Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases‚ 13e (David) Chapter 1 The Nature of Strategic Management 1) Strategic management focuses on integrating management‚ marketing‚ finance/accounting‚ production/operations‚ research and development‚ and information systems to achieve organizational success. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6 Topic: Introduction Objective: 1.01 Describe the strategic-management process. 2) Optimizing for tomorrow the trends of today is the purpose of strategic management. Answer:
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What is strategic management? The set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long-run performance of an organisation. Strategic management Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg‚ Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia 4 Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg‚ Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia 5 Why strategic management is important 1. 2. The strategic management process It results in higher organisational performance. It requires that managers
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century. In the gloabalized business‚ companies require strategic thinking and only by evolving good corporate strategies can they become strategically competitive. A sustained or sustainable competitive advantage occurs when firm implements a value – creating strategy of which other companies are unable to duplicate the benefits or find it too costly to initiate. Corporate strategy includes the commitments‚ decisions and actions required for a firm to achieve strategic competitiveness and earn above average
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2 BUSINESS POLICY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Learning Objectives • • • • • Learn what business policy and strategy is all about. Know the framework and importance of strategic management. Know the strategic management process. Have an understanding of corporate vision and mission. Learn how strategy operates at different levels of the organization. Without a strategy the organization is like a ship without a rudder. Joel Ross and Michael Kami Strategic management is not a box of tricks or a bundle
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Chapter 21.) • Porter‚ M.E. (1996). What is Strategy? Harvard Business Review‚ 74 (6). In HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy. (Custom Textbook (2012)‚ Managing Strategy in the Global Marketplace. Chapter 21.) • Stegmann‚ J (2009) Critical Thinking in Strategic Management: A Conceptual Guide to AMBA 670 Managing Strategy in the Global Marketplace (in Course Content) (Skim and then continue to use as a reference throughout the course) • Custom Textbook (2012)‚ Managing Strategy in the Global Marketplace
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Siddhartha Chitla STRATEGIC SOURCING OPERATIONAL MANAGEMANT CONTENTS ABSTRACT 3 Introduction 3 OBJECTIVES 4 METHODOLOGY OF STUDY 5 ISSUE AND DISCUSSION 5 CONCLUSION 9 LIMITATION 10 1. Loss Of Managerial Control 10 2. Hidden Costs 10 3. Threat to Security and Confidentiality 10 4. Quality Problems 10 5. Tied to the Financial Well-Being of Another Company 11 REFERENCE 11 ABSTRACT Strategic sourcing is critical for firms practicing the principles of supply
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CHAPTER 4 FACTORS MODERATING THE CHOICE OF STRATEGY-MAKING APPROACH “Hence‚ strategic management constitutes a normative outline for rational strategy formulation but provides little explicit consideration of the potential management roles in the strategy formation process. Conversely‚ strategic emergence has often been ascribed to decision patterns evolving over time as relatively autonomous managers within the organization engage in resource committing activities” Andersen‚ 2004:265 4
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Eight case-lets on Strategic Alliances Case 1: Telefónica and China Unicom In September 2009‚ Telefónica and China Unicom announced a partnership including cooperation in R&D‚ roaming‚ joint procurement of equipment‚ infrastructural development‚ joint development of mobile services and the provision of services to multinational clients. They also announced the purchase of US$1 billion worth of stock in each other making the Spanish operator the largest single investor in the company with 8% of shares
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About Nokia . Nokia Head Office Nokia Corporation Visiting address: Keilalahdentie 2-4‚ FI-02150 Espoo Post address: P.O. Box 226‚ FI-00045 Nokia Group Finland Tel. +358 (0) 7180 08000 Business ID: 0112038-9 Place of registration: Helsinki‚ Finland 3 Executive Summary This report analyses the impact of external an internal influences on the business strategies of Nokia Corporation‚ evaluates the factors‚ modifier’s of Nokia’s advancement‚ and also considers the environment policies
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Strategic decision making into 3 modes: Entrepreneurial mode – where formulation of strategy is done by a single person. Focus is on opportunities and growth. Advantage is the speed with which strategy can be formulated and implemented. Disadvantage is that does not consider problems that may arise in the processes. Strategy is characterized by bold decisions. For example WIPRO Infotech ‚ Apple computers Adaptive mode – it is characterized by reactive solutions than proactive search for new opportunities
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