ÖRGÜT KURAMI VE TASARIMI

A mission often states in general terms the firm’s purpose and philosophy. A mission is an organization’s reason for existence, its value and beliefs, and what it should be doing.

Corporate-Level Strategy is formulated for the overall organization and often deals with the selection of which business domain or markets the firm is to compete in.

A reactor strategy is not really a strategy as firms inconsistently respond to the environment.

• No clear strategy with design characteristics for current needs

ANALYZER STRATEGY • Maintain stability and flexibility • Efficient production processes for existing products with tight cost control • Innovationandcreativityfornew productswithloosercontrols • Moderate level of centralization

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A strategic alliance is any cooperative efforts of two or more organizations to achieve strategic objectives of developing, producing or selling products or services.

A focus business-level strategy would put all their efforts and resources to serve a narrow segment of a market well.

Vertical integration is used to pursue growth along an industry’s supply chain from extracting raw materials, production and distribution of products or services.

A firm engages in unrelated diversification when it enters into a new business that has no relationship with its core business.

The balanced scorecard approach (BSC) is an integrated measure of organization effectiveness that includes not only traditional financial measurements and business processes but also includes concerns for customers and employees. Unlike the approaches we have previously discussed, BSC seeks to generate a comprehensive performance measurement framework to balance concerns of various parts of an organization instead of focusing only on one part.

A cost leadership strategy is adopted when a firm tries to gain market share by keeping costs low compared to its competitors. Thus, the correct answer is A.

Although four of the options are among Miles and Snow’s strategies,‘‘Differentiation Strategy’’ belongs to Michael E. Porter. Thus, the correct answer is E.

Lean Manufacturing involves continuous efforts by highly trained employees to reduce waste and improve quality at every stage of production process. Thus, the correct answer is C.

Exclusive use of the goal approach to measure organizational effectiveness may be questionable. One single indicator cannot measure effectiveness as several goals should be taken into consideration simultaneously. Thus, the correct answer is A.

External resource approach is applicable when the objectives of the organization are uncertain or difficult to evaluate such as in public or non-profit organizations. Thus, the correct answer is A.

In fact, BOS aligns ‘’3’’ strategy propositions which are value, profit, and people to create a winning situation for all stakeholders. Thus, the correct answer is B.

Four of the options don’t have the right match though only Balanced Scorecard Approach has because it is introduced by Kaplan and Norton. Thus, the correct answer is A.

The Competing Value Approach is represented by three underlining value dimensions; Organizational focus, Organizational structure, Organizational means and ends. Thus, the correct answer is C.

A mission is an organization’s reason for existence, its value and beliefs, and what it should be doing.

There are five general categories of organizational resources and capabilities which lead to competitive advantage. These are: