Centre Assessment Guidance for Level 7 Strategic Management and Leadership (QCF) Version 2 Strategic Management and Leadership Centre Assessment Guidance Contents Page Introduction About these qualifications Titles and qualifications reference numbers Accreditation dates Qualifications summary Progressions Credit values and rules of combination for the qualifications Relationship to the National Occupational Standards for Management and Leadership Assessment and Verification What is expected
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VRIN criteria which defines a firm is deemed to have competitive advantage when it creates more economic value than its competitor (Peteraf and Barney‚ 2003). Suitability is where in the external environment‚ candidates must first determine whether strategic choices are suitable ad compatible (Wu‚ 2010). Figure 1 Valuable There are three reasons which makes this machine a competitive advantage which is it is able to save time‚ save resources and save money. It can save up to 500 hours across
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Strategic Management Introduction - “Strategic Management is the management of an organization’s overall purpose‚ to ensure that the needs and enablers of the present are balanced with those of the future.” (Witcher & Chau 2010‚ P.6) In another word‚ it is the overall management of strategy in order to match and obtain the future long-term purpose and objectives. The main application is to achieve and sustain competitive advantages to enable an organization to compete effectively with rivals which
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Approaches to the strategic management of people There are a number of models of SHRM and in this unit we will look at three: • The best practice view. • The best fit view. • The resourcebased approach. The best practice view This view starts from the premise that a single set or ‘bundle’ of HR policies and practices will lead to better organisational performance‚ sustained over a lengthy period‚ whatever the prevailing business circumstances. What are these socalled best
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PEP STORES: AN EVALUATION OF THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANISATION INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Like most organisations‚ Pep stores was concerned with the long-term sustainability of the organisation‚ profits/financial performance‚ market performance and the satisfying its stakeholders‚ including the shareholders. With these factors often contradicting each other it is clear Pep stores struggled through the 1990’s balance these competing forces in other to achieve their organisational objectives
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chapter 1 Fundamentals of Strategic Management 1 chapter 1 Fundamentals of Strategic Management W hat do Circuit City‚ Washington Mutual‚ Saab‚ Blockbuster‚ and Borders have in common? All of these recognized companies filed for bankruptcy during the past several years. While the situation surrounding each firm is different‚ all of them failed to meet various strategic challenges. Put another way‚ organizations typically do not succeed or fail randomly. Some plan‚ prepare‚ and
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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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Strategic planning is an organization ’s process of defining its strategy‚ or direction‚ and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy. In order to determine the direction of the organization‚ it is necessary to understand its current position and the possible avenues through which it can pursue a particular course of action. Generally‚ strategic planning deals with at least one of three key questions: “What do we do?”‚ “For whom do we do it?”‚ and “How do we excel?”. In
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 © Don Hammond/Design Pics/Corbis Strategic Management Inputs Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness‚ 2 The External Environment: Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Industry Competition‚ and Competitor Analysis‚ 32 The Internal Organization: Resources‚ Capabilities‚ Core Competencies‚ and Competitive Advantages‚ 68 Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Studying this chapter should provide you with the strategic management knowledge needed
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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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