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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Strategic Management Fred R David (1997) states that strategic management can be defined as the art and science of formulating‚ implementing and evaluating cross functional decisions that enable the organisation to achieve its objectives. νAs the definition suggests‚ strategic management focuses on integrating management‚ marketing‚ finance/accounting‚ production/operations‚ research and development and computer information systems to achieve organizational success νStrategic management is a
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Chapter 1 63) The goal of strategic management is to A) achieve competitive advantage. B) maintain competitive advantage. C) achieve and maintain competitive advantage. D) eliminate competitive advantage E) eliminate and abolish competitive advantage. 64) Strategic management focuses on integrating management‚ ________‚ and information systems to achieve organizational success. A) marketing B) finance/accounting C) production/operations D) research and development E) all of the above
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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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References: David L. Kultz (2008). South-Western Cengage Learning: Contemporary Marketing (14th edition). Mason‚ Ohio: Cengage Learning CBS News (2012). Avon cutting 1‚500 jobs. Retrieved on December 12‚ 2012 from website: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-57558694/avon-cutting-1500-jobs/ Hitt‚ M. A.‚ Ireland‚ R. D.‚ & Hoskisson‚ R. E. (2013). Strategic management: Concepts and cases: Competiveness and globalization (10th ed.). Mason‚ OH: South-Western Cengage Learning http://www
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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Strategic Analysis 2.1 The Strategic Management Process 2.2 Stages of the Strategic Management Process and Contribution to Strategic Management Process 2.3 Definition of Strategic Analysis and Component 2.4 Techniques for Analyzing the External Environment 2.5 Techniques for Analyzing the Internal Environment 2.6 Roles of SWOT Analysis in Strategic Analysis 3.0 Strategy Formulation‚ Evaluation and Choice 3.1 Strategy Formulation
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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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Examination Paper: Semester II IIBM Institute of Business Management IIBM Institute of Business Management Examination Paper MM.100 Strategic Management Section A: Objective Type (30 marks) This section consists of multiple choice questions & Short notes type questions. Answer all the questions. Part one questions carry 1 mark each & Part two questions carry 5 marks each. Part One: Multiple choices: 1. A plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal is: a. Tactic
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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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role for empirical research in management accounting. Accounting‚ Organisations and Society‚ Volume: 11‚ Issue: 4‚ pp. 142-55. 9. World Bank‚ 2011. [online ] Available from: data.woldbank.org [Accessed on 29th July 2012]. 10. Yeniyurt‚ S.‚ Cavusgil‚ S.T.‚ and Hult‚ G.‚ 2005 Bibliography 1. Aaker D.‚ A.‚ and McLoughlin D.‚ 2010 2. Avery‚ G.‚ and Baker‚ E.‚ 1990. Psychology at Work‚ 2nd ed‚ Prentice Hall‚ London. 3. Baker‚ M.‚ J.‚ 1999. The Marketing book‚ 4th edition‚ Butterworth-Heinemann 4. Drummond
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