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Business Administration is a comprehensive course that introduces students to the fundamental concepts, principles, and practices of managing and organizing businesses. The course covers a broad range of topics including organizational structure, management functions, leadership, human resources, marketing, finance, and operations. Through case studies and real-world examples, students develop analytical and decision-making skills necessary for effective business management. Emphasis is placed on understanding the dynamic environment of modern organizations and the ethical considerations involved in business decision-making. This course provides a solid foundation for further study in business-related fields and prepares students for diverse career paths in the corporate world.
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Strategic Management A Competitive Advantage Approach 15th Edition by Fred
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R. David
Chapter 1: The Nature of Strategic Management
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Q1) According to research, a healthier workforce can more effectively and efficiently implement strategies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) One of the ways in which the Internet has transferred power from businesses to individuals is by making comparison-shopping quick and easy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Organizations should take a(n)________ approach in their industry.
A) adversarial rather than a collegial
B) collegial rather than an adversarial
C) reactive rather than a proactive
D) proactive rather than a reactive
E) cooperative rather than a competitive
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Business Vision and Mission
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Q1) Mission statements are sometimes difficult to derive because top management may disagree over company objectives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Having a clear mission and vision can provide a basis for a company's internal and external assessment.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Good mission statements identify the ________ of a firm's products to its customers.
A) utility
B) price
C) profit margin
D) demand
E) popularity
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: The External Assessment
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Q1) Hawaii, California, and ________ already have no majority race or ethnic group.
A) New York
B) New Jersey
C) New Hampshire
D) New Mexico
E) all of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Major competitors' weaknesses can represent internal opportunities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The United States is getting older and less white.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) It is predicted that, by 2025, over 18% of the population in the United States will be 65 years or older.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: The Internal Assessment
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Q1) Staffing involves all of these activities EXCEPT
A) recruiting.
B) transferring.
C) analyzing customers.
D) managing union relations.
E) training and developing.
Q2) Which function of management is concerned with span of control and chain of command?
A) Planning
B) Organizing
C) Controlling
D) Staffing
E) Motivating
Q3) What category of ratios measures how effectively a firm can maintain its economic position in the growth of the economy and industry?
A) Profitability
B) Liquidity
C) Leverage
D) Activity
E) Growth
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Chapter 5: Strategies in Action
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Q1) Under which strategy would you offer products or services to a wide range of customers at the lowest price available on the market?
A) Cost Leadership - Low Cost
B) Cost Leadership - Best Value
C) Focus - Low Cost
D) Focus - Best Value
E) Differentiation
Q2) Long-term objectives are needed at which level(s)in an organization?
A) Corporate
B) Divisional
C) Functional
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
Q3) Market penetration, market development, and product development are intensive strategies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The nonprofit sector is America's largest employer.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Strategy Analysis and Choice
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Q1) The top row of a QSPM consists of alternative strategies derived from all of the following EXCEPT
A) Grand Strategy Matrix.
B) BCG Matrix.
C) SPACE Matrix.
D) CPM Matrix
E) IE Matrix.
Q2) Which stage of the strategy-formulation framework contains the IFE Matrix?
A) Input stage
B) Analysis stage
C) Matching stage
D) Decision stage
E) Output stage
Q3) The BCG Matrix does not reflect whether or not various divisions or their industries are growing over time.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Relative market share position is given on the x-axis of the BCG Matrix.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Implementing Strategies: Management and Operations Issues
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Q1) The most complex of all organizational structures is a matrix structure.
A)True
B)False
Q2) It is always easier to say you are going to do something (strategy formulation)than to actually do it (strategy implementation).
A)True
B)False
Q3) In 2013, ________ of CEO compensation was directly associated with the performance of the firm, rather than salary.
A) less than 10 percent
B) almost 25 percent
C) over 50 percent
D) exactly 75 percent
E) a full 100 percent
Q4) Resistance to change can be considered the single greatest threat to successful strategy implementation.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Compare and contrast restructuring and reengineering.
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Chapter 8: Implementing Strategies: Marketing, Finance/Accounting,
R&D, and MIS
Issues
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Q1) Segmentation often reveals that large, random fluctuations in demand actually consist of several small, predictable, and manageable patterns.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Although there are many marketing variables that impact the success or failure of strategy-implementation efforts, two variables are central to the process. What are these variables? Discuss why they are so important.
Q3) Which of these is the most common type of budgeting time frame?
A) Daily
B) Quarterly
C) Annual
D) Every decade
E) Monthly
Q4) One of the four recommended approaches for determining a firm's worth is to base the analysis on the selling price of a similar company.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss some ways in which management information systems can benefit a company.
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Chapter 9: Strategy Review, Evaluation, and Control
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Q1) Organizations should prepare contingency plans just for unfavorable events.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Financial ratios are used to compare a firm's performance over different time periods, to compare the firm's performance to industry averages, and to compare a firm's performance with A) overall business standards.
B) projected goals.
C) the performance of suppliers.
D) non-financial ratios.
E) the performance of competitors.
Q3) Measuring organizational performance includes comparing expected results to actual results, investigating deviations from plans, evaluating individual performance, and examining progress being made toward meeting stated objectives.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain why strategy evaluation can be a complex and sensitive undertaking.
Q5) Discuss some contingency plans commonly established by firms.
Q6) Compare and contrast two of Rumelt's four criteria for evaluating strategies.
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Chapter 10: Business Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Environmental Sustainability
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Q1) Companies such as Walmart are now monitoring not only the prices its vendors offer for products, but also how those products are made in terms of environmental practices, as well as safety and infrastructure soundness.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Sustainability reports reveal how a firm's operations impact the natural environment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Simply having a code of ethics
A) will ensure ethical business behavior.
B) eliminates the need for periodic ethics workshops.
C) is all that is necessary to sensitize people to workplace circumstances in which ethics issues may arise.
D) is insufficient to guarantee that employees behave in an ethical manner.
E) secures an ethics culture in the workplace.
Q4) Compare and contrast Ralph Nader's and Milton Friedman's positions on social responsibility. With whose view do you agree?
Q5) Explain why it is important to encourage whistle-blowing in a firm.
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Chapter 11: Global and International Issues
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Q1) The domestic food industry ________, so Kraft Foods is focusing on foreign acquisitions.
A) is falling 5% per year
B) is falling 1% per year
C) is stagnant
D) is growing 3% per year
E) is growing 7% per year
Q2) In which of the following industries is the USA NOT yet greatly challenged by foreign competitors?
A) Auto industry
B) Electronics
C) Manufacturing
D) Retailing
E) None of the above
Q3) Discuss at least five potential disadvantages to initiating, continuing, and/or expanding international operations.
Q4) Punctuality is generally revered in all cultures of the world.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss union membership across Europe.
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