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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SPACE Matrix Strategic Management Method The SPACE matrix is a management tool used to analyze a company. It is used to determine what type of a strategy a company should undertake. The Strategic Position & ACtion Evaluation matrix or short a SPACE matrix is a strategic management tool that focuses on strategy formulation especially as related to the competitive position of an organization. The SPACE matrix can be used as a basis for other analyses‚ such as the SWOT analysis‚ BCG matrix model
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Strategic management is the most involved management type in business because it focuses on providing a business with direction and strategic planning. A strategic manager develops plans‚ policies‚ and objectives for a business while guiding it to reach each of these objectives. The two functional areas of business that are of greatest interest to me are strategic planning and finance as a strategic manager. This paper is designed to explain each function from this perspective and develop an understanding
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Mintzberg’s Strategy Continuum: Philosophic and Theoretical Underpinnings Naveed Yazdani Chair Department of Business Administration School of Business & Economics University of Management & Technology Yazdani@umt.edu.pk & naveedyazdani@hotmail.co.uk Abstract This theoretical paper views Henry Mintzberg’s ‘Strategy Safari’ as representing a strategy continuum along which different styles/modes of strategy making and implementing are spread‚ with Prescriptive/Planning style of strategizing at
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FEATURES OF THE BOOK 6 DESIGNING YOUR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT COURSE 13 TOPICS‚ OUTLINES‚ AND RECOMMENDED CASES 16 PART I: INTRODUCTION 16 The Concept of Strategy (Chapter 1) 16 PART II: TOOLS OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 21 Goals‚ Values‚ and Performance (Chapter 2) 21 The Analysis of Industry and Competition (Chapters 3 and 4) 23 Analyzing Resources and Capabilities (Chapter 5) 27 Organization Structure and Management Systems (Chapter 6) 31 PART III:
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revolutionary and re-evolutionary change Paper presented at the 25th Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism “Signs of the future: Management‚ messianism‚ catastrophe” 1-4 July 2007‚ Ljubljana‚ Slovenia by Dr. Jürgen Deeg University of Hagen‚ Germany Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Chair of Business Administration‚ Leadership and Organization Profilstr. 8‚ 58084 Hagen e-mail: juergen.deeg@fernuni-hagen.de Abstract: Facing an age of tremendous change and transformation‚ the ability
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4 MANAGEMENT DECISION 32‚2 Has today’s dominant marketing mix paradigm become a strait-jacket? A relationship building and management approach may be the answer. From Marketing Mix to Relationship Marketing: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Marketing Christian Grönroos Management Decision‚ Vol. 32 No. 2‚ 1994‚ pp. 4-20 © MCB University Press Limited‚ 0025-1747 The marketing mix management paradigm has dominated marketing thought‚ research and practice since it was introduced
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“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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valuable position‚ involving a different set of activities”. It is also defined as “a set of related actions that managers take to increase their company’s performance” (Hill & Jones‚ 2007). Another deep definition would be “A company’s strategy is managements game plan for growing the business‚ staking out a market position‚ attracting and pleasing customers‚ competing successfully‚ conducting operations and achieving targeted objectives" (Thompson‚ Strickland & Gamble). Putting all together in one
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the gloabalized business‚ companies require strategic thinking and only by evolving good corporate strategies can they become strategically competitive. A sustained or sustainable competitive advantage occurs when firm implements a value – creating strategy of which other companies are unable to duplicate the benefits or find it too costly to initiate. Corporate strategy includes the commitments‚ decisions and actions required for a firm to achieve strategic competitiveness and earn above average returns
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