Explain the importance of having a future oriented plan.
Strategic Management
The nature and value of strategic management is to achieve the desired results and outcome due to careful research (environmental scanning), planning and development of a company’s strategy as well as the implementation and maintenance of it (Pearce & Robinson, 2013, p. 3).
For this week’s Assignment, you will complete a short answer on the following question:
? Why is strategy important to business?
? You will want to address the main components of the (three-tier process) of the strategic management process while discussing the importance of strategy for business.
Be sure to use your reading this week as a resource. You are encouraged also to use the Library databases and the Internet as additional resources.
Reference:
Pearce, J. A., & Robinson, R. B. (2013). Strategic management: Planning for domestic & global competition. (13th ed.).
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
ID: MT460-02-08-A
Paper Checklist:
? Explain the concept of the strategic management (three-tier) process.
? Discuss the importance of having a future oriented plan.
? Discuss the organization’s vision, mission, purpose, philosophy or goal.
? Discuss the strategic process as input for future decision making.
Format
The project should be double-spaced, citations should use APA style, and it should be 2-3 written pages in length, not including the formal title page and references page.
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