche Niven, George Touche: the Canadian organization Ross and the British organization George A. Touche. In 1960, the firm was renamed Touche, Ross, Bailey & Smart, becoming Touche Ross in 1969. At the time of the US-led mergers to form Deloitte & Touche, the name of the international firm was a problem, because there was no worldwide exclusive access to the names "Deloitte" or "Touche Ross" - key member firms such as Deloitte in UK and Touche Ross in Australia had not joined the merger. The name DRT International was therefore chosen, referring to Deloitte, Ross and Tohmatsu. In 1993 the international firm was renamed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu to reflect the contribution from the Japanese firm. as well as agreements to use both of the names Deloitte and Touche. In 1995, the partners of Deloitte & Touche decided to create Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group (now known as Deloitte Consulting). In 2002, Arthur Andersen's UK practice, the firm's largest practice outside the U.S., agreed to merge with Deloitte's UK practice. Andersen's practices in Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Mexico, Brazil and Canada also agreed to merge with Deloitte.The spin off of Deloitte France's consulting division led to the creation of Ineum Consulting.

In 2009, Deloitte purchased the North American Public Service practice of BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting) after it filed for bankruptcy protection. The firm also took over the UK property consultants Drivers Jonas in January 2010. In 2011, Deloitte acquired DOMANI Sustainability Consulting and ClearCarbon Consulting in order to expand its sustainability service offerings. In 2012, Deloitte announced the acquisition of bermind, Inc., an innovative mobile agency.

BACKGROUND
While in 1989, in most countries, Deloitte, Haskins & Sells merged with Touche Ross forming Deloitte & Touche, in the United Kingdom the local firm of Deloitte, Haskins & Sells merged instead with Coopers & Lybrand (which today is PwC). For some years after the merger, the merged UK firm was called Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte and the local firm of Touche Ross kept its original name. In the mid-1990s however, both UK firms changed their names to match those of their respective international organizations. While the full name of the UK private company is Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, in 1989 it initially branded itself DRT International. In 2003 the rebranding campaign was commissioned by Bill Parrett, the then CEO of DTT, and led by Jerry Leamon, the global Clients and Markets leader. According to the company website, Deloitte now refers to the brand under which independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients. In 2008, Deloitte adopted its new Always One Step Ahead (AOSA) brand positioning platform to support the existing Deloitte vision: To be the Standard of Excellence. AOSA represents the global organizations value proposition, and is never used as a tagline. The recent launch of the Green Dot ad campaign also aligns with Deloittes brand strategy and positioning framework. Deloitte offers its staff a variety of career models to choose from based on their preferences, geographic location and business need. These career models also vary for each function. Traditional titles for Consulting are "analyst" through "principal", FAS has "associate" through "partner", and the deliveryfocused track features "specialist" through "specialist leader". Deloitte hires entry-level personnel to client-facing functions through their graduate recruitment programs at selected universities. The organization is consistently rated by Fortune as one of their "100 Best Companies To Work For". In 2007 and 2009, Deloitte was rated the number one place to launch your career by BusinessWeek. The U.K. member firm of Deloitte is a sponsor of the London 2012 Olympics and the Royal Opera House. The Canadian member firm was also the official professional services supplier for the

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games and 2010 Winter Paralympic Games. The US member firm of Deloitte is a sponsor of the United States Olympic Committee. In Asia, the Singapore member firm of Deloitte was a sponsor of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

SERVICES OFFER BY DELOITTE


The deloitte company is mostly into service providing. It is the among the four top company who comes in top rated service providing comes across the world. Its provides kind of services to its various client presented in the India and across the world. It has huge network system through which its communicate to its customer and satisfy their needs as per their wishes. The services that are provided by Deloitte are as follows: AUDIT Auditing services:Performing a high-quality audit and sustaining the public trust Within our global network of Deloitte member firms, we have robust audit tools, resources and procedures to provide the means for our professionals to deliver high-quality audit services. In delivering these services we adhere to the highest standards of independence, professional objectivity and technical excellence. Our international audit approach is applied consistently around the world, while providing the flexibility to serve the unique circumstances and complexities of our clients. Our audit approach focuses on understanding the clients global business and control issues from the inside out. It combines a rigorous risk assessment, diagnostic processes, audit testing procedures as well as a continuous assessment of our clients service performance.

Global IFRS and offerings services:- The Global IFRS and Offerings Services (GIOS) Group consists of more than 200 member firm professionals located in key markets of Asia, Europe, and North and South America. The geographic and cultural experience of Deloitte member firm GIOS professionals is diverse, many having lived and worked in numerous regions of the world, providing advice and perspective that reflect a truly global view. The Deloitte organizations multidisciplinary capabilities are outstanding in the industry, and the GIOS professionals are adept at providing services that span the breadth of the issue at hand. These advantages enable the GIOS group to provide customized services both on a local and global scale. These services can vary from a one-time effort resulting in knowledge transfer to a companys organization to an ongoing project resulting in long-term solutions. Deloitte member firm GIOS professionals can call on deep, diverse, and industry-focused resources to tailor an approach that is comprehensive and fits your specific needs. GIOS' service offerings include: IFRS implementation services, reporting advisory services, and cross-border offerings services.

