BANK ALFALAH LIMITED PAKISTAN
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STRATEGIC AUDIT BANK AL FALAHLIMITED PAKISTAN
Submitted To: Fauzia Mubarik
Submitted By: Miss Rohi Tarranum
Master of Business Administration
Department of Management Sciences
National University of Modern Languages
H9 Islamabad
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BANK ALFLAH LIMITED
1. Current Situation
a. Current Performance
The performance of the Bank Alfalah Limited Pakistan is figure based. The
bank has shown excellent performance during the last 15 years. The bank
which started its operation in 1997 with just 3 branches, has now 450
branches including 8 foreign branches (5x Bangladesh, 2x Afghanistan
and 1 x Bahrain). Its net interest Income has increased by 5.73% as
compared to previous year. Now markup Income has shown an impressive
growth of 27.81%. Deposits grew by 4.34% where as gross advances has
increased by 6.56%. Investment has shown an increase of 23.63%. Its
share price has increased to RS 2.60 per share as compared to previous
one that is RS 0.72 per share.
b. Data Available
(1) Share Capital = RS 13,491,563,000
(2) Statutory Reserve = RS 2,961,132,000
(3) Exchange Translation Reserve = RS 858,001,000
(4) Unappropriated Profit = RS 2,415,860,000
(5) Total = RS 19,726,556,000
Profit earned from 2007-2011
Figure 1: Profit figures for the past five years (in millions)
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Source: B
B
200
Revenue 31,8Deposits 273,1
Advances 171,1
Investment 88,4
Source: B
Figure 2: Busine
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1000
2000
3000
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usiness Volume (PKR 000)
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22 35,789 40,743 72,23874 300,733 324,760 354,015
99 191,790 188,042 207,153
92 75,973 99,159 113,426
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ss Figures for the past five years (in million
2008 2009 2010 2011
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2011
49,666401,248
198,469
166,532
s)
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Source: Bank Alfalah Annual Reports, 2007-2011
(6) Achievements
(a) Started with 3 branches in 1997 and now has 450 branches
including foreign branches.
(b) 5th largest bank in Pakistan within 15 years.
(c) Awarded long-term credit rating of AA and short-term credit
rating of A+ by PACRA (Pakistan Credit Rating Agency
Limited for first half 2012.
(d) Reduction of Mortgage Deed registration Fee from 6% to
0.5%.
(e) Formulation of KYC (Know Your Customers) forms for
individual and corporate accounts.
(f) Promotional of Islamic Banking.
(g) Creation of Credit Information Bureau.
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300
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(h) Active participation in Watan Card Programme and disburse
Rs 20,000/- each to 108,000 family as a phase-I. Total of Rs
6.480 millions has distributed through Watan Card in
consultation with NADRA and GoP.
(i) Holding of conference on Islamic Banking and Finance.
b. Strategic Posture
(1) Bank Alfalah Limited was incorporated on June 21st, 1992 as a
public limited company under the Companies Ordinance 1984. Its
banking operations commenced from November 1st, 1997. Thebank is engaged in commercial banking and related services as
defined in the Banking companies ordinance, 1962. The Bank is
currently operating through more than 540 branches domestically
and an international presence in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and
Bahrain, with the registered office at B.A.Building, I.I.Chundrigar,
Karachi.
(2) Mission. To develop and deliver the most innovative products,
manage customers experience, deliver quality service that
contributes to brand strength, establishes a competitive advantage
and enhances profitability, thus providing value to the stakeholders
of the bank.
Source: www.bankalfalah.com
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(3) Vision. The Vision of Bank Alfalah is:-
VISION is to be the premier organizations operating locally
and internationally that provided the complete range of financial
services to all segments under one roof.
