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,Table of Contents
chpt 01 - Strategic Leadership: Managing the Strategy-Making Process for Competitive Advantage ............................................ 3
chpt 02 - External Analysis: The Identification of Opportunities and Threats .............................................................................. 39
chpt 03 - Internal Analysis: Resources and Competitive Advantage ............................................................................................. 72
chpt 04 - Business-Level Strategy ............................................................................................................................................... 106
chpt 05 - Building Competitive Advantage and Executing Business-Level Strategy ThroughFunctional Strategy ................... 139
chpt 06 - Business-Level Strategy and the Industry Environment ............................................................................................... 174
chpt 07 - Strategy and Technology .............................................................................................................................................. 214
chpt 08 - Strategy in the Global Environment ............................................................................................................................. 258
chpt 09 - Corporate-Level Strategy: Horizontal Integration, Vertical Integration, and StrategicOutsourcing ............................ 292
chpt 10 - Corporate-Level Strategy: Related and Unrelated Diversification ............................................................................... 325
chpt 11 - Corporate Governance, Social Responsibility, and Ethics ........................................................................................... 361
chpt 12 - Implementing Strategy Through OrganizationTrue / False .......................................................................................... 397
,chpt 01 - Strategic Leadership: Managing the Strategy-Making Process for Competitive Advantage
True / False
1. Determining the technological and legal factors surrounding a company’s possible international expansion into India is
an example of an internal analysis.
a. True
b. False
ANS:: False
OPINIONS: 1
TROUBLE: Moderate
ORIENTATIONS: 1-5 The Strategic Planning Process
QUELY TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SM.HILL.24.01.05 - Identify the primary steps in a strategic planning process.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUS PROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply
DATE CREATED: 4/19/2023 4:45 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/21/2023 11:36 AM
2. A customer comment on an online forum about changing a company’s product placement in stores stimulates a change
in an existing business plan, which results in increased profits and positive outcomes and is an example of serendipity.
a. True
b. False
ANS:: True
OPINIONS: 1
TROUBLE: Moderate
ORIENTATIONS: 1-6 Strategy as an Emergent Process
QUELY TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SM.HILL.24.01.06 - Examine the criticisms of strategic planning.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic | Technology - BUSPROG: Analytic
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply
DATE CREATED: 4/19/2023 4:45 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/21/2023 11:36 AM
3. Using customer surveys, focus sets, and field research to drive business decisions is an example of the ivory tower
concept of planning.
a. True
b. False
ANS:: False
OPINIONS: 1
TROUBLE: Moderate
ORIENTATIONS: 1-7 Strategic Planning in Practice
QUELY TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SM.HILL.24.01.07 - Review the practice of strategic planning.
. Page 1
, NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic | Technology - BUSPROG: Analytic
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply
DATE CREATED: 4/19/2023 4:45 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/21/2023 11:36 AM
4. Making a general business decision about where to manufacture a product based on the result of a single survey of one
small focus group is a cognitive bias known as illusion of control.
a. True
b. False
ANS:: False
OPINIONS: 1
TROUBLE: Moderate
ORIENTATIONS: 1-8 Strategic Decision Making
QUELY TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SM.HILL.24.01.08 - Explain strategic decision making and the cognitive biases that might
lead to poor strategic decisions.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic | Technology - BUSPROG: Analytic
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply
DATE CREATED: 4/19/2023 4:45 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/21/2023 11:36 AM
Multiple Choice
5. Which of the following statements about sustained competitive advantage is true?
a. It is unaffected by the strategies taken by the company.
b. Sustainability is achieved when it lasts for three months.
c. It exists only when the company's profitability is greater than the 10 highest grossing firms in the world.
d. It exists only when the company's profitability is greater than the average profitability and profit growth of its
rivals.
e. It is seldom affected by the business model of the company.
ANS:: d
OPINIONS: 1
TROUBLE: Easy
ORIENTATIONS: 1-3 Competitive Advantage and a Company’s Business Model
QUELY TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SM.HILL.24.01.03 - Explain what is meant by “competitive advantage.”
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic | Technology - BUSPROG: Analytic
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
DATE CREATED: 4/19/2023 4:45 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/21/2023 11:36 AM
6. Daryl works for Delta Corp. He is involved in the important decision-making processes of the company and is also
responsible for the overall performance of the company. In the context of strategic management, Daryl is most likely a:
a. line manager.
.
by Charles W. L. Hill (Author) latest Update Graded A+.
