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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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The essay provides a brief introduction to rapid‚ volatile and discontinuous change. It will elaborate that how these changes influence the organizational strategic management process and also incorporates some dissension related to it‚ which includes strategic analysis‚ strategic implementation and strategic evaluation. The top-managers in company should inspect the external environment to know their opportunities and threats. Any change that occurs in external environment will
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Strategic Management Journal‚ Vol. 13‚ 17-37 (1992) STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING KATHLEEN M. EISENHARDT and MARK J. ZBARACKI Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management‚ Stanford University‚ Stanford‚ California‚ U.S.A. This article reviews the strategic decision making literature by focusing on the dominant paradigms—i.e.‚ rationality and bounded rationality‚ politics and power‚ and garbage can. We review the theory and key empirical support‚ and identify emergent debates
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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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Abstract Strategic staffing is a very important aspect of an organization as it will influence the success of the business. When developing strategies for implementing staffing‚ a lot of things have to be taken into consideration such as globalization. Managers have to ensure that staffing strategies are linked to the overall business strategy so that the right persons are hired for the job in question. Managers have to also ensure that the persons carrying out the task of hiring the individual
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economic and human organization it is or intends to be‚ and the nature of the economic and noneconomic contribution it intends to make to its shareholders‚ employees‚ customers‚ and communities. Corporate strategy is an organizational process‚ we may abstract from the process two important aspect. The first of these we may call formulation‚ the second implementation. Deciding what strategy should be may be approached as a rational undertaking‚ even if emotional attachments may complicate choice among
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Strategic Orientation is a focus on the big picture‚ an attention to defining the future direction of the enterprise‚ and in using this definition to direct and guide the efforts of all in the organization. The 5 Levels of Strategic Orientation Most people would agree that Strategic Orientation is a positive factor for organisations. But what does that mean? How do you determine how Strategically Oriented your organisation is‚ and what can you do to improve the situation? There are 5 levels
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Strategic Choice and Evaluation of Target Corporation Strategic Choice and Evaluation Target Corporation is one of the most major merchants store in the world. Target is recorded to be the sixth largest retailer within the United States. Founded by‚ George Dayton in the early 1900’s in Minneapolis‚ Minnesota. Target Corporation is a leading merchant store that supplies a variety of products‚ which includes everything from clothing to shoes‚ health and beauty‚ and even electronics. It is a corporation
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Describe the steps in strategic management process . The strategic management process is more than just a set of rules to follow. It is a philosophical approach to business. Upper management must think strategically first‚ then apply that thought to a process. The strategic management process is best implemented when everyone within the firm understands the strategy. Strategic management is a continuous process that appraises the business and industries in which the organization is involved;
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Tutorial 1 (page 78) 1. Why has strategic management become so important to today’s corporations? Strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long-run performance of a corporation. Importances of strategic management include: 1) Strategic management develops and provides a clear direction‚ guideline towards the corporations’ goals in an effective and efficient manner. It takes consideration between vision and mission of the corporation
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