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Unit 1 The Nature & Framework of Strategic Management
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Themes in the Text
•Global Considerations – impact virtually all strategic decisions
•E-commerce – vital strategic management tool
•Natural environment – important strategic issue
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Art & science of formulating, implementing, and evaluating, cross-functional decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objectives
Strategic Management – Defined
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Strategic Management
In essence, the strategic plan is a company’s game plan
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Strategic Management achieves a firm’s success through integration ––
Management
MIS
Production/OperationsFinance/Accounting
Marketing
Research & Development
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Vision & Mission
Strategy Formulation
External Opportunities & Threats
Internal Strengths & Weaknesses
Long-Term Objectives
Alternative Strategies
Strategy Selection
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Issues in Strategy Formulation
New business opportunitiesBusinesses to abandonAllocation of resourcesExpansion or diversificationInternational marketsMergers or joint venturesAvoidance of hostile takeover
New business opportunitiesBusinesses to abandonAllocation of resourcesExpansion or diversificationInternational marketsMergers or joint venturesAvoidance of hostile takeover
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Strategy Implementation
Annual Objectives
Policies
Employee Motivation
Resource Allocation
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Strategy Implementation
Action Stage of Strategic Management –
Most difficult stageMobilization of employees & managersInterpersonal skills criticalConsensus on goal pursuit
Action Stage of Strategic Management –
Most difficult stageMobilization of employees & managersInterpersonal skills criticalConsensus on goal pursuit
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Strategy Evaluation
Internal Review
External Review
Performance Metrics
Corrective Actions
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Strategy Evaluation
Final Stage of Strategic Management
Subject to future modificationToday’s success no guarantee of future successNew & different problemsComplacency leads to demise
Final Stage of Strategic Management
Subject to future modificationToday’s success no guarantee of future successNew & different problemsComplacency leads to demise
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Peter Drucker: -- Think through the overall mission of a business. Ask the key question: “What is our Business?”
Prime Task of Strategic Management
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The strategic management process attempts to organize quantitative and qualitative information under conditions of uncertainty
Integrating Intuition and Analysis
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Intuition is based on: Past experiences Judgment Feelings
Integrating Intuition and Analysis
Intuition is useful for decision making in: Conditions of great uncertainty Conditions with little precedent
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Involve Management at all levels
Intuition & Judgment
Influence all Analyses
Integrating Intuition & Analysis
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Analytical Thinking
Integrating Intuition & Analysis
Intuitive Thinking
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Organizations must monitor events On-going process Internal and external events Timely changes
Adapting to Change
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“Anything that a firm does especially well compared to rival firms”
Strategic Management is Gaining and Maintaining Competitive Advantage
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1. Adapting to change in external trends, internal capabilities and resources
Achieving Sustained Competitive Advantage
2. Effectively formulating, implementing & evaluating strategies
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Rate & magnitude of change increasing dramatically
Adapting to Change
E-commerce
Demographics
Technology
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Effective Adaptation
Adapting to Change
Requires long-term focus
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What kind of business should we become?
Are we in the right fields Are there new competitors? What strategies should we
pursue? How are our customers
changing?
Adapting to Change – Key Strategic Management Questions
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Key Terms
Various Job Titles:
•Chief Executive Officer (CEO)•Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)•President•Owner•Board Chair•Executive Director
Strategists – Firm’s success/failure
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Vision Statement –What do we want to become?
Mission Statement –What is our business?