Source: www.bankalfalah.com
(4) Goals & Objectives Goals and objectives are factors through
which the company devotion and commitment to the job can be
seen. If the goals are realistic and achievable, than surely that
organization is doing its job. Bank Alfalah also has certain goals and
objectives which it is trying to achieve, through its variousstrategies and operations. The goals and objectives are mentioned
below:-
a. To create a sound base, and through efficient systems
achieve modern banking throughout Pakistan.
b. By the end of every accounting year there is an increase in
deposits. As a result its deposits are increasing day by day.
c. To create unit banking net work in all the branches of Bank
Alfalah so that the customer can be facilitated in one visit.
d. To promote industrial, agricultural and socio economic
processes.
e. To promote Islamic Banking system in Pakistan which is very
acceptable by general public. However, there is lot
of work to do for successful implementation of the Islamic
Banking Plan. Islamic Banking Branch under the supervision
of its Islamic Banking Division and has now 85 Islamic
Banking Branches throughout the country.
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(4) Strategies. Bank Alfalah has formulated certain sets
of strategies to enable it to achieve its goals and objectives. These
strategies are mentioned below:-
a. Bank Alfalah has started operation of Automated Teller
Machines (ATM) in almost all major cities of Pakistan.
b. Bank Alfalah, backed by a strong Abu Dhabi Group and
inspired by the vision of its Board and Management,
provides full range of banking services to corporate clients,
while applying leading technologies. Today the Bank is well-
positioned to provide appropriate banking services to
customers.
c. Management recognizes that a banking relationship requires
compatibility, communication, and cooperation and that each
customer deserves nothing less than full attention and
available resources to meet their financial objectives.
d. Core value and corporate culture is based on the belief that
superior personalized service is the most important product.
Bank is in the process of getting to know customers by name
and understand their business and personal financial needs.
e. The Bank Alfalah team comprises of some of the most highly
skilled and professional financial experts in banking industry.
The Management focuses its attention on making informed
and feasible economic decisions, bringing better returnsand more profitability for investors and customers.
f. Keeping in view the unrest among the Islamic Community on
the Interest Bearing Banking, the Alfalah is in the process of
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target marketing and gives its full attention to this segment of
a large population over the world.
g. To acquire the reputation and status of bank which operates
on international standard, Alfalah Bank was to get the credit
rating of Pakistan Credit Rating Agency, which gave it the AA
and A1+ in the long te rm and short term respective
2. Strategic Management
a. Board of Directors
(1) It has seven Directors. Four are external and remaining three are
internal.
(2) Except for CEO, all the directors are non-executive directors. The
non directors include two independent directors.
(2) All the BODs have good financial, marketing and investment
background.
(3) It includes following directors:-
(a) H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan - Chairmain
(b) Mr Abdulla Nasser Hawalileel Al-Mansoor - Director
(c) Mr. Abdulla Khalil Al Mutawa - Director
(d) Mr.Khalid Mana Saeed Al Otaiba - Director
(e) Mr. Ikram Ul-Majeed Sehgal - Director
(f) Mr. Atif Bajwa - Director &CEO
(g) Mr. Nadeem Iqbal Sheikh - Director
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b. Top Management
(1) Top management is responsible for all the decisions which is
managed by the chairman.
(2) All the top managers are well experienced in the field and
management.
(3) All the top management is promoted from the beginning level in
the state life.
(4) All the strategic decisions are done in social responsible manners
which are environmentally sustainable.
(5) Its members includes:-
(a) Mr Atif Bajwa - CEO
(b) Mr. Shakil Sadiq - COO
(c) Mr. Mohammad Yousuf - Chief Risk Officer
(d) Mr. Saad Ur Rehman - Group Head
Corporate & Investment
Banking
(e) Mr. Adnan Anwar Khan - Group Head
Retail & Middle Market
(f) Mr. Ijaz Farooq - Group Head
Islamic Banking
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(g) Mr. Nadeem Ul Haq - Group Head Admin,
Technology, System &
Operations
(h) Mr. Faisal Farooq Khan - Group Head
HR & Learning
(i) Mr. Yasar Rashid - Group Head
Audit & Inspection
(j) Mr. Syed Ali Sultan - Group Head
Treasury & Financial
Institutions
(k) Mr. A. Wahid Dada - Group Head Operations
(l) Mr. Zafar Baig - CFO
(m) Mr. Sajan Hamid Malik - GM Credit Division
(n) Mr. Haroon Khalid - GM Risk Management
3. External Environment
a. Natural Environment. NA
b. Societal Environment. It is also called as PEST analysis. PEST analysis
stands for "Political, Economic, Social and Technological analysis" and
describes a framework of macro-environmental factors used in the
environmental scanning component of strategic management. It is a part
of the external analysis when conducting a strategic analysis or doing
market research and gives an overview of the different macro
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environmental factors that the company has to take into consideration. It
is a useful strategic tool for understanding market growth or decline,
business position, potential and direction for operations.
