strategic control SM

What is the role of policies in strategy implementation?

• Promote delegation of decision making

• Set boundaries, constraints, and limits on administrative actions

• Clarify what work is to be done and by whom

• Reduce the amount of time managers spend making decisions

What is the nature of conflict in strategy implementation?

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

• Indifference and apathy

• Physical separation of conflicting individuals

• Holding meetings to seek compromise

the sum total of the activities and choices required for the execution of a strategic plan.

• Strategy implementation

• strategic formulation.

• environmental scanning

• strategic development.

Which of the following approaches to behavioural strategic control should be utilized least in an organization in which there is a great need for innovation and a high degree of autonomy?

• Culture

• Rewards

• Boundaries

• Profits

All of the following are characteristics of effective reward and incentive systems, except:

• performance measures are clear and highly visible.

• the structure is fixed to assure employees of consistency.

• the compensation system is perceived as fair and equitable.

• objectives are well understood, and broadly accepted.

In firms with differentiation strategies, the culture should foster _____ levels of interdependence and rewards should be based primarily on _____ measures of output.

• low; financial

• low; behavioural

• high; financial

• high; behavioural

Reward systems that reinforce an organization's core values and contribute to organizational cohesiveness are the least effective type.

• True

• False

Contemporary" strategic controls involve comparing actual performance to predetermined goals.

• True

• False

Contemporary approaches to strategic control rely primarily on

• feedback controls.

• single-loop learning.

• double-loop learning.

• comparative learning.

The primary drawback of "traditional" strategic control systems is

• they are only appropriate when the environment is stable and simple.

• goals and objectives cannot be measured with a high level of certainty.

• they lead to complacency.

• they lack the flexibility needed to adjust to changes in the environment.