Strategic Management Activities and Concept of Strategy

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What does strategic management involve?

  • Developing the firm’s vision and mission, and tactical analysis
  • Developing the firm’s vision and mission, strategic analysis, and measuring performance (correct)
  • Choosing and implementing strategies, and evaluating performance
  • Creating objectives, and responding to external forces

In the context of business, what does the term 'strategy' seek to relate?

  • Goals to means of achieving them (correct)
  • Goals to resources
  • Goals to customer satisfaction
  • Goals to organizational structure

What does the term 'strategy' imply for corporate functioning?

  • Immediate response to changes in the environment
  • Short-term planning
  • Ad hoc decision making
  • Unified design and action for achieving major goals (correct)

How can strategy be defined based on the text?

<p>Long-range blueprint of an organization’s desired image, direction, and destination (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three levels at which strategies are formulated in large organisations?

<p>Corporate, divisional, and functional (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do corporate strategies include according to the text?

<p>Expansion plans, diversification, takeovers and mergers (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the nature of a company's strategy based on the text?

<p>Flexible and pragmatic (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does a company cope with the uncertain business environment according to the text?

<p>By using proactive and reactive strategies (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary responsibility of corporate-level managers?

<p>Maximizing shareholders’ wealth (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the strategic role of business-level managers?

<p>Translating general statements of direction and intent into concrete strategies (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the responsibility of the CEO, according to the passage?

<p>Ensuring that the corporate and business strategies are consistent with maximizing shareholders’ wealth (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What defines a strategic business unit, as per the text?

<p>Self-contained division providing a product or service for a particular market (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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