Vignettes on Sustainability (which is broadly defined as Business Sustainability), Globalization (which we see as an expectation of business), and Innovation (which is the single most important element in achieving competitive advantage) appear in each chapter of the text. The senior management team is similarly compensated, leading to an "all for the good of the company" approach to the business.
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The 21st century story of the power of strategic planning and execution for the Ford Motor Company really begins in January 2006. For example, the interconnected nature of the global financial community meant that the U.S. mortgage lending problems.
IMPACT OF INNOVATION
Many agree with Richard D'Aveni, who says in his book Hypercompetition that any sustainable competitive advantage lies not in doggedly following a centrally managed five-year plan, but in stringing together a series of short-term strategic objectives (as Apple does by continuing cutting back on sales of its own offering through periodic introductions of new products).32 This means that companies must develop strategic flexibility – the ability to switch from one dominant strategy to another.33. In terms of functional marketing strategies, Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a master of marketing “pull” – the process of spending enormous amounts of money on advertising to create customer demand.
EVALUATION AND CONTROL
- Current Situation
- Current Performance
- Strategic Posture
- Corporate Governance
- Board of Directors
- Top Management
- External Environment
- Natural Physical Environment: Sustainability Issues
- Societal Environment
- Task Environment
- Internal Environment
- Corporate Structure
- Corporate Culture
- Corporate Resources
- Analysis of Strategic Factors (SWOT)
- Situational Analysis
- Review of Mission and Objectives
- Strategic Alternatives and Recommended Strategy
- Strategic Alternatives
- Recommended Strategy
- Implementation
- What Kinds of Programs or Tactics (for Example, Restruc- turing the Corporation or Instituting TQM) Should Be
- Are the Programs/Tactics Financially Feasible? Can Pro Forma Budgets Be Developed and Agreed On?
Is it consistent with the corporation's mission, goals, strategies and policies and with internal and external environments. Is it consistent with the corporation's mission, goals, strategies and policies and with internal and external environments.
Are Priorities and Timetables Appropriate to Individual Programs/Tactics?
- Evaluation and Control
Indicate which of the strategic alternatives you recommend for the corporate, business, and functional levels of the corporation. What is the impact of your recommended strategy on the company's core and specific competencies. What types of programs or tactics (for example, corporate restructuring or TQM implementation) should be developed to implement the recommended corporate strategy or TQM implementation.
Is the Current Information System Capable of Providing Sufficient Feedback on Implementation Activities and
Do you recommend different business or functional strategies for different corporate units? Justify your recommendation in terms of its ability to solve long- and short-term problems and deal effectively with strategic factors.
Are Adequate Control Measures in Place to Ensure Conformance with the Recommended Strategic Plan?
Disarray with the HP Board of Directors
The board therefore has an obligation to approve all decisions that may affect the company's long-term results. This means that the company is basically governed by the board of directors, who supervise the top management, with the shareholder's consent. Over the past decade and a half, shareholders and various interest groups have seriously questioned the role of the board of directors in companies.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD
The board continuum shown in Figure 2-1 shows the possible level of involvement (from low to high) in the strategic management process. If shares are sold to outsiders to fund growth, the board becomes more active. To the extent that they still control the majority of the shares, the founders dominate the board.
MEMBERS OF A BOARD OF DIRECTORS
In 2012, just before the IPO of Facebook, he bought Instagram for about 1 billion USD and only then informed the board of his move. Japanese boards, on the other hand, contain 2 outsiders and 12 insiders.21 The board of a typically small US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2003 required that a majority of directors on the board be independent outsiders.
Rather than using the company for their own purposes, these managers are therefore most interested in guaranteeing the continued life and success of the company. In contrast, stewardship theory suggests that managers tend to be more motivated to act in the best interests of the company than in their own interests. Rather than using the company for their own purposes, these managers are most interested in guaranteeing the continued life and success of the company.
Conflict of interest arises when the desires or objectives of owners and agents conflict. Family directors who are descendants of the founder and own significant blocks of shares (with personal agendas based on a family relationship with the current CEO). For example, United Airlines workers traded 15% in pay cuts for 55% of the company (through an ESOP) and 3 of the firm's 12 board seats.
NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS
A lead director creates a balance of power when the CEO is also chairman of the Board of Directors. Because no replacement was available, she received a phone call from the chairman of the Board of Directors that she had been fired. Activist shareholder group Third Point (which has a chairman on the board and owns 5.8% of the company) has released details of the contents of its CV.
