“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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Strategic Management tutorial 2: Governing Stakeholders and Business Ethics Case discussion questions 1) How does Google’s mission drive strategy at the company? Google’s mission ‘to organise the world’s information and make it universally acceptable and useful’ has driven Google to create a search engine that on the basis of key words entered by the user will scan the Web for text‚ images‚ videos‚ new articles‚ books‚ and academic journals‚ among other things. 2) Is Google’s stance
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Developing a Strategic Vision In the strategy developing process‚ at very early stage‚ company managers need to pose a set of questions; like ‘What is the vision of the company‚ where company should be headed‚ what should its future technology – product – customer focus be‚ what kind of enterprise do we want to become‚ what industry standing do we want to achieve in fixed time frame like ten years time?’ Keeping all these necessary questions in view‚ long term strategy is formulated‚ and Management’s
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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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Table of Contents Q(1.1.1) 5 Leadership Theory 5 Situational Leadership Theory 6 Transformational leadership Theory 6 Q(1.1.2) 7 Impact of management and leadership styles on strategic decisions. 7 Impact of leadership styles: 7 Autocratic leadership: 7 Bureaucratic leadership: 8 Democratic leadership: 8 Laissez-Faire Leadership Style: 8 Q(1.1.3) 9 Leadership style adaptation to different future situation: 9 “Leadership style is the typical approach of a particular person
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how do the forces influence the outlook for industry profitability? 3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of TomTom? What are the threats and opportunities facing the company? 4. Which strategic problem/challenge is TomTom facing for the future? 5. What recommendations would you make to TomTom management to improve its competitive position in the satellite navigation industry‚ take advantage of market opportunities‚ and defend against external threats? RIM Questions 1. What are the dominant
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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 - 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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presents material primarily on one functional area only‚ a strategic management case takes a wholistic view of corporate operations from the perspective of the firm’s board of directors and/or its senior executives. Are there different types of case studies? The answer here is "yes"! In general‚ there are three types of strategy-oriented case studies. The first type is the problem-oriented case study. In these cases‚ senior management is faced with a set of circumstances that require it to make
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