Consulting

A new approach to leadership


As One is a pioneering approach to leadership that can give leaders greater control over the success of rolling out business strategies and conducting large scale transformation. It comprises an analytics-based methodology, a management discipline, and a suite of business resources designed to empower leaders to more effectively galvanize their people to work together to achieve organizational goals. Whether you are a leader deploying a new strategy, trying to get greater engagement to an existing strategy, dealing with organizational crisis or searching for ways to enhance organizational performance, As One is the answer. The As One service offering, which is provided by Deloitte member firms, can help member firm clients unleash productivity, realize the full potential of their people, and inspire commitment to shared purpose. A collaborative journeyfrom goals to As One insight to As One interventionsfocuses leaders on addressing that last harbor of risk: Are my people willing and able to perform the core tasks required to achieve our organizations goals? As One leverages the Deloitte member firm networks significant investments, thought leadership, experiences and insights into collective leadership to benefit their clients.

What we offer As One perspective A new language for understanding how organizations achieve their goals

Rigorous but intuitive model of the factors that drive organizational success Ability to link those factors to concrete steps organizations can take

As One diagnostic A proprietary process that measures an organizations potential to succeed through As One behavior.

Conduct a survey to assess an organizations As One potential Review and analyze assessment to identify areas for improvement

As One interventions A customized strategic plan developed by member firms that helps organizations channel individual action into collective power.

Develop a tactical plan designed to achieve As One behavior Implement plan by targeting key areas within the organization or deploy enterprise-wide to improve organizational performance

Human capital

Despite uncertainty in the market, organizations are continuing to look at global growth,mergers and acquisitions, evolving technology, regulatory change, and risk management. The landscape is also being shaped by trends including an aging workforce with multiple generations and the reality of distributed work in the cloud. At Deloitte, we believe organizations can do a much better job at getting their human capital to drive business growth by leveraging advanced analytics to develop talent management andbusiness driven HR strategies to delivery results today and prepare for tomorrow. As a leader in human capital consulting we bring a unique combination of business, industry and HR know-how, not to mention a global, full-service professional services firm.

Outsourcing

The member firms of Deloitte provide outsourcing services worldwide, helping our clients optimize the performance of important, but non-core business functions. We provide the qualified staff, technology resources and best practice business processes in areas such as financial back office, human resources, tax and applications management. In addition, we offer outsourcing advisory services that help our clients effect significant

change at reduced cost and risk. We provide our outsourcing services onsite, offsite and offshore as dictated by our clients' needs.

i)Applications outsourcing
Our Applications Outsourcing practice is responsible for maintaining client applications and technology infrastructure, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, legacy systems, portals and middleware. We host and maintain the applications, deliver technical and end-user support and provide the necessary technology infrastructure all under a Service Level Agreement. Experienced in ERP implementation and systems integration, our professionals provide support for applications from Lawson, Oracle, SAP, Siebel and many others.

ii)Business process outsourcing


Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) provides accounting, financial reporting and transaction-intensive process support to clients. While your management concentrates on enhancing the core business, our skilled professionals focus on your financial accounting and reporting. We perform these functions efficiently and cost-effectively, using a broad knowledge of business processes and financial software packages. These resources not only enhance our ability to help clients with their finance, accounting and applications outsourcing, but also assists them in selecting and implementing software systems; establishing company-wide networks; writing policies and procedures; creating call centers; and, standardizing processing after mergers and acquisitions.

iii)Outsourcing advisory services


Doing an outsourcing deal is easy, right?
With the outsourcing and offshoring frenzy in high gear, some companies think success is just a matter of choosing a decent vendor, negotiating hard, and then throwing the business over the wall. Not surprisingly, that doesn't work very well. Deloitte member firms strive to make their clients' outsourcing processes as easy and seamless as possible, by leveraging solutions that integrate strategy consulting, program management, change management, human capital, tax, real estate and global sourcing.

Enterprise Risk Services


Enterprise Risk Services help organizations build value by taking a Risk Intelligent approach to managing financial, technology, and business risks. This approach helps Deloitte member firm clients: focus on their areas of increased risk; bridge silos to effectively manage risk across organizational boundaries; and pursue not only risk mitigation, but also intelligent risk taking as a means to value creation.

Internal audit
In both favorable and challenging economic environments, an organizations need for counsel, competency, and analytical skill remains high. Deloitte member firms Internal Audit services help boards and senior executives better manage enterprise risks. We help organizations enhance the effectiveness, quality, and value received from internal audit (IA). Our broad understanding of risks and areas of operational improvementparticularly the nuances of specific industry sectors and marketscan help internal audit functions improve their performance and operating efficiency and bring value to their organizations.

