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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information management practices‚ the long-term viability of the business will depend on management’s ability to think strategically and make sound decisions that sustain competitive advantage. The purpose of this capstone course is to expose students to the managerial process of crafting and executing of strategy with an appealing mix of strategically relevant crafted cases‚ to engage them and sharpen their skills in applying the concepts and tools of strategic analysis. The chapters in this course
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What is strategic management? The set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long-run performance of an organisation. Strategic management Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg‚ Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia 4 Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg‚ Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia 5 Why strategic management is important 1. 2. The strategic management process It results in higher organisational performance. It requires that managers
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Why is strategic HRM so important for organisations? Explain how strategic HRM can be facilitated and how it can contribute to an organisation. Strategic HRM: can be defined as the linking of human resources with strategic goals and objectives in order to improve business performance and develop organizational culture that brings up innovation‚ flexibility and competitive advantage. Strategic HRM involves setting employment standards and policies. Moreover it is not any particular human resource
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Strategies for Runner-up Firms Strategies for Weak and Crisis-Ridden Businesses Ten Commandments for Crafting Successful Business Strategies 8-3 Matching Strategy to a Company’s Situation Nature of industry Most important drivers shaping a firm’s strategic options fall into two categories Firm’s competitive capabilities‚ market position‚ best opportunities 8-4 and competitive conditions Features of an Emerging Industry New and unproven market Proprietary technology Lack of consensus regarding
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Strategic Lens Amazon: Grouping: With a mission “to be Earth’s most customer-centric company‚ where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online‚ and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices‚” . There are three things that can be inferred form Amazon’s mission statement‚ one is their extremely consumer centric business strategy‚ secondly to strive to enter into new markets and thirdly to achieve it through the least amount of resources. However there
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Approaches to the strategic management of people There are a number of models of SHRM and in this unit we will look at three: • The best practice view. • The best fit view. • The resourcebased approach. The best practice view This view starts from the premise that a single set or ‘bundle’ of HR policies and practices will lead to better organisational performance‚ sustained over a lengthy period‚ whatever the prevailing business circumstances. What are these socalled best
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[pic] MBA Program 38 Strategic Management Mid Term Audit Prepared By: Mohamed Mohamed Kotb Submitted To: Dr/ Ashraf Sheta Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………… 3 Strategic Posture …………………………………………………………… 4 1. Organizational Profile………………………………………………………...........4 2. Vision…………………………………………………………………………………………5 3. Mission………………………………………………………………………………………5 4. Organizational
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Strategic Marketing Lauren Hartshorn Grand Canyon University: LDR 620 October 31‚ 2012 Strategic Marketing A successful strategic marketing process must be thoroughly developed prior to implementation. A strategic marketing plan according to Vega & Rojas (2010) is “to assign and to coordinate effectively the marketing activities and resources in order to achieve the company’s goals or strategic mission" (p. 3). The strategic plan must include target goals consistent with the company’s
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Strategic planning is an organization ’s process of defining its strategy‚ or direction‚ and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy. In order to determine the direction of the organization‚ it is necessary to understand its current position and the possible avenues through which it can pursue a particular course of action. Generally‚ strategic planning deals with at least one of three key questions: “What do we do?”‚ “For whom do we do it?”‚ and “How do we excel?”. In
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