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,Table of Contents
chpt 01 - Strategic Leadership: Managing the Strategy-Making Process for Competitive Advantage ............................................ 3
chpt 02 - External Analysis: The Identification of Opportunities and Threats .............................................................................. 39
chpt 03 - Internal Analysis: Resources and Competitive Advantage ............................................................................................. 72
chpt 04 - Business-Level Strategy ............................................................................................................................................... 106
chpt 05 - Building Competitive Advantage and Executing Business-Level Strategy ThroughFunctional Strategy ................... 139
chpt 06 - Business-Level Strategy and the Industry Environment ............................................................................................... 174
chpt 07 - Strategy and Technology .............................................................................................................................................. 214
chpt 08 - Strategy in the Global Environment ............................................................................................................................. 258
chpt 09 - Corporate-Level Strategy: Horizontal Integration, Vertical Integration, and StrategicOutsourcing ............................ 292
chpt 10 - Corporate-Level Strategy: Related and Unrelated Diversification ............................................................................... 325
chpt 11 - Corporate Governance, Social Responsibility, and Ethics ........................................................................................... 361
chpt 12 - Implementing Strategy Through OrganizationTrue / False .......................................................................................... 397
,chpt 01 - Strategic Leadership: Managing the Strategy-Making Process for Competitive Advantage
True / False
1. Determining the technological and legal factors surrounding a company’s possible international expansion into India is
an example of an internal analysis.
a. True
b. False
ANS:: False
OPINIONS: 1
TROUBLE: Moderate
ORIENTATIONS: 1-5 The Strategic Planning Process
QUELY TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SM.HILL.24.01.05 - Identify the primary steps in a strategic planning process.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUS PROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply
DATE CREATED: 4/19/2023 4:45 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/21/2023 11:36 AM
2. A customer comment on an online forum about changing a company’s product placement in stores stimulates a change
in an existing business plan, which results in increased profits and positive outcomes and is an example of serendipity.
a. True
b. False
ANS:: True
OPINIONS: 1
TROUBLE: Moderate
ORIENTATIONS: 1-6 Strategy as an Emergent Process
QUELY TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SM.HILL.24.01.06 - Examine the criticisms of strategic planning.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic | Technology - BUSPROG: Analytic
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply
DATE CREATED: 4/19/2023 4:45 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/21/2023 11:36 AM
3. Using customer surveys, focus sets, and field research to drive business decisions is an example of the ivory tower
concept of planning.
a. True
b. False
ANS:: False
OPINIONS: 1
TROUBLE: Moderate
ORIENTATIONS: 1-7 Strategic Planning in Practice
QUELY TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SM.HILL.24.01.07 - Review the practice of strategic planning.
. Page 1
, NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic | Technology - BUSPROG: Analytic
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply
DATE CREATED: 4/19/2023 4:45 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/21/2023 11:36 AM
4. Making a general business decision about where to manufacture a product based on the result of a single survey of one
small focus group is a cognitive bias known as illusion of control.
a. True
b. False
ANS:: False
OPINIONS: 1
TROUBLE: Moderate
ORIENTATIONS: 1-8 Strategic Decision Making
QUELY TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SM.HILL.24.01.08 - Explain strategic decision making and the cognitive biases that might
lead to poor strategic decisions.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic | Technology - BUSPROG: Analytic
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply
DATE CREATED: 4/19/2023 4:45 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/21/2023 11:36 AM
Multiple Choice
5. Which of the following statements about sustained competitive advantage is true?
a. It is unaffected by the strategies taken by the company.
b. Sustainability is achieved when it lasts for three months.
c. It exists only when the company's profitability is greater than the 10 highest grossing firms in the world.
d. It exists only when the company's profitability is greater than the average profitability and profit growth of its
rivals.
e. It is seldom affected by the business model of the company.
ANS:: d
OPINIONS: 1
TROUBLE: Easy
ORIENTATIONS: 1-3 Competitive Advantage and a Company’s Business Model
QUELY TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SM.HILL.24.01.03 - Explain what is meant by “competitive advantage.”
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic | Technology - BUSPROG: Analytic
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
DATE CREATED: 4/19/2023 4:45 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/21/2023 11:36 AM
6. Daryl works for Delta Corp. He is involved in the important decision-making processes of the company and is also
responsible for the overall performance of the company. In the context of strategic management, Daryl is most likely a:
a. line manager.
.