Internal audit projects & cosourcing/outsourcing/loaned staff


Cosourcing is a flexible and collaborative approach to support existing internal audit organizations. We can help build on existing strengths while seeking to improve overall value. You maintain control and responsibility for the function while Deloitte provides advice, leading practices, and experienced professionals with industry and specialized capabilities. In a full outsourcing arrangement, we serve as your organizations internal audit function, while your chief audit executive or other senior executive retains overall control over internal activities. This provides the benefit of our global, methodical approach and access to professionals with experience best suited for each internal audit project.

Quality assessment review


The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing requires organizations to conduct an independent external assessment of their Internal audit function at least once every five years to appraise the quality of the operations. Deloittes Quality Assessment Services (QAS) go beyond the scope of the mandatory IIA quality assessment review and help take a strategic look at Internal Audits risk management and assurance capabilities across the organization. In addition to fulfilling the requirements of the IIA quality assessment review, Deloittes services focus on whether the IA function is adding value to the organization, as well as meeting the objectives and expectations of management and the audit committee.

Risk assessments for internal audit


No matter how capable the internal audit function and related staff, if they focus on the wrong risks, they may miss both potential problems and opportunities. Our Enterprise Risk Assessment for internal audit adapts the concepts of the COSO enterprise risk management integrated framework and combines it with our own methodology to create a more Risk Intelligent approach to internal audit planning. Using a fivephase methodology, we help our clients:

Develop a business risk profile and risk response plan

Identify potential impacts on value preservation and creation and areas of vulnerability Improve processes to better align the internal audit plan and resources with business strategy, risk responses, and potential concerns facing senior management and the board Understand leading risk management practices that can enhance strategic risk-taking for reward

Technology risk & governance


Technology is essential and pervasive, a major part of virtually every organizations operations and one of the key enablers for achieving business objectives. But this pervasiveness makes IT management difficult and risky, even more so given the increased use of mobile, wireless, and web-enabled devices. Only by viewing the complete technology risk picture can organizations make informed decisions on risk mitigation. Unfortunately, many organizations have fragmented views of their technology infrastructure, which hampers effective risk management. Investing in sound IT governance provides the means to support your business goals through a full understanding of your technology assets and their related risks and benefits. Deloitte member firms professionals work with organizations to help them achieve strong IT governance and assess the effectiveness and efficiency of their technology projects.

Financial Advisory

Deloitte member firms provide the broadest range of advisory services around M&A transactions, restructurings, raising capital, and forensic investigations. Our member firms also offer a number of specialist multi-situational capabilities including business modelling, PPP, and infrastructure advisory and valuations. Our network comprises in excess of 6,500 financial advisory professionals focused on providing high quality financial advice and execution; delivering integrated solutions to clients ranging from multinational corporates and sovereign wealth funds to private equity, owner-managed businesses, creditors, shareholders, and government institutions.

Deloitte services
Our member firm professionals offer deep industry knowledge and situational experience to aid in delivering effective, market-leading advice. Areas of specialization focus on:

M&A transactions: Advisory and support


Advising on transactions from origination to integration, whether buying or selling a business or investment, seeking to deliver optimal value.

Restructuring: Advisory and implementation


Providing advice and support on maximizing recoveries, improving financial performance, and resolving structural or financing issues

Raising capital: Debt and equity


Providing services around securing funding via debt and equity finance, both privately and via the public markets.

Forensic: Investigations and disputes


Utilizing state-of-the-art forensic technology, providing assistance on identifying evidence through investigations surrounding economics, insurance, fraud, or disputes.

Specialist multi-situational capabilities


Providing advice on business modelling, PPP, and infrastructure advisory, and valuations.

Corporate finance
Whether you are seeking to expand your business through acquisitions or to realize value either through a disposal or restructuring, Deloitte's Corporate Finance specialists are focused on providing step-by-step advice to help you successfully complete a transaction. Our areas of specialization include:

Buy-side advisory Sell-side advisory Management advisory Debt advisory Fund placement advisory

Forensic and dispute services


Deloittes Forensic & Dispute Services professionals are a diverse group with a wide and varied range of proficiencies, comprising forensic accountants, legal and law enforcement specialists, and business intelligence experts, all utilizing state-of-the-art forensic technology to ensure that data is handled with optimal efficiency. The extensive range of services that our member firms offer includes: Dispute services Disputes can arise from a multitude of different circumstances and scenarios. The foundation for our

leading edge reputation in this field is built upon our ability to provide extremely robust reports of high integrity and quality, while simultaneously delivering effective solutions. Member firm Dispute offerings typically include:

Expert witness services Expert determination services International arbitration services Intellectual property disputes Matrimonial or personal injury disputes

In all cases, Deloitte professionals work to ensure that our expert reports are subjected to the same challenges and testing methodologies and review processes.

