Wednesday, December 8, 2010

BUS 600 - Strategy

 

Strategy is the way you at business and give the direction to the business. Strategy does analysis a business in relationship to its industry, its competitors, and the environment. All companies need strategy to reach their goals.



Strategy as part of a business: the seven S models

Structure=>
A corporation’s structure affects its strategic planning and it ability to change
Systems=>
The actions that accompany plans in response to or in anticipation of changes in its external environment, its customers, and it competitors.
Skills=>
Closely related to staff are the distinctive abilities and talents that a company possesses.
Style=>
The basic organizational model or cultural.
Staff=>
The human resource systems (appraisal, training, wages, and intangibles).
Super ordinate Goals/Shared Values=>
The guide concepts –values and aspirations of corporate objectives.
Mission Statement=>
A mission statement is a short and concise statement of goals and priorities.

















Levels of Strategy --->
1. Functional Strategy: The value activities engaged in.
2. Business Strategy: How to fight the competitor, tactics.
3. Corporate Strategy: What businesses should I be in ?