This chapter discusses various strategic management concepts including long term objectives, financial and strategic objectives, levels of strategies for large and small companies, types of strategies such as vertical integration, intensive strategies, diversification strategies, defensive strategies, and Porter's five generic strategies. It also discusses strategic management in nonprofit and governmental organizations. The chapter concludes with an exercise analyzing a case study on Estee Lauder.
Introduction to Chapter 5 of Strategic Management: Concepts & Cases, focusing on strategies in action.
Key characteristics of long-term objectives, emphasizing they should be quantitative, measurable, challenging, hierarchical, realistic, obtainable, understandable, and congruent.
Comparison of financial objectives (e.g., growth in revenues, ROI) and strategic objectives (e.g., market share, product quality).
Various ineffective management styles including managing by extrapolation, crisis, subjectives, and hope.
Introduction to the Balanced Scorecard by Kaplan & Norton, emphasizing strategy evaluation and the balance between financial and nonfinancial measures.
Overview of strategic levels applicable to large and small companies.
Description of forward, backward, and horizontal integration strategies for gaining control and ownership.
Strategies for market penetration, market development, and product development aimed at increasing market share.
Explanation of related and unrelated diversification strategies that involve adding new products or services.
Discussion on retrenchment, divestiture, and liquidation strategies to address declining sales and profits.
Overview of bankruptcy types including Chapter 7, 9, 11, 12, and 13.
Introduction to Porter's five strategies: cost leadership types, differentiation, and focus strategies.
Conditions under which low-cost leadership strategies succeed in competitive markets.
Key conditions for successfully implementing a differentiation strategy.
Conditions suitable for Type 4 and Type 5 focus strategies targeting niche markets.
Methods for achieving strategies, including cooperation, joint ventures, mergers, and outsourcing.
Application of strategic management concepts in nonprofit organizations and government agencies.
Introduction to the Estee Lauder case study for group exercise.
Overview of readings and assignments for the following week.