1 Strategic Management in Action, 6e (Coulter) Chapter 1 Introducing the Concepts 1) Companies that use strategic management tend to have higher levels of performance. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 2 Topic: Explain Why Strategic Management Is Important AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 2) Strategy should be developed from a number of approaches rather than a single approach. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3 Topic: Explain Why Strategic Management Is Important AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 3) An organization's simple action can be considered a strategy. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 4) Strategy involves only the examination of an organization's goals. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 5) An organization's strategy is its goal - directed decisions and actions in which its capabilities and resources are matched with the opportunities and threats in its environment. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 6) A situation analysis is the first step in the sequential strategic management process. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 2 7) Functional strategies are the goal - directed plans and actions of the organization's various functional departments. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 8) Business strategies are concerned with the broad and more long - term choices of "what business(es) are we in or do we want to be in, and what do we want to do with these businesses?" Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 9) Strategy implementation is the process of evaluating how the strategy has been implemented, as well as the outcomes of the strategy. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 8 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 10) The Surprise Principle of War calls for striking at the enemy at a time or a place that's unexpected. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 11) The fields of economics and organization studies provided the earliest academic bases for strategic management. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 10 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 12) A company's board of directors' legal obligation is to represent the shareholders and protect their interests. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 11 Topic: Explain Who's Involved With Strategic Management AACSB: Ethical Reasoning Objective: Describe modern corporate governance practices 3 13) Significant changes in legal mandates, investor activism, and corporate strategy have changed the roles of many boards in the strategic management process. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 12 Topic: Explain Who's Involved With Strategic Management AACSB: Ethical Reasoning Objective: Describe modern corporate governance practices 14) Preparation of strategic plans are a typical board responsibility. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 12 Topic: Explain Who's Involved With Strategic Management AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 15) The CEO's typical role is that of the chief strategist. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 12 Topic: Explain Who's Involved With Strategic Management AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 16) Strategy formulation is the responsibility of managers and employees at other levels throughout the organization. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 13 Topic: Explain Who's Involved With Strategic Management AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 17) The most basic question(s) in strategy is (are) A) Is strategy important? B) Why do firms succeed or fail? C) Why do firms have varying levels of performance? D) Is strategy important? and Why do firms have varying levels of performance? E) Why do firms succeed or fail? and Why do firms have varying levels of performance? Answer: E Diff: 2 Page Ref: 2 Topic: Explain Why Strategic Management Is Important AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 4 18) Bases for understanding strategic management are all of the following except A) managing strategically makes a difference in an organization's performance. B) all organizations encounter changing situations. C) single approaches to strategy development are superior to multiple approaches. D) All of the answer choices are correct. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: C Diff: 3 Page Ref: 3 Topic: Explain Why Strategic Management Is Important AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 19) Strategic management is defined as A) those decisions and actions where organizational members analyze the current situation and develop appropriate strategies. B) putting those strategies into action. C) evaluating and changing those strategies as needed. D) developing appropriate strategies. E) All of the answer choices are correct. Answer: E Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 20) The following are all features of strategic management except A) interdisciplinary. B) external focus. C) internal focus. D) future direction. E) All of the answer choices are correct. Answer: E Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 5 21) How is strategic management different from other types of management? A) Strategic management has an external focus by its emphasis on the interactions of the organization with its external environment. B) Strategic management involves the organization's specific resources and capabilities. C) Strategic management concerns itself with the choice of future direction that the organization is going. D) Strategic management enables managers to evaluate the organization's internal and external situation and decide future actions to take. E) All of the answer choices are correct. Answer: E Diff: 3 Page Ref: 5 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 22) An organization's ________ are its goal - directed plans and actions in which its capabilities and resources are matched with the opportunities and threats in its environment. A) mission statements B) vision statements C) strategies D) objectives E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 23) Which of the following is not a characteristic of strategic management that makes it different from other types of management? A) It is interdisciplinary. B) It has an external focus. C) It has an internal focus. D) It concerns the present direction of the organization. