Strategic Management has been a great experience for me. I finally now have had good strategic training. I’m confident no one else in my organization has had this high level of strategic training. In fact, I doubt anyone in my organization has ever had legitimate strategic management training. As a result, I have high hopes from this experience and I plan to use what I have learned on a daily basis.
The following are questions and answers regarding my experiences in Strategic Management:
When you are next faced with the opportunity for strategic involvement in your firm, what lessons from this course will you apply to the situation? Why did you select these lessons?
The first action I will take will be to perform a SWOT analysis. A SWOT will aid me in defining reality and identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This tool was the most practical one presented for government employees, like myself. The second most useful tool is a value-chain analysis allowing leaders to identify ways or pull levers to reduce friction between work-units, creating more value. Using a value-chain analysis will allow me to identify deficiencies in performance, enabling me to identify ways for different work-units to complement one another better. I also now realize the importance of making sure the economics strategy are appropriate whenever I making strategic decisions. Finally, I was reminded by this course the importance of communicating and personifying
ASOS is an international fashion retailer, which offers an extensive line of products, varying from high street to
Pearce, John A. , & Robinson, Richard B. . (2009). Strategic management. formulation, implementation, and control. United States: McGraw-Hill.
For the simulation my company name was H Company. Below you will find the results to the 8-year simulation. H Company has been highlighted in the majority of screen-shots.
L; and Jones, Gereth, R. (2013, 2010, & 2008). Strategic Management: An Integrated Approach, (Tenth, Ed). Mason, OH. South-Western Cengage learning.
"Strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that determine the long-run performance of a corporation" (Wheelen & Hunger, 2006, p.3). The benefits of strategic management helps the firm focus on the objectives and develop the steps involved in obtaining the vision and financial wealth of the organization. An effective strategic management plan should include the following three questions: (1) Where is the organization now? (2) If no changes are
Pearce, J. A., II, Robinson, R. B. (2011). Strategic management: Formulation, implementation, and control (12th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Pearce, J. A. II, & Robinson, R. B. (2009). Strategic management: Formulation, implementation, and control (11th ed.). [University of Phoenix Custom Edition e-text]. New York: McGraw-Hill. Retrieved August 20, 2011, fr
For over 20 years, I have accepted higher education administrative opportunities that would allow me to advance to the position of President. I would like to share some of my experiences successfully leading organizational strategic planning processes. My leadership of those strategic processes led to the implementation of processes that moved the organization in the direction that was appropriate for a changing economic environment. My ability to think strategically and develop collaborative relationships contributed greatly to my ability to successfully implement new organizational initiatives as well.
We celebrate the special way we treat and relate to our customers. We think retailing is all about customer experience, and that is what really differentiates us.
Strategic Leadership The only thing harder than being a strategic leader is trying to define the entire scope of strategic leadership a broad, difficult concept. We cannot always define it or describe it in every detail, but we recognize it in action. This type of leadership involves microscopic perceptions and macroscopic expectations.
The strategic management process is sometimes improperly perceived as a unidirectional flow of objectives, strategies and decision parameters from management to the employees. In fact, the process should be highly interactive since it is designed to stimulate input from creative, skilled and knowledgeable people working at every level of the business.
All the above mentioned descriptions emphasize on basic idea from where we can extract the result Leadership is the art of getting things done by inspiration, influence or motivating its followers while Management mainly depends on the analysis and ground realities.
Thru the course I have learned that Strategic Management builds on many processes and that various companies and organizations with diverse backgrounds can teach us valuable lessons. To be on the lookout for what can be considered a beneficial development in an organization or perhaps what can be a bad plan plausibly implemented at the wrong time.
Operational management processes in a firm involves overseeing, formulating and reformulation of the operations of a business. The processes are meant to ensure efficiency in administering resources whilst ensuring there is effective management of client’s specifications and or directions. This is achieved by adding value to the firm’s processes. Such achievements are experienced when a firm embarks in directing its physical and or technical functions towards enhancing its development, production and manufacturing. These should be pre-determined and controlled by market opportunities if a company is to reach its ultimate production levels. Their realisation adds up to ensuring the future of a firm, offering operational
Hill, Charles W. L. and Gareth R. Jones. Strategic Management: An Integrated Approach. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.