Forensic advisory and investigation services


Deloitte Forensic specialists provide clients with both proactive and reactive fraud and accounting investigation services. Our proficiencies extend to all aspects of fraud, ranging from fraud investigations, fraud prevention and fraud risk management, to anti-money laundering and asset tracing and recovery. Member firm professionals can also apply their experience in dispute resolution, leveraging intellectual property specialists to advise on valuing and resolving complex intellectual property, royalty, and licensing issues. Additional services include:

Financial sanctions advisory Market abuse Regulatory investigations

Business Intelligence
Our Business Intelligence specialists provide critical background and reputation intelligence gathering for clients considering a transaction or business relationship in unfamiliar or high risk geographical markets. Utilizing our knowledge of integrity due diligence, country risk assessment, corruption-related integrity due diligence, and enhanced due diligence, our professionals have amassed extensive experience assisting clients in developing an enhanced understanding of the integrity and country specific risks associated with a planned transaction or relationship. Our professionals can also assist during situations of commercial dispute, enabling clients to better understand companies and individuals and to identify information on assets.

Deloitte Discovery
An entire business dispute, commercial investigation, or multi-million dollar litigation may hinge on identifying when a single piece of data was communicated, generated, altered, or deleted, by and to whom, and under what circumstances. Deloitte Discovery experts assist clients in addressing the technological complexities and challenges of todays investigation and litigation environments.

Valuation services
Deloitte Valuation Services professionals are drawn from a multitude of backgrounds and are able to navigate the barriers of time, language, currency and culture to serve our clients. With 44 partners and nearly 600 staff members around the world, we combine an integrated global approach with extensive industry experience and local knowledge to address the complex needs of our clients.

Our primary Valuation Services include:


Business valuation Intangible asset valuation Tangible asset advisory services Transaction advisory Capital allocation Dispute resolution support Reorganization services support IFRS Specialized services

TAX SERVICES
Deloitte offers clients a broad range of fully integrated tax services. Our approach combines insight and innovation from multiple disciplines with business and industry knowledge to help your company excel globally.

Deloitte International Tax Source (DITS)


Doing business in a cross-border environment? DITS provides tax and income tax treaty rates for 65 jurisdictions worldwide, as well as comparative information on holding companies and transfer pricing policies.

Taxation and Investment Guides


The Guides provide an overview of the investment climate, taxation and operating conditions for most major trading jurisdictions, while the Highlights series offers major tax rates and investment information for over 130 jurisdictions.

2011 Global transfer pricing desktop reference


This reportformerly known as the Strategy Matrix for Global Transfer Pricingis one of the most comprehensive and authoritative guides of its kind, compiling essential information regarding the transfer pricing regimes in 52 jurisdictions around the world and the OECD.

Global business tax services


The Deloitte global network can advise on a broad range of tax matters impacting business and desired global effective tax rate. This approach ensures clients most demanding tax issues, when operating in multiple jurisdictions, are holistically addressed in a coordinated way, by subject matter and industry experts locally and abroad. Deloitte deploys the right team at the right time to address clients needs, wherever they operate.

Cross-border tax services


Deloitte professionals advise companies on a broad range of inbound and outbound tax issues, including structuring initial overseas investments, financing international operations, cross-border transactions, management of the global effective tax rate and business re-structuring.

Global employer services


As companies grow and become more global in scope, employment issues become more complex. Among the most serious challenges businesses face today is compliance with multifaceted tax laws and labor regulations. Deloitte offer well-rounded plans and program development strategies that can help transform global employment programs in a tax- and cost-efficient manner. Our services include:

International assignment services Compensations & benefits International human resources Risk.Talent.Rewards.

Technology

International assignment services


An important corporate legal and reputational risk that global employers must contend with is ensuring they and their employees are aware of and comply with local filing requirements. A successful international assignment program requires companies to strike a balance between competitive compensation and cost control, always taking care to have effective policies and procedures for regulatory compliance. Deloitte can help with this complex challenge through our extensive knowledge of tax laws across jurisdictions and our specialized compliance and consulting skills and software. Our professionals help companies coordinate various elements related to a globally mobile workforce, to address worldwide compliance with employees individual and payroll reporting and filing requirements.

Compensations & benefits


Organizations seek to design and operate compensation and benefit programs in a cost-effective, tax efficient and compliant manner for the employer as well as employees. Deloitte professionals help align compensation and benefits programs with a companys overall talent and corporate strategies, and the marketplace needs. We help address a complex array of tax matters at various stages of a companys lifecycle, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, rightsizing, and general restructuring. Beyond compliance, our integrated team of specialists can help explore opportunities to transform global employment programs, such as, discerning the total rewards that critical employees want and need; identifying incentives for employees to successfully carry out company business and talent plans; and exploring ideas that provide a cost-efficient return on investment (ROI).

Indirect tax
Deloitte professionals advise companies on a wide range of indirect taxes including value added tax/goods and services tax, sales and use tax, customs duties, excise duties, insurance premium tax and more. Deloittes knowledge covers all aspects of these taxes including compliance and reporting, dispute resolution, consultancy and opportunity identification and implementation.

Merger & Acquisition Services


Merger & Acquisition Services practice is recognized as a worldwide leader in providing high quality, comprehensive, and strategically focused tax, accounting and advisory services to buyers or sellers in business combinations. Through a global network of over 6,000 dedicated professionals at Deloitte member firms around the worldfrom New York to Buenos Aires, from Frankfurt to Hong Kongclients have access to M&A specialists across the deal life cycle. Our multidisciplinary approach teams M&A professionals with technical, industry and geographic specialists to provide fact-based answers and independent advice geared to maximizing the value of a transaction.

