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Business policy and Strategic management

3rd Semester MBA

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 Business Functional

Corporate

Business1

Business 2

Business3

F1

F2

F3

F4

Strategic management (SM)

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.

Key terms in Strategic management


Competitive advantage & Core competency Vision & Mission statement External opportunities and threats Internal strength and weaknesses Long term objectives Annual Objectives Strategies Strategists Policies

Advantages of Strategic management


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.

Stages of strategic management

Formulation Implementation Evaluation

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