Mastering Strategic Management Fundamentals

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Course Outline

  1. Strategic Management Process
  2. Environmental Scanning
  3. SWOT Analysis
  4. Porter's Five Forces
  5. PESTEL Analysis
  6. Competitive Advantage Types
  7. Sources of Advantage
  8. Business-Level Strategies
  9. Corporate-Level Strategies
  10. International Strategies
  11. Strategy Implementation
  12. Performance Evaluation

1. Strategic Management Process

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Strategic Management: The ongoing process of defining an organization’s strategy, setting objectives, and allocating resources to achieve long-term goals, considering internal capabilities and external environment.

  • Environmental Scanning: The systematic collection and analysis of external and internal information to identify opportunities, threats, strengths, and weaknesses that influence strategic decisions.

  • SWOT Analysis: A tool that assesses internal strengths and weaknesses, along with external opportunities and threats, to inform strategic planning.

  • Strategy Formulation: The development of long-term plans and choices, including corporate, business, and functional strategies, based on environmental analysis.

  • Strategy Implementation: The process of executing formulated strategies through organizational structure, resource allocation, and leadership to achieve strategic objectives.

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1. What is the 'Strategic Management Process' primarily considered to be?

2. What does the strategic management process primarily involve?

3. Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of environmental scanning in strategic management?

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Strategic Management — process?

Ongoing formulation, implementation, evaluation.

Strategic Management — definition?

Ongoing process of setting and achieving long-term goals.

Environmental Scanning — purpose?

Identify external/internal factors affecting strategy.

Environmental Scanning — purpose?

Identify opportunities, threats, strengths, weaknesses.

SWOT Analysis — components?

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats.

SWOT Analysis — components?

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats.

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