Sustainability & Climate Change


Company boards, executives, and management are investing more and more time and resources on issues of sustainabilitysuch as carbon (greenhouse gas emissions), energy efficient technology, water use, cleantech, and biodiversity, to name just a few. Has your company developed a strategy to address these challengesand opportunities? If your company would benefit from knowledgeable assistance in developing and executing effective strategies and tactics regarding sustainability and climate change, Deloitte member firms can help. Learn more about our member firms service offerings and key learnings by exploring the resources on this page.

Cleantech

As investment dollars continue to flood into Cleantech, companies across a wide variety of sectors - from wind and solar power to biomass and biofuels to green transportation and green chemistry innovate toward a more sustainable future. At Deloitte we understand the importance and need for Cleantech in today's world, and our member firms field hundreds of practitioners dedicated to assisting Cleantech companies at every stage of development from fundraising and going to market to IPO services to tax optimization to operational advisory.

Energy and resources management


In a resource-constrained world, using natural resources intelligently can be key to staying ahead of the competition. Deloittes Energy & Resources Management teams can help organizations optimize their use of energy, water, carbon, and other key resources, while efficiently meeting reporting requirements. Service offerings:

Alternative and renewable energy Energy accounting, finance, tax, and risk Enterprise carbon and energy management Global expansion optimization Water management Minerals Land use

Human capital and stakeholder engagement


As businesses address the sustainability challenge, they increasingly find that positive interactions with two key groups external stakeholders and their own employees can significantly enhance profitability and brand value. Deloittes Human Capital and Stakeholder Engagement teams can help communicate with and create strategies for interacting with these key audiences. Service offerings:

Office greening programs Green Sync Safety analytics Employee engagement Workforce analytics Sustainable workforce

LEVELS OF STRATGEIC MANAGEMENT


Although alignment of strategic initiatives is a corporate-wide effort, considering strategy in terms of levels is a convenient way to distinguish among the various responsibilities involved in strategy formulation and implementation. A convenient way to classify levels of strategy is to view corporate-level strategy as responsible for market definition, business-level strategy as responsible for market navigation, and functionallevel strategy as the foundation that supports both of these

Level of Strategy Corporate strategy Business strategy

Definition

Example

Market definition

Diversification into new product or geographic markets Attempts to secure competitive advantage in existing product or geographic markets Information systems, human resource practices, and production processes that facilitate achievement of corporate and business strategy

Market navigation

Functional strategy

Support of corporate strategy and business strategy

Like every other company Deloitte have certain officier in the top level and some in the below level the corporate level are the people who take the decision process on behalf of every one they are sloley ressponsilbe for every thing in the company. This people set the vision and mission of the company so below we can see the CXOS level people of the Deloitte company:-

Chairman = Rose Milne


Vice Chairman = Yoichiro Ogawa chief executive = Murray Jack Global Managing Director, Information & Technology Risk = Adel Melek, Director, Deloitte Dan Konigsburg,

Vice chairman of board of Director = Carl Allergetti The second level of business organization contain various officier of the company like Manager, assistant manager, zone manager etc. they act as middle man between first and the last group they pass the decision taken by top authority to the lower authority. The manager of the company can be seen in the following
General Manager San Diego
Ass. Manager- Ms Amanda Zanardo H.R Manager Stevan rolls

The third level of business organization has employees who actually work for the company and through theit efforts only company goals are achieve. This is last level of strategic management in actual efforts are made to achieve its goals.

SWOT ANALYSIS
SWOT analysis is a method for analysing a business, its resources, and its environment. SWOT is commonly used as part of strategic planning and looks at:

Internal strengths Internal weaknesses Opportunities in the external environment Threats in the external environment

SWOT can help management in a business discover:


What the business does better than the competition What competitors do better than the business Whether the business is making the most of the opportunities available How a business should respond to changes in its external environment

The result of the analysis is a matrix of positive and negative factors for management to address: Positive factors Strengths Opportunities Negative factors Weaknesses Threats

Internal factors External factors

Are internal to the business Relate to the present situation

Opportunities and threats


Are external to the business Relate to changes in the environment which will impact the business

Using SWOT analysis

There is no point producing a SWOT analysis unless it is actioned! SWOT analysis should be more than a list - it is an analytical technique to support strategic decisions Strategy should be devised around strengths and opportunities The key words are match and convert:

So now we can see the SWOT analysis of Deloitte company through knowing this company can work on strength to make it more strong and minimize weakness and grab opportunities available in the market and it help to be aware of threats present in the market and make it ready to fight against it and come out with flying colors.

