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Strategic Management

Chapter Eight Dr. Burton

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If you dont have a map, any route you take will get you where you are going. Peter Drucker

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will soon find sorrow near at hand. He who will not worry about what is far off will soon find something worse than worry. Confucius

Strategic Planning
What is the strategic management process?
External environment analysis Internal environment and strategic direction SWOT analysis Formulation, Implementation and Control

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Strategic Management Process


External and Internal Environmental

Analysis Strategic Direction Strategy Formulation Strategy Implementation and Control Strategic Restructuring
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Strategy and Strategic Management


Strategy and Competitive Advantage Strategy is an action focus that links an organization to its environment

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The Strategic Management Process the process of formulating and implementing strategies to advance an organizations mission and objectives and secure competitive advantage

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The Strategic Management Process Strategy formulation (Drucker)
What is our business mission? Who are our customers? What do our customers consider value? What have been our results? What is our plan?

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The Strategic Management Process Strategy implementation
putting plans into action

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Analysis of Mission, Values, and Objectives Mission statement
domain
customers products and/or services location

philosophy

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Analysis of Mission, Values, and Objectives Strategic constituencies analysis
assessment of how well the organization serves stakeholders

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Analysis of Mission, Values, and Objectives Core values
broad beliefs about what is/is not appropriate

Objectives
direct activities toward key and specific results

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SWOT
Opportunities

Weaknesses

Strengths

Threats

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Analysis of Organizational Resources and

Capabilities SWOT analysis


Organizational
Strengths Weaknesses

Environmental
Opportunities Threats
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Situation Analysis (SWOT)


Strengths What resources and capabilities do you possess that can lead to a competitive advantage for position and market share in the industry?

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Situation Analysis (SWOT)


Weaknesses
What resources and capabilities do you

not possess, but are necessary to compete for position and market share in the industry?

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Situation Analysis (SWOT)


Opportunities
Conditions in the external environment that

that allow you to take advantage of your strengths, overcome your weaknesses or neutralize threats.

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Situation Analysis (SWOT)


Threats
Conditions in the external environment that

may stand in the way of achieving corporate goals and objectives.

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Strategies Used by Organizations


Levels of Strategy corporate business functional

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Strategies Used by Organizations


Types of Strategies growth
concentration diversification

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Strategies Used by Organizations


Types of Strategies retrenchment (defensive)
turnaround divestiture liquidation

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Strategies Used by Organizations


Types of Strategies stability combination
used by large and complex organizations

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Strategy Formulation
Opportunities for Competitive Advantage Cost and quality Knowledge and timing Barriers to entry Financial resources

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Strategy Formulation
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix ties strategy formulation to analysis of business opportunities according to market growth rate and market share
stars cash cows question marks dogs
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Strategy Formulation
Portfolio Planning investing scarce organizational resources among competing business opportunities

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Porters Five Competitive Forces


New Entries

Industry Environment

Suppliers
Direct Competition

Buyers

Substitutes

Competition
The healthcare industry: Complex Highly competitive High tempo of change External Environment Highly demanding consumers, Government

regulation New entries


Group practice, Ambulatory centers
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Competition (cont)
Buyers Employers Health plans Suppliers Physicians Health plans Substitutes Generic Rx Alternative health care
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Strategy Formulation
Porters Competitive Strategies Model new competitors bargaining power of suppliers bargaining power of customers threats of substitute products and services competition between existing companies

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Strategy Formulation
Porters Competitive Strategies Model Strategies to Gain Competitive Advantage
differentiation cost leadership focus

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Business Strategy (Domain and Navigation)


Low-Cost leadership (volume discounts)
Differentiation (set apart from other

competitors) Focused (a niche market combining differentiation and low-cost leadership)

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Strategy Formulation
Corporate Strategy (Domain) Specialization/niche Vertical integration (forward and backward) Horizontal integration Diversification Retrenchment or divestiture Strategic alliances (joint ventures, mergers and consolidations)

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Strategy Formulation
Product Life Cycles Stages
introduction growth maturity decline

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Strategy Formulation
Emergent Strategies develop progressively over time
Logical incrementalism strategies that develop as modest adjustments to past patterns

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Strategy Implementation
Strategic Management Failures Substance
inadequate attention to major strategic planning elements

Process
poor handling of strategy implementation

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Strategy Implementation
Leadership and Top Management Teams effective strategy implementation depends on all managers Corporate Governance boards of directors
inside outside

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Strategy and Entrepreneurship


Who are the

Entrepreneurs?
Risk-taking individuals who pursue opportunities that others do not see

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Typical Characteristics of

Entrepreneurs
internal locus of control high energy level high need for achievement tolerance for ambiguity self-confidence action oriented
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Entrepreneurship and Small Business Small business
fewer than 500 employees most common type of business in the U.S. high failure rate

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Small Business Development Small Business Administration (SBA)
Small Business Development Centers
offer guidance on how to run a business successfully

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Entrepreneurship and Large

Enterprises
intrapreneurship
entrepreneurial behavior within large organizations

skunk works
groups of employees work in a creative setting
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