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What Is Strategy?
The term strategy is derived from a Greek
word Strategos which means general ship
the actual direction of military force, as
distinct from the policy governing its
deployment. Strategy is a broad game plant
to achieve objectives. It provides direction
and scope to the organization over the long
term. Literally the word strategy means the
art of the general.
Strategy:
Strategy:
Strategic Management:
Strategic management is the art and science
of formulating, implementing and evaluating
cross-functional decisions that will enable an
organization to achieve its objectives. It is the
process of specifying the organization's
objectives, developing policies and plans to
achieve these objectives, and allocating
resources to implement the policies and plans
to achieve the organization's objectives.
Strategic management, therefore, combines
the activities of the various functional areas
of a business to achieve organizational
objectives.
Strategic Management:
Strategic management is a set of decisions &
actions that result in formulating &
implementation of plans designed to achieve
a companys objectives.
Because it involves long term, future
oriented, complex decision making & requires
considerable resources, top management
participation
is
essential.
Strategic
management is a three-tier process involving
corporate, business & functional level
planners, & more specific, narrow, shortterm, & actions oriented, with lower risks but
fewer opportunities for dynamic impact.
Strategic Management:
The purpose of strategic management is to
exploit and create new and different
opportunities for tomorrow, long range
planning, in contrast, tries to optimize for
tomorrow the trends of today.
Strategic management provides overall
direction to the enterprise and is closely
related to the field of Organization Studies.
In the field of business administration it is
possible
mention
to
the
"strategic
consistency.
.
Strategic Management:
Strategic Management is simply the art of
turning strategies into action.
Strategy
management
exploits
new
opportunities for tomorrow.
Well implementation of corporate to
achieve & maintain competitive advantage
Strategy management refers to strategic
decisions
&
actions
of
the
top
management.
Strategy management is known as a
process
of
strategy
formulation,
implementation, &evaluation & control.
wide
Fundamental
Long
term implications
Implementation:
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Long
term
implications:
Strategic
management is not concerned with day to day
operations. It has long term implications.
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
STRATEGY
Corporate
Operational
Business
Functional
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
STRATEGY:
Business level
Operational
or functional level
et
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In
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n
po
res
sib
ili
ty
CORPORATE LEVEL:
Top managements overall plan for
the entire organization and its
strategic business units.
Corporate level strategy occupies
the heights level of DECISION
MAKING.
the nature of the decisions tends to
be value oriented, conceptual than
the Business level, and
Operational or Functional level.
Strategy
Types
of Growth Strategies
Concentration
Vertical integration
Horizontal integration
Diversification
GROWTH STRATERGIES:
Concentration:
GROWTH STRATERGIES(contd)
Diversification:
1). Related Diversification:
Expanding by merging with firms in
different, but related industries.
2). Unrelated Diversification:
Growing by merging with firms in
unrelated industries where higher
financial returns are possible.
Business-Level Strategies:
At Business-level ALLOCATION
of re-sources among Functionallevel an COORDINATE with the
Corporate
level
to
the
ACHIEVEMENT of the Corporate
level OBJECTIVES.
Business-Level Strategies(contd)
Cost
Differentiation:
Market
Functional-Level Strategies:
Focus
is on improving the
effectiveness of operations
within a company.
Which is done by:
Manufacturing
Marketing
Materials management
Researchand development
Human resources
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
PROCESS
FORMATION
OF MISSION
&
OBJECTIVES
EVALUATIO
N AND
CONTROL
SWOT
ANALYSIS
IMPLEMENTAT
ION
CONSIDERATI
ON OF
STRATEGIC
ALTERNATIVES
CHOICE OF
STRATEGY
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STRATEGIC FORMULATION
Strategic formation involves four important
steps which are,
1. Determination of mission and objectives
2. Analysis of strengths and weakness of the firm
3. Environmental opportunities and threats
4. Generation of alternatives strategies and
choosing the most appropriate strategies.
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In
2.SWOT ANALYSIS
In
In
3.STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVES
Given the mission and objectives and
having analyzed the strength and
weakness of the firm and environmental
opportunities and threats. This
strategies should proceed to generate
possible alternatives strategies. There
may be different strategies options for
accomplishing a particular objectives.
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5.IMPLEMENTATION
Operationalizing
Implementation
2. Strategic
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