SWOT OF DELOITTE
Strengths

Cost advantage Asset leverage Effective communication High R&D Innovation Online growth Loyal customers Market share leadership Strong management team Strong brand equity Strong financial position Supply chain Pricing Real estate Reputation management Unique products

Weaknesses

Bad communication Diseconomies to scale Over leveraged fiancial position Low R&D Low market share No online presence Not innovative Not diversified Poor supply chain Weak management team Weak real estate Weak, damaged brand Ubiquitiouegory, products, services

Threats Opportunities

Acquisitions Asset leverage Financial markets (raise money through etc) Emerging markets and expansion abroad Innovation Online Product and services expansion

debt,

Competition Cheaper technology Economic slowdown External changes (government, politics, taxes, etc) Exchange rate fluctuations Lower cost competitors or imports Maturing categories, products, or services Price wars Product substitution

Key Steps towards a Strategic Plan


The preparation of a strategic plan is a multi-step process covering vision, mission, objectives, values, strategies, goals and programs. These are discussed below.

The Vision The first step is to develop a realistic Vision for the business. This should be presented as a pen picture of the business in three or more years time in terms of its likely physical appearance, size, activities etc. Answer the question: "if someone from Mars visited the business, what would they see (or sense)?" Consider its future products, markets, customers, processes, location, staffing etc. Here is a great example of a vision

The vision of the company is to be the standard of excellence. It is realized


through being highly respected by our broad community of stakeholders, and being:

The first choice of the worlds most coveted talent drawn by our eminence, culture and diversity. The first choice of the most sought-after clients attracted by the breadth and depth of our world-class service in each market segment.

The Mission The nature of a business is often expressed in terms of its Mission which indicates the purpose and activities of the business, for example, "to design, develop, manufacture and market specific product lines for sale on the basis of certain features to meet the identified needs of specified customer groups via certain distribution channels in particular geographic areas". A statement along these lines indicates what the business is about and is infinitely clearer than saying, for instance, "we're in electronics" or worse still, "we are in business to make money" (assuming that the business is not a mint !). Also, some people confuse mission statements with value statements (see below) - the former should be very hardnosed while the latter can deal with 'softer' issues surrounding the business. The following table contrasts hard and soft mission statements. The mission statement of the company is To help clients and people excel.
The DTT member firms' size, strength and resources will help carry out its' mission now and in the future.

The Values The next element is to address the Values governing the operation of the business and its conduct or relationships with society at large, customers, suppliers, employees, local community and other stakeholders.

The value of this company are as follows: Outstanding the values Commitment to each other Integrity Strength from cultural diversity

The Objectives The third key element is to explicitly state the business's Objectives in terms of the results it needs/wants to achieve in the medium/long term. Aside from presumably indicating a necessity to achieve regular profits (expressed as return on shareholders' funds), objectives should relate to the expectations and requirements of all the major stakeholders, including employees, and should reflect the underlying reasons for running the business. These objectives could cover growth, profitability, technology, offerings and markets. The objective are as follows: To be 1st rank company To satisfy the needs of customer.

The Goals Next come the Goals. These are specific interim or ultimate time-based measurements to be achieved by implementing strategies in pursuit of the company's objectives, for example, to achieve sales of $3m in three years time. Goals should be quantifiable, consistent, realistic and achievable. They can relate to factors like market (sizes and shares), products, finances, profitability, utilization, efficiency. To finish the work on time To work at best of the customer.

BCG MATRIX

Market share

High

Low

High
Market growth

Stars

Question marks

Low

Cash cows

Dogs

Figure 4.12a The original Boston Consulting Group Matrix (BCG)

One way to think of corporate-level strategy is to compare it to an individual managing a portfolio of investments. Just as the individual investor must evaluate each individual investment in the portfolio to determine whether or not the investment is currently performing to expectations and what the future prospects are for the investment, managers must make similar decisions about the current and future performances of various businesses constituting the firm's portfolio. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrix is a relatively simple technique for assessing the performance of various segments of the business. The BCG matrix classifies business-unit performance on the basis of the unit's relative market share and the rate of market growth. Products and their respective strategies fall into one of four quadrants. The typical starting point for a new business is as a question mark. If the product is new, it has no market share, but the predicted growth rate is good. What typically happens in an organization is that management is faced with a number of these types of products but with too few resources to develop all of them. Thus, the strategic decision-maker must determine which of the products to attempt to develop into commercially viable products and which ones to drop from consideration. Question marks are cash users in the organization. Early in their life, they

contribute no revenues and require expenditures for market research, test marketing, and advertising to build consumer awareness.

