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Business Policy and Strategic Management
Business Policy and Strategic Management
Introduction
Why Business policy & strategic management? It lends a Methodology and framework Provide route map to a firm Ensure speedy decision & direction Hedge against uncertainty To understand the external trends in advance To Ensure the best utilization of resources
What is Strategy?
A well thought out systematic plan of action to defend and to defeat competitors. Emergent Strategy ?
Level of strategy
Corporate
Business1
Business 2
Business3
F1
F2
F3
F4
Originated in 1950s and again revived after 1990s. S.M is defined as the art and science of formulation, implementing and evaluating cross-functional decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objective.
Competitive advantage & Core competency Vision & Mission statement External opportunities and threats Internal strength and weaknesses Long term objectives Annual Objectives Strategies Strategists Policies
Allows for identification, Prioritization and Exploration of opportunities. Provide an objective view of management problems Minimize the effect of adverse condition Allow effective allocation of resources Encourages forward thinking Gives degree of discipline and formality to the management of a business. Framework for internal communication.