STRATEGIC CHOICE AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING Andy Adcroft STRUCTURE • Why do things happen? • Generic Strategies • Criticisms of generic strategies WHY DO THINGS HAPPEN? Norms and what has happened before Environment Analysis Roles and wider functions Creation of options Organisational Analysis What we want to achieve Emotions‚ power desires‚ goals Age and frequency of behaviours What I want from this job Habits‚ rituals and routines Social factors Decisions are taken and implemented
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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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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 to: 1. Define strategic competitiveness‚ strategy
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Strategic management consists of the analysis‚ decisions‚ and actions an organization undertakes in order to create and sustain competitive advantages. This definition captures two main elements that go to the heart of the field of strategic management. First‚ the strategic management of an organization entails three ongoing processes: analysis‚ decisions‚ and actions. That is‚ strategic management is concerned with the analysis of strategic goals (vision‚ mission‚ and strategic objectives) along
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STRATEGIC FIT – A STRATEGY TO ALIGN ORGANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENT Abstract This paper analyzes the term ‘strategic fit’ exactly means‚ types of strategic fit‚ necessities to focus on strategic fit‚ and most importantly how well an organization can align its resources & capabilities with the opportunities that exist in the external environment so as to achieve peak performance in the business. Strategy of Nestlé as an example to discuss how far it is true that effective strategic fit ensures organization’s
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Strategic Intent – Article Summary By Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad Primary Information This article serves a purpose to illustrate some of the flaws that are currently used by western organizations in regards to strategic planning. In this article we see are shown the detriment of the methods in practice at the time of the article‚ and examples of alternative strategic approaches in use by Japanese firms which have allowed them to have sustained success. Strategic Intent and Characteristics
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A strategic group is a concept used in strategic management that groups companies within an industry that have similar business models or similar combinations of strategies. For example‚ the fast-food industry can be portrayed as consisting of several strategic groups. The number of groups within an industry and their composition depends on what dimensions you use to define the groups. Strategists often use a two dimensional grid to display the position of each company along to the two most important
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define the strategic plan and identify the critical information that must be defined and analyzed by management. It will then discuss the importance of a solid strategic management plan. Lastly‚ it will define the four functions of management and explain how they are relative to creating and implementing a strategic management plan. Strategic Plan John A. Pearce II and Richard B. Robinson‚ Jr. authors of the book Strategic Management Formulation‚ Implementation‚ and Control define strategic management
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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING (MNG301-A) Module Overview: Topics 1-7 2013 Semester 2 1 Open Rubric Contents 1. Administrative matters 2. Course overview per topic 3. Interactive exercises 4. Upcoming examination 5. Time out! 2 Administrative matters Lecturers: Mr. SK Bhoya Mrs. NV Moraka -Contact details: (012) 429-4220 or Busman@unisa.ac.za Assignments: Two Compulsory assignments due dates: 12 September 2013 and 03 October 2013
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Table Of Contain Strategy The words ’strategy’ and ’strategic’ are well recognized and widely used in the modern business world. However‚ the term strategy is so widely used for different purposes that it has lost any clearly defined meaning “Despite the obvious importance of strategy‚ there is surprisingly little agreement on what a strategy really is. However‚ the fact
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