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Corporate Strategy

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

Corporate Strategy is...

a)

Concerned with the day-to-day operational activities, where all planning become actions.

b)

Related to the operating divisions and departments of the organisation

c)

More about developing and sustaining a competitive advantage for the goods and services that are produced

d)

Concerned with the selection of businesses in which the company should compete and the coordination of that portfolio of business.

2.

What is the key factor that might lead companies to review and re-define their corporate strategy?

a)

Customer Behaviour

b)

Digital & Technological Transformation

c)

Economic & Regulatory Environment

d)

All of above

3.

Select the WRONG answer: A good mission statement should be...

a)

Concise

b)

Abstract

c)

Unique

d)

Compelling

4.

The _________ answers the question “What do we want to accomplish?”, whereas ________ answers the question “Why do we exist?”

a)

Vision statement; mission statement

b)

Short-term objectives; long term objectives

c)

Objectives; strategies

d)

Vision statement; Goals

5.

The market for organic fruit is booming as more and more people try to follow a healthier lifestyle. The Green Apple Company is the UK market leader and able to command high prices for its excellent products, especially locally grown strawberries. Where are the strawberries most likely to be placed on the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrix?

a)

Star

b)

Cash cow

c)

Problem child

d)

Question mark

e)

Dog

6.

Which of the following is not an element of Porter’s Forces Model?

a)

The potential thread from new entrants

b)

The firm’s macroenonomic environment

c)

The firm’s existing competition

d)

The bargain power of suppliers

7.

A PESTLE Analysis is...

a)

A framework for strategic analysis of internal and external environment

b)

A checklist to ask how political, economic, strategic or technological developments can influence an industry and a company

c)

A broad framework to help managers understand the environment in which their business operates

d)

A checklist for forecasting political, economic, strategic or technological factors

8.

If a company has sound capital structure, where would this feature would be placed in the SWOT analysis?

a)

Strength

b)

Weakness

c)

Opportunity

d)

Threat

9.

In the case where an organisation acquires its supplier, this is an example of which Corporate Strategy

a)

Turnaround Strategy

b)

Diversification

c)

Horizontal backward integration

d)

Concentration

10.

What are the key types of Corporate Strategy?

a)

Vertical, Horizontal and Diversification

b)

Concentric, Concentration and Divestment

c)

Growth, Stability and Retrenchment

d)

Turnaround, Divestment and Liquidation