(1) Political Environment
(a) Political environment has a strong influence upon the
activities of any organization in a society.
(b) Poli tica l envi ronment strongly affects the marketing
decisions.
(c) The political stability of a country has its i m p a c t o n
c o n s i s t e n c y o f p o l i c i e s o f g o v e r n m e n t .
(d) Pakistan has always been struggling for political stability
since its creation and there are significant political
r i sks in Pak i s tan .
(e) S ta te bank o f Pakistan has been given sovereignty and it
is now an autonomous body in making its decisions.
(f) BAL-IBD can make their strategies accordingly as there is no
chance for any major Change of policies in near future
(2) Economic Indicators
(a) The economy of any country directly influences any
financial organization.
(b) Economic indicators include Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
inflation, balance of payment and debt of the government.
(c) Pakistans economy has witnessed the most challenging period
since its creation.
(d) High rate of inflation, huge fiscal deficits, balance of
payments issues, energy crises and overall security threats are major
contributing factors towards unstable growth in Pakistan.
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(e) Investors are not investing in the Pakistan and the existing
business men are losing their business unit due to the loss.
Due to this poor economy, businesses are reaping low profits
and stock market is in great danger.
(f) Pakistan foreign debts are rising day by day so such a situation
is a big challenge for banking institution to survive. The
financial crisis in Pakistan has made the management of BAFL
tensed to work in such an environment.
(3) Technological Factors
(a) Banks in the developed world have been turning to heavy IT
investments which differentiate their products, provide
response times, enhance accessibility and improve customer
satisfaction.
(b) ATM visa, MasterCard, and smart cards, tele banking, internet
banking and now mobile banking are common IT investment
in the developed world and now these products and
services are gaining faster acceptance in Pakistan.
(4) Socio cultural environment
(a) Pakistan is situated at very important geographically location
and it has a diverse culture.
(b) Islam is the religion of majority of the population and
Islam has deep and everlasting influences upon theculture of the people of the area.
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(c) The life style of people and attitudes of consumers is
favorable for Islamic banking being religious minded
and they want to deal in Islamic finances.
(d) Pakistan i people have a respect for their religious
and cultural celebrations.
(e) BAL Islamic banking is taking an advantage of this
soc io-cu ltu ral environment of Pakistan
4. Internal Environment
a. Corporate Structure. Annexure A & B
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b. Corporate Culture. For better functioning, bank has following
departments:-
(1) Accounts Department. Accounts department is a backend
department at Bank Alfalah I-8 Markaz that performs the following
functions:-
(a) Reports. It generates reports like Statement of Account
Activity (a report on the activity of all accounts at Bank
Alfalah I-8 Markaz), Statement of Affairs (a report on the
assets and liabilities of Bank Alfalah I-8 Markaz), Statement
of Foreign Exchange (a report on the foreign exchangecurrencies at the bank) and Statement of Profit & Loss (a
report on the income and expenditures of Bank Alfalah I-8
Markaz). These reports can be generated at daily, weekly,
monthly, quarterly or yearly basis as required by the bank.
(b) Income and Expense. The department also needs to
calculate the revenues and expenses, control expenditure
and forecast profits every month.
(c) Budget. Formulation of yearly budgets & targets in
consultation with the branch manager is also done by the
accounts department.
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(d) Activity Checking.Daily activity checking and monitoring is
done by the accounts department of the whole bank.
(e) Storage of Records. Accounts Department also has
the duty to store vouchers and system generated reports.
(f) Payments. The accounts department is responsible to pay
vendors on behalf of the bank with authorization from the
branch manager. It also has to amortize large payments and
calculate depreciation of branch assets.
