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Chapter 16: The Practice of Strategy.

Name:

Instructor:

Date:
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Chapter16: The Practice of Strategy.

In this assignment, I will reflect on what we covered in Chapter 16 and answer end of the

chapter case questions. The first concept to learn is the pyramid of strategy practice. Figure 16.1

of Chapter 16 shows a pyramid of strategy practice, representing people who should always get

involved when an organization is creating a strategy. This pyramid tries to answer three essential

questions, who, which, and what? The “who” question refers to the strategists, who ranges from

top managers, middle managers, to consultants.

The “which” question refers to the strategising methodologies

The “what” question refer to the strategising activities.

Write a reflection of your understanding of the concepts and answer the end of the chapter case

questions for one chapter.

The reflection of the chapter should include:

1) Understanding about the key concepts of the chapter

2) Summary of the end of the chapter case

3) Answer the case questions

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i. Using the pyramid of strategy practice (Figure 16.1), describe strategy-making in the City of

Vaasa.

ii. Comment on the strategy process being followed at Vaasa. What are the advantages and

disadvantages of the tools used in this strategy process?

iii. Reflect upon the public-sector context of this case - in What ways might there be similarities

and differences with how strategy is practiced in 'for-profit' contexts?

iv. How would you craft the process of strategy work in a multi-divisional organization?

Consider how would you organize the strategy work in practice: What tools would you use and

in which order? Who would you involve in the strategy work and why? How many workshops

would you organize?

The Chapter 16 textbook pdf will be shared below which starts from page 497- 531 which is

from 527 of 829 of the pdf

https://www.advisory21.com.mt/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Exploring-Strategy.pdf
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Reference

Johnson, J., Whittington, R., Regnér, P., Angwin, D., Johnson, G., & Scholes, K.

(2020). Exploring strategy. Pearson UK.