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What is the primary focus of Strategic Control?
What is the primary focus of Strategic Control?
- Analyzing competitive environments
- Assessing organizational effectiveness (correct)
- Implementing strategic plans
- Evaluating financial performance
Which type of organizational performance is concerned with the achievement of financial goals?
Which type of organizational performance is concerned with the achievement of financial goals?
- People Performance
- Financial Performance (correct)
- Implementation Control
- Strategic Control
What is the main objective of Implementation Control?
What is the main objective of Implementation Control?
- Evaluating financial performance
- Implementing strategic plans (correct)
- Analyzing competitive environments
- Assessing people performance
What is the primary focus of People Performance?
What is the primary focus of People Performance?
What is the main objective of Strategic Planning?
What is the main objective of Strategic Planning?
What is the primary focus of Organizational Performance?
What is the primary focus of Organizational Performance?
What type of assets result from the activities of the mind?
What type of assets result from the activities of the mind?
What is an example of an intellectual property asset?
What is an example of an intellectual property asset?
What is a software, in the context of intellectual property?
What is a software, in the context of intellectual property?
What is the primary function of a trademark?
What is the primary function of a trademark?
What is critical in a rapidly changing external environment?
What is critical in a rapidly changing external environment?
What is the goal of strategic asset management?
What is the goal of strategic asset management?
What is essential for implementing a successful corporate strategy?
What is essential for implementing a successful corporate strategy?
What is the primary focus of strategic planning?
What is the primary focus of strategic planning?
What is one way to improve the abilities of product managers in an organization?
What is one way to improve the abilities of product managers in an organization?
What is the main characteristic of a market-centered organizational structure?
What is the main characteristic of a market-centered organizational structure?
What is the primary advantage of a matrix organizational structure?
What is the primary advantage of a matrix organizational structure?
What is the term for a profit center focused on a group of customer needs?
What is the term for a profit center focused on a group of customer needs?
What is the goal of an SBU in a market-centered organizational structure?
What is the goal of an SBU in a market-centered organizational structure?
What is the primary issue raised by an SBU organizational structure?
What is the primary issue raised by an SBU organizational structure?
What is the main characteristic of a matrix organizational structure?
What is the main characteristic of a matrix organizational structure?
In which type of organizations has the matrix structure been adopted?
In which type of organizations has the matrix structure been adopted?
Study Notes
Organizational Performance
- There are four types of organizational performance: Strategic Control, Implementation Control, Financial Performance, and People Performance.
Strategic Control
- Strategic control involves monitoring and correcting the organization's strategy.
Implementation Control
- Implementation control involves establishing and maintaining organizational structures, systems, and processes to support the strategy.
Financial Performance
- Financial performance measures the organization's financial health and performance using metrics such as revenue, profitability, and return on investment.
People Performance
- People performance measures the organization's human capital performance, including employee skills, motivation, and job satisfaction.
Organizational Structure
- A market-centered organizational structure groups company activities around customer needs rather than region, product line, or function.
- A market center is a profit center.
- A market-centered organizational structure is decentralized by market.
- An SBU (Strategic Business Unit) organizational structure groups company activities around important and relevant criteria.
- A matrix organizational structure is efficient for establishing specialist resources and integrating functions.
- A matrix structure employs a multiple "boss" arrangement.
Changing Organizational Structure
- There are four courses of action to improve or replace a product management structure: conducting training programs, switching to a marketing team, eliminating product managers of minor brands, and establishing divisions around major company products.
Strategic Asset Management
Intellectual Property Assets
- Intellectual property assets result from activities of the mind, such as research, ingenuity, and creativity.
- Examples of intellectual property assets include trademarks, software, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets.
- Trademarks include service marks, trade names, designs, logos, seals, and symbols.
- Software includes organized information in the form of operating systems, utilities, programs, and applications that enable computers to work.
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Test your understanding of management control systems, including strategic control and implementation control. Assess your knowledge of key concepts and principles in this field.
