Organizations undertake strategic planning to define the direction in which they want to proceed. Management first identifies the company’s long-term goals and vision and then devises strategies to attain them. Before an organization draws up its strategic plans‚ it first understands the external and internal environments it operates in. A well-drawn strategic plan does well for at least five to seven years. Continuous monitoring is required to see that no deviations creep up. Strategic plans always are
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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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Introduction: Defining the mission statement for a company is often one of the most slighted tasks in strategic management. It is much easier for many executives to emphasize operational aspects of long-term management activities rather than making sure short-term activities are in sync with the long-term goals. The principal value of the mission statement is its specification of the firm’s ultimate aims. A firm gains a heightened sense of purpose when its board of directors and its top executives
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Chapter 1 63) The goal of strategic management is to A) achieve competitive advantage. B) maintain competitive advantage. C) achieve and maintain competitive advantage. D) eliminate competitive advantage E) eliminate and abolish competitive advantage. 64) Strategic management focuses on integrating management‚ ________‚ and information systems to achieve organizational success. A) marketing B) finance/accounting C) production/operations D) research and development E) all of the above
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| |LO1 – Understand the process of strategic planning |Grading |Assessment Type | | |(P/M/D) | | |1.1 |Explain strategic contexts and terminology – missions‚ visions‚ objectives‚ goals‚ |P 1.1 |Individual
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Chapter 7 Foundations of Planning True/False Questions WHAT IS PLANNING? 1. Planning is concerned with how objectives are to be accomplished‚ not what is to be accomplished. (False; easy; p. 184) 2. If a manager refuses to write anything down or share his plans with others in the organization‚ he is not truly planning. (False; moderate; p. 184) WHY DO MANAGERS PLAN? 3. Planning provides direction to managers and nonmanagers alike. (True; easy; p. 185) 4. Even without planning‚ departments and individuals
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Strategic Orientation is a focus on the big picture‚ an attention to defining the future direction of the enterprise‚ and in using this definition to direct and guide the efforts of all in the organization. The 5 Levels of Strategic Orientation Most people would agree that Strategic Orientation is a positive factor for organisations. But what does that mean? How do you determine how Strategically Oriented your organisation is‚ and what can you do to improve the situation? There are 5 levels
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INTRODUCTION Strategic implementation processes require the work and attention of employees and managers at all levels within a business‚ especially when the changes occur in a small business environment. Because the implementation process has the potential to impact a wide range of duties and responsibilities‚ employees need to have a thorough understanding of their responsibilities during the process and afterward. A key role of a CEO ’s is to communicate a vision and to guide strategic planning. Those
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MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT PRACTICE 802 MANAGEMENT PROCESS PLANNING BY: KEYA Moses Reg. No. MBA/G/31/12 & KIILU Joseph Mutisya Reg. No. MBA/G/28/12 MANAGEMENT PROCESS PLANNING Definition and nature of planning Schermerhorn‚ 2010 defines planning as the process of setting objectives and determining how to accomplish them. This involves setting performance expectations and goals for groups and individuals to channel their efforts toward achieving organizational
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STRATEGIC THINKING Contents Introduction 3 Perspectives of strategic thinking 4 Rational thinking perspective 4 General thinking perspective 5 A model of elements of strategic thinking 6 System perspective 6 Intent focused 6 Intelligent opportunitism 7 Thinking in time 7 Hypothesis driven 7 Levels of strategic thinking 7 Strategic Thinking at the Individual Level 7 Strategic Thinking at the Organizational Level 7 The strategic thinking process 8 Bibliography 10
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