(2) Credits Department. The credit departments of Bank Alfalah
work with both SMEs and corporate clients. There are two major
categories of credit line facilities that Bank Alfalah provides to its
customers:-
(a) Funded Credit Line Facility. There are three major
products that come under the funded credit line facility:-
Current Finance.
Karobar Finance. Milkiat Finance.
(b) Unfunded Credit Line Facility. There are two types of
unfunded credit line facility, which are as follows:-
Letter of Credit (LC).
Letter of Guarantee (LG).
(3) Operations Department. The operations department is
responsible for three major activities. In large branches of Bank
Alfalah, all these jobs are done by different departments, but as
Bank Alfalah I-8 Markaz is a small branch, all these jobs are done
by one department, known as operations. Operations department is
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sometimes also known as the Transact department. Its
responsibilities includes:-
(a) Clearing
(b) Transfers
(c) Remittances
(d) Cash Transfers
(4) Human Resource Assessment. Bank Alfalah not only is
one of the fastest growing bank in Pakistan that provides its
customers with a number of financial services but is also a great
employer of human resources that provides its employees with a
conducive environment that not only is challenging but also helps
them in applying and gaining knowledge.
c. Corporate Resources
(1) Marketing. In todays contemporary business world,
marketing plays an important role and banks, such as Bank Alfalah,that have a number of competitors in the banking industry, need to
use their marketing plan and strategies effectively to attract
customer loyalty for its customer. The major ways in which Bank
Alfalah markets it and its products are through electronic, print and
sponsorships
(2) Finance. It is the most important department of the bank
because it is concerned with revenues and expenses. In this
department, all the vouchers that are posted during one day are
sent to the head office. This department has to tell that all the
requirements for cheques and vouchers are fully checked.
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(3) R&D. NA
(4) Operations. This department is responsible for overall
operation of the bank. Operation officer is responsible to make the
daily report of operation and solve the queries of the different
branches remaining under the policies of bank alfalah.
(5) Human Resources
(a) Like other organizations HRM department acts as the mind
of the organization. Without the HRM department Bank
Alfalah cannot imagine being able to function. AtBank
Alfalah, HRM has great significance, everybody depends on
this department for the entire organization to work and
succeed in its mission. The concepts and techniques
need to carry out the people or personal aspects
of management job are:-
Conducting job analyses (determining the nature of
each employees job).
Planning labor needs and recruiting job candidates.
Selecting job candidates.
Orienting and training new employees.
Managing wages and salaries (compensating
employees).
Providing incentives and benefits.
Appraising performance.
Communicating (interviewing, counseling and
disciplining).
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e working with
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5. Analysis of Strategic Factors
WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIE THREATSSTRENGTH
Financially
strong Diversified
portfolios
Credit rating
Environment
friendly
Expansion
Target
Achievement.
Policies &
Procedures.
ControllingStandards.
Lack of
network.
BCCI Image.
Mixed
Culture.
Marketing
Department.
Low
Training &
Coaching.
HRD is not
effective.
Extension.
IncreasedProfitability.
Capital
reserve.
Financial
position.
Foreign
Branches.
On job
training &
coaching.
Marketingdepartment.
Intense
competition.
Unstable
political and
economic
situation.
Overall
security
threat.
High
inflation
rate.
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a. Situational Analysis (SWOT)
(1) Strengths
(a) Alfalah Islamic Banking division is financially very strong
bank.
(b) Business man based bank.
(c) Diversified portfolios.
(d) Crediting rating of AA for long term credit and A1+ for short
term credit by Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited
(PACRA) at June 30, 2012.
(e) Bank has a belief in customer service.
(f) Backed by strong Abu Dhabi Consortium.
(g) Environment friendly.
(h) Expansion is consistent. 60 more branches are planned by
end December 12.
(i) Modernized banking (online + Internet).
(j) Target Achievement.
(k) Policies & Procedures.
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(l) Controlling Standards.
(m) Rewards & Benefits.
(n) Job Security for the Employees.
(o) Accounting & Banking System is Accurate & Reliable One.