Stars
High growth / high share. Rapid growth using large amounts of cash to maintain position. Also generate large amounts of cash because they are business leaders. The products which comes under these:

Cleantech Forensic and dispute services Valuation services

Indirect tax

Cash cows
Low growth / high share. Should have a superior market position and low costs. Profits and cash flow should be high. The products which comes under these:

Tax Services Outsourcing

Merger & Acquisition Services Internal audit


Taxation and Investment Guides

Sustainability & Climate Change

Global business tax services

Dogs
Low growth / low share. Poor competitive position and poor profits. Low growth means that there is little hope of building share. The products which comes under these:

Forensic: Investigations and disputes


Specialist multi-situational capabilities
Forensic advisory and investigation services

Deloitte International Tax Source (DITS)


Business Intelligence

Question marks
High growth / low share. Cash needs are high because of high growth but cash generation is low because of low share. The products which comes under these:

Global IFRS and offerings services:- The Global IFRS and Offerings Services (GIOS)
Internal audit projects & outsourcing/outsourcing/loaned staff

Quality assessment review Raising capital: Debt and equity


Restructuring: Advisory and implementation Energy and resources management

The Industry Attractiveness-Business Strength Matrix


Industry Attractiveness
High Medium Low

Business Strength

Invest/ Grow Selective Investment Harvest/ Divest

The Industry Attractiveness-Business Strength Matrix

McKinsey 7S Framework

Low

Medium

High

McKinsey's 7S Model that was created by the consulting company McKinsey and Company in the early 1980s. Since then it has been widely used by practitioners and academics alike in analyzing hundreds of organizations. The paper explains each of the seven components of the model and the links between them. It also includes practical guidance and advice for the students to analyze organizations using this model. At the end, some sources for further information on the model and case studies available on this website are mentioned. The McKinsey 7S model was named after a consulting company, McKinsey and Company, which has conducted applied research in business and industry (Pascal & Athos, 1981; Peters & Waterman, 1982). All of the authors worked as consultants at McKinsey and Company; in the 1980s, they used the model to analyze over 70 large organizations. The McKinsey 7S Framework was created as a recognizable and easily remembered model in business. The seven variables, which the authors term "levers", all begin with the letter "S":

McKinsey's 7S Model

These seven variables include structure, strategy, systems, skills, style, staff and shared values. Structure is defined as the skeleton of the organization or the organizational chart. The authors

describe strategy as the plan or course of action in allocating resources to achieve identified goals over time. The systems are the routine processes and procedures followed within the organization. Staff are described in terms of personnel categories within the organization (e.g. engineers), whereas the skills variable refers to the capabilities of the staff within the organization as a whole.

Description of 7 Ss Strategy:
Strategy is the plan of action an organization prepares in response to, or anticipation of, changes in its external environment. Strategy is differentiated by tactics or operational actions by its nature of being premeditated, well thought through and often practically rehearsed. It deals with essentially three questions (as shown in figure 2): 1) where the organization is at this moment in time, 2) where the organization wants to be in a particular length of time and 3) how to get there. Thus, strategy is designed to transform the firm from the present position to the new position described by objectives, subject to constraints of the capabilities or the potential. The Deloitte company adopts various strategy during different times the strategy are adopted by their top level management team and this strategy are follows by the lower level of management and in this strategy they set certain goal for the company and set vission and mission of the company through setting different strategics company set up different target and different strategics when new problem arise in the company

Structure:
Business needs to be organized in a specific form of shape that is generally referred to as organizational structure. Organizations are structured in a variety of ways, dependent on their objectives and culture. The structure of the company often dictates the way it operates and performs (Waterman et al., 1980). Traditionally, the businesses have been structured in a hierarchical way with several divisions and departments, each responsible for a specific task such as human resources management, production or marketing. Many layers of management controlled the operations, with each answerable to the upper layer of management. Although this is still the most widely used organizational structure, the recent trend is increasingly towards a flat structure where the work is done in teams of specialists rather than fixed departments. The idea is to make the organization more flexible and devolve the power by empowering the employees and eliminate the middle management layers (Boyle, 2007).

The structure of Deloitte as a company is different from every company here they follows straight line structure in which each and every employee is ready and free to communicate to any high officier of the company without any interference or any haddle in between and here every employee are free to express its view on operations and any other thng in the company.

Systems:
Every organization has some systems or internal processes to support and implement the strategy and run day-to-day affairs. For example, a company may follow a particular process for recruitment. These processes are normally strictly followed and are designed to achieve maximum effectiveness. Traditionally the organizations have been following a bureaucratic-style process model where most decisions are taken at the higher management level and there are various and sometimes unnecessary requirements for a specific decision (e.g. procurement of daily use goods) to be taken. Increasingly, the organizations are simplifying and modernizing their process by innovation and use of new technology to make the decision-making process quicker. Special emphasis is on the customers with the intention to make the processes that involve customers as user friendly as possible. Here the company adopts sweet and simple system of the operations here their main aim of the company is just to get job done from the employee here they motivated them regularly on their merit basis.

Style/Culture:
All organizations have their own distinct culture and management style. It includes the dominant values, beliefs and norms which develop over time and become relatively enduring features of the organizational life. It also entails the way managers interact with the employees and the way they spend their time. The businesses have traditionally been influenced by the military style of management and culture where strict adherence to the upper management and procedures was expected from the lower-rank employees. However, there have been extensive efforts in the past couple of decades to change to culture to a more open, innovative and friendly environment with fewer hierarchies and smaller chain of command. Culture remains an important consideration in the implementation of any strategy in the organization. Deloitte staff is provide training to spend quality time in during some productivity thing which can help company effienciency. The company has there own culture which each and every employee follow they have many days in their company which every employee follows they set up unique culture in the office which in turns positive energy in the surrounding and helps employees to work more hardly and achieve their goal.

