Whether the business wants to enter new markets or develop
Objective
Different from a strategy
The corporate objective or the strategy comes first?
Business strategy
Concentrates all the activities of a business
Enables players in different departments to plan so that what they do contributes to the overall strategy
Strategic management
The decisions and actions that an organisation takes in order to create and sustain competitive advantage
Involves assessing the current position of the business and the business environment, deciding what strategy to adopt to achieve its objectives, and effectively implementing that strategy
Strategic management process
Analysis
Choice
Implementation
Which comes first in the strategic management process: choice, implementation or analysis?
Corporate strategy
Sets out the overall objective and direction for the business in working through the strategic framework
All parts of the business then have to plan accordingly
Elements of strategic management
Analysis
Choice
Implementation
The SWOT analysis helps develop appropriate strategies based on these factors
Functional strategy
Decisions in these areas est, take aunt of the strategic management requires a business to think abou
The need for strategic management
the reasons it exists
the naket environment it operates in
the opportunities and threats it is facing
the possibilities for achieving objectives
Strategic management
1. coordinate activities in departments and functional
2. plan and carry out methods to achieve objectives
3. detect and respond flexibly to changes
4. ate and review progress towards objectives
Red ocean strategy
Competing in the casting market space
Ampting to light and the fighting for existing demand
Blue ocean strategy
Creating an Aiming the Creating new demand
Focusing on dillesand
Scenario planning
Managers use experts to imagine pouble the future in their industry
Does not assume the future will be like the past
SWOT analysis
Examines the internal strengths and weaknesses of a business and the external threats and opportunities facing it
Can be used to take advantage of the eppertonite
The SWOT factors can be assigned different degrees of importance
Specific strategies or tactics can be identified to enhance or minimise the effects of the factors
Functional strategy
A type of strategy that focuses on the specific functions or departments within a business, such as marketing, finance, or operations