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An important activity in ________ is taking corrective action.

strategy evaluation

strategy implementation

strategy formulation

strategy leadership

all of the above - ✔✔A) Strategy evaluation



What step in the strategic management process involves mobilizing employees and managers to put
strategies into action?

Strategy formulation

Strategy evaluation

Strategy implementation

Strategic advantage

Competitive advantage - ✔✔C) Strategy implementation



What types of skills are especially critical for successful strategy implementation?

Interpersonal

Marketing

Technical

Conceptual

Visionary - ✔✔A) Interpersonal

,With which phase of strategic management is most strongly associated with "action"?

Strategy formulation

Strategy implementation

Strategy evaluation

Competing advantages

Measuring performance - ✔✔B) Strategy Implementation



________ is NOT a strategy-implementation activity.

Taking corrective actions

Establishing annual objectives

Devising policies

Allocating resources

Motivating employees - ✔✔A) Taking corrective actions



strategy evaluation is necessary because

internal and external factors are constantly changing.

the SEC requires strategy evaluation.

success today is a guarantee of success tomorrow.

the IRS requires strategy evaluation.

firms have limited resources - ✔✔A) Internal and external factors are constantly changing



In which phase of strategic management are annual objectives are especially important?

Reduction

Formulation

Implementation

Evaluation

Policy - ✔✔C) Implementation

,In which phase of strategic management are long-term objectives especially important?

Formulation

Control

Evaluation

Implementation

Management - ✔✔A) Formulation



T or F: The decision to expand or diversify operations is a strategy-formulation issue. - ✔✔True



T or F: The decision to merge is a strategy-formulation issue but the decision to form a joint venture is a
strategy-implementation issue. - ✔✔False



T or F: Strategy implementation is often considered to be the most difficult stage in the strategic-
management process. - ✔✔True



T or F: The final stage in strategic management is strategy implementation. - ✔✔False



T or F: In most large organizations that engage in strategic management, the formulation,
implementation, and evaluation of strategy activities occur at three hierarchical levels:
corporate; divisional or strategic business unit; and functional. - ✔✔True



T or F: One of the fundamental strategy evaluation activities is reviewing the external and internal
factors on which strategies are based. - ✔✔True



T or F: Many organizations mistakenly spend more time and effort on the implementation of a
plan, than on the formulation of the plan itself. - ✔✔False



Which stage in the strategic-management process is the most difficult? Explain why. - ✔✔Strategy
implementation is the most difficult stage in the strategic-management process because it requires
personal discipline, commitment and sacrifice. Successful strategy implementation hinges upon

, managers' ability to motivate employees, which is more of an art than a science. Interpersonal skills
are especially critical for successful strategy implementation.



Which statement best describes intuition?

It alone should be used in decision-making.

It represents a minor factor in decision-making integrated with analysis.

It should be coupled with analysis in decision-making.

It is better than analysis in decision-making.

It is management by ignorance. - ✔✔C) It should be coupled with analysis in decision-making



T or F: Analytical and intuitive thinking complement each other. - ✔✔True



T or F: According to Albert Einstein, "Knowledge is far more important than intuition." - ✔✔False



T or F: According to Peter Drucker "Imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge
is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world." - ✔✔False



or F: Management by intuition can be defined as operating from the "I've-already-made-up-my-mind-
don't-bother-me-with-the-facts mode." - ✔✔False



T or F: An objective, logical, systematic, & non intuitive approach for making major decisions in an
organization is a way to describe the strategic-management process. - ✔✔False



Discuss the value of integrating intuition and analysis. - ✔✔Most organizations can benefit from
strategic management, which is based on integrating intuition and analysis in decision making.
Choosing an intuitive or analytic approach to decision making is not an either-or proposition. Managers
at all levels in an organization inject their intuition and judgment into strategic-management analyses.
Analytical thinking and intuitive thinking complement each other. Operating from the "I've-already-
made-up-my-mind-don't-bother-me-with-the-facts" mode is not management by intuition; it is
management by ignorance. Drucker says, "I believe in intuition only if you discipline it. 'Hunch' artists,
who make a diagnosis but don't check it out with facts, are the ones in medicine who kill people, and in
management kill businesses." In a sense, the strategic-management process is an attempt both to

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