1) Strategic management is the art and science of formulating, implementing, and evaluating cross-functional decisions to enable an organization to achieve its objectives. 2) The strategic management process involves conducting external and internal audits to identify opportunities, threats, strengths and weaknesses, setting long-term objectives, generating and selecting strategies, implementing strategies, and evaluating performance. 3) Strategic management helps organizations adapt to changes in external trends and internal capabilities by effectively creating, implementing, and assessing strategies to achieve sustained competitive advantage and meet their vision and mission.