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Strategic management is the process of implementing systems to help a company reach its objectives. Or Strategic management is the art and science of formulating, implementing and evaluating cross function decision that enable to business to achieve its objectives.
Interpretation:
1. On-going process: Strategic management is an on-going process which is in existence through out the life of organization. 2. Shaping broad plans: First, it is an on-going process in which broad plans are firstly formulated than implemented and finally controlled. 3. Strategic goals: Strategic goals are those which are set by top management. The broad plans are made in achieving the goals. 4. Internal and external environment: Internal and external environment generally set the goals. Simply external environment forces internal environment to set the goals and guide them that how to achieve the goals?
S.W.O.T analysis: The combined external and internal analyses are called S.W.O.T analysis, which is an analysis of a firm strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. After completing SWOT analysis managers are ready to formulate appropriate strategies---that is strategies that: 1) Exploit an organizations strengths and external opportunities. 2) Protect the organization from external threats. 3) Correct critical weaknesses.
Corporate strategy: A strategy that recognizes the factors that are currently affecting the firm and its competitors and the factors that may affect the firm and its competitors in the future. The firm develops policies and practices to establish a new and creative role that will address those factors, giving the firm the competitive advantage.
Business Strategy: The definition of business strategy is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal or set of goals or objectives.
Functional Strategy: It offers Organizational plan for human resources, marketing, research and development and other functional areas.