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What is a key aspect of an organization's resources?
What is a key aspect of an organization's resources?
What is a potential outcome of a great combination of strategy and execution?
What is a potential outcome of a great combination of strategy and execution?
What is internal alignment of the operating model with offering choices necessary for?
What is internal alignment of the operating model with offering choices necessary for?
What is innovation primarily about?
What is innovation primarily about?
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What is the primary goal of an organization's machinery?
What is the primary goal of an organization's machinery?
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What is a key aspect of entrepreneurship?
What is a key aspect of entrepreneurship?
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Study Notes
Capability Building
- Recruiting experienced talent with relevant skills is a way to initiate capability building
Resources
- Resources can be categorized into two types: hard assets and soft assets
- Soft assets include human assets such as relationships, skills, and knowledge
- These assets are difficult to imitate and can provide an advantage to firms
Strategy and Execution
- A great combination of strategy and execution can reduce uncertainty, lower cost, meet targets faster, and be a source of advantage
Operating Model
- Internal alignment of the operating model with offering choices is necessary for a firm to execute its strategy well
- This alignment can help a firm attain competitive advantage and superior financial return
Key Skills
Creativity
- Forming a mental image or new idea about the future
- Critical thinking involves offering unique ways to solve defined problems
- Collaboration involves developing relationships with the right partners to attain objectives
- Communication involves engaging constituents to make them understand and accept your message
Innovation
- Involves having a new way of doing things with commercial success
- Targets solving, in a novel way, pain points of customers or non-customers who are willing to pay for the solution
- Solution can be delivered through a product or service
Organization Structure
- Machinery is an organization structure that can deliver the value planned
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Description
This quiz covers key concepts in strategic management, including resource allocation, talent acquisition, and competitive advantage. It also touches on entrepreneurial skills, such as revenue growth and cost reduction. Test your knowledge of strategic planning and execution.
