Abstract Ask five or ten different people for a definition of strategic planning or decision making or even planning and you will probably receive five or ten different answers. Most agree that strategic planning is a way to identify long-term goals and to direct your company toward fulfilling those goals. Most also will agree that decision making is a cognitive activity involving the interplay of environmental cues and human cognitive processes‚ culminating in the selection of one or more possible
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Strategic Decision Making [Type the document subtitle] [Pick the date] Table of Contents Strategic Decision Making If we think of organizations and their surrounding environments as political systems‚ the phrase ‘strategic decision making’ assumes a completely different meaning. Organizations and their surrounding environments depend on each other in several ways‚ benefit from each other and are either positively or negatively impacted
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EBay’s strategic decision on the acquisition of PayPal Introduction: Aim of this report is to critically analyse EBay’s strategic decision on the acquisition of PayPal before it occurred. The report will analyse the company and its operating environment‚ this analysis will discuss the external and internal factors‚ of EBay and the implications of their environment in relation to the factors analysed. This in-depth analysis will be aided with analytical tools such as PESTLE‚ SWOT‚ and the use
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want to go (Kerin‚ 2004). Once these questions are answered‚ Kerin suggests that secondary questions emerge on resource allocation‚ converting the plan into action‚ and revising the plans‚ if necessary‚ the basis of the Strategic Marketing Process. The Planning Phase Strategic marketing planning examines three areas: their own business‚ competitors and the current business environment. The Business Portfolio Analysis examines strengths and weaknesses of organizational market growth rate and relative
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Strategic decision success is heavily reliant on the attitudes that managers take toward the decision-making process and toward the decision itself. The Cuban missile crisis is the most well known case of strategic decision making at the level of the nation-state. The nature of the case was such that the use of evaluative frameworks and concepts along with the right managerial attitudes eventuated in a successful strategic outcome. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States
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Why are strategic decisions different from other kinds of decisions? How? Why? Strategic decisions differ from other kinds of decisions because they are broad in scale‚ resource intensive‚ long term in nature‚ and surrounded by uncertainties. Strategic decisions are rare and usually have no precedent to follow‚ they are significant‚ resource intensive and require a lot of commitment at all levels. In addition‚ strategic decisions set the standard upon which lesser decisions and future actions
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TOPIC: STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND DECISION-MAKING: ETHICS AND VALUES APRIL‚ 2010 INTRODUCTION Values and ethics are central to any organization. What exactly do we mean by values and ethics? Both are extremely broad terms‚ and we need to focus in on the aspects most relevant for strategic leaders and decision makers. What we will first discuss is the distinctive nature of ethics; second‚ we will take a look at work ethics; third we will look into strategic leadership and decision making; fourth
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Game theory is a study of strategic decision-making. More formally‚ it is "the study of mathematical models of conflict and cooperation between intelligent rational decision-makers". An alternative term given to the theory is interactive decision theory. Game theory is mainly used in economics‚ political science‚ and psychology‚ as well as logic and biology. In game theory‚ the Nash equilibrium is a solution concept of a non-cooperative game involving two or more players‚ in which
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Describe and explain the characteristics that affect consumer behaviour and outline the consumer decision-making process as it relates to a product of your choice. Section 1 Introduction “Today’s market is characterised by highly competitive organisations which are all vying for consumer’s loyalty. Firms are faced with the challenge to maintain their own competitive edge to be able to survive and be successful. Behind the visible act of making a purchase lays a decision process that must be investigated
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Yolanda Y. Reviere Case 9 Decisions Decisions In the business world and in everyday life people and companies must make decisions. Not all decisions made in the business world are simple as those make in everyday life. Decision making is an important skill for business and life. There are various steps involved that help people make decision and improve the quality of the decisions made. Decision making is the process of choosing a course of action to deal with a problem or opportunity.
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