Staff:
Organizations are made up of humans and it's the people who make the real difference to the success of the organization in the increasingly knowledge-based society. The importance of human resources has thus got the central position in the strategy of the organization, away from the traditional model of capital and land. All leading organizations such as IBM, Microsoft, Cisco, etc put extraordinary emphasis on hiring the best staff, providing them with rigorous training and mentoring support, and pushing their staff to limits in achieving professional excellence, and this forms the basis of these organizations strategy and competitive advantage over their competitors. It is also important for the organization to instill confidence among the employees about their future in the organization and future career growth as an incentive for hard work. The selection of staff in Deloitte on merit basis staff is selected by the H.R. Manager of the company. Through this selection they try to search the best in the country who the environment of the company and which can be asset of the company rather being the liability of the company and give its 100% towards the company goals.

Shared Values/Superordinate Goals:


All members of the organization share some common fundamental ideas or guiding concepts around which the business is built. This may be to make money or to achieve excellence in a particular field. These values and common goals keep the employees working towards a common destination as a coherent team and are important to keep the team spirit alive. The organizations with weak values and common goals often find their employees following their own personal goals that may be different or even in conflict with those of the organization or their fellow colleagues.

Skills:
A detailed case study or comprehensive material on the organization under study is required to analyze it using the 7S model. This is because the model covers almost all aspects of the business and all major parts of the organization. It is therefore highly important to gather as much information about the organization as possible from all available sources such as organizational reports, news and press releases although primary research, e.g. using interviews along with literature review is more suited. The researcher also needs to consider a variety of facts about the 7S model. In this Deliotte try to find new skills in their empolyess for doing this company conducts different training program and techniques across the various branches and also keeps various competition among the empolyess so that they can develop their skill in the market.

TYPES OF FUNCTIONAL STRATEGIES


Every company has 4main function in the company the entire operations depends upon this function they name as Marketing, Finance, Production, and the Human resource. If the company face problem in achieving in its any goal then company should look for the problem with this 4thing. This are main 4pillar of the company where Marketing deals with placing product in the market and sale them across the market. Where Finance deals with where the funds of the company actually used in the company proper utilization of funds should be their to generate more revenue for the company. Production deals with actual production of the product of the company here have to look that optimum utilization of resources is done to generate more income for the company. And the last pillar of the company is the HR it is nothing but the human who work in the company and achieve its goal for the company to stay ahead in the market and helps the company to competitive in the market. It is most important for any company to survive in the market. The following chart explains us more problem face by the company in

those 4pillar and the 5pillar is not much as important in respect of the company

Deloitte as consultancy company faces the above as well the company has huge network and has spread branches across the world as it was started in U.S now it got branches in each and every part of the world. The company provides an number of services to the corporate customer and help the customer to tackle the various the problems they face in their business. Deloitte as company face only two types of problem 1) Finance 2) Human Resource As company goals and objective are huge many times it faces the huge problem of finance of start of with any project as company is majority a service provided it provides an number of services to its customer while working for the customer company faces a problem of huge capital. To tackle this company has made various policies by their top level authority person. Some of problem face by the company in finance sector are as follows:Capitalization structure;- company should structure such as that company should equall have owned funds as well as borrowed funds from the market if this structure is not formed properly than they might be problem in future for the company.

Assets liability;- Each and every company in the market should have Assets and liability should be equal many company face such kind of problem. Even big companies lie Deloitte faces the same problem some times the assets are not match with liability of the company. Company balance sheet shows asset are less than liability which is not good sign for the company. So company always should keep watch on the balance sheet of the company. Retained earning policies;- every year company earns good amount of profit from the market the company should set up retained earning policies. So that they proper utilize good amount of funds from the profit. This also help the company to secure the funds for the future time. As the funds are more so company can easily divert its business in new way to increase its business. The second major problem face by Deloitte is Human resource problem Every company treated their employee as asset for the company through the hard work of the employee the company achieves its goals and stay ahead in the market. Deloitte as consultant company need good professionals people in the company to work for their client and they also required people who have got profeesionals degree like MBA, Master of commerce etc, taking all such people in difficult at many times as this people may or may nor be interested in working for the company.

Labour Relation;- Company also faces the problem of labour relation among the employees. As company always try to develop good relation between employee and good relation of the company with employee. By doing company making sure that company work get done from employee in team. As many works can be done better in group rather then doing individual in the company. Promotion strategic:- Company should setup strategies for employes who work hard for the company and company should give them proper promotion at proper time. If proper promotion is not given to empolyess then company may loose such good employee. Payment terms:- company should fix payment for employees working at same level of the company. Indiscriminate among the salary of the employees can create big difference between the employees. So company should take care of salary of the employees and the company should also see that each and every company should get its salary on proper date without being late. Quality Performance:- Company should look that the employees working in good Quality. The employees should completed their work in proper time and with quality work done. The H.R manager should see to that every employees generate

good quality in his/her work. Because the client are only satisfy when quality work is given to them.

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