Chapter 1

The Nature of Strategic Management

Strategic Management:
Concepts & Cases
13th Edition
Fred David

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Strategic Management –Defined

Art & science of formulating,

implementing, and evaluating, cross-
functional decisions that enable an
organization to achieve its objectives
Gaining and maintaining competitive
advantage

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Komunikasi adalah kunci kesuksesaan
manajemen strategi
Ex: jokowi blusukan.

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Strategic Management

In essence, the strategic plan is a

company’s game plan

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3 Stages of the Strategic
Management Process

 Strategy formulation

 Strategy implementation

 Strategy evaluation

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Strategy Formulation

Vision & Mission

External Opportunities & Threats

Internal Strengths & Weaknesses

Long-Term Objectives

Alternative Strategies

Strategy Selection

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Strategy Implementation

Annual Objectives

Policies

Employee Motivation

Resource Allocation

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Strategy Evaluation

Internal Review

External Review

Performance Measurement

Corrective Action

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Key Terms in Strategic Management

 Competitive advantage
 Strategists
 Vision and mission statements
 External opportunities and threats
 Internal strengths and weaknesses
 Long-term objectives
 Strategies
 Annual objectives
 Policies
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Strategic Management is
Gaining and Maintaining
Competitive Advantage

Anything that a firm does especially

well compared to rival firms

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Strategists

Gather Information

Analyze Information

Organize Information

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Vision and Mission Statements

Vision Statement –
What do we want to become?

Mission Statement –
What is our business?

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External Opportunities and Threats

Analysis of Trends
 Economic
 Social
 Cultural
 Demographic/Environmental
 Political, Legal, Governmental
 Technological
 Competitors

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External Opportunities and Threats

Basic Tenet of Strategic Management

Take
Takeadvantage
advantageof
of
External
ExternalOpportunities
Opportunities
Strategy Formulation

Avoid/minimize
Avoid/minimizeimpact
impactof
of
External
ExternalThreats
Threats

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Internal Strengths and Weaknesses

 Controllable
activities performed
especially well or poorly

 Determined relative to competitors

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Internal Strengths and Weaknesses
 Typically located in functional areas of the firm

 Management
 Marketing

 Finance/Accounting

 Production/Operations

 Research & Development

 Management Information Systems

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Internal Strengths and Weaknesses

Assessing the Internal Environment

Financial Ratios

Performance Measures
Internal Factors
Industry Averages

Survey Data

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Long-Term Objectives

 Specific results that an organization

seeks to achieve in pursuing its basic
mission

 Long-term means more than one year

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Long-Term Objectives

 Essential for ensuring the firm’s success

 Provide direction

 Aid in evaluation

 Create synergy

 Reveal priorities

 Focus coordination

 Provide basis for planning, organizing,

motivating, and controlling

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Strategies

Means by which long-term objectives

are achieved

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Strategies
 Examples
 Geographic expansion

 Diversification

 Acquisition

 Product development

 Market penetration

 Retrenchment

 Divestiture

 Liquidation

 Joint venture

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Annual Objectives

Short-term milestones that firms must

achieve to reach long-term objectives

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Policies

Means by which annual objectives will

be achieved

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Strategic Management Model

 StrategicManagement Process
 Dynamic & continuous

 More formal in larger

organizations

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Strategic Management

 Communication is a key to
successful strategic management

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Benefits of Strategic Management

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Benefits of Strategic Management

 Nonfinancial Benefits
 Enhanced awareness of threats
 Improved understanding of competitors’ strategies
 Increased employee productivity
 Reduced resistance to change
 Clearer understanding of performance-reward
relationship
 Enhanced problem-prevention capabilities

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Why Some Firms Do No Strategic
Planning
 Lack of knowledge of strategic planning
 Poor reward structures
 Fire fighting
 Waste of time
 Too expensive
 Laziness
 Content with success

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Why Some Firms Do No Strategic
Planning (continued)
 Fear of failure
 Overconfidence
 Prior bad experience
 Self-interest
 Fear of the unknown
 Honest difference of opinion
 Suspicion

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