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 6 24) The basic activities of strategic management include A) offense, defense, and control. B) situation analysis, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation. C) development, control, and management. D) ethics, management, and practice. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: B Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 25) An organization's strategies should be designed so that they incorporate A) opportunities and threats. B) resources and capabilities. C) only traditional values of past organizations. D) opportunities, threats, resources, and capabilities. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 26) Situation analysis involves the process of A) designing and choosing appropriate organizational strategies. B) analyzing the current environment of the organization. C) analyzing the external environment only. D) evaluating the internal aspects of the organization. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: B Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 27) Situation analysis allows the organization to examine A) external factors only. B) internal factors only. C) the organization's top management only. D) both external and internal factors. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: D Diff: 3 Page Ref: 7 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 7 28) Examples of an organization's functional units include all of the following except A) marketing. B) research and development. C) competencies. D) production. E) All of the answer choices are correct. Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 29) One issue considered in developing corporate strategies is A) What business(es) are we in? B) What direction are we going? C) What resources do we have to implement our strategies? D) What businesses are we in and what to do with those businesses? E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 30) Which of the following is not a major element of the strategic management process? A) Formulating strategy B) Implementing strategy C) Evaluating strategy D) Assigning administrative tasks E) Undertaking a situation analysis Answer: D Diff: 1 Page Ref: 8 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 8 31) Which of the following statements is not true regarding corporate strategies? A) They are concerned with the broad and more long - term issues of the organization. B) They are concerned with how the organization is going to compete in a specific business or industry. C) They are concerned with the direction the organization is headed. D) They are concerned with the business(es) that the organization is in and the businesses they want to be in. E) All of the answer choices are correct. Answer: B Diff: 3 Page Ref: 7 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define corporate strategy and identify its key elements 32) Types of strategies within organizations include A) corporate strategies. B) functional strategies. C) competitive strategies. D) All of the answer choices are correct. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 33) An example of a corporate strategy would involve A) the decision to increase the price of the Hummer. B) the decision to spin Taco Bell off from Pepsi. C) the decision to combine marketing functions in the Northeast and the Southeast. D) the decision to increase the advertising budget for Coca - Cola. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: B Diff: 3 Page Ref: 7 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define corporate strategy and identify its key elements 9 34) An example of a competitive strategy is A) Hewlett - Packard offers larger discounts to students to compete against Dell Computers. B) Sprint offers lower connection fees to compete against Verizon. C) Ford Motor offers larger rebates and zero percent financing to compete against General Motors. D) All of the answer choices are correct. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: D Diff: 3 Page Ref: 7 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 35) The organization type which first utilized strategy is A) the entertainment organization. B) the military organization. C) the retail organization. D) All of the answer choices are correct. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 36) Strategy concepts have been utilized outside of businesses in A) the military. B) chess. C) games such as Battleship. D) All of the answer choices are correct. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 10 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 10 37) As part of its training, most military academies teach A) the Nine Principles of War. B) the Seven Principles of Success. C) the Five Keys to Effectiveness. D) the Eight Steps to Efficiency. E) the Three Principles to Effective Leadership. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 38) The academic discipline primarily responsible for the development of strategic management is A) accounting. B) economics. C) biology. D) philosophy. E) anthropology. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 10 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 39) Theories developed about the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations were written by A) Frederick Taylor. B) Chester Barnard. C) Max Weber. D) All of the answer choices are correct. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 10 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 11 40) In the development of strategic management as a discipline, Alfred Chandler wrote the book A) Corporate Strategy. B) Business Policy: Text and Cases. C) The Pursuit of Excellence. D) Strategy and Structure. E) The Teflon Leader. Answer: D Diff: 1 Page Ref: 10 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 41) Strategic management affects all organizational members. However, the only issue that differs among organizational members is A) the stage of the strategic management process. B) the scope of the individual's actions. C) the development of the strategy. D) All of the answer choices are correct. