MGT 4893 Exam 1 Questions with All
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Strategy (Generic Definition) - Answer a course of action (or a plan) for achieving a goal
Strategy (Textbook Definition) - Answer a firm's theory about how to gain competitive
advantage
Strategic Management Process - Answer a sequential set of analyses and choices that can
(hopefully) increase the likelihood that a firm will choose a good strategy, i.e., a strategy that
will generate a competitive advantage
Mission-->Objectives-->External/Internal Analysis-->Strategic Choice-->Strategy
Implementation-->Competitive Advantage - Answer Key Elements of the Strategic
Management Process
Mission - Answer an organization's long-term purpose
Objectives - Answer specific measurable targets a firm can use to evaluate the extent to which
it is realizing its mission
High Quality Objectives - Answer Tightly connected to key elements of mission
Relatively easy to measure
Relatively easy to track over time
Low Quality Objectives - Answer Not connected to key elements of mission
Not easy to measure
Not easy to track over time
External Analysis - Answer involves identification of critical threats and opportunities in the
environment
Internal Analysis - Answer involves identification of strengths and weaknesses inside the
organization
Strategic Choice - Answer strategic actions organization chooses to pursue to achieve
competitive advantage
, Business-Level Strategy - Answer actions firm takes to achieve competitive advantage in a
single industry/market
Corporate-Level Strategy - Answer actions taken to succeed in multiple markets or industries
simultaneously
Strategy Implementation - Answer adoption of organizational policies and practices that are
(hopefully) consistent with organization's strategy
Organizational structure
Control systems
Compensation policies - Answer Three Important Practices/Policies for Strategic Management
Process
Competitive Advantage - Answer the ability to create more economic value than rival firms
Economic Value - Answer the difference between the perceived benefits a product or service
provides to a customer and the (full economic) cost of delivering the product or service
Temporary Advantage - Answer advantage that lasts only a short period of time
Sustained Advantage - Answer advantage that lasts for a much longer period
Competitive Parity - Answer exists when economic value created by a firm is the same as
"average" firm
Competitive Disadvantage - Answer exists when economic value created by a firm is lower
than the "average" firm
Accounting Performance
Economic Performance - Answer Two approaches to measuring economic value and
competitive advantage
Come from firm's published balance sheet and income statements
Makes valid inter-firm comparisons possible - Answer Accounting measures of competitive
advantage
Solved Solutions 2026 Updated.
Strategy (Generic Definition) - Answer a course of action (or a plan) for achieving a goal
Strategy (Textbook Definition) - Answer a firm's theory about how to gain competitive
advantage
Strategic Management Process - Answer a sequential set of analyses and choices that can
(hopefully) increase the likelihood that a firm will choose a good strategy, i.e., a strategy that
will generate a competitive advantage
Mission-->Objectives-->External/Internal Analysis-->Strategic Choice-->Strategy
Implementation-->Competitive Advantage - Answer Key Elements of the Strategic
Management Process
Mission - Answer an organization's long-term purpose
Objectives - Answer specific measurable targets a firm can use to evaluate the extent to which
it is realizing its mission
High Quality Objectives - Answer Tightly connected to key elements of mission
Relatively easy to measure
Relatively easy to track over time
Low Quality Objectives - Answer Not connected to key elements of mission
Not easy to measure
Not easy to track over time
External Analysis - Answer involves identification of critical threats and opportunities in the
environment
Internal Analysis - Answer involves identification of strengths and weaknesses inside the
organization
Strategic Choice - Answer strategic actions organization chooses to pursue to achieve
competitive advantage
, Business-Level Strategy - Answer actions firm takes to achieve competitive advantage in a
single industry/market
Corporate-Level Strategy - Answer actions taken to succeed in multiple markets or industries
simultaneously
Strategy Implementation - Answer adoption of organizational policies and practices that are
(hopefully) consistent with organization's strategy
Organizational structure
Control systems
Compensation policies - Answer Three Important Practices/Policies for Strategic Management
Process
Competitive Advantage - Answer the ability to create more economic value than rival firms
Economic Value - Answer the difference between the perceived benefits a product or service
provides to a customer and the (full economic) cost of delivering the product or service
Temporary Advantage - Answer advantage that lasts only a short period of time
Sustained Advantage - Answer advantage that lasts for a much longer period
Competitive Parity - Answer exists when economic value created by a firm is the same as
"average" firm
Competitive Disadvantage - Answer exists when economic value created by a firm is lower
than the "average" firm
Accounting Performance
Economic Performance - Answer Two approaches to measuring economic value and
competitive advantage
Come from firm's published balance sheet and income statements
Makes valid inter-firm comparisons possible - Answer Accounting measures of competitive
advantage
