Strategic Control
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Question 1
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_______________ is concerned with tracking a strategy as it is being implemented,detecting problems or changes in its underlying premises and making necessary adjustments.
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Strategy evaluation
Strategic implementation
Strategic control
Strategic decision-making
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Question 2
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Which of the following is typically not a question asked by managers who are responsible for the success of their strategy?
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Are we moving in the proper direction?
Are key things falling in place?
Is our portfolio balanced?
How are we performing?
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Question 3
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The rapid,accelerating change of the global marketplace has made the need for ____________ key in managing a company.
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strategic control
Mission clarification
Long-term performance
Alternative structures
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Question 4
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The control of strategy can be characterized as a form of:
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"Performance control"
"Mission control"
"Vision control"
"Steering control"
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Question 5
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Which of the following is NOT one of the basic types of strategic control?
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Premise control
Performance control
Special alert control
Implementation control
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Question 6
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Which of the following types of strategic control has a low degree of focusing?
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Special alert control
Implementation control
Strategic surveillance
Premise control
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Question 7
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Which of the following types of strategic control has a low degree of formalization?
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Special alert control
Implementation control
Strategic surveillance
Premise control
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Question 8
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Which of the following types of strategic control has a low degree of centralization?
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Special alert control
Implementation control
Strategic surveillance
Premise control
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Question 9
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Which of the following types of strategic control seldom is used with environmental factors?
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Strategic surveillance
Special alert control
Premise control
Implementation control
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Question 10
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___________ is designed to check systematically and continuously whether the premises on which the strategy is based are still valid.
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Strategic surveillance
Implementation control
Special alert control
Premise control
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Question 11
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________ is the systematic recognition and analysis of assumptions upon which a strategic plan is based,to determine if those assumptions remain valid in changing circumstances and in light of new information.
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Special alert control
Implementation control
Premise control
Strategic surveillance
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Question 12
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___________ is designed to monitor a broad range of events inside and outside the firm that are likely to affect the course of its strategy.
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Special alert control
Strategic surveillance
Premise control
Implementation control
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Question 13
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Strategic surveillance must be kept:
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As focused as possible
As unfocused as possible
As fast as possible
Internal
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Question 14
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_______ should be a loose "environmental scanning" activity.
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Special alert control
Implementation control
Strategic surveillance
Premise control
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Question 15
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A(n) _____________ is the thorough and often rapid,reconsideration of the firm's strategy because of a sudden,unexpected event.
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Special alert control
Implementation control
Milestone control
Premise control
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Question 16
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The 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami would trigger what kind of control?
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Strategic surveillance
Implementation control
Special alert control
Premise control
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Question 17
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Which of the following types of strategic control has a low degree of focusing?
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Special alert control
Implementation control
Strategic surveillance
Premise control
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Question 18
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_____________ is designed to assess whether the overall strategy should be changed in light of the results associated with the incremental actions that implement the overall strategy.
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Strategic surveillance
Special alert control
Premise control
Implementation control
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Question 19
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__________ provide managers with information that helps them determine whether the overall strategy is progressing as planned or needs to be adjusted.
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Strategic threats
Strategic thrusts
Milestone reviews
Frequency reviews
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Question 20
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The __________ that take place usually involve a full-scale reassessment of the strategy and of the advisability of continuing or refocusing the firm's direction.
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Abandonment reviews
Milestone reviews
Strategic thrusts
Strategic implementation
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