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General Management Perspective - ANSWER-having the capacity to understand and appreciate
issues facing individuals placed in the specific role of a general manager
general manager - ANSWER-someone who has responsibility for all functional facets of the b...
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General Management Perspective - ANSWER✔✔-having the capacity to understand and appreciate
issues facing individuals placed in the specific role of a general manager
general manager - ANSWER✔✔-someone who has responsibility for all functional facets of the business
create, capture and distribute value - ANSWER✔✔-what is the job of the general manager?
set direction, create strategy, implement change - ANSWER✔✔-3 fundamental components of the GM's
job?
operating performance, organizational health - ANSWER✔✔-2 sets of measures for assessment of
organizational performance
quadrant 1 - ANSWER✔✔-desired state of performance matrix
quadrant 2 - ANSWER✔✔-inward-looking and self-satisfied organization where people enjoy their work
but are performing inadequately in terms of market/financial standards
quadrant 3 - ANSWER✔✔-business is achieving operating objectives at the expense of organizational
health
quadrant 4 - ANSWER✔✔-represents a problem in which immediate and comprehensive action is
necessary
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colins and porras framework - ANSWER✔✔-based on solid research and provides a practical approach
for applying the concept. vision consists on 2 major components. guiding philosophy includes the core
purpose and values of the organization
core purpose and core values - ANSWER✔✔-guiding philosophy 2 elements
values - ANSWER✔✔-represent the basic beliefs that govern individual and group behaviour in an
organization
core purpose - ANSWER✔✔-defines organization's reason for being and may never be fully realized, in
contrast to goals and objectives, which are formulated specifically to be achievable
mission statement - ANSWER✔✔-mission is clear and compelling goal that serves to unify an
organization's efforts
feasibility - ANSWER✔✔-question of whether you can reasonably expect to get to your visionary
destination cannot be answered in the abstract
flexibility - ANSWER✔✔-vision must be flexible because circumstances may change in unanticipated
ways
stretch - ANSWER✔✔-vision should go further than what is doable with today's resources/capabilities
managerial strategy - ANSWER✔✔-Which of the following is not one of the major levels of organization
strategy?
management preferences - ANSWER✔✔-When developing alternatives based on the Diamond-E drill,
this element often provides the most strain on action plans:
development - ANSWER✔✔-Which stage is not included in the product life cycle?
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the balanced scorecard - ANSWER✔✔-Kaplan and Norton developed:
strategic planning - ANSWER✔✔-approach to undertaking strategic analysis on a recurring basis and
deals with who develops the strategy, how it happens and when it takes place
strategy - ANSWER✔✔-concrete expression of how an organization intends to operate in service of
whatever mission it has designed
strategy - ANSWER✔✔-definitive tool for building, communicating and maintaining direction of the
business
goals - ANSWER✔✔-set up targets against which progress/performance can be assessed
product market focus - ANSWER✔✔-provides critical direction to people throughout the organization so
they can focus their effort on targeted markets and products/services
value proposition - ANSWER✔✔-beacon for employees, illuminating specifically what the business is
trying to do for customers and clients and requirements of their particular goal
core activities - ANSWER✔✔-highlight key jobs that will have to be done and the capabilities that need
most to be developed and reinforced
strategy business unit - ANSWER✔✔-sells a distinct set of products/services to an identifiable group of
customers and is accountable for distinct revenues, costs, and investments directly or by reasonable
allocation
business strategy - ANSWER✔✔-focuses on how an organization will create value within a particular line
of business
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corporate strategy - ANSWER✔✔-deals with portfolio of business strategies and how they relate to each
other
strategic goals - ANSWER✔✔-an expression in measurable terms of what a business intends to achieve
or where it intends to go
hard goals - ANSWER✔✔-focus on aims and performance of the business as a classic economic entity
whether it be for-profit or not-for-profit, revealing measurable targets/time frames
soft goals - ANSWER✔✔-set out targets for the social conduct of the organization
growth strategy - ANSWER✔✔-implies priority on market, plant and personnel investments in order to
grow the business, if necessary at the expense of current profitability
harvest strategy - ANSWER✔✔-implies stingy approach to investment and spending as priority is given to
milking cash and profits from a business
divest - ANSWER✔✔-give priority to those actions that prepare and initiate the sale of the business
scope - ANSWER✔✔-whether the product/service is existing or new and whether the market already
exists or is new, which frame this type of strategic choice
penetration strategy - ANSWER✔✔-suggests there is market share to be gained by focusing on the
current products and markets, or perhaps there is growth in the market that would provide growth even
if market share were to remain the same
value proposition - ANSWER✔✔-statement of the fundamental benefit or benefits that it has chosen to
offer in the market place
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