Exam 9: Strategic Planning: Strategies, tactics, and Competitive Dynamics

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________ is the process of determining appropriate courses of action for achieving organizational objectives and thereby accomplishing organizational purpose.

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Question 81

Managers only perform environmental analysis to help them understand what is happening outside their organization.

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Question 82

The last step of the strategic management process,consisting of monitoring and evaluating the strategic management process as a whole,is ________.

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Question 83

Which one of the following strategy formulation tools outlines the primary forces that determine competitiveness within an industry and illustrates how those forces are related?

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Question 84

________ is short-range planning that emphasizes the current operations of various parts of the organization.

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Question 85

One of the SBUs under the Retro Group of companies is not generating a satisfactory amount of business.Extensive analysis shows that the company is losing its market share because its competitors have more sustainable processes.Analysts also feel that the growth prospects in this industry are extremely limited.Which one of the following organizational strategies should the company adopt?

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Question 86

________ is a strategy that emphasizes making an organization more competitive by targeting a particular customer type.

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Question 87

Which one of the following is true about a cash cow?

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Question 88

The first step of strategic management is designed to ________.

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Question 89

________ is usually applied to SBUs that are dogs or question marks that have failed to increase market share but still require significant amounts of cash.

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________ is the process of determining appropriate courses of action for achieving organizational objectives and thereby accomplishing organizational purpose.

Managers only perform environmental analysis to help them understand what is happening outside their organization.

The last step of the strategic management process,consisting of monitoring and evaluating the strategic management process as a whole,is ________.

Which one of the following strategy formulation tools outlines the primary forces that determine competitiveness within an industry and illustrates how those forces are related?

________ is short-range planning that emphasizes the current operations of various parts of the organization.

________ is a strategy that emphasizes making an organization more competitive by targeting a particular customer type.

Which one of the following is true about a cash cow?

The first step of strategic management is designed to ________.

________ is usually applied to SBUs that are dogs or question marks that have failed to increase market share but still require significant amounts of cash.

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