(2) Weaknesses
(a) Lack of branch network as compared to other Islamic banks
in Pakistan.
(b) More job rotation.
(c) It is a step behind in using new technology (MIS) as
compared to other banks.
(d) Most of the employees are overloaded with work.
(e) BCCI Image.
(f) Mixed Culture.
(g) Lack of Self Marketing Department.
(h) Low Training & Coaching.
(i) Human Resource Department is not so much effective.
(j) Low salary packages as compared to other banks.
(3) Opportunities
(a) Bank can extend its network in other cities of Pakistan.
(b) Profitability can be increased by making use of new
technology (MIS).
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(c) Ability to introduce new products and services because of
the huge capital reserve.
(d) Good financial position creating a good reputation for future
advances and huge deposits.
(e) Establishing more Foreign Branches.
(f) On the job training & coaching sessions can be conducted.
(h) Marketing department can be started in order to promote
the name of BAL.
(4) Threats
(a) In certain era of Pakistan people emphasizes more on
Islamic mode of banking.
(b) Bank is facing intense competition from other Islamic Banks
working in Pakistan.
(c) Bank is performing very well in the presence of unstable
political and economic situation but this uncertainty is a
continuous threat for the bank.
(d) Overall security threat.
(e) High inflation rate.
(f) Devaluation of money.
(g) Huge borrowing by the government.
SWOT analysis shows that Bank Alfalahs strengths are more than its
weakness and it has a chance of availing many opportunities.
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6. Evaluation and Control
a. The internal controls of Bank Al Falah is based on an ongoing process
designed to identify the significant risks in achieving the banks policies,
aims and objectives and to evaluate the nature and extent of those risks
and to manage them efficiently, effectively and economically.
b. Banks management is responsible to establish and maintain an adequate
and effective system of Internal Control and every endeavor is made to
implement sound control procedures and to maintain a suitable control
environment.
c. The Board of Directors has instituted an effective Internal Audit Division
which not only monitors compliance with banks policies, procedures and
controls but also regularly reviews the adequacy of the Internal Control
system. The observations and weaknesses pointed out by the external
auditors are also addressed promptly and necessary steps are taken by
the management to eliminate such weaknesses.
d. The bank is in process of adopting an internationally accepted COSO
Internal Control-Integrated framework, as envisaged under the State Bank
of Pakistans (SBP) Internal control Guidelines and has engaged a
reputable advisory firm for assistance in this regard.
e. Bank has always made concerted efforts to comply with the SBP
Guidelines, the identification, evaluation and management of risks within
each of the Banks key activities and their continues evaluation and
changes to procedures remains an ongoing process.
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f. Bank has also planned a comprehensive management testing plans and
framework to develop for ensuring an ongoing operating effective of key
controls.
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Annexure A
CORPORATE STRUCTURE
President
Chief Operating Officer
Head of Country
O erations
Country Risk
ManagersExecutives Vice
Presidents
Chartered
Accountant
Information
De artments Corporate Heads Branch
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Annexure B
Bank Alfalah Hierarchy Chart
Chairman
Board of Directors
CEO
Grou Heads
Re ional Mana ers
Branch Mana ers
Area Mana ers
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IFAS Bank Al Falah Limited Pakistan
Strength Weight Rating WeightedScoring
Remarks
1st Islamic Bank of Pakistan 0.10 3.2 0.32 Leading in Islamic Banking
Diversified Portfolio 0.12 3.5 0.42 Key to success
Good Credit Rating 0.04 2.5 0.10 Good creditability
