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The Nature of Strategic ManagementStrategyA way of approaching business opportunities and challenges.Strategic Management A comprehensive and ongoing management process aimed at formulating and implementing effective strategies; a way of approaching business opportunities and challenges.Effective StrategyA strategy that promotes a superior alignment between the organization and its environment and the achievement of strategic goals.
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The Nature of Strategic ManagementThe Components of Strategy
Distinctive CompetenceAn organizational strength possessed by only a small number of competing firms.
ScopeWhen applied to strategy, it specifies the range of markets in which an organization will compete.
Recourse DeploymentHow an organization distributes its resources across the areas in which it competes.
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The Nature of Strategic ManagementTypes of Strategic AlternativesBusiness-Level StrategiesThe set of strategic alternatives from which an organization chooses as it conducts business in a particular industry or market.Corporate-Level StrategiesThe set of strategic alternatives from which an organization chooses as it managers its operations simultaneously across several industries and several markets.
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The Nature of Strategic ManagementStrategy Formulation and Implementation
Strategy FormulationThe set of processes involved in creating or determining the strategies of the organization; it focuses on the content of strategies.
Strategy ImplementationThe methods by which strategies are operationalized or executed within the organization; it focuses on the processes through which strategies are achieved.
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The Nature of Strategic ManagementStrategy Formulation and Implementation
Deliberate StrategyA plan of action that an organization chooses and implements to support specific goals.
Emergent StrategyA pattern of action that develops over time in an organization in the absence of mission and goals or despite mission and goals.
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Using SWOT Analysis to Formulate Strategy
Strengths Weaknesses
Opportunities Threats
Internal Analysis
External Analysis
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Using SWOT Analysis to Formulate Strategy
Evaluating an Organization’s Strengths Organizational Strength: A skill or
capability that enables an organization to conceive of and implement its strategies. Strategic Imitation: The practice of duplicating
another organization’s distinctive competence and thereby implementing a valuable strategy.
Sustained Competitive Advantage: A competitive advantage is a competitive advantage that exists after all attempts at strategic imitation have ceased.
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Using SWOT Analysis to Formulate Strategy
Evaluating an Organization’s Weaknesses
Organizational Weakness: A skill and capability that does not enable an organization to choose and implement strategies that support its mission. Competitive Disadvantage: A situation in
which an organization is not implementing valuable strategies that are being implemented by competing organizations.
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Using SWOT Analysis to Formulate Strategy
Evaluating an Organization’s Opportunities and ThreatsOrganizational Opportunities: An area in the environment that, if exploited, may generate high performance.Organizational Threats: An area in the environment that increases the difficulty of organization's achieving high performance
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MissionAn organization’s fundamental purpose
SWOT AnalysisTo formulate strategies that support the strategies
Those that support the mission and•Exploit opportunities and strengths•Neutralize threats•Avoid weaknesses
Internal Analysis External Analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses Threats
Opportunities
Good Strategies
SWOT Analysis
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Formulating Business-Level Strategies
Three Important Classification of Business Level Strategies:
1. Porter’s Generic Strategies2. Miles and Snow Typology3. Strategies Based on Product Life Cycle
(PLC)
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Formulating Business-Level StrategiesPorter’s Generic Strategies
1. Differentiation StrategyA strategy in which an organization seeks to distinguish itself from competitors through the quality of its products or services.
2. Overall Cost Leadership Strategy A strategy in which an organization attempts to gain competitive advantage by reducing its costs below the costs of competing firms.
3. FocusA strategy in which an organization concentrates on a specific regional market, product line, or group of buyers.
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Formulating Business-Level StrategiesThe Miles and Snow Typology
1. Prospector StrategyA strategy in which the firm encourages creativity and flexibility and is often decentralized.
2. Defender StrategyA strategy in which a firm focuses on lowering costs and improving the performance of current products.
3. Analyzer StrategyA strategy in which the firm attempts to maintain its current business and to be somewhat innovative in new businesses.
