Management Issues During Implementation

Question 1

Positioning forces before the action.

Answer 1

Strategy Formulation

Question 2

Managing forces during the action.

Answer 2

Strategy Implementation

Question 3

Focuses on effectiveness.

Answer 3

Strategy Formulation

Question 4

Focuses on efficiency.

Answer 4

Strategy Implementation

Question 5

Primarily an intellectual process.

Answer 5

Strategy formulation

Question 6

Primarily an operational process

Answer 6

Strategy Implementation

Question 7

Requires good intuitive and analytical skills

Answer 7

Strategy formulation

Question 8

Requires special motivation and leadership skills.

Answer 8

Strategy Implementation

Question 9

Specific guidelines, methods, procedures, rules, forms, and administrative practices established to support and encourage work toward stated goals.

Answer 9

Policy

Question 10

Set boundaries, constraints, and limits on kinds of administrative actions.

Answer 10

Policy

Question 11

Central management activity that allows for strategy execution.

Answer 11

Resource Allocation

Question 12

(T/F) Strategic management enables resources to be allocated according to priorities establish by annual objectives.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Disagreement between two or more parties on one or more issues.

Answer 13

Conflict

Question 14

Such actions as ignoring the problem in hopes that the conflict will resolve itself.

Answer 14

Avoidance

Question 15

Includes playing down differences between conflicting parties while accentuating similarities and common interests.

Answer 15

Defusion

Question 16

Exemplified by exchanging members of conflicting parties.

Answer 16

Confrontation

Question 17

Group tasks and activities by business function, such a production/ operations, marketing, finance/accounting, research and development, and management information systems.

Answer 17

Functional Structure

Question 18

Functional activities are performed both centrally and in each separate division.

Answer 18

Divisional Structure

Question 19

Groups similar divisions into strategic business unites and delegates authority and responsibility for each unit to a senior executive who reports directly to the CEO.

Answer 19

SBU Structure

Question 20

Most complex of all design because it depends upon both vertical and horizontal flows of authority and communication.

Answer 20

Matrix Structure

Question 21

Involves reducing the size of the firm in terms of number of employees…. Also called downsizing, rightsizing, or delayering

Answer 21

Restructing

Question 22

Involves reconfiguring or redesigning work, jobs, and processes for the purpose of improving coast, quality, service, and speed.

Answer 22

Reengineering

Question 23

Involves giving orders and enforcing those orders.

Answer 23

Force Change Strategy

Question 24

One the presents information to convince people of the need for change.

Answer 24

Educative Change Strategy

Question 25

One that attempts to convince individuals that the change is to their personal advantage

Answer 25

Self-interest Change Strategy