CHAPTER 1 The Nature of Strategic Management True/False Introduction 1. The underpinnings of strategic management hinge on managers gaining an understanding of competitors‚ markets‚ prices‚ suppliers‚ distributors‚ governments‚ creditors‚ shareholders and customers worldwide. Ans: T Page: 4 2. Although the Internet has increased in popularity‚ it has actually led to increases in company expenses. Ans: F Page 4 3. Consumer e-commerce is five times greater than
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Strategic Management Process Paper Strategic Management Process The strategic management process helps a business construct strategies that helps them react‚ and respond to new challenges by finding more efficient ways of conducting business. In this paper‚ the primary components of the strategic management process will be explained‚ and the question of why this process is needed for a company will also be addressed. Finally‚ the strategic management process of Dell will also be discussed.
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Strategic management - major intended and emergent initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners‚ - involving utilisation of resources‚ to enhance the performance of firms in their external environments. It entails specifying the organisation’s mission‚ vision and objectives‚ developing policies and plans‚ often in terms of projects and programs‚ which are designed to achieve these objectives‚ and then allocating resources to implement the policies and plans‚ projects and
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS POLICY 12TH EDITION THOMAS L. WHEELEN J. DAVID HUNGER Strategic Management: a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long-run performance of a corporation. Includes: • • • • Internal and external environment scanning Strategy formulation Strategy implementation Evaluation and control Pearson Education © 2010 1-2 Phases of Strategic Management: • • • • Phase Phase Phase Phase 1: 2: 3: 4: Basic financial planning Forecast-based
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What Is Strategic Management? 61. What can be defined as the art and science of formulating‚ implementing and evaluating cross-functional decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objectives? a. Strategy formulation b. Strategy evaluation c. Strategy implementation d. Strategic management e. Strategic leading Ans: d Page: 5 62. ____________ is used to refer to strategic formulation‚ implementation and evaluation‚ with ______________ referring only to strategic formulation
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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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The primary components of the strategic management process are "goal-setting‚ analysis‚ strategy formation‚ strategy implementation and strategy monitoring" (Clayton‚ 2012‚ p. 1). Setting these guidelines and following them is only the beginning. Determining what the company ’s mission and purpose is will help to determine what steps are the best to take to achieve these intended goals. Understanding the vision of the company and what the short-term and long-term goals are will help to understand
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/EMBA STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (MGT-5504) Credit Hour: 03 Contact Hour: 03/week Course Objective: Most Schools of Business/Management-all over the world have a capstone course in their curriculum that concerned with “Strategies and policies”. Many of them title this course as “Strategic Management”. The course is aimed to focus on top management and total organization rather than functional areas of a business organization. This course emphasizes basically on strategic management
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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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