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: B Diff: 2 Page Ref: 11 Topic: Explain Who's Involved With Strategic Management AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 42) The board of directors in an organization A) plays a significant role in corporate governance. B) is responsible for the implementation of the organization's operating activities. C) serves in the role of executive management. D) is not an important part of the organization's strategic development. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 11 Topic: Explain Who's Involved With Strategic Management AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Describe modern corporate governance practices 12 43) One of the issues that has increased the role of the board of directors is A) legal mandates. B) investor activism. C) corporate strategy. D) All of the answer choices are correct. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 12 Topic: Explain Who's Involved With Strategic Management AACSB: Ethical Reasoning Objective: Describe modern corporate governance practices 44) Aspects of a chief executive's role include A) key decision maker. B) visionary leader. C) political actor. D) strategy designer. E) All of the answer choices are correct. Answer: E Diff: 2 Page Ref: 12 Topic: Explain Who's Involved With Strategic Management AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 45) All of the following roles are representative of effective strategic leadership except A) establishing appropriately balanced controls. B) checking inventory management. C) exploiting and maintaining core competencies. D) emphasizing ethical decisions and practices. E) creating and sustaining strong organizational culture. Answer: B Diff: 2 Page Ref: 13 Topic: Explain Who's Involved With Strategic Management AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 13 46) One strategic responsibility of managers and employees at other levels throughout the organization is A) strategy implementation. B) situation analysis. C) strategy formulation. D) developing the organization's vision. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: A Diff: 2 Page Ref: 13 Topic: Explain Who's Involved With Strategic Management AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 47) An important issue affecting strategic management in today's world is A) globalization. B) corporate governance. C) e - business. D) All of the answer choices are correct. E) None of the answer choices is correct. Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 14 Topic: Discuss Two Important Factors Impacting Strategic Management Today AACSB: Use of Information Technology, Multicultural and Diversity Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 48) ________ is the determination of the broad uses to which organizational resources will be deployed and the resolution of conflicts among the myriad of participants in organizations. A) Vision B) Mission C) Corporate governance D) Goals E) Objectives Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: 16 Topic: Discuss Two Important Factors Impacting Strategic Management Today AACSB: Reflective Thinking Objective: Describe modern corporate governance practices 14 49) The Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002 is a U.S. federal law designed to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of A) the corporate vision. B) the corporate mission. C) corporate disclosures. D) the balanced scorecard. E) All of the answer choices are correct. Answer: C Diff: 3 Page Ref: 16 Topic: Discuss Two Important Factors Impacting Strategic Management Today AACSB: Ethical Reasoning, Analytical Skills Objective: Describe modern corporate governance practices 50) In addition to expanding the role of board members, the Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002 also called for more disclosure and transparency of A) the corporate vision. B) the corporate mission. C) financial information. D) the balanced scorecard. E) All of the answer choices are correct. Answer: C Diff: 3 Page Ref: 17 Topic: Discuss Two Important Factors Impacting Strategic Management Today AACSB: Ethical Reasoning, Analytical Skills Objective: Describe modern corporate governance practices 51) Section 404 of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act deals with the establishment and auditing of A) external financial controls. B) internal financial controls. C) appointment of the CEO. D) appointment of Board members. E) All of the answer choices are correct. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 17 Topic: Discuss Two Important Factors Impacting Strategic Management Today AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Describe modern corporate governance practices 15 George Smith, the new CEO of No Leaks Plumbing, has been hired to develop an effective strategic plan so this company can become number one in their market. You have been asked to give Mr. Smith advice on how best to follow the strategic management process. 52) Which of the following is the first step Mr. Smith should complete when developing No Leaks Plumbing's strategic plan? A) Situation analysis B) Strategy formulation C) Strategy implementation D) Strategy evaluation E) Strategy reformulation Answer: A Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 53) Mr. Smith has decided to offer free delivery of orders more than $1,000 to outcompete his largest competitor. This strategy is an example of which of the following types of strategy? A) Corporate strategy B) Functional strategy C) Competitive strategy D) Operational strategy E) Organizational strategy Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components 54) Mr. Smith has been losing money on the free delivery of orders more than $1,000 and is determining if there are other ways to outcompete his largest competitor. Mr. Smith is at which of the following steps in the strategic management process? A) Situation analysis B) Strategy formulation C) Strategy implementation D) Strategy evaluation E) Strategy reformulation Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 8 Topic: Explain What Strategic Management Is AACSB: Analytical Skills Objective: Define strategic management and identify its basic components