Test Bank for Strategic Management: Text and Cases (11th Edition) – Gregory G. Dess, Gerry McNamara & Alan Eisner – Complete Exam Resource

Test Bank for Strategic Management
Text and Cases 11th Edition Dess




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,TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) The success of Apple under its former CEO, Steve Jobs, was largely attributed to the quality
of its leader. According to the text, this would be an example of the “romantic” perspective of
leadership.
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Knowledge Application
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 1 Easy
Learning Objective : 01-01 Define strategic management and its four key attributes.
Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TF Qu. 01 The success of Apple under its former CEO, S...


2) Strategic management consists of the analyses, decisions, and actions an organization
undertakes in order to create and sustain competitive advantages.
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Knowledge Application
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 1 Easy
Learning Objective : 01-01 Define strategic management and its four key attributes.
Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TF Qu. 02 Strategic management consists of the analyse...


3) Management innovations such as total quality, just-in-time, benchmarking, business process
reengineering, and outsourcing are important but not enough for building sustainable
competitive advantage.
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Analytical Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-01 Define strategic management and its four key attributes.
Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TF Qu. 03 Management innovations such as total quality...




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,4) Trade-off decisions between effectiveness and efficiency are important in the practice of
strategic management.
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Analytical Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-01 Define strategic management and its four key attributes.
Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TF Qu. 04 Trade-off decisions between effectiveness an...


5) According to the textbook, digitizing existing business processes rarely improves efficiency.
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Knowledge Application
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 1 Easy
Learning Objective : 01-01 Define strategic management and its four key attributes.
Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TF Qu. 05 According to the textbook, digitizing existi...


6) A company that digitizes existing processes may achieve operational excellence on an
outdated value proposition. Airbnb is an example of a company that entered the market with
a superior digital offering, competing against hotels that had only digitized processes.
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Knowledge Application
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 1 Easy
Learning Objective : 01-01 Define strategic management and its four key attributes.
Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TF Qu. 06 A company that digitizes existing processes ...




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, 7) According to Henry Mintzberg, a management scholar, most firms do not realize their
original intended strategy.
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Analytical Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-02 Understand the strategic management process and its three interrelated and
Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TF Qu. 07 According to Henry Mintzberg, a management s...


8) The final realized strategy of a firm is a combination of deliberate and time-tested strategies
only.
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Knowledge Application
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-02 Understand the strategic management process and its three interrelated and
Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TF Qu. 08 The final realized strategy of a firm is a c...


9) Strategy analysis is the study of only the big picture external environments of the firm.
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Knowledge Application
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 1 Easy
Learning Objective : 01-02 Understand the strategic management process and its three interrelated and
Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TF Qu. 09 Strategy analysis is the study of only the b...




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