GBA CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
▶ staffing the organization, acquiring/developing/strengthening the
resources and capabilities, structuring the organization and work effort.
Answer: 3 key actions of strategy execution
▶ first step in strategy executing process. Answer: putting together a
talented management team with the right mix of experiences, skills, and
abilities to get things done
▶ additional investments in capital projects. Answer: adding to a
company's talent base and building intellectual capital are more important
to good strategy execution than are
▶ objective of recruiting and retaining talented employees. Answer:
objective is to make the company's entire workforce a genuine competitive
asset
▶ ways to obtain valuable resources through collaborative partnerships.
Answer: outsource the function in which the company's capabilities are
deficient to a key supplier or another provider, collaborate with a firm that
has complementary resources and capabilities in a joint venture, strategic
alliance or other type of partnership established for the purpose of
achieving a shared strategic objective, engage in a collaborative
partnership for the purpose of learning how the partner does things,
internalizing its methods and thereby acquiring its capabilities
▶ superior strategy execution capabilities. Answer: only source of
sustainable competitive advantage when strategies are easy for rivals to
copy
▶ company's organizational structure. Answer: should be matched to the
particular requirements of implementing the firm's strategy
, ▶ strategy executing advantages. Answer: lower costs, heightened
strategic focus, less internal bureaucracy, speedier decision making, and
better arsenal of organizational capabilities
▶ strategy executing advantage. Answer: wisely choosing which activities
to perform internally and which to outsource can provide a
▶ 3 execution benefits of strategy critical activities. Answer: company
improves its chances for outclassing rivals in the performance of strategy
critical activities and turning a competence into a distinctive competence,
streamlining of internal operations that flows from outsourcing often acts to
decrease internal bureaucracies, flatting the org structure, speed internal
decision making, and shorten the time, partnerships with outside vendors
can add to a company's arsenal of capabilities and contribute to better
strategy execution
▶ organizational strcuture. Answer: comprises the formal and informal
arrangement of tasks, responsibilities, lines of authority and reporting
relationships by which the firm is administered
▶ good organizational design. Answer: may contribute to the firm's ability
to create value for customers and realize a profit
▶ simple, functional, multidivisional, matrix. Answer: 4 types of
organizational structure
▶ simple structure. Answer: consists of a central executive who handles all
major decisions and oversees all operations with help of a small staff
▶ line and staff or flat. Answer: 2 other names for simple structures
▶ functional structure. Answer: organized into functional departments, with
departmental managers who report to the CEO and small corporate staff
▶ departmental, unitary, or u-forms. Answer: 3 other names for functional
structure
▶ primary advantage of functional structure. Answer: greater task
specialization, which promotes learning, enables the realization of scale
economies, and offers productivity advantages not otherwise available
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
▶ staffing the organization, acquiring/developing/strengthening the
resources and capabilities, structuring the organization and work effort.
Answer: 3 key actions of strategy execution
▶ first step in strategy executing process. Answer: putting together a
talented management team with the right mix of experiences, skills, and
abilities to get things done
▶ additional investments in capital projects. Answer: adding to a
company's talent base and building intellectual capital are more important
to good strategy execution than are
▶ objective of recruiting and retaining talented employees. Answer:
objective is to make the company's entire workforce a genuine competitive
asset
▶ ways to obtain valuable resources through collaborative partnerships.
Answer: outsource the function in which the company's capabilities are
deficient to a key supplier or another provider, collaborate with a firm that
has complementary resources and capabilities in a joint venture, strategic
alliance or other type of partnership established for the purpose of
achieving a shared strategic objective, engage in a collaborative
partnership for the purpose of learning how the partner does things,
internalizing its methods and thereby acquiring its capabilities
▶ superior strategy execution capabilities. Answer: only source of
sustainable competitive advantage when strategies are easy for rivals to
copy
▶ company's organizational structure. Answer: should be matched to the
particular requirements of implementing the firm's strategy
, ▶ strategy executing advantages. Answer: lower costs, heightened
strategic focus, less internal bureaucracy, speedier decision making, and
better arsenal of organizational capabilities
▶ strategy executing advantage. Answer: wisely choosing which activities
to perform internally and which to outsource can provide a
▶ 3 execution benefits of strategy critical activities. Answer: company
improves its chances for outclassing rivals in the performance of strategy
critical activities and turning a competence into a distinctive competence,
streamlining of internal operations that flows from outsourcing often acts to
decrease internal bureaucracies, flatting the org structure, speed internal
decision making, and shorten the time, partnerships with outside vendors
can add to a company's arsenal of capabilities and contribute to better
strategy execution
▶ organizational strcuture. Answer: comprises the formal and informal
arrangement of tasks, responsibilities, lines of authority and reporting
relationships by which the firm is administered
▶ good organizational design. Answer: may contribute to the firm's ability
to create value for customers and realize a profit
▶ simple, functional, multidivisional, matrix. Answer: 4 types of
organizational structure
▶ simple structure. Answer: consists of a central executive who handles all
major decisions and oversees all operations with help of a small staff
▶ line and staff or flat. Answer: 2 other names for simple structures
▶ functional structure. Answer: organized into functional departments, with
departmental managers who report to the CEO and small corporate staff
▶ departmental, unitary, or u-forms. Answer: 3 other names for functional
structure
▶ primary advantage of functional structure. Answer: greater task
specialization, which promotes learning, enables the realization of scale
economies, and offers productivity advantages not otherwise available
