there? The answers to these basic questions can be achieved by a “strategy”. Porter‚ (1996) defined strategy as “the creation of a unique and valuable position‚ involving a different set of activities”. It is also defined as “a set of related actions that managers take to increase their company’s performance” (Hill & Jones‚ 2007). Another deep definition would be “A company’s strategy is managements game plan for growing the business‚ staking out a market position‚ attracting and pleasing customers
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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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standards‚ to determine whether there are any deviations and to measure their significance‚ and to take any action required to assure that all corporate resources are being used in the most effective and efficient way possible in achieving corporate objectives. Control is taking conscious measures that synchronize outcomes as closely as possible with plans. STRATEGIC CONTROL Strategic control is concerned with tracking the strategy as it is being implemented‚ detecting any problems areas or
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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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Strategic Thinking The central research topic of the article “Enhancing the Ability to think strategically: A learning model” (Casey and Goldman 2010) is Strategic thinking‚ the various methods and ways individuals and firms develop the learning of their management. The purpose of the article‚ based on reading the context is to address the issues in strategic thinking theories and propose a research model for strategic thinking. After a series of study on other works on strategic
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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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SUMMARY Strategic formulation refers to the process of choosing the most appropriate course of action for the realization of organizational goals and objectives and thereby achieving the organizational vision. * Role of hrm in strategy formulation: * Administrative linkages: Focussed on the functions of day-to-day activities. * One- way linkage: Plan is informed to the HRM function after the planing is done by the strategic business planning function. * Two- way linkage: Allows
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What is a Strategic Planning? It is a well written mission statement for any organization which drives its business towards its goals - be it profits‚ standards‚ market value‚ customer satisfaction? Can the plan be flexible or adaptable as many of you have discussed here? I believe that every organization need to follow the strategic intent in today’s ever changing world. There are some factors that can be predictable but many factors are not. An organization‚ in order to succeed need to have
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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.
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Strategic Management Fred R David (1997) states that strategic management can be defined as the art and science of formulating‚ implementing and evaluating cross functional decisions that enable the organisation to achieve its objectives. νAs the definition suggests‚ strategic management focuses on integrating management‚ marketing‚ finance/accounting‚ production/operations‚ research and development and computer information systems to achieve organizational success νStrategic management is a
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