4. Reactor StrategyA strategy in which a firm has no consistent approach to strategy.
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Formulating Business-Level Strategies
ProspectorStress innovation and growth; seek
new opportunities
Dynamic, growingenvironment characterized
by high uncertaintyand risk
Moderately stableenvironment withsome uncertainty
and risk
Very stableenvironment withlittle uncertainty
and risk
ReactorLittle consideration
of environment; drift with little
concern for strategy
AnalyzerStress maintenance of status quo with
moderate innovation and growth
DefenderStress stability, conservatism,
and maintenance of status quo
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Formulating Business-Level Strategies
Strategies Based on Product Life Cycle (PLC)Product Life CycleA model that portrays how sales volume for products changes over the life of products.
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Formulating Business-Level Strategies
Introduction
Time
Stages
Growth Maturity Decline
High
Low
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Implementing Business-Level Strategies
Implementing Porter’s Generic Strategies Differentiation Strategy
Marketing should focus on high quality and high-value image of the organization.
Accounting and finance should focus on control on funds without discouraging creativity.
Organization culture should focus on creativity, innovation and response to customer needs in every function of the organization..
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Implementing Business-Level StrategiesImplementing Porter’s Generic Strategies
Overall Cost Leadership Strategy Marketing should focus on simple product
attributes and should reduce the cost for achieving economies of scale.
Accounting and finance should focus on tight accounting and financial control.
Manufacturing should focus on buying raw material at cheaper prices, minimize manufacturing waste and achieving economies of scale.
Organization culture should focus on improving efficiency in every function of the organization.
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Implementing Business-Level Strategies
Implementing Miles and Snow Strategies Prospector Strategy
Prospector strategy can be achieved through innovation, seek new market opportunities, and take numerous risks.
Defender Strategy Defender strategy can be achieved through protecting the
market from new competitors. Low prices and improved performance of the product can be an effective strategy.
Analyzer Strategy Analyzer strategy can be used to maintain current business
and innovate new ones. Effective marketing, tight accounting systems and strong culture should be maintained while search for new markets should be a focus too.
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Formulating Corporate-Level Strategies
Most large organizations are engaged in several businesses, industries, and markets. Each business or set of business within such an origination is frequently referred to as a Strategic Business Unit (SBU).DiversificationThe number of different businesses that an organization is engaged in and the extent to which these businesses are related to one another.
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Formulating Corporate-Level Strategies
Single-Product StrategyA strategy in which organization manufactures just one product or service and sells in in a single geographic market.
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Formulating Corporate-Level Strategies
Related DiversificationA strategy in which an organization operates several businesses that are linked to one another.
Bases of Relatedness Similar technology Common distribution and
marketing skills Common brand name and
reputation Common customers
Advantages1. Reduce organization’s
dependencies2. Reduce overhead cost3. Exploitation of strengths
and capabilities in more then one business
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Formulating Corporate-Level Strategies
Unrelated DiversificationA strategy in which an organization operates several businesses that are not associated.Advantages
1. If one business is in the decline stage the other business may enjoy growth stage. So resources can be used in the business where they have the high potential
2. Using different unrelated business may create greater synergy.
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Implementing Corporate-Level Strategies
Becoming a Diversified Firm Development of New Products Replacement of Suppliers and
Customers Backward Vertical Integration: An
organization's beginning the business activities formally conducted by its suppliers.
Forward Vertical Integration: An organization's beginning the business activities formally conducted by its customers.
Mergers and Acquisitions Merger: The purchase of one form by another
firm of approximately the same size. Acquisition: The purchase of a firm by a firm
considerably larger.
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Implementing Corporate-Level Strategies
Managing DiversificationPortfolio Management TechniqueA method that diversified organizations use to determine which business to engage in and how to manage these businesses to maximize corporate performance.Two important portfolio management techniques are:
BCG Matrix GE Business Screen
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StarsQuestionMarks
DogsCash Cows
Relative Market Share
RelativeMarketGrowth
High
Low
High
Low
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix
Managing Diversification
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Implementing Corporate-Level Strategies Managing Diversification
Competitive Position1.Market share2.Technological know-how3.Product quality4.Service network5.Price competitiveness6.Operating costs
Industry Attractiveness1.Market growth2.Market size3.Capital requirements4.Competitive intensity
Winner
Winner
ProfitProducer
WinnerQuestion
Mark
Average Business
Loser Loser
Loser
Good Medium Poor
Medium
High
Low
Competitive Position
IndustryAttractiveness
The General Electric (GE) Business Screen
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