TRENDS IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
For example, in 2012 Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, owned about 28% of the outstanding shares, but because of the two-class stock system, he controlled 57% of the voting shares.80 A comprehensive analysis of the companies was completed. reported in 2006 that about 6% of firms held multiple classes of stock.81. If a company in which a single group or other company controls more than 50% of the voting stock elects to become a "controlled company," then the company is exempt from the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ requirements that a majority of the board of directors and all members of the board's key committees must are independent external collaborators. Boards are getting smaller—partly because of a reduction in in-house staff, but also because boards want new directors to have specialized knowledge and experience rather than general experience.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF TOP MANAGEMENT
People in an organization want to have a sense of direction, but only top management is in a position to specify and communicate their unique strategic vision to the overall workforce. They found that there is no correlation in the S&P 100 between CEO pay and company performance. Changes in the boardroom of the means and methods of executive compensation have been influenced because of the potential for the public.
CEO PAY AND CORPORATE PERFORMANCE
The importance of executive leadership is beautifully illustrated by the quote from the 1948 United States Infantry Journal: “No man is a leader until his appointment is ratified in the minds and hearts of his men.”92. They are often seen as dynamic and charismatic leaders – which is especially important for good business performance and investor confidence in uncertain environments.93 They have many of the characteristics of transformational leaders – that is, leaders who create change and movement in an uncertain environment. environment. Balancing the interests of a business's owners and those who run the business is one of the most important issues in sustainable business practices.
The CEO communicates high performance standards and also shows confidence in the followers’ abilities to meet these standards: The leader empowers followers by
Regardless of the approach taken, the typical board of directors expects top management to manage the overall strategic planning process so that the plans of all units and functional areas fit together into an overall corporate plan. Wiersema placed the blame for the poor results on the shoulders of the boards of directors. The board established criteria for the selection of candidates based on the company's strategic needs.
Innovation Issue: Blackberry’s Lost Empire
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Coca-Cola and Environmental Stewardship
That year, residents of Plachimada, a village in India, accused the company of draining wells and polluting groundwater. In response, the company spent US$10 million to establish a foundation to improve water in India, installing 320 rainwater harvesting systems and providing clean drinking water to more than 1,000 schools in the country.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A BUSINESS FIRM
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Changes in the technological part of the social environment can also have a major impact on several industries. Trends in the economic part of the social environment can have an obvious impact on business activity. Trends in the ecological part of the environment are accelerating at a pace that is difficult to keep up with.
INTERNATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT
To the extent that pressures for coordination are strong and pressures for local responsiveness are weak for multinationals within a given industry, that industry will tend to become global. In contrast, when pressures for local responsiveness are strong and pressures for coordination are weak for multinational firms in an industry, that industry will tend to be multidomestic. The dynamic tension between the pressure for coordination and the pressure for local responsiveness is captured in the phrase: “Think globally but act locally.”
HYPERCOMPETITION
The matrix also specifies how well different competitors in the industry are responding to each factor. In column 1 (Key success factors), list 8 to 10 factors that appear to determine success in the industry. The result can be used to compare that firm with other firms in the industry.
Vying for Shares
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The Nano Tries to Change the Auto Industry
Scanning and analyzing the external environment for opportunities and threats is necessary for the firm to understand its competitive environment and its place in that environment; however, it is not enough to provide an organization with a competitive advantage. Once this external examination is complete, attention should be directed to looking within the corporation itself to identify internal strategic factors—critical strengths and weaknesses that are likely to determine whether a firm will be able to take advantage of opportunities while threats are avoided. This internal scan, often referred to as organizational analysis, is concerned with the identification, development and utilization of an organization's resources and competencies.
CORE AND DISTINCTIVE COMPETENCIES
Examine each product line’s value chain in terms of the various activities involved in producing that product or service: Which activities can be considered strengths
Do any of the strengths provide competitive advantage and can they therefore be labeled as distinctive competencies? For example, quality inspection of 100% of production by the workers themselves instead of the usual 10% by quality control inspectors could increase production costs, but that increase could be offset by the savings obtained by reducing the number of repairers required necessary to repair defective products. products and increasing the amount of time sellers spend selling rather than exchanging already sold but defective products. It can also be used throughout the company as a differentiator against the competition, allowing the company to charge more.
Examine the potential synergies among the value chains of different product lines or business units: Each value element, such as advertising or manufacturing, has an inher-
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Target Makes a Strategic Move
As shown in the strategic decision-making process in Figure 1–5, step 5(a) analyzes strategic factors in light of the current situation using a SWOT approach. Originally developed in the 1970s, SWOT was one of the original approaches as the field moved from business policy (looking at examples and deriving long-term plans) to strategy. In the intervening years, many techniques have been developed that give strategists a sharper insight into the elements of SWOT.
