Tutorial 1 (page 78) 1. Why has strategic management become so important to today’s corporations? Strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long-run performance of a corporation. Importances of strategic management include: 1) Strategic management develops and provides a clear direction‚ guideline towards the corporations’ goals in an effective and efficient manner. It takes consideration between vision and mission of the corporation
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STRATEGIC PLAN Why Strategic Planning is Important Strategic Planning – Why should an Organization consider it? After all a Strategic Plan can be formal Eg.‚ In a small Organization the owner / CEO develops a Plan in his mind and communicates it to all the employees in a clear manner‚ where the employees know the Goals and Approach to achieve them which could be considered an Informal Plan could be successful at times. Nevertheless as an Organization grows a need for a systematic Strategic Plan
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1. Explain how strategic management and the strategic management process are illustrated in this case. Let’s look at what “strategic management” and “strategic management process” mean. First‚ strategic management “is the process of analyzing the current situation‚ developing appropriate strategies‚ putting those strategies into action‚ and evaluating and changing those strategies as needed (Coulter‚ 2013). And “strategic management process “implies sequential
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Date: 31.10.2013 Course: Strategic Management – Context and Analysis Theoretical Assessment – Take Home You must attempt to answer any 4 questions from the following: Q1 Conduct a basic analysis for the General environment of one of the following industries: The Pharmaceutical Industry‚ The Textile Industry‚ The Airline Industry‚ The Brewing Industry or an Industry of your own choice. Using Porter’s Five-Forces model‚ evaluate the Specific environment of your chosen Industry. Q2 Take
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matches its resources to its changing environment and particular its markets‚ consumers so as to meet stakeholder ’s expectations (Johnson G et al. 2011). In this essay‚ the strategic management process will be looked at for Sacha ’s cosmetics including an analysis of the macro environment‚ using the PESTLE framework‚ a SWOT analysis and Porter ’s five forces. 2. BACKGROUND Sacha Cosmetics was founded in 1979 by Kama Maharaj. Its core activities comprise of the development‚ manufacturing and marketing
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Assignment 3 “Strategic Planning is inextricably interwoven into the entire fabric of management; it is not something separate and distinct from the process of management” (Steiner‚ 1979:7). In simpler terms‚ Steiner goes on further to explain how Strategic Planning is an organizational management activity. This activity is used in order to set priorities‚ focus energy‚ strengthen operations‚ ensure common goals are met‚ establish agreement around intended outcomes/results‚ and assesses/adjust
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Strategic Plan‚ Part I: Conceptualizing a Business I have a child who is artistic and throughout his life I have searched for various programs and facilities that would enhance his learning ability. Now that he is an adult there are only a few places‚ which offer continued life lessons for adults with autism. Most of the facilities are faced with no money or support. The government has reduced funding to the nonprofit organizations because of the poor economic conditions. There is usually not
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INTRODUCTION Strategic management is known to be a company’s game plan. Which includes the task of crafting‚ implementing and executing a company’s strategies .It is best looked upon as be a combination of planned actions that brings into play the structure of the company for the future. Specializing Strategic management companies are not common in the business environments‚ although it is one of the most important factors in the business industry. Within larger organizations and companies‚ there
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“Notable Quotes” "Like a product or service‚ the planning process it self must be managed and shaped‚ if it is to serve executives as a vehicle for strategic decision-making." —Robert Lenz "The difference between now and five years ago is that information systems had limited function. You weren’t betting your company on it. Now you are." —William Gruber "Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy." —Sun Tzu "A firm that continues to employ a previously successful strategy eventually
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very successful company. (d) Which of the five strategic approaches in Chapter 1 does Apple employ? Explain your reasoning. Apple employs the broad differentiation strategy whereby designing their products so different from their rivals. Launching small‚ compactable products with operating systems which require no anti-virus protections has made it difficult for competitors to succeed further than Apple. 2. (a)Does it make good strategic sense for Apple to be a competitor in the computer
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