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Strategic management process quiz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these requires a firm to establish annual objectives, devise policies, and allocate resources?

a)

Strategic formulation

b)

Strategic evaluation

c)

Strategic implementation

d)

Strategic planning

2.

................... is the process by which a firm manages the formulation and implementation of its strategy.

a)

Total Quality Management

b)

Economic Logic

c)

Micro-management

d)

Strategic Management

3.

Which is not a part of strategy implementation?

a)

International strategy

b)

Structure and control

c)

Strategic Leadership

d)

Entrepreneurship and innovation

4.

Which one of the following is NOT included in the Porter’s Five Forces model:

a)

Rivalry among stockholders

b)

Rivalry among competing firms

c)

Bargaining power of suppliers

d)

Potential development of substitute products

5.

The strategic management process is

a)

a set of activities that will assure a temporary advantage and average returns for the firm.

b)

a decision-making activity concerned with a firm’s internal resources, capabilities, and competencies, independent of the conditions in its external environment.

c)

a process directed by top-management with input from other stakeholders that seeks to achieve above-average returns for investors through effective use of the organization’s resources.

d)

the full set of commitments, decisions, and actions required for the firm to achieve above-average returns and strategic competitiveness.

6.

Which of the following is not a stage of strategy formulation techniques?

a)

Formulation Framework

b)

Decision stage

c)

Matching stage

d)

External factor evaluation

7.

Which of the following is NOT a major element of the strategic management process?

a)

Formulating strategy

b)

Assigning administrative tasks

c)

Implementing strategy

d)

Evaluating strategy

8.

Strategic-management audit is known as:

a)

Strategy control

b)

Strategy evaluation

c)

Strategic implementation

d)

Environmental scanning

9.

Organizing means an identifiable group of people contributing their efforts towards the attainment of same goal. It is important at the time of:

a)

Strategy evaluation

b)

Strategy implementation

c)

Strategy control

d)

Environmental scanning

10.

Political variables have a significant effect on

a)

Strategy formulation and evaluation

b)

Strategy formulation, implementation and evaluation

c)

Strategy implementation and evaluation

d)

Strategy formulation and implementation

11.

Robert Kalpan and David developed the balanced score card in the early as a performance measurement system?

a)

1990

b)

1995

c)

1991

d)

1992

12.

One key to effective implementation is setting :

a)

milestones

b)

good managers in motion

c)

deadlines

d)

schedule of events

13.

What form of strategy formulation would be expected to be found in Defender organisations?

a)

Visionary

b)

Adaptive

c)

Formal planning

d)

Incremental

14.

Strategy-formulation concepts and tools

a)

Do not differ greatly for profit or nonprofit organizations but differ in small and large organizations

b)

Differ greatly for different size and type of organizations

c)

Do not differ greatly for different size and type of organizations

d)

None of the mentioned options

15.

Strategy evaluation at the_____________ level involves using specific performance measures-qualitative and quantitative-for each functional area.

a)

production

b)

operational

c)

organizational

d)

functional

16.

Strategic management process activate in the sequence of_______ .

a)

Environmental scanning, Strategy Implementation, formulation, control and evaluation

b)

Strategy formulation, Implementation, control, evaluation, Environmental scanning

c)

Strategy formulation, Environmental scanning, Implementation, control and evaluation

d)

Environmental scanning, Strategy formulation, Implementation, control and evaluation

17.

Strategic management is an important part of any business which helps with _________ formulation and business decisions.

a)

Strategy

b)

Procedure

c)

Marketing

d)

Tactics

18.

................... focuses on whether the strategy is being implemented as planned and the results produced are those intended.

a)

Strategy analysis

b)

Strategic implementation

c)

Strategic formulation

d)

Strategic control

19.

................ means crafting a combination of strategies and picking out the best one to achieve the organisational goals and objectives and thereby reaching the vision of the organisation.

a)

Strategy implementation

b)

Strategy management

c)

Strategy analysis

d)

Strategy formulation

20.

Strategy implementation focuses on-

a)

Supporting factors

b)

Crafting of strategies

c)

Efficiency

d)

Co-ordination

21.

Strategy formulation requires-

a)

An operational process

b)

Conceptual intuitive and analytical skills

c)

Motivational and leadership skills

d)

None of the answer

22.

An important activity in .............. is taking corrective action.

a)

Strategy leadership

b)

Strategy formulation

c)

Strategy evaluation

d)

Strategy implementation

23.

There are ..................... indispensable phases of every strategic management process.

a)

Three

b)

Seven

c)

Two

d)

Four

24.

A business has absolute control in the ............... (X), whereas it has no control on the ................. (Y)

Select the correct answer from the options given below.

a)

B

b)

A

c)

D

d)

C