Key Terms
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Largely beyond the control of a single organization
Key Terms
Opportunities and Threats (External)
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Opportunities & Threats (External)
Key Terms
Analysis of Trends:
• Economic
• Social
• Cultural
• Demographic/Environmental
• Political, Legal, Governmental
• Technological
• Competitors
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Process of conducting research and gathering and assimilating external information
Key Terms Opportunities & Threats
Environmental Scanning (Industry Analysis)
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Basic Tenet of Strategic Management
Key Terms Opportunities & Threats
Strategy Formulation
Take advantage of External Opportunities
Take advantage of External Opportunities
Avoid/minimize impact ofExternal Threats
Avoid/minimize impact ofExternal Threats
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Controllable activities performed especially well or poorly
Key Terms
Strengths & Weaknesses (Internal)
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Strengths & Weaknesses (Internal)
Key Terms
Typically located in functional areas of the firm
• Management
• Marketing
• Finance/Accounting
• Production/Operations
• Research & Development
• Computer Information Systems
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Assessing the Internal Environment
Key Terms Strengths & Weaknesses
Internal Factors
Performance Metrics
Financial Ratios
Industry Averages
Survey Data
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Mission-driven pursuit of specified results more than one year out
Key Terms
Long-term Objectives
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Long-term Objectives
Key Terms
Essential for ensuring the firm’s success
• Provide direction
• Aid in evaluation
• Create synergy
• Focus coordination
• Basis for planning, motivating, and controlling
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Means by which long-term objectives are achieved
Key Terms
Strategies
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Strategies
Key Terms
Some Examples
• Geographic expansion
• Diversification
• Acquisition
• Market penetration
• Retrenchment
• Liquidation
• Joint venture
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Short-term milestones that firms must achieve to attain long-term objectives
Key Terms
Annual Objectives
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Means by which annual objectives will be achieved
Key Terms
Policies
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Example Strategies in Action in 2005
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Example Strategies in Action in 2005
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ExternalAudit
Chapter 3
InternalAudit
Chapter 4
Long-TermObjectives
Chapter 5
Generate,Evaluate,
SelectStrategies
Chapter 6
ImplementStrategies:
Mgmt Issues
Chapter 7
ImplementStrategies:Marketing,Fin/Acct,R&D, CISChapter 8
Measure &Evaluate
Performance
Chapter 9
Vision &
Mission
Chapter 2
Comprehensive strategic management model
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Dynamic & Continuous More formal in larger organizations
Strategic Management Model
Strategic Management Process
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1. Identify Existing --
Strategic Management Model
• Vision
• Mission
• Objectives
• Strategies
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2. Audit external environment3. Audit internal environment4. Establish long-term objectives5. Generate, evaluate & select
strategies6. Implement selected strategies7. Measure & evaluate performance
Strategic Management Model
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Benefits of Strategic Management
• Proactive in shaping firm’s future
• Initiate and influence firm’s activities
• Formulate better strategies
•Systematic, logical, rational
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Benefits of Strategic Management
Financial Benefits
• Improvement in sales
• Improvement in profitability
• Productivity improvement
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Benefits of Strategic Management
Non-Financial Benefits
• Improved understanding of competitors strategies
• Enhanced awareness of threats
• Reduced resistance to change
• Enhanced problem-prevention capabilities
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Benefits of Strategic Management (Greenley)
1. Identification of Opportunities
2. Objective view of management problems
3. Improved coordination & control
4. Minimizes adverse conditions & changes
5. Decisions that better support objectives
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Benefits of Strategic Management (Greenley – cont’d)
6. Effective allocation of time & resources
7. Internal communication among personnel
8. Integration of individual behaviors
9. Clarify individual responsibilities
10. Encourage forward thinking
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Benefits of Strategic Management (Greenley – cont’d)
11. Encourages favorable attitude toward change
12. Provides discipline and formality to the management of the business
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Why Some Firms Do No Strategic Planning
Poor reward structures
Fire-fighting
Waste of time
Too expensive
Laziness
Content with success
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Why Some Firms Do No Strategic Planning
Fear of failure
Overconfidence
Prior bad experience
Self-interest
Fear of the unknown
Suspicion
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Principles of conduct within organizations that guide decision making and behavior
Business Ethics & Strategic Management
Business Ethics defined –
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Prerequisite for good strategic management
Business Ethics & Strategic Management
Good business ethics –
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Provides basis on which policies can be devised to guide daily behavior and decisions in the workplace
Business Ethics & Strategic Management
Code of business ethics –
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Misleading advertising Misleading labeling Harm to the environment Insider trading Dumping flawed products on foreign markets Poor product or service safety Padding expense accounts
Business Ethics & Strategic Management
Business practices always considered unethical –
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ISO 9000 focuses on quality control > 1.5 million companies incorporate ISO
Natural Environment Perspective
ISO used to gain strategic advantage
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Voluntary standards ISO 14001 standard for Environmental
Management System Firms minimize harmful effects on
environment
Natural Environment Perspective
ISO 14000 standards
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Parent company Host country
The Nature of Global Competition
International/multinational corporations
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Cultural differences Norms Values Work ethic
The Nature of Global Competition
Strategy implementation may be difficult
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Advantages of International Operations
Absorb excess capacity
Reduce unit costs
Spread risk over wider markets
Low-cost production facilities
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Advantages of International Operations (cont’d)
Less intense competition
Lower taxes
Economies of scale
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Disadvantages of International Operations
Difficult communications
Underestimate foreign competition
Cultural barriers to effective management
Complications arising from currency differences