MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (36) 50% of Total Marks Choose the best answer from the responses listed Use the Answer Sheet provided 1. According to the Fundamentals of Strategy textbook, which of the following elements is not found in strategy statements a) Mission b) Experience c) Advantage d) Vision e) Scope 2. A Strategic Business Unit (SBU) is a part of an organisation for which there is a) Senior management with strong links to corporate HQ b) Specific goods/services that are sold to
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Processual, Rational, Fuzzy, Evolutionary 1. Processual approach: Strategy is produced in an incremental fashion, as a 'pattern in a stream of decisions'. Fuzzy approach: Companies sometimes adopt an incremental approach to change. What's different between these two approach? The Processual approach is really talking about strategy emerging from the many different day-to-day decisions taken by the staff. It’s incremental, in that it is occurring by being added to with each decision taken.
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Exam 1 1. The US beer industry was transformed significantly since 1980s. identify two important variables in this environment. Discuss the different strategy used by Anheuser-Busch’s and Samuel Adams? Change in environment: - Demand in US: 1980: 34.0 gallon/person, 2003: 29.1/person, 2010: 1.5% drop from 2009. - Technology allows production in very high quantity Anheuser-Busch: SAB-Miller and Molson Coors - High volume and standard quality - Economy of scale (production, marketing) - Commands
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Board of Directors have ideas for the future growth of the company. Each of the members proposed idea has its merits, but their ideas are mutually exclusive and only one strategy can be chosen. This could be a potential issue and delay the company’s future growth if the board members cannot come to an agreement. Without a unified strategy, corporate or business, to guide the company over the next decade the Great Italian Food Company will make costly mistakes and jeopardize the company’s current position
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Introduction and Background The business drivers for change in the next decades will be more numerous than in the past. There will be challenges from global expansion, new technologies and new business models. What is clear is that the successful organisation of the 21st century will have to be an agile workforce with ability to embrace and thrive on change. Change management is therefore a critical focus area for Leaders and Managers of visionary organisations. Drivers for Change The drivers
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Review of What Is Strategy Introduction The article---‘What is strategy’ is mainly concerned with exploring the definition of the strategy by distinguishing ‘operational effectiveness’ from ‘strategy’. To explore the real meaning of strategy, the author defines this term from three different perspectives: strategic position, trade-offs and fit. Main part Understanding of the article Some concepts of this article are based on theoretical foundations. Firstly, operational effectiveness
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Sony has over 168,000 employees globally and revenues in 2011 of $86 billion. http://www.sony.com/SCA/corporate.shtml PART 2 – QUESTION 1 Assess the culture prevalent in the organisation and critically evaluate how this impacts on its strategy. 2.2 ANALYSIS “You can’t
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CORPORATE STRATEGY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT SPRING TERM 2015 Course Lecturer: Professor James Rafferty Course Tutor: Mr Tahiru Liedong Course Description The course is concerned with the Strategic Management issues and tasks faced by general managers in organisations. These involve determining the purpose and direction of the organisation, establishing objectives and formulating strategies to achieve them, which take account of changes in the environment
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resource-based approaches from the academic point of view. These two approaches should be viewed as complementary (Prahalad and Hamel, 1990; Mintzberg et al, 1995; Greenley and Oktemgil, 1996). Following the discussion, the essay just analyzes Nokia’s strategies and empirically justified the reciprocal and complementary relationship between these two approaches. On the process of Nokia’s development, the company achieved success because it could balance these two approaches well. Once it failed to do so
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THEORY IN PRACTICE FINAL: PETCO Animal Supplies By: Angela Tiersma Bus 444 Professor Meilich INTRODUCTION For my Theory-in-Practice Assignment I have chosen the publicly held company PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETC). I picked PETCO for several reasons: I worked there in high school and loved it; it is based in San Diego; and it is the number two in its industry. PETCO Company Information PETCO is one of the nation’s top pet superstores
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