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In a large organization, strategic management activities occur at what level(s)?
Q.2
Conducting research, integrating intuition with analysis, and making decisions are all __________ activities.
Q.3
Which of these questions is addressed by a mission statement?
Q.4
Strategy-implementation activities include
Q.5
__________ are the resources, skills or other advantages a firm enjoys relative to its competitors
Q.6
If unprepared, what strategic pressures are recognized as key factors that can weaken the organization?
Q.7
A _________ is a limitation or deficiency in resources, skills and capabilities that seriously impede effective performance
Q.8
Robert Kalpan and David developed the balanced score card in the early _____ as a performance measurement system
Q.9
What is said to be the key factor in maintaining organizational growth (e.g., Hurst 1995)?
Q.10
Which of the following is not an aspect of a definition of the term budgets?
Q.11
What are designed to guide managers in the pursuit and achievement of strategies and objectives?
Q.12
Strategy effectiveness and competitive success is dependent on which of the following groups of competencies?
Q.13
Which of the following competencies relates to functionality?
Q.14
Doing things right and doing the right things are also known as?
Q.15
Acquisitions often fail to deliver the successes that were predicted prior to acquisition. What is the main reason for this failure?
Q.16
What is likely to be the effect of a logical corporate strategy but poor strategy implementation.
Q.17
Which of these is not a valid reason in support of focused strategies?
Q.18
Which of these is not a reason for why employees resist the implementation of strategic changes?
Q.19
Which of these is not a main determinant of centralization/decentralization?
Q.20
Firms that practice unrelated mergers___________
Q.21
Which of these is not an issue in selecting a business as a divestment candidate?
Q.22
Which of the following is an aspect of implementation that can be changed indirectly if necessary?
Q.23
SBU stands for
Q.24
The word strategy originated from ___________
Q.25
Which of the following is not a strategic criteria for deciding which firms to retain in the organizational core?
Q.26
Which of these is not an activity associated with restructuring?
Q.27
Which of these is not an identified form of organizational structure?
Q.28
When are holding company structures are most useful?
Q.29
Swot Analysis is done to know the
Q.30
A company specializing in producing mass market cars acquires a company which specializes in financial services. The new company can now offer financial services to its car purchasers. What form of diversification is this?
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