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Managing Strategy and Planning MCQ

Organization development can be viewed as an attempt to change an organization's ________.

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Correct Answer: Culture

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It deployment strategies fall into two broad categories, which are ________:

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Correct Answer: In-house development and sourcing

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______ is when a company calls for aggressively offering new products and services and/or enters new markets in pursuit of opportunities.

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Correct Answer: Prospecting

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Which strategy is developed by the department with primary responsibility for knowing what the customer wants or how to add customer value?

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Correct Answer: marketing strategy

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Which of the following decreases competition, helps companies compete more effectively and realize economies of size, and consolidate expenses?

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Correct Answer: merger and acquisitions growth strategy

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Strategic and operational plans include which three planning levels?

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Correct Answer: corporate, business, functional

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When an organization enters a line of business closer to the final customer, this is known as:

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Correct Answer: forward integration

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Who is responsible for implementing the operational strategies on a day-to-day basis?

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Correct Answer: employees and lower-level managers

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Programs and budgets developed for handling non-repetitive situations are part of what kind of plan?

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Correct Answer: single-use plan

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______ is when a company targets a specific regional market, product line or buyer group.

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Correct Answer: Focus strategy

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Attempting to improve cash flow by increasing revenues, decreasing costs, reducing assets, or combining these strategies to realign the firm with its external environment is called ______.

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Correct Answer: turnaround strategy

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The technique that enables us to get more done in less time with better results is called ______.

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Correct Answer: time management

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Of the following statements, which is the best example of a well written SMART goal?

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Correct Answer: to sell 10% more popcorn and soda at the premiere of the Star Wars movie this weekend

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The analysis that focuses on those features in a company’s environment that directly affects its options and opportunities is ______.

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Correct Answer: situation analysis

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Which is the first step in the strategic planning process?

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Correct Answer: developing the mission

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Policies, procedures, and rules are part of ______.

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Correct Answer: standing plans

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There are two main models of the Competitive Advantage process. What are they?

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Correct Answer: benchmarking and core competency

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A determination of an organization’s external environmental strengths and weaknesses and external environmental opportunities and threats.

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Correct Answer: False

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_____Is a plan for pursuing a mission and achieving objectives?

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Correct Answer: Strategy

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___________is the process of developing a mission and long-range objectives and determining in advance how they will be accomplished?

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Correct Answer: Strategic Planning

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Policies, procedures, and rules developed for handling repetitive situations are known as?

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Correct Answer: Standing Plans

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_______is an analysis of those features in a company’s environment that most directly affect its options and opportunities.?

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Correct Answer: Situation Analysis

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Programs and budgets developed for handling nonrepetitive situations are known as?

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Correct Answer: Single-Use Plans

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Statements of exactly what should or should be done?

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Correct Answer: False

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A sequence of actions to be followed in order to achieve an objective is known as ?

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Correct Answer: Procedure

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General guidelines to be followed when making decisions is known as ?

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Correct Answer: Policies

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The process of setting short-range objectives and determining in advance how they will be_______

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Correct Answer: Accomplished

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Statements of what is to be ______ that are expressed in singular, specific, and measurable terms with a target date?

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Correct Answer: Accomplished

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Occurs when two companies form one corporation is known as ?

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Correct Answer: Merger

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________ is the process in which managers and their employees jointly set objectives for the employees, periodically evaluate performance, and reward according to the results?

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Correct Answer: Management by Objectives (MBO)

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Strategies a company can adopt in order to decrease?

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Correct Answer: False

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_________is an overall corporate strategy for growth, stability, or turnaround and retrenchment, or for some combination of these?

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Correct Answer: Grand Strategy

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Strategies developed and implemented by managers in marketing, operations,_______, finance, and other departments?

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Correct Answer: Human resources

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Alternative plans to be implemented if controllable events occur ?

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Correct Answer: False

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_______ are the specifics of how an organization offers unique customer value?

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Correct Answer: Competitive Advantage

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The corporate process of determining which lines of business the corporation will be in and how it will allocate resources among them is known as ?

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Correct Answer: Business Portfolio Analysis

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The process of comparing an organization’s products and services and processes with those of the same companies.

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Correct Answer: False

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Overall strategies for a line of business,______ prospecting, defending, and

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Correct Answer: Including

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Occurs when one business buys all or part of_____ business is known as acquisition ?

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Correct Answer: Another

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