Environment Friendly 0.08 3.0 0.24 Good business environment
Consistent Expansion 0.04 2.0 0.08 Increased profitability
Modernized Banking 0.05 2.5 0.12 Dedicated ATM network
Target Achievement 0.04 2.7 0.10 Constant increased
profitability
Effective Policies and
Procedures
0.08 3.2 0.25 Key to success
Controlling Standards 0.15 3.50 0.52 Key to success
Rewards and Benefits 0.05 2.50 0.12 Employees satisfaction
Weaknesses
Lack of Branch Network 0.10 4.50 0.45 60 more branches being
established
BCCI Image 0.04 2.50 0.10 Questionable
Lack of Marketing
Department
0.03 2.50 0.08 Strategic level planning
Low Training & Coaching 0.04 2.80 0.11 HR Consideration
Low salary packages 0.04 2.60 0.10 Moral lower factor
Total 1 3.11
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EFAS Bank Al Falah Limited Pakistan
Opportunities Weight Rating WeightedScoring
Remarks
Extension of Network 0.14 3.0 0.42 Growth
Use of New Technology
(MIS)
0.04 2.5 0.10 Competitive edge
New products /services 0.2 3.5 0.70 Increased profitability
Good reputation 0.1 3.2 0.32 Quality services
More foreign Branches 0.06 3.5 0.21 Only in Afghanistan,
Bangladesh and Bahrain
On job training and
coaching
0.05 3.8 0.19 Learning organization
Marketing Department 0.05 3.6 0.18 Increased business
Threats
Intense competition 0.10 4.00 0.40 Quality services
Unstable economic
situation
0.04 3.50 0.14 More investment
Overall security threats 0.05 2.50 0.13 Common to banking sector
High inflation rate 0.11 2.80 0.31 Decreased deposits
Devaluation of money 0.02 3.50 0.07 Increased interest rate
Borrowing by government 0.04 2.75 0.11 Decreased loans to
customers
Total 1 3.28
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SFAS MATRIX - Bank Al Falah Limited Pakistan
Strategic
Factors
Weight Rating Weighted
Score
Duration Comments
Short Intermediate Long
1st Islamic Bank of
akistan (S1)
0.10 2.50 0.25 X Key to success
Diversified Portfolio
(S2)
0.10 4.50 0.45 X Key to success
Consistent
Expansion (S3)
0.10 3.50 0.35 X Increased profitability
Low Training &
Coaching (W1)
0.05 2.50 0.13 X Increased
performance
Lack of Marketing
Department (W2)
0.05 2.80 0.14 X Increased sales
More foreign
Branches (O1)
0.10 3.00 0.30 X Afghanistan,
Bangladesh and
Bahrain
Good reputation
(O2)
0.10 3.50 0.35 X Quality services
New products
/services (O3)
0.10 3.00 0.30 X Increased profitability
Intense
competition (T1)
0.10 3.50 0.35 X Quality services
Unstable economic
situation (T2)
0.10 2.60 0.26 X More investment
Devaluation of
money (T3)
0.10 2.80 0.28 X Increased interest
rate
TOTAL 1.00 3.16
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Implementation, Evaluation and Control Plan- Bank Al Falah Limited Pakistan
trategic Factors Action Plan Priority System
(1-5)
Who Will Implement Who Will Review How Often
Review
Criteri
1st Islamic Bank of
Pakistan
Introduce
Islamic products
2 GH of Islamic Banking
Division
BODs Annually Monitor
compe
Diversified
Portfolio
More investment 1 GH Credit Division BDOs Quarterly Investm
mo
comp
Consistent
Expansion
Establish more
branches
2 GH Establishment Division BODs/CEO Half yearly Establis
bran
Low Training &
Coaching
Introduce
effective HRD
1 GH of HR & Learning
department
CEO Quarterly Through
selecti
recrui
proc
Lack of Marketing
Department
Establish
Marketing
Department
2 GH Establishment Division BODs/CEO Annually Monitor
compe
More foreign
Branches
Find strategic
alliances
partners
2 Strategic Planning
Division
BODs Annually Focus o
Mus
Coun
Good reputation Provide excellent
services
1 Quality Assurance
Department
CEO Monthly Focu
qua
serv
New products
/services
Establish R&D
department
1 Product Head & Market
Initiative Department
CEO Annually Mar
researc
satisfa
Intense
competition
Gain competitive
edge
1 Heads of branches Competition
committee
Quarterly Harness
co
compe
Unstable
economic
situation
Increased
market shares
4 GH Treasury & Financial
Institutions
GH/CFO Half yearly Institu
Inve
Devaluation of
money
More dealing in
foreign currency
3 CFO BODs Quarterly Ease in
curre
acco
manag