Essentials of Strategic Management 5th Edition 8 docx

... business strategy 78 competitive strategy 78 cost leadership 79 differentiation 80 cost focus 80 differentiation focus 80 tactic 83 timing tactic 83 market location tactic 83 cooperative ... two of the 25 companies studied established centers of competence for alliance management. The centers were often part of a department for corporate development or a...

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... other factors. Members of the compensation committees of today’s boards of directors generally agree that measuring a CEO’s ability to establish strategic direction, build a management team, and ... 80 /20 rule 157 weighted-factor method 1 58 long-term evaluation method 1 58 strategic- funds method 159 Notes 1. K. F. Iverson with T. Varian, “Plain Talk,” Inc. (October 1...

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... 44, 82 Dean Foods, 44 Decision-making process, strategic, 13 Decisions, strategic, 11 Deculturation, cultural, 142 Defenders, 44 Defensive tactic, 83 84 Dell (Computer), 8, 38, 56, 68, 79, 82 Dell, ... 65 Continuum board of directors, 18 19 of resource sustainability, 55 Contracts, management, 93 Controls, 149 guidelines, 157 Cooperative strategy, 8, 85 87 Coopers and Lybrand...

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... Strategic Management Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Strategic Management 1.1 The Study of Strategic Management 1.2 Initiation of Strategy: Triggering Events 1.3 Basic Model of Strategic Management 1.4 Strategic ... FEATURES The fifth edition of Essentials of Strategic Management contains many of the same features that made previous editions successful. Som...

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... what specific actions should management undertake? What risks and payoffs are involved? 1.1 THE STUDY OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Strategic management is that set of managerial decisions and actions ... a strategy. 2 General Electric, one of the pioneers of strategic planning, led the transition from strategic planning to strategic management during the 1 980 s. By the 1...

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... substitute for coffee. If the price of coffee goes up high enough, coffee drinkers will slowly begin switching to tea. The price of tea thus puts a price ceiling on the price of coffee. Sometimes ... program of gathering information on a company’s competitors. Sometimes called business intelligence, this is one of the fastest growing fields in strategic management. Close to 80 p...

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... industry 37 new entrants 38 entry barrier 38 rivalry 38 substitute products 39 bargaining power of buyers 39 bargaining power of suppliers 40 relative power of other stakeholders 40 ... (industry and corporate) 56 simple structure 58 functional structure 58 divisional structure 58 strategic business units 58 conglomerate structure 58 corporate culture 59 c...

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... Methods of Managing the Culture of an Acquired Firm Source: A. Nahavandi and A. R. Malekzadeh, “ Acculturation in Mergers and Acquisitions,“ Academy of Management Review (January 1 988 ), p. 83 . Copyright ©1 988 ... Perspective,” Journal of Quality Management, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1996), pp. 67 89 . 15. G. Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind (London: McGraw-Hi...

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... 1 68, 176– 184 Strategic business units, 58, 124 Strategic choice, 111, 116 Strategic decision-making modes, 12 process, 13 Strategic decisions, 11 Strategic factors external, 36 internal, 53 Strategic ... information, 156 T Table, EFAS, 48 50 Table, IFAS, 69–70 Tacit knowledge, 54 Taco Bell, 87 Tactic, 83 defensive, 83 84 market location, 83 offensive, 83 timing, 83 T...

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... tell you what areas are of most importance to you in choosing a software provider. Each of these questions impacts a different software module and each soft- ware provider offers different approaches ... selection of the software vendor, it is time to install the software. Right? Well, not exactly. The software will be excellent but it now must be adapted to your operations. Remember, E...

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