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General Managers someone who has responsibility for all functional
facets of the business
Challenges general managers face: With a company's finite amount of
resources and limited organizational capabilities
mixed in with an ever changing external
environment its hard to keep up
Job of a general manager Job is to create value for the enterprise
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Three fundamental components of - Setting direction: vision, mission, & values
general manager's job - Creating strategy
- Implementing change
- Must also assess both current and long-term
performance
Assessment of organizational 1. Operating performance
performance is based on: 2. Organizational health
Operating performance: "harder" quantitative measure of financial and
market performance
Typical measures of operating 1. Profitability
performance: 2. Financial Position
3. Market Performance
Profitability: Profit margins, key expense ratios, ROE, ROA,
economic value
added
Financial position: leverage ratios (D/E, interest coverage), liquidity
ratios,
activity ratios (asset and inventory turnover)
Market Performance: (growth in sales, market share, new products as %
of sales)
Organizational health: "softer" qualitative measures
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Typical measures of organizational - Enthusiasm
health: - Boundaries
- Problem solving
- Learning
- Sustainability
Who made the "balance scorecard" Robert Kaplan & David Norton
The Performance Matrix This tool looks at organizational health:
Quadrant 2: Complacent Organization
Quadrant 1: Desired State
Quadrant 4: Crisis
Quadrant 5: Troubled Organization
what are the 3 reasons to develop a 1. Resolve confusion over purpose of the business
vision? (why it exists)
2. Revitalize the business (new vision means it is
time for change)
3. To enforce informal "sense of vision" for a
company that is already performing well
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Setting Direction: Vision, Mission, - All highly successful companies have set of core
Values values & purpose that remains fixed
even if business strategies evolve
- Apple redid theirs after a shift in business strategy
(Apple computers)
- Collins and Porras research
Values: basic beliefs that govern individual and group
behavior in an organization
Core purpose: defines the reason for being and may never be
fully realized
Mission statement: - Clear and compelling goal that serves to unify an
organization's efforts
- Must stretch and challenge the organization yet
still be achievable
Reasonable Expectations of a Vision 1. Settle some fundamental questions about the
Process purpose of the business
2. Prompt and reinforce the day-to-day actions
consistent with their meaning
3. Provide direction in formulation of more specific
strategy of firm
Three questions to put to an 1. Does it showcase desirable and feasible
emerging vision: destination?
2. Does it do so without jeopardizing
management's flexibility to maneuver as
circumstances change?
3. Does it stretch the organization?
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Commerce 4PA3 - Ch 1-11 EXAM 2026 TEST!!
Graded A+ | 2025|2026 EXAM UPDATE EXAM
Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified
Save Add to calendar
Terms in this set (249)
General Managers someone who has responsibility for all functional
facets of the business
Challenges general managers face: With a company's finite amount of
resources and limited organizational capabilities
mixed in with an ever changing external
environment its hard to keep up
Job of a general manager Job is to create value for the enterprise
https://quizlet.com/1194990542/commerce-4pa3-ch-1-11-exam-2026-test-graded-a-20252026-exam-update-exam-questions-with-100-correct-answer… 1/65
,7/16/26, 10:55 AM Commerce 4PA3 - Ch 1-11 EXAM 2026 TEST!! Graded A+ | 2025|2026 EXAM UPDATE EXAM Questions with 100% Correct Ans…
Three fundamental components of - Setting direction: vision, mission, & values
general manager's job - Creating strategy
- Implementing change
- Must also assess both current and long-term
performance
Assessment of organizational 1. Operating performance
performance is based on: 2. Organizational health
Operating performance: "harder" quantitative measure of financial and
market performance
Typical measures of operating 1. Profitability
performance: 2. Financial Position
3. Market Performance
Profitability: Profit margins, key expense ratios, ROE, ROA,
economic value
added
Financial position: leverage ratios (D/E, interest coverage), liquidity
ratios,
activity ratios (asset and inventory turnover)
Market Performance: (growth in sales, market share, new products as %
of sales)
Organizational health: "softer" qualitative measures
https://quizlet.com/1194990542/commerce-4pa3-ch-1-11-exam-2026-test-graded-a-20252026-exam-update-exam-questions-with-100-correct-answer… 2/65
,7/16/26, 10:55 AM Commerce 4PA3 - Ch 1-11 EXAM 2026 TEST!! Graded A+ | 2025|2026 EXAM UPDATE EXAM Questions with 100% Correct Ans…
Typical measures of organizational - Enthusiasm
health: - Boundaries
- Problem solving
- Learning
- Sustainability
Who made the "balance scorecard" Robert Kaplan & David Norton
The Performance Matrix This tool looks at organizational health:
Quadrant 2: Complacent Organization
Quadrant 1: Desired State
Quadrant 4: Crisis
Quadrant 5: Troubled Organization
what are the 3 reasons to develop a 1. Resolve confusion over purpose of the business
vision? (why it exists)
2. Revitalize the business (new vision means it is
time for change)
3. To enforce informal "sense of vision" for a
company that is already performing well
https://quizlet.com/1194990542/commerce-4pa3-ch-1-11-exam-2026-test-graded-a-20252026-exam-update-exam-questions-with-100-correct-answer… 3/65
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Setting Direction: Vision, Mission, - All highly successful companies have set of core
Values values & purpose that remains fixed
even if business strategies evolve
- Apple redid theirs after a shift in business strategy
(Apple computers)
- Collins and Porras research
Values: basic beliefs that govern individual and group
behavior in an organization
Core purpose: defines the reason for being and may never be
fully realized
Mission statement: - Clear and compelling goal that serves to unify an
organization's efforts
- Must stretch and challenge the organization yet
still be achievable
Reasonable Expectations of a Vision 1. Settle some fundamental questions about the
Process purpose of the business
2. Prompt and reinforce the day-to-day actions
consistent with their meaning
3. Provide direction in formulation of more specific
strategy of firm
Three questions to put to an 1. Does it showcase desirable and feasible
emerging vision: destination?
2. Does it do so without jeopardizing
management's flexibility to maneuver as
circumstances change?